Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was announced on April 30, 2012. It is the sequel to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and was directed by Gareth Wilson, the former lead designer of Blur, a similar racing game that also uses power-ups as a prominent feature.
Gameplay
The game's sur-name comes from its new transforming vehicle system, which allows players to traverse land, sea, and sky by transforming their vehicles mid-race via gates, allowing for much more varied tracks. The courses also change with different features during each lap, usually changing the alternate routes.
Characters
The game has characters from several of Sega's previous franchises making their debut in the All-Stars Racing series, including Gilius Thunderhead and Vyse who both were cut from the previous title's roster. They were chosen along with new Sega franchise characters and characters from Non-Sega franchises with additional characters planned for DLC. The two Non-Sega characters included with every version are Ralph from the Walt Disney movie Wreck-it Ralph and real professional NASCAR racer Danica Patrick. Revealed through hacking, there also exists additional characters such as characters from the Football Manager series, Shogun: Total War series, as well as an appearance from another non-Sega property, Team Fortress 2. These characters were officially revealed as exclusive characters for the PC version via a trailer released on January 17th 2013. While they are for the PC version, they appear on the disc for the console versions as well.
Character List
Game Modes
Career
World Tour Mode
Race
- Race for the top position while utilizing power ups.
Boost Challenge
- Race to the finish line before time runs out. Any time the vehicle receives a boost,
Battle Race
- Race for the top position while utilizing power ups. All players start with three hits. Once all off their hit points are gone, they are out. The last surviving player wins.
Ring Race
- Fly through the rings in order before time runs out. Any missed rings will deplete your remaining time.
Traffic Attack
- Dodge cars while weaving through the course. Green Cars will stay in one position. Yellow Cars will weave left and right. Blue Cars will try to stay in front of you.
Versus
- Race against a rival racer through several rounds. Whoever is in front before time runs out or if they pull far enough ahead, they are delcared the winner.
Pursuit
- Collect ammo and fire at a fleeing enemy tank in a race course.
Grand Prix
Time Attack
Single Race
Custom Game
The following game modes can be played offline or online and may be chosen when playing online via matchmaking by specifying race, battle or lucky dip which randomly chooses game modes.
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| Race for the top position while utilizing power ups.
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| Fight to survive using power ups. All players start with three hits. Once all off their hit points are gone, they are out. The last surviving player wins.
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| Race for the top position while utilizing power ups. All players start with three hits. Once all off their hit points are gone, they are out. The last surviving player wins.
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| A Chao balloon and a capture point spawn in random spots. Bringing the Chao balloon to the capture point adds to the players score. Reaching the target limit or capturing the most before time runs out declares the winner.
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| Race for the top position. There are no items to make use of, only boost pads will help racers in this mode.
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Party Game
The following modes are exclusive to the Wii U version and can only be played locally. The player on the Wii U Game Pad will play as a specific character using specialized controls and features.
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| Players on the Game Pad play as Aiai as he rolls a monkey ball around to crush the other racers.
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| Players on the Game Pad play as Joe Musashi as he must run into other racers to tag them.
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Courses
The race courses in this game are all based off of different Sega franchises, and unlike the first game they are not limited by theme or franchise.
Dragon Cup
Rogue Cup
Emerald Cup
Arcade Cup
Classic Cup
Downloadable/Bonus Tracks
Arena Tracks
Bonus Edition
A Bonus Edition of the game was planned, and contained DLC content for the game. The package came with a code to unlock a new course and character like the previous game, an OutRun-themed course and Metal Sonic as a playable racer. The Wii U version did not come with a voucher as the DLC content was already on the disc. The Downloadable Tracks option were renamed to Bonus Tracks.
Changelog
Moved to Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed/Changelog
Physical Scans
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Artwork
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