Technique types can drive over the likes of grass and ice for a while before it starts to affect them.Speed types obviously have the highest top speed.There are three types of racers in general: When you choose a character in a single-player team race, the other two characters in their preset team become your AI partners during the race. Since team-based racing is the main focus of Team Sonic Racing, the 15-character roster is split into five preset teams of three. Love him or hate him (and I love him, for what it’s worth), Sonic is money and a Sonic karting game is always going to be popular. Long story short: he may have had his ups and downs, but Sonic remains a hugely popular property in the gaming world. This has paid off in recent years with some genuinely brilliant Sonic games: Sonic Generations was a lovely nod to the classic titles, but Sonic Mania took it even further with an immaculate old-school 2D platformer. Where will this new twist place it on my Kartography leaderboard though? Let’s find out.Īs I said in the last Kartography article, the Sonic licence is a fairly massive one in the world of video games, second arguably to Mario when it comes to family-friendly franchises.Įven when it hits its low points – Sonic 2006, Sonic and the Black Knight – the character continues to have enough goodwill with gamers old and new that they’re always willing to give it another shot.
In case you aren’t aware, Team Sonic Racing’s main gimmick is team races, where you’re grouped together with two other partners and your Grand Prix points are all added up for a total score. Thanks to Sega, yer man Scullion has been playing the PS4 Pro version of the game for the past week and a half, which is just enough time to deconstruct the entire thing in trademark Kartography style. Given that today marks the launch of the latest one – Team Sonic Racing – it only makes sense that a Kartography double-bill is in order. My last Kartography article looked at Sonic R, Sonic’s debut home console racing experience.
PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC (PS4 version reviewed) Kartography is my regular series in which I look at licensed kart racers throughout gaming history, and figure out where they fit on my all-time karting game leaderboard.įor more information on my scoring policy for Kartography, check out this introductory article.