Still, Team Sonic Racing’s satisfying items and consistent level design ensure a mostly enjoyable time regardless of which mode is being played. A certain learning curve is to be expected, but too often I’d notch a boost from a successful drift only to slam into an obstacle blending in with the map, even after several hours of play. Plenty of alternative paths and shortcuts add a layer of depth to the courses, but the crowded, colorful environments can be challenging to navigate even beyond the first few laps. The controls are intuitive, requiring little tutorial before racers are drifting around turns, absorbing Wisps, and using them to brutalize opponents or assist teammates. Standard Grand Prix competitions are exciting enough, but Team Sonic Racing makes its real strength clear: team matches. Team Sonic Racing’s 21 playable courses are varied and well-designed, if not overly inviting to new players unfamiliar with the twists, turns, and unexpected hurdles. The roster of 15 characters is entirely comprised of characters from the Sonic franchise, as opposed to other Sonic racing games that include characters from the broader Sega universe. 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.
Team Sonic may be the most prolific of Mario Kart’s competition, but we’ve yet to see a Sonic racing game reach quite the creative heights and cultural resonance as any of Nintendo’s first-party generational releases. If you're a fan of kart racers and/or Sonic, then you should really consider picking this up, especially since it's released at a budget price.In the Mario Kart dominated kart racing genre, it takes a polished, innovative, crowd-friendly product to really stand out. Maybe I just suck at kart racers but it seems like this game demands perfection without a single misstep to achieve even a silver medal! These are, however, minor nitpicks. I'm referring specifically to the Daredevil and Ring challenges. Additionally, some of the missions just seem downright ridiculous with the difficulty spike. It just kind of feels like Sonic Team actually wanted to hide their own story because they had such little faith in it. I know I can just select the race again to view the cutscenes I've missed, but by the time I usually realise I've skipped one, I've finished the mission. I fall in the camp of people who actively want to watch the cutscenes but I've missed the vast majority of them by pressing A due to muscle memory. For some reason, they mapped the "skip cutscene" button to A, which is the main button for selecting things on a menu in possibly every game on the Switch. This was a pretty great idea as many people do not care for story in Sonic games and this allows them to jump right into the action.
The game gives you two different buttons to select a race in story mode: one to start the race with the cutscene and one to start the race while skipping the cutscene.
Well, not the cutscenes themselves, just how you go about viewing them. Some minor gripes I've had with the game so far inlude the story cutscenes. I wasn't sure about it when watching trailers, but I've been pleasantly surprised so far. The gameplay seems like your run of the mill kart racer, but the teamwork mechanics help make the game feel fresh. As for the visuals, I'm not sure how they are on other platforms, but the game looks stunning on the Switch, and the framerate seems pretty consistent so far. Nothing new for a Sonic game, I know, but these remixes are just top notch. The first thing that hit me was just how amazing the soundtrack for this game is. I've only ever owned one Mario Kart game while playing a fair bit on friends' games and a bit of Crash Team Racing as a kid, however I have been having a blast with this game so far. First review ever so not sure how informative this will be but here we go! I consider myself a veteran with Sonic games but I'm pretty much a First review ever so not sure how informative this will be but here we go! I consider myself a veteran with Sonic games but I'm pretty much a casual when it comes to kart racers.
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