I Played Every Sonic Racing Game Ever

[@Aaronitmar]

I guess I just suck at Sonic Riders LMAO 🥲

[@Idontcarelolll]

so am I 😭

[@penguinmaster7]

considering the fact that that everything you complained about was objectively wrong.....yeah

[@thefastesthedgehog6795]

I would say cross worlds would mash various versions of the brand or at least have a more compelling roaster. Lost hope on freedom fighters

[@Idontcarelolll]

@ same I think u could use motorcycle run on foot use hoverboard like riders and use cars , boats, and planes like all stars racinh

[@joey5745]

You’re the only person I’ve ever heard that prefers Sonic Zero Gravity over the original. The first game takes time to get used to. Doing good tricks refuels your air. Once you get the hang of it it’s very engaging. Zero Gravity felt so basic to me,

[@toumabyakuya]

Sonic Riders is one of those games that is hard to master but a lot of fun once you do. For example: The Air meter wont limit you at all because there are a lot of ways to recover Air and they are often, things like doing tricks, hitting the opponent, using your type-related shortcut and leveling up, also, once you are max level you will have a lot of Air. And I would know that, I loved using the High Booster and said gear took 90% of the meter away once I boosted, yet I never remember being in dire need of recovering Air.

[@joey5745]

Pus after that you have to learn how shortcuts work. Its never explained but after enough races ppl eventually figure it out and then its like playing a brand new game

[@toumabyakuya]

@@joey5745 Eh, the shortcuts aren't that hard to learn. Rail grinding just requires you to jump and press X to land on the rail and to do both again to swap rails. Flying you just move towards the rigns with plane controls. Power characters are the easiest because all you have to do is literally collide with obstacles.

[@orca717]

@@toumabyakuya For a while I thought you had to move the joystick up and down continuously for the flight shortcuts

[@toumabyakuya]

@@orca717 Nope, you are just directing where you are going with that.

[@joey5745]

@@toumabyakuya I phrased it bad, I meant the alternate routes. Like going high, or going far, to enter secret areas,

[@mikejfile9070]

Sonic Riders is THE best racing game around imo. The mechanics are flawless, id advise watching a guide if you are having issues figuring out the game. It is so fun and fluid

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

I second this

[@jjtails]

That series would of receive so well if they only had the tutorial in the Story mode

[@durandlewis1382]

OK, I wouldn't go THAT far.

[@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames]

This is ENTIRELY subjective. The game just isn't for everyone, and there are better racing games out there. It is alot of fun though and I enjoy the game alot. Calling it "THE best racing game" is just a hot take though, disguised as a "fact".

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

The best? Lol no

[@mack4-_.]

Disappointed you didn't like the first Riders game cause I really liked it, I didn't mind the controls or the air system.

[@lblykon7003]

Game is and was peak zero gravity was pretty good idk why they went the car route instead of sonic riders 3

[@TheStrikers63]

Sonic rider 4 you mean right ? Free rider exist 😂​@@lblykon7003

[@dmg326]

you had the same experience with Riders as the people who first bought it had. they made Zero Gravity simpler because of that. Some say it’s worse. i LOVE both games. honestly wish they went back to it instead of staying in cars.

[@dmg326]

i’m hoping CrossWorlds has Riders gear, like when MK Wii had karts and bikes. Riders had its own personality with the boards and skates.

[@cellyzs]

Sonic riders is one of my fav games of all time

[@hubsterheck]

34:08 You missed the final link in the fucked up SRB2 family tree; Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers. The final evolution of SRB2Kart

[@Hypertiger102]

I was gonna say LMAO

[@ItsCenrryTH]

Aaron isn't ready for that game's madness : 💀

[@GamEntertain]

Is it wierd I still prefer SRB2K over Dr R's Ring Racers?

[@ItsCenrryTH]

@@GamEntertain Not really. Ring Racers is a much more complex game than SRB2K and it guaranteed to alienate people that don't vibe with the changes

[@jackskellington3545]

That’s not an official sonic racing game scrub

[@gunoman2363]

Going to have to go with the crowd on this one. Sonic Riders was one of my favorite games growing up, possibly one of my favorites of all time. The maps, the music, the memories, all amazing (besides the Sega Illusion map cause that was insane). Yes, the game has a learning curve, but once you get it this game feels so clean. The only complaint I have was it has the same mechanic as the mario party rope minigame that gave kids. (Good thing I played on gamecube and not a nintendo 64 controller like those mario party kids 😂)

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

Finally. Aaronitmar has played Peak fiction: Sonic Riders! 10:09 Yes. It’s a Skill issue! 15:10 Omg. I remember that flash game! Basic but Good times! 17:55 Seems like a Skill Issue to me. Lolol. Edit: He never played Kart Racing Mode in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle but oh well.

