

One moment you could be flying in the air, hitting circular boost pads, then the next moment you’ll suddenly drop into the water and have to essentially jetski to victory. As per the subtitle of the last game in the kart racing series, Transformed, the karts in All-Stars can change between karts, boats, and even planes, and the tracks change to match. The other big difference is that the tracks in Team Sonic Racing are all resolutely earth-based, with all karts driving around a track. For starters, just like the character roster, the tracks in Team Sonic Racing are all based on Zones from the Sonic universe, whereas All-Stars takes inspiration from the entire Sega line-up. While there are plenty of similarities, such as different paths, boost pads, secret areas, and the three-lap structure, there are two crucial differences too. There are big differences between the race tracks in both games, and how they behave. Team Sonic Racing vs Sonic All-Stars Racing | Race tracks The main reason for this is that the new game only boasts characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, whereas All-Stars has a roster including characters from nearly every major Sega game, and includes non-Sega characters like Wreck-It Ralph and the Team Fortress 2 soldiers. Depending on which version you play, and whether you’ve picked up DLC characters like Metal Sonic, there can be anything between 20 and 32 racers on the All-Stars roster. All-Stars Racing has no such team system, so it’s a little looser with its racing types, but it’s also far better when it comes to the character roster.

There are 15 total racers in Team Sonic Racing, divided into five teams of three, with all characters divided into three racing types: Speed, Technique, and Power. Team Sonic Racing vs Sonic All-Stars Racing | Character roster As teams, all racers contribute to the final score, but you can swap items between characters, and eventually even pull off an Ultimate special move which can win you the race. While you can play the new game with traditional single racers, Sumo Digital has introduced the option to play in teams of three characters, which can completely change a race. There is one big difference between the two games, however, and that’s Team Sonic Racing‘s introduction of team play. Collect power-ups to use, and then win the race by being better. The cars handle much the same too, with similar stats such as acceleration, speed, and boost. Drift round corners on the left trigger, accelerate with the right trigger, and fire weapons with the A button (Xbox) or X (PS4). If you’ve played All-Stars Racing, you’ll have no trouble whatsoever in adjusting to the controls of Team Sonic Racing, since they’re essentially the same. Team Sonic Racing vs Sonic All-Stars Racing | Car handling and gameplay

The only real difference between the two is that there aren’t any secret characters to unlock in the campaign in Team Sonic Racing.

Race especially well and you unlock keys to go down different paths, but you have to have a certain number of stars to progress. The campaign’s design is actually completely identical between games, with multiple paths that you unlock through racing, and optional directions with special challenges.
