Team Sonic Racinghas been zooming around at the Tokyo Game Show, and as well as showing off some tracks and gameplay at the venue, a new video also arrived to the YouTube channel.
You can find the video below, which features Sonic Series Producer, Takashi Iizuka. He gives a quick insight into the developmental process, his favoriteTeam Sonic Racingcar, and even discusses the music.
The video begins with the inspiration behind the team-based racing style, reflecting on watching his child play other kart racing titles with his friends with some being happy, others unhappy. This encouraged him to work onTeam Sonic Racingand introduce a concept that has everyone sharing the victory.
During the expo, three tracks out of the planned twenty-one tracks that will be available were showcased: Wisp Circuit, Ice Mountain and Market Street. We’ve previously seen acouple of tracks revealed just before this years Gamescom.
These will all be playable with players being able to createcombinations of class types per team. Used as examples, players could create a team with one player with the Speed class, another with Technique, and another with Power. However, it’s possible to mix it up, such as Power, Power, and Power, or Speed, Speed, and Technique.
Iizuka also detailed that his favoriteTeam Sonic Racingcharacter is Shadow the Hedgehog because of the car. According to Iizuka the car went through many conversations and variations before being the final vehicle we see in the video. Shadow’s personality also shines through when discussing tactics with the rest of the team.
Iizuka talks about getting Jun Senoue on board to create the soundtrack forTeam Sonic Racing,having previously worked on Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition.
The racing title was set to launch in Winter 2018, however, itended up being delayed.Team Sonic Racingis now set to launch on June 30, 2025, for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
