SEGA has now formally launched its announcement trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and as a part of this, it is shared some new particulars about what precisely Sonic followers can count on from this new racing expertise.
Not solely will this recreation embrace the “largest” roster ever in a Sonic Racing recreation, however it’s going to additionally function characters from throughout the Sega universe! Together with this, you’ll be able to count on a “wide range” of autos – permitting you to combine and match “elements, powers, and skills”.
CrossWorlds additionally introduces “Journey Rings” that transport racers from one location to a different, with the lead racer choosing the placement on the second lap as you race throughout “land, sea, and air”. Including additional pleasure to every race is the RPG-like gadget function, which gamers will equip and mix earlier than every race.
Sega has additionally confirmed the return of “Excessive Gear” – which first appeared in Sonic Riders. In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds this gear will “supply a boost-based racing type”. Sonic Crew’s Inventive Officer Takashi Iizuka has shared a message about Sonic’s newest racer, explaining the way it combines new concepts with the previous historical past (just like the All-Stars Racing Remodeled function) of the Sonic Racing sequence:
Takashi Iizuka: “In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, not solely did we wish to introduce the modern thought of racing by totally different worlds as you warp by the Journey Rings, however we additionally needed anybody who had enjoyable enjoying our earlier Sonic Racing video games to essentially take pleasure in this title, so we took numerous parts from these previous video games and integrated them. We included the Excessive Gear from the Sonic Riders sequence in addition to the Remodel function from the All-Stars Racing sequence, making it an amazing end result of all of the Sonic Racing sequence video games to this point. I hope everybody actually enjoys Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.”
Listed here are some extra official screenshots, courtesy of Sega: