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Have You Played… Team Sonic Racing?There’s no I in hedgehog
There’s no I in hedgehog
While I am definitely a Sonic apologist, I acknowledge that the little blue fella’s output has been less than stellar in the last 20 years. For every highlight, like aSonic Mania, there’s been countless lowlights, likeSonic 4,Sonic Forces, andGuns For Some Reason Sonic. Funnily enough, over the last decade, the literally quick on his feet hedgehog has been at his most consistent when behind the wheel of a car.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformedis rightly seen as the pinnacle of Sega’s kart racers, but the follow-up that ditches your Joe Musashis and B.D. Joes in favour of Sonic’s irritating friends is a really solid entry in the series, too.
In fact,Team Sonic Racingis one of the more unique kart racing games out there, because – as the name suggests – it’s about the team rather than the individual. Basically, if you want to get points on the board, you have to help your two annoying pals out wherever you can.
Those power-ups are sadly uninspiring, though. You’d imagine it’d be an easy win to make them Sonic-themed – a Tails airstrike, something around Knuckles’ penchant for burrowing, a music-related attack of some sort to play up Vector’s love of the hit parade – but they’re all very cookie-cutter.
And, of course, the story is absolute bin.
