Topic: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

It has just a single save slot, and it autosaves @invmat .

This game is... well, I hate to say it's an inferior port but that's what it feels like at the moment The good thing is that it has all the content the HD consoles have (besides exclusive characters of course), but there are some glitches which lets it down. Boat controls feel especially weird, and if you go from a high jump into water, your boat might get submerged for a second, glitch and then send you in some random direction at some random speed. Hitting a solid object, like an island, at high speed can cause you to get stuck. And worst of all, in the NIGHTS track, one time the teleporter failed to work, leaving all the AI drivers stuck in the tiny gap between the teleporter and the rock behind it.

It's a shame, because the rest of the game is absolutely superb. Especially the track design, which is so fresh and ambitious that I can't help but smile while racing.

EDIT: The online framework wasn't too great, but I assume it'd be better while playing with friends. Speaking of which, FC's, anyone?

@Magikarp Give me til Friday, since I have to get it on Wednesday, practice on Thursday, and race online on Friday.

I hope they patch this game, i suppose it depends on if the developers care and some how i doubt there bothered.
i wonder if there is anyway to email them coz some of the glitches are shocking. has anyone else played the skies of arcadia level during lap 3 the game slows down to almost impossible to play, like the other guy said on the nights level the teleporter just froze and i hit a wall, the sinking in the water happens in the console versions to.
im still loving it but its just annoying it has the problems it has

Does anyone else feel cheated by the way they did NiGHTS in the game? I mean, he was one of the most requested characters so they put him in the game.... and he's basically the vehicle. Instead of actually having him in the game, a Nightopian or whatever drives a NiGHTS car. Really?

Ristar is actually the the guy at the start. He is basically like Lakitu or NiGHTs (Sonic and Sega all-star racing) Though, I am predicting he'll be playable in the next Sonic Racing.

Right now, Ristar is one of the characters the developers are considering for DLC.
And does the 3DS have the Bonus Edition, with Metal Sonic, Outrun course, etc? Thanks.

3DS will be receiving Metal Sonic and Outrun Bay. I have this on 360 and the add on is great.

Thanks, every store I've called says that the 3DS won't be getting a bonus edition. Glad I'm right.

So, do you have the bonus content right now?

Anyone got it yet?

If so, thoughts?

@Anvil I know Ristar's in the console version as a flagman, but I didn't see him anywhere in the 3DS version, hopefully next time.

@Knuckles I know that Ristar is being considered, but in the votes, he came in 6th place, and they said they were only choosing 3 characters, it seems stupid they had to put Ryo Hazuki in this, since he was in the first game, they could have gave him a forklift that changes into a car/plane/boat, they should have put him in in the first place, it also seems stupid they had to put Hatsune Miku in the voting, since of course, due to her popularity, people would vote for her, I know Sega makes the games, but really, Segata Sanshiro seems unlikely, but you never know, it would be cool to play as him, since he gave his life to save Sega, VECTORMAN CAN TURN INTO A PLANE AND BOAT, SO WHY HE'S NOT IN THE GAME IS STUPID AND MAKES NO SENSE WTF!?!?!?!, Bayonetta would fit in I guess, but from platinum games, I would rather have Jack Bayman from Madworld, and ToeJam & Earl................yeah there's no way those guys will make it in, since they are just to low, but it would be cool to have them, well these are the number of votes the winners got.

Ryo Hazuki: 3,379
Hatsune Miku: 3,180
Segata Sanshiro: 2,613
Vectorman: 1,221
Bayonetta: 1,215
Ristar: 1,081
ToeJam & Earl: 1,015

Whoa, calm it Sheldon

To be honest, the setlist for this game is pretty surprising as it was. I did not in any way expect Alex Kidd (who looks nothing like what I thought he would btw), nor Vyse nor Joe Musashi. Ryo would have been cool, but I can't see how his car could feasibly transform since Shenmue was a pretty realistic game. I was also amazed that Burning Rangers was repped in stage form, being a SEGA IP I'd never heard of, but I was kinda put off by the glitch where the gate doesn't open and everyone gets stuck.

and @CM, I would recommend getting a console edition since the framerate in this game can be a little stuttery, and there are a few glitches which will require you to restart a race. If you don't have a console though, this game is superawesomefantastic and every track which isn't broken is utterly amazing!

@Magikarp How can I when I just figured out the PC version has Football Manger, Shogun, and Heavy, Pyoro, and Spy from Team Fortress 2..........

I don't know, it's just there's still some Sega franchises that should be in these crossovers, I could rant on, but then everybody will be like "WHAT IS THIS ANTHONY, YOU'RE REALLY WEIRD"..................Yeah, my name really is Anthony.

I meant that, that's it, i'm sending a swapnote about this!

Its a CRIME Vectorman wasn't part of the initial roster.

Anyways, I'll be getting this tomorrow; probably will be racing online by next week (house's wi-fi is on the fritz) if anyone wants to exchange FC's let me know.

_{You all should know who I'll be racing as.}

metal sonic is DLC and it costs £1.99

@PinkSpider But he is free for Bonus Edition buyers, right?

Yes

Really SEGA? You sell the bonus edition in the states, but you won't let us download Metal Sonic?!? /rage.
My thoughts are because the downloadable version doesn't come out until March 29th, we have to wait that long.

Hows the game Kunckles?? Is it worth getting?? It looks cool.