

In his latest driving experience, he actually got some sleeper hit cred. This occurrence isn't wholly uncommon for our favorite hedgehog throughout his career, but it still feels noteworthy. Team Sonic Racing is enjoyable enough in the moment, but it's exactly the sort of game that you'll find in three years' time underneath a sofa cushion and have only the dimmest recollection of ever having played it. Sonic is once again giving his feet a break and hopping into a car. The roster of 15 characters is entirely comprised of characters from the Sonic franchise, as opposed to other Sonic racing games. Team Sonic Racing Review By Matt Kamen June. Team Sonic Racing is a strong effort, combing stellar track design and innovative teamwork design to deliver a solid multiplayer experience, but it’s hindered by its busyness and some frustrating technical faults. For solo players the story mode is about as gripping as reading a train timetable and the game's almost apologetic default option is to skip it entirely. Preview: Team Sonic Racing has the ingredients to be a solid kart racer for hardcore fans, although the recent E3 demo left a little to be desired.


There are some vehicle performance customisation options, but they make little practical difference to your racing when everyone begins hammering the power ups. Team Sonic Racing is yet another fantastic kart-racer from Sumo Digital and SEGA. Just remember to swap the champagne for a juice box.īeyond that parent-friendly mechanic it's an utterly inoffensive, by-the-numbers kart game with only a couple of particularly memorable circuits. It’s impossible not to compare it to its predecessor, though, and in all the areas where Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed excelled, Team Sonic Racing is merely competent. Naturally, it's frustrating when you lose the race as a team even though you finished first but if, as is likely, you're playing alongside a little nipper who's struggling to wrap their tiny hands around the controller let alone drift around a corner, it allows you the option to co-operate and win together. While it does suffer from some unfortunate framerate issues, especially in split-screen multiplayer, it never gets in the way of gameplay.
