Sonic Team Racing - Xbox One

TSR isn't a bad game, but it's a big step down from Sumo's previous Sega kart racer "Sonic & All-Stars Transformed." Instead of an expansive and interesting selection of tracks and characters from various Sega franchises, your stuck with Sonic... and everything that entails... Nobody plays the game online, so don't expect to be able to jump into a lobby and find any random people to race. The PC version also suffers from horrible frame pacing, for which there doesn't seem to be any fix. Pass on this one unless you can get it for practically nothing.

A Quality Competitor To Mario Kart

This new Sonic Racing series is 3-for-3 so far! I was skeptical about replacing the "transformed" gimmick of the last game with the new "team" aspect of this series entry, BUT IT WORKS! The difficulty levels are well balanced and learning the mechanics is fairly simple. This game has something Mario Kart doesn't: speed. There is a genuine sense of going fast. There is plenty of action in races to keep you busy. Even while driving around a normal bend you will find yourself busy checking on your teamates. There's no slow-turns here! Even when you feel you've mastered all of the workings try multiplayer for a whole new level of challenge! Can't wait for the fourth installment in the Sonic Racing series :)

Amazing game play from the start!!!!

Perfect game for the kid in you. I really like the fact that you don't really have to think too much to play this game. This overall is a real fun game to play. I love the Sonic games and the innocence that it brings. No violence and perfect game play all wrapped up in this game from the start.

An Excellent Mario Kart Alternative

Team Sonic Racing is one of those rare Mario Kart clones that is exiting enough in its own right to be fun, addictive and worth playing. The game consists of 15 racers, 21 tracks, an Adventure Mode and classic modes like Grand Prix, Time Trial and Exhibition. Some levels are returning from previous Sonic racers, but most are new and fresh. The main draw here is with its exclusive 3-person team system, which forces you to work together with AI teammates to share items, gain boosts and bounce off each other to gain the upper hand in a race. By performing enough of these coop moves, your team will eventually earn a significant speed boost, which could drastically change the outcome of a race if used at the right times. The main mode, ‘Adventure’, places you in a ... MoreTeam Sonic Racing is one of those rare Mario Kart clones that is exiting enough in its own right to be fun, addictive and worth playing. The game consists of 15 racers, 21 tracks, an Adventure Mode and classic modes like Grand Prix, Time Trial and Exhibition. Some levels are returning from previous Sonic racers, but most are new and fresh. The main draw here is with its exclusive 3-person team system, which forces you to work together with AI teammates to share items, gain boosts and bounce off each other to gain the upper hand in a race. By performing enough of these coop moves, your team will eventually earn a significant speed boost, which could drastically change the outcome of a race if used at the right times. The main mode, ‘Adventure’, places you in a bit-sized map with a Mario-style level structure, where each stage represents a new race. Each level gives players the opportunity to earn up to 3 stars (bronze, silver and gold), which should give the game some replay value in the long run. Each track is designed with upmost care, boasting an enormous amount of color and vibrant texture work that gives you that feeling of quality, with tight controls and a good sense of speed. The game isn't without its fair share of problems, though. First of all, many stages are locked behind Adventure mode progress, so don't expect to fire up the game and choose whatever stage and character you want right away, because you can't. The next issue worth mentioning is in regards to the tone of the game. For years, Sonic games have been catering to little kids, and the series never matured enough to remove the utter cringe from its voice acting and soundtrack, and this game is no different. Luckily, most of the music is well orchestrated and catchy, but the voice acting and a couple songs that contain lyrics can be pretty awful, so expect to be tempted to skip the 'cut-scenes' that occur between Adventure levels and plug your ears when necessary. Overall, I would recommend Team Sonic Racing as a worthy Mario Kart alternative. The power-ups aren't too exciting and the voice acting is pretty bad, but the gameplay, level design and fun factor are all high enough quality to warrant a purchase.

