"Classic Sonic" Joins Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds In A Free Update This Week

More free characters have been revealed

by Liam Doolan
1 hour ago

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds recently committed to a second year of free and paid updates, and as part of the blue blur's 35th birthday bash this week, Sega has revealed three new characters.

Starting today, racers can now play as "Classic Sonic". He will be followed by Axel from Crazy Taxi at some point in August 2026 and Amigo from Samba De Amigo in September 2026. This update will also include a new Sega Music Collection.

In case you missed it, the Sonic Racing announcement earlier this month revealed Season Pass 2, including six new DLC packs. This will kick off with Godzilla and Evangelion, with more details to be shared later on in 2026.

This upcoming content follows paid content based on games and series such as Pac-Man, Minecraft and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

What do you think of the latest characters revealed for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds? Let us know in the comments.

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.

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BrokenCiv
1 hour ago

Call me crazy but I kinda lowkey wish they would stick the original Sonic movie model (before the fan outrage and eventual re-design) in the game 🥴. I might actually buy it then…

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Andee9001
1 hour ago

@BrokenCiv it wouldn't surprise me if that's part of the second season pass and gets released closer to the 4th films release. Could see a pack including movie Sonic, Tails, Amy, Shadow and Knuckles or any combination of the 5.

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JPEGMakima
1 hour ago

god it will never cease to bother me how sega has a LOADED cast of characters in their sonic universe but won't actually put any of them in their games it's ridiculous

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RupeeClock
1 hour ago

@Andee9001
Considering Shadow Generations has a bonus DLC with Keanu Reeves Shadow playable and fully voiced, I could see it happening.

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RoboCube
42 mins ago

@BrokenCiv you could just watch the original trailer and save ya money or watch that chip and dale movie if you really want That Sonic lol

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CRASH64
39 mins ago

The real Sonic

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SalvorHardin
27 mins ago

@JPEGMakima
Well they just put one in so? The June free racer spot being wide open made it obvious that this was going to happen for the anniversary. Having him and his car from the Drift games is a pro pick and fulfills something that was planned but scrapped for Racing Transformed. They also previously put in two characters from the IDW comics which would have seemed impossible years ago, year two will probably have some surprising picks.

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OwenGamer22
24 mins ago

I don’t know what’s crazier: the fact that we now have three different playable versions of Sonic in this game (minus AI skin and Super), or how Sega acknowledged Rhythm Thief’s existence.

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Lizuka
13 mins ago

Figured for sure that either Yu or Aigis would be in this pack after they did two Yakuza characters.

As for Classic Sonic, I really wish they'd just retire that being a thing. It's a weird, stupid arbitrary line to draw when they could just have one consistent art style and allow their 2D and 3D games to just cover the same ground from different perspectives instead of treating them like separate series that are only occasionally allowed to cross paths. No reason whatsoever for stuff like, "Shadow can't be in a 2D game," or, "Amy has to use her awful original design that was ditched after a single game for a reason."

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JPEGMakima
8 mins ago

@SalvorHardin 19/22 dlc characters have been guest spots I don't think I'm asking the world to have a few more of those slots for characters actually from the series rather than the Ninja Turtles or the guy from Avatar

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