Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection Reviews

amazing game had on 360 works so much better on pc and has alot of characters unlocked without buying them as extra dlc

As far as kart racers go, this is a very high-quality one. Great sense of speed, great gameplay variety, tough as nails on Expert mode and if you're going for all achievements. Infinitely replayable too.

might be one of the greatest games to ever be on steam. ever. worth it even off sale. this game will change your life.

Sonic Racing is the SEGA equivalent of Mario Kart (MK). This game has different characters you can race with and you can drift to get a speed-boost. You can get random items that allow you to slow down your opponents or give yourself a boost and the maps have dynamically changing obstacles for each lap of the race. Finally, most races take place in land, sea and air. In this game, your character impacts the tuning of the vehicle (speed, handling, acceleration, abilities). As you level up your characters, you begin to unlock more mods that lets you change the tuning of your vehicle. Each character has to be levelled up individually through gameplay. This game is basically identical with the older versions of Mario Kart, you can do time trials but there aren't versus modes in Sonic such as the Balloon Battles which I think were a fun addition to Mario Kart. Bear in mind when this game was released. My favourite part about this game are the maps. The maps are significantly more dynamic than MK Wii or MK DS. The first lap is like an introduction to the route. The second lap introduces obstacles that force you to adapt your driving. The final lap makes the obstacles even trickier. At the same time, different stages of the race force you to switch between road, water and air racing. These sections also change with each lap, and they add an extra dimension to the race that keeps every round fresh and exciting. The maps are slightly more sophisticated than the maps in MK; sometimes you don't know what is around the corner and this makes the game slightly more thrilling as you have to play reactively when it is your first time playing the game. Flying in the air changes your Kart into a mini jetplane-car hybrid. The flying is really fluid and comfortable, and these sections feel very wide and open. They are rather simple compared with land racing because the air sections have less obstacles in some maps, but some maps do it excellent and it feels like you're the millenium falcon in Star Wars. Flying in this game is actual flying, not gliding like in Mario Kart, which lets players go further while in the air. Water turns your car into a jet-ski. These sections are tricker than land racing because you have the same amount of obstacles as on land, but the jet-skis (understandably) have worse handling than a car would have. This adds another layer of challenge to the race as it forces the player to adapt their play style so they don't crash into obstacles or drive too carefully and fall behind their opponents. This game has amazing graphics for an early 2010's game, better than Mario Kart, but this also necessitates slightly better hardware to handle the game, which may make the game less accessible to some players. The game gives minimal graphics configuration in spite of the previous fact, so you don't have much choice on reducing the performance requirements to successfully play the game. If you are on Windows 10 or later, you may struggle to launch the game. You need to open the game folder in your file explorer, right click and enable Windows 8 compatibility mode for both the launcher and the game. If it still doesn't work, you may need to press launch a second time. Try running the game again, press yes on the Steam Client pop-up and it should suddenly work. If you're a fan of Mario Kart, and you have a good PC, you will enjoy this game as well because it is basically identical with the older Mario Kart titles of the DS and Wii era.

have not been able to play this game for years because it randomly just stopped working and nothing fixes it ...

Dude this game is so fun and has hours of genuinely enjoyable content. This gets me excited for Crossworlds I would absolutely recommend it to anyone who likes kart racers or wants to get into them. 9/10

It has solid mechanic and great gameplay

Still probably the best cart racer game out today and it's over a decade old. Doesn't have the rubberbanding and artificial back-of-the-pack speed-ups like Mario Kart that makes the game overly frustrating and completely luck-based. Skill is what pushes you over the finishing line in Sonic. You can even win a race in over half a lap ahead of the nearest competitor if played right. That alone makes Sonic absolutely superior to Mario Kart in my truly honest opinion. You race in a cart, a boat, and a plane. Some tracks even give you a choice as to what to continue the race as; stay as a boat and race along the surface, or take a ramp and take to the skies as a plane. The choice is yours. Difficulty options have more meaning than just difficulty. Easy is very easy, actually hard not to come in first, but also a very good option to let your kids play and feel like they're the greatest racers ever. Medium difficulty is probably the standard difficulty, giving a good challenge and incentivising the need to upgrade your vehicles speed and handling. Hard is pretty much "bring the lube" because of all the things getting rammed up your back-side with no-holds-barred, fully upgraded competitors that give no quarter and take no prisoners. I enjoy Mario Kart and still play with my grandson, but for a true adult cart racer that respects your skill over luck, there's still nothing better than this 12-year-old masterpiece that in my honest opinion should be the standard that all cart games should strive for.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed took everything good about the first game and took it to the next level. The addition of dynamic tracks and transforming vehicles made each race feel unique and exciting! This is probably my favourite kart racer of all time, and it’s far better than the Sonic-focused racing games that followed. What really makes it shine is the incredible Sega fan service. Racing through stages inspired by Golden Axe, Shinobi III, and Jet Set Radio, while playing as characters like Joe Musashi, Ryo Hazuki, and Alex Kidd, is a dream! If only they’d added some Streets of Rage characters or Shenmue-themed tracks!

I'm not paying 70$ for a videogame ever. This and the original all stars racing are collectively 30$ off sale, and still hold up very well.