Best Mario Kart clone

For kart racing fans who have played Mario Kart 8's courses to death and need something new and fresh, Team Sonic Racing comes along to satisfy your pallette.Before you think it unfair to compare TSR to MK8, the makers of this game make little effort to hide that Mario Kart is exactly what they are aiming for. Just look at the items in this game (called wisps). 80% of them are borrowed from MK. Missiles that bounce off walls (green shells), crimson eagle that chases opponents (red shell), boost (mushroom), cube (fake item box/banana), rhythm (blooper), drill (bullet bill), bomb (bob omb), ghost & lightning. Quake is like blue shell but way better since you actually have a chance of dodging the pillars. A lot of the courses look like combinations of MK levels. ... MoreFor kart racing fans who have played Mario Kart 8's courses to death and need something new and fresh, Team Sonic Racing comes along to satisfy your pallette.Before you think it unfair to compare TSR to MK8, the makers of this game make little effort to hide that Mario Kart is exactly what they are aiming for. Just look at the items in this game (called wisps). 80% of them are borrowed from MK. Missiles that bounce off walls (green shells), crimson eagle that chases opponents (red shell), boost (mushroom), cube (fake item box/banana), rhythm (blooper), drill (bullet bill), bomb (bob omb), ghost & lightning. Quake is like blue shell but way better since you actually have a chance of dodging the pillars. A lot of the courses look like combinations of MK levels. There is a haunted house/sand level and a volcano level with a molten monster that looks suspiciously like the one in Bowser's castle.The good news is the courses look gorgeous and are a blast to play. The controls are silky smooth and there is even a second control option for MK veterans (x on PS4 to accelerate, r2 to drift, l2 to use items). They really nailed the feel of the drifting! This is probably the first non-MK racer that got the drifting perfect. It's better than the last Sonic Racing Game. I watched footage of the upcoming Crash Team Racing remake and it looks jerky af. This is smooth turning around all the corners.The bad news is the roster dropped all those cool and random characters from the last game and the tracks are a bit less fun and creative than those in Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, where they had the whole SEGA catalog to pull ideas from. While Nintendo expanded MK8 to include Zelda, F-Zero, Splatoon, Animal Crossing and others, Team Sonic goes the opposite direction and just focused Sonic franchise characters, half of which are obscure even to fans (Zavok anyone?)

Fun Game!

Very addictive! Bought it for my 3yo son, but my wife and I play it instead! He will get better at it. It's just hard for him to steer properly, and he gets frustrated and says "it's so borint(boring)" lol It's basically like Mario Kart for Playstation! It's definitely FUN! Seller was great! Package arrived ahead of schedule!

Great Racing Game from Sega!

I enjoy this game very much. It's got lot's of customization options to tune out your favorite Sonic character race car which you unlock by earning coins towards new parts and upgrades through races. I love the game the game very much and it's very fun to play. You can play up to 4 players on the single screen or online in standard or team racing. There's also a ranking system that let's you race to be on the rankings against other racers online. Not all of Sonic's friends are in it though; I'm not sure if they'll include more in DLC. It's got Sonic Tails Knuckles Rouge Big the Cat Amy Rose Shadow that one Robot from Sonic Adventure the red character from Sonic Lost World Blaze Metal Sonic Dr Eggman Chao and that crocodile character.

