Team Sonic Racing
Team Sonic Racing combines the best elements of arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing as you face-off with friends in intense multiplayer racing. Race together and work together as a team by sharing power-ups and speed boosts. Take control of your racing style – Choose from 3 distinct character types and unlock game changing vehicle customization options to suit your racing style. Key Features: Online Multiplayer & Local Co-Op Modes – 12 players per race, 4 player split screen, and various offline / online race modes including Grand Prix Mode, Exhibition Mode, Time-Trial and Team Adventure Mode. Team Racing – Race as a team, win as a team. Use various team moves to assist your teammates, knock out opponents and unleash your Team Ultimate. Performance & Skin Customization – Alter the appearance and handling of your vehicle Wisps – 14 spectacular offensive and defensive items to help overcome rival teams and get ahead! Adventure Mode – Unique story experience where players are introduced to basic game features and characters. Various Characters and Types – 15 playable characters from across the Sonic Universe and 3 distinct character types including Speed, Technique, and Power.
Game Discussion
Steam User 10
Pretty close to 100% here and I got 2 cons.
#1 which is pretty major, there's little to no wiggle room or leniency on the platinum trophies for challenges. It will take *hours* of practice for a single level sometimes and more than once, I had milliseconds to spare. If you're used to Sonic game grind though it's not too bad? But frustrating nonetheless.
#2 There's alot of level reusing in the "mirror" level mechanic, but they're pretty great looking levels. There's an insane amount of detail, perhaps too much. Consistent frame drops and hiccups. In a racing game, especially the challenges, that's make or break.
A minor aside is a few achievements require online play which is completely dead. One requires 3 controllers irl to be connected on the same computer. Not sure if Local Play will work, but I've never been a fan of online/multiplayer required trophies.
Overall I'd give it a 6/10
Steam User 7
very fun. in some ways it's better than mario kart and the team gimmick isn't bad at all
Steam User 6
The game is fun with friends provided that you have some. The online in the beginning was plentiful and vast. But as time has passed and people dropped the game for newer titles. The online is sort of baren. Unless you have a dedicated group of friends/rivals/randoms banding together. It is hard to get a Ranked Match together. You need to go on Casual Races instead.
The music in this game is solid and it is one of the last Crush 40 Works in a Sonic title as of late. Majority of their songs and remixes by Jun Senoue and others gives this game quite a longevity it needed. It holds its own decently compared to Sonic & All Stars Racing and Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed.
Just wish that the game kept getting updates from Sega/Sumo Digital. It needs a revival.
Steam User 5
I'm really sad this game was given no love from sega I love this game so much and was super hyped about it for a LONG while and they pretty much abandoned the game at launch.
Its a simple kart racer you know em and i do but also has a super cool team aspect to it letting you use many different abilities to help out your teammates catch up to you. Quite a few really good tracks some returning from sega's older kart racers and honestly that's where the big problem is this game could have used a lot more locations and maps and honestly characters.
Dlc or content updates would have really kept this game alive but sega just decided to kill it.
Steam User 4
Team Sonic Racing is an attempt to replicate the success of All-Stars Racing Transformed. The game relies largely on the same ingredients as Transformed (without the "transform" mechanic, that is), and it's a lot of fun to play. It adds some teamplay mechanics into the mix (you can boost your teammates, they can boost you, you can transfer items, etc.) and these actually work surprisingly well; far from being gimmicky, you actually need to utilize the mechanics effectively to stay competitive (especially at higher difficulties). Difficulty in general is pretty well balanced; Hard seems impossible at first, but by the end of the game even Expert feels like a breeze. The challenge races (these focus on specific aspects like drifting) are a fun change of pace and range from easy to very difficult (but absolutely doable with practice).
Some have complained about bad performance, but at least in 2024 the game seemed to run butter smooth (Ryzen 5 3600, 5700XT, 16GB RAM, Win 11). If I had to complain about something, it'd be the often too noticeable rubberbanding AI and the cringe story (told via text-based static cutscenes between missions), but then again the story is obviously meant for children.
Also, don't forget to check the in-game guide; it has a lot of useful information about stuff like the various items you pick up.
Steam User 7
Fully playable on SD. 60fps locked with settings all on max.
This game needs more love, its awesome.:steamhappy:
Steam User 5
not as good as sonic all stars racing transformed. The npcs were easier to beat than in the previous sonic racing games. It's a good game, well designed, good graphics, enticing music, just missing factors other sonic racing games had that set it apart from the average racing game like mario kart.