12/10/2025
Sonic Racing Crossworlds - REVIEW!
Let's get this out of the way, the game is top notch!z
After the last weak entry in the series, I was sceptical going into this one, but damn did they address all my issues. No more crappy rubber banding, no insanely cheap ai, just a really fun, fast and fluid racer that gives you multiple speed modes, rivals to race that you can increase the difficulty of and plenty of amazing tracks.
The customisation of vehicles isn't as much as say mario kart 7 but there is still a good amount to play around with as well as skills to assign such as starting with a boost, going above the max ring count, the ability to hold an additional item and tonnes more.
The new gimmick is that on the second lap of a track you will switch over to a completely different track which keeps things fresh as these are different everytime and then you go back to the original track on the third lap to finish it out. The best use of this is in Gran Prix where the last race is a mashup of the 3 three tracks of the cup. It's this innovative design that keeps things fresh for the series, whilst retaining vehicles changing to boats and planes in certain sections which was introduced in Sonic Racing transformed.
The roster is another high point with actual loved characters from the Sonic franchise, and not just lame generic enemies *cough* mario kart world *cough*
Plus they have collaborated with nickelodian to bring in Spongebob and Patrick, the minecraft crew and characters from other sega franchises like joker from persona and ichiban from Like a dragon with plenty more to come.
This is a game with a solid road map of what's to come and be excited for in future.
Also the music in the game is outstanding and the game runs so incredibly smooth despite the high fidelity vehicles and chaos on screen. It's so incredibly polished top to bottom...one of the best releases of the year.
If you love kart racers, or even just some arcade racing in general, go grab this right now!
