
Should you acquire an item you can’t make much use of you can offer up the item box to the others in the team in the hope they might find it more useful. The lead racer of the crew will leave a trail behind them which teammates can follow for a slingshot-style speed boost (which can be chained together if you’re coordinated enough). This would seem unfair if not for the new team actions you can perform. You could be first across the line, but if the rest of your team lags behind then the entire team’s place will be dragged down. While you only directly control one character during any race, your overall place hinges on not just your own spot in the standings but that of your teammates as well. Most kart racers become successful by having some unique feature to differentiate them from the rest of the pack – Team Sonic Racing’s hook is its new team mechanics. Team Sonic Racing (TSR) retains the slip-slidey technical racing style of it’s predecessor while introducing new team elements but at the expense of Transformed’s celebrated dynamic track design.



High expectations have been placed on Sumo Digital after their last Sonic-centric racing game, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, ended up a critical success and cult classic among kart racing fans who wanted to look beyond the moustachioed plumber’s kart racer.