Solid budget title, not much more

For those who want a cart racing game and don't own a Nintendo Switch, this game will satisfy you for a bit. It's a budget title, and it shows in some parts of the game. You only get access to 15 characters and 21 race tracks. That's enough to have fun with for a while, but after a few hours of playing, you might yearn for more. The graphics are colorful and nice, and the soundtrack stands out as being phenomenal.The actual gameplay is what you'd expect in a cart racing game. There are a few new tweaks and twists to the formula, but there's nothing revolutionary -- it's a racing game where you have access to random items strewn throughout the track to aid you or hurt your opponents. The team component means that your teammates' racing position matters, too, but as ... MoreFor those who want a cart racing game and don't own a Nintendo Switch, this game will satisfy you for a bit. It's a budget title, and it shows in some parts of the game. You only get access to 15 characters and 21 race tracks. That's enough to have fun with for a while, but after a few hours of playing, you might yearn for more. The graphics are colorful and nice, and the soundtrack stands out as being phenomenal.The actual gameplay is what you'd expect in a cart racing game. There are a few new tweaks and twists to the formula, but there's nothing revolutionary -- it's a racing game where you have access to random items strewn throughout the track to aid you or hurt your opponents. The team component means that your teammates' racing position matters, too, but as long as you win the race, that's usually enough. I haven't played online, but it's available, and local multiplayer is fun and frenetic.

Team Sonic Racing review

I'd give this a 3 and a half star if it was an option. I'm a huge fan of Sega racing games, always have been, always will be. The Sonic Racing series that really took flight with Sonic and All-Star Racing Transformed is still one of the very best kart racing games I've ever played. I mean it when I say it can easily be seated against any Mario Kart game or even Crash Team Racing, it's that good. So my hopes were pretty high for this. Unfortunately they went with this gimmick of you having a trio of characters to racing around with, think Sonic Heroes in cars. It's weird to get used to at first since the place of each person on your team will tally your total score at the end of the race. Naturally you all work together but this would have been far better as a mode ... MoreI'd give this a 3 and a half star if it was an option. I'm a huge fan of Sega racing games, always have been, always will be. The Sonic Racing series that really took flight with Sonic and All-Star Racing Transformed is still one of the very best kart racing games I've ever played. I mean it when I say it can easily be seated against any Mario Kart game or even Crash Team Racing, it's that good. So my hopes were pretty high for this. Unfortunately they went with this gimmick of you having a trio of characters to racing around with, think Sonic Heroes in cars. It's weird to get used to at first since the place of each person on your team will tally your total score at the end of the race. Naturally you all work together but this would have been far better as a mode of play rather than the entire experience as a whole. I don't mind trying new things with any genre to mix it up and push the envelope but it took away from the basic aspects of what made the previous two entries so special. There was also a lack of other Sega properties since this was solely a Sonic racing game this time around which naturally bummed me out but what can you do? Hopefully down the road we get a sequel to Transformed.

fun multiplayer game

As for as Best buy service, ordered this game online, it came 2 days earlier than promised, so kudos to bestbuy.com service and all involved in that. For the game itself, very solid cartoony racing game. I would say this gameplay is a mix of Mario Kart and F-zero for the gamecube., a great alternative to mario kart. Single player isn't to focused where they give you missions and you complete mission for each track. The characters do get dialogue which is a nice tough, sonic sure likes to talk trash in this game. They added a team mode, with teams of 3., the whole team who finishes, on average, a higher placing rank, wins. It can get pretty interesting and fun if you can find multiple people to play with, because you can share items and boosts with teammates. But if ... MoreAs for as Best buy service, ordered this game online, it came 2 days earlier than promised, so kudos to bestbuy.com service and all involved in that. For the game itself, very solid cartoony racing game. I would say this gameplay is a mix of Mario Kart and F-zero for the gamecube., a great alternative to mario kart. Single player isn't to focused where they give you missions and you complete mission for each track. The characters do get dialogue which is a nice tough, sonic sure likes to talk trash in this game. They added a team mode, with teams of 3., the whole team who finishes, on average, a higher placing rank, wins. It can get pretty interesting and fun if you can find multiple people to play with, because you can share items and boosts with teammates. But if not, you'll get the AI. As far as online play, I wish it was better. Finding servers takes a while and lobbies are rarely full. The max of players I found in a match was 4, lobbies can go up to 12, iirc. I wish online mode is improved can I can see the fun with stable servers and will give the game lasting ability. Still a good quality game maybe get it on sale i would recommend on ps4 or xbox, switch has Mario Kart already which is superior still and runs on lower framerate. more people need to get online.