After numerous videos showcasing specific music tracks heading to the game, Sega has finally released a brand new gameplay trailer for Team Sonic Racing. Being the helpful folk that we are, we thought we'd go ahead and share it with you lovely lot.
Make sure to check it out above if you haven't already; the video's description gives a pretty good sense of what you'll be treated to:
The race is about to begin! Join Sonic and friends as they speed across vibrant tracks and do whatever it takes to come out in first place. Race online with up to 12 friends, play with friends in your living room with split screen, customize and personalize your car for maximum speed, and work together as a team to unleash your Team Ultimate Boost. Gear Up. Speed Up. Team Racing at Sonic Speed.
The game is still scheduled to zoom onto Switch on 21st May and will be released both digitally and physically.
Does the footage get you excited for its release? Will you be strapping yourself in for a race or two next month? Share your thoughts with us below.
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"At Sonic speed"
No it isn't! We all know he can run quicker!!
This looks like a Mario Kart game...which I don't mean that it will be bad, however, I do hope that they will do something "extra" to differentiate themselves from Mario Kart otherwise there is no point on buying it.
Here is hoping that the extra time they had was worth and the game has been improved.
"Does the footage get you excited for its release?"
(Shaking my head)
(Continue playing Nintendo games)
Meh. Looks like it’s lacking that extra something
Still looks entirely unremarkable, unfortunately. The roster of racers looks almost as bad as Crash Team Racing and the tracks don't look particularly interesting. Seems like wasted potential, sadly.
Cool, it's about time. This game fell under the radar since it's been pushed back. Looking forward to it again.
I'm looking forward to playing this with my son. We've played Mario Kart 8 to death so it will be nice to switch things up. I just hope the Switch version holds up visually compared to the others.
If this really is Switch footage, then it looks fantastic. No reason it couldn’t be, and I hate that some bad actors cause us to question the provenance of screenshots and trailers. The only things I can see holding this title back are lack of content and loose controls. If they keep the controls tight and are generous with content, it’s a for sure purchase.
I really enjoyed the previous games in the series but the lack of non-Sonic characters and the dodgy team-based gimmick is making me wary this time
Looks really good. Supersonic good
The trailer looks better than previous. But for full price this game better have some great online that players stick around for. And I mean great online.
The game looks gorgeous, but I hope the gameplay side won't be a letdown. If only they shared more gameplay footage of full tracks...
At least this won't be misleading like Xenon Racers. I trust Sumo Digital that this game will be at 60fps on Switch just like how Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed did on the Wii U. Seems like this will be a fun game in the end just with not enough contents unlike Racing Transformed.
@Anti-Matter If you're not interested, why comment?
The big question here: is there any reason you should play Sonic Racing instead of Mario Kart? If you're not a diehard Sonic fan, i don't really see any particular reasons.
If Sonic Heros met Mario kart.
I'm honestly excited! I played the first Sega racing all stars game on DS a LONG time ago and had a blast. I played the demo for the sequal on 3DS, and it was pretty good. Considering this is by the same guys (I think), I'll likely pick it up.
Crash Team Racing is going to destroy this game.
@Matthew010 Because he always feels the need to show his loyalty to Nintendo games.
Each new trailer continues to look better. I will definitely pick this up
I fear this is too multi-player oriented. I mean more than usual for a Mario Kart kind of game. I love Sonic All-Stars Racing entries, they had a lot of content for the single player, but don't know about this one.
i'm really looking forward to playing this!
@Yasume To be fair this looks worse then any of the Nintendo made Kart racing games, the tracks look uninteresting, the team idea seems pretty forced so if you playing it sole, you gotta hope your AI drivers don't stink and even karts look dull with the custom parts looking basically the same Mario Kart 8,7 this is not
Only thing I'll be getting from this is the soundtrack.
If I wanna play a Sonic racing game, I'll stick to Sonic R
All Stars Transformed was and IS the best Kart Racer out there ! Preordered Team Sonic Racing already physical, can't wait to play that game <3 sonic <3 sega
The game still feels off, waiting for more info.
@Anti-Matter you are seriously annoying. please grow up.
@retro_player_22 Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed was not 60 FPS on any Console. It was 30 fps on Wii U,Ps3 and Xbox 360. It is at least a consistent 30 fps on Wii U though.
Maybe it's just me, but a team-based racing game seems like a bad idea, especially for online. You may do great and get first place, while the rest of your team does poor and finishes in the back, so in turn, your team may lose despite how good of a racer you personally are. That happens frequently enough, and players that might have wanted to stay with the game, might drop out when they find the rules of the game to not be of their liking. Of course if Online still offers a non-team based, every man for himself mode, then that situation can be averted entirely. I'm just not sold on the selling point of this racing game yet (beyond it being a Sonic racing game that is).
This or Crash?
@panthro Why not both?
All in silky smooth 30fps
But you know, why doesn't Sonic just race on his feet? And all of the other characters who can run fast, for that matter. Then they could have made it much faster. Sonic meets F-Zero anyone?
@Ulysses Cuz we all have such fond memories of Sonic R.
In all seriousness though, I'd love a Sonic racing game like the 2 player races you could have in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, where you just race against other Sonic characters from the start to the end of a level that was designed around speed.
Why does Sonic need a car tho? Isn’t that slowing him down?
@NCChris limited time to spend playing games.
@Tendogamerxxx I believe Sonic uses a car to even the field with the other characters, like a handicap.
I'm interested in it. Let's wait for some reviews to get a better idea of the real thing.
There are four possible outputs: let's see if it's gonna be this, Crash, both or none.
Hell yes! I can't believe I am saying this, but I think I am going to get this game day one! It oozes fun to me!
Like others have said, this needs to stand out from MK8. Graphically it does look good.
@eRaz0r I love your enthusiasm! I am in the same boat!
I like the car customization feature and wonder if the upgrades/options need to be earned. So much better than getting a stock car.
It looks too much like a Mario Kart game, with little identity of its own, which is a shame. However, if there’s a decent single-player game (with progression), and they don’t have the ‘blue shell lottery’, then count me interest - I personally don’t care which character is sitting in the Kart, Nintendo or Sega, just make the damn game fun.
@Matthew010 Because the internet gives some people a false sense of their own importance.
@SegaBlueSky I actually thought the roster in Crash Team racing is good? But I do come from having played all the Crash games on PS1 growing up, so I’m used to those characters.... Either way I agree I don’t like the roster here.. plus the camera field of view that changes every time they hit a boost, which ‘simulates’ faster rather than actually just ‘going faster’ is very cheap looking... (very obvious in last trailer)
@spirit_flame
"graphically it does look good"
Welllll we have to remember that these clips are most likely the PS4/Xbox clips since all versions were advertised at once.
@Matthew010
Well...
Actually after i watched from trailer above, i wasn't impressed, so i wrote my comment "shaking my head" ,"continue playing my Nintendo games" based on the question "Does the footage get you excited for its release?".
I didn't mean to be negative, just only answer that question above. (Yes or No question) 😣 Sorry....
And there was another users with Nay comment but they didn't get any feedback. 🙁
@Matthew010 Honestly many people comment on things they are not interested in, you can't stop the all!
Hm... well it's still missing all my favorite characters (yknow, AiAi, Amigo, Wreck it Ralph, NiGHTS, Gilius, Joe Musashi, Reala, Beat...) but at least the footage is looking far better. I'll probably end up getting this one, but I hope it ends up offering something that matches up to All-Stars Transformed.
I am looking forward to playing this, I loved the other two games more than most Mario Karts.
@panthro Both, Crash Team Racing is 2 in 1 remake and Team Sonic Racing is made by geniuses. This kind of games have a lot of replay value and they are looking great this far.
I still have this preordered from Nov. I thought about canceling it a few times, but I trust Sumo will deliver and will keep my preorder up.
Sumo has been good with their Nintendo versions of games and I loved the first two SEGA/Sonic Racing games.
I think I may be maining Knuckles and/or the chao.
Way better than that trailer before the delay. At least the trailer is way better, so it was probably a very good move.
Looks very similar to Mario Kart, but maybe that's okay. Proof will be in the playing.
Where is Crash?
This looks awesome, I cannot wait.
I don't understand the 'it's not Mario Kart so I don't like it' mentality.
It looks every bit as good as Mario Kart and miles better then Crash Team Racing
Call me when there are flying and boat sections. Otherwise, along with the limited roster, this will continue to be nothing more than mediocre compared to "Sega All-Star Racing Transformed."
@FTL I played Crash 3 and CTR back in the day and really enjoyed them both, but for me there's only a couple of good characters and the rest are a bit throwaway. Always bugged me how Crash and some of the other creatures are so developed and kinda humanoid, yet some of the other characters are literally just a polar bear and a tiger. So yeah I admit I'm not a diehard Crash fan, but also stand by the opinion that the character roster is weak. Apart from Crash, his sister and the main villain, anyways.
@SegaBlueSky Yep, I can see what you’re saying - bear in mind (pun intended that some of the non-humanoid characters are intentionally that way because they were helper creatures, for example, like the ride-on polar bear or tiger.
Either way, I know what you’re saying, for sure.
@panthro Fair enough, when you're a grown up, free time can be hard to come by.
Personally, if I was you, I'd go with Crash.
@NCChris i'm only 6 but my parents have me working down the mines already.
@panthro Oh I see, sorry.
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