[@sikosonix901]

It is a skill issue, but it's not his fault, but the games.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

just for the sake of Information. the game originally was "Sonic Forces Speed Battle" but because they wanted people to forget about the console game they renamed it to just Sonic Forces, & now people calls it Sonic Forces Mobile. also, yes "Sonic punishes you for [insert mechanic here]" basically ends up translating to "I don't know how to [Insert game mechanic here] & i refuse to accept is my Skill Issue"

[@randomnerdontheinternet967]

As a KZbinr once said, "Mario Kart's made you really bad at other racing games", and this video's kinda proving that. Sonic R and the First Sonic Riders definitely have a skill curve, but once you get good at them, they can be fun experiences. The problem is that they don't really help the player with learning them well. As a tip, I'll tell you that for Sonic R, the game's Time Attack is weirdly more of a practice mode for the tracks. Also to better understand the controls, you should find the game's manual. For Sonic Riders, the tutorial is weirdly tucked away in the menus. Also, I disagree with your stance that "SEGA should just copy the Mario Kart formula one-for-one". I believe that it's good that they keep adding unique twists to freshen up the mascot racer formula. A unique racing game that surpasses Mario Kart in quality will always be better than just a clone that matches its quality.

[@Compucles]

There's a difference between a mere skill curve and controls that just aren't tight enough, the latter of which is the main issue with both "Sonic R" and "Sonic Riders." Sure, you can adapt, but the controls really should've been designed significantly better in the first place to make the game more fun for players of all skill levels.

[@randomnerdontheinternet967]

@Compucles Sonic Riders' controls in my opinion feel tight and responsive enough. With Sonic R, I can see where your coming from. The controls feel the best when you use the shoulder buttons (They're Left and Right brakes, not drifts) well and that pressing down to roll is like shifting to a higher gear in a car and using that well. When someone is just playing the game regularly and especially without the knowledge of what the shoulder buttons and down do, the controls don't feel the best.

[@chanwalk161]

Did people really ignore that official statement Sega made that CrossWorlds will be a “racing game featuring the iconic characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series”. Also, with the people who work directly on the Sonic brand acknowledging the announcement, including Sonic Team producer/designer Nakamura Shun and game writer Ian Flynn, and Sonic Team having involvement should be a heads up that this game/ its roster is going to be mostly Sonic focused.

[@digitalhavok4564]

They technically added Sega characters in the riders games, maybe we’ll unlock them after missions are complete

[@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames]

The saddest part is, I could see them using it as an excuse to tie in movie characters. I don't mind the movies, but I wish they'd stop forcing them into games, the models look so ugly and out of place in the game world

[@dianceperez8540]

Tbh I feel like Ian Flynn would come on clutch with the story of Sonic Racing CrossWorlds because like there’s no way he wouldn’t bring back the Babylon Rogues…if they come back??? We can easily assume that extreme gears are coming back

[@durandlewis1382]

Even if the roster is primarily Sonic, I still hoping we get at least a few SEGA characters...

[@sikosonix901]

​@@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernameswhat? It's fine if you don't like the movie models, but why must they bend to _your_ will? If they want to do movie tie ins, they have every right to do so. And plus, the make sure the environment their in fits the models, best shown with the Sonic Movie 3 DLC for Shadow Generations.

[@meisei9482]

OG Sonic riders is so good i can’t, will play it again soon

[@JediSteve-J3-]

Sega all stars racing transformed will always be up there with mario kart wii for me.

[@amari648]

Facts

[@adisniper41]

All Star Racing Transformed >>> Mario Kart 8

[@MarioandSonicmcqeen]

​@adisniper41 I respect your opinion, but I still think that mario kart 8 is way better.

[@Compucles]

I think it's even better than Mario Kart Wii, since it actually has a good Battle Mode (plus, I've never cared for the bikes or the motion controls in that game). The transformation aspect is also superior to the ones in "Mario Kart 7" and "Mario Kart 8." However, I think the Mario Kart games are still superior where it comes to the basic controls and gameplay.

[@charliereeves7286]

Sonic Riders is just the most advanced of the racing games skill wise, sorry bud it is indeed a SKILL ISSUE.

[@NicverdiNWah]

Crash Team Racing is way more complicated.

[@IlyaPakzad]

9:55 skill issue

[@MASKEDNEKOGT]

Absolutely

[@_Gemkas_]

facts facts facts

[@ZeykanDrokaiz]

yep, was just a skill issue, sonic riders seems easier to control then zero gravity too, but is probably just me.

[@hgmd3284]

Reminder that sonic drift is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A SMK COMPETITOR. It’s supposed to be more comparable to segas power drift as sonic drift came out before SMK.

[@thenightwriter619]

you're right that sonic drift is meant to be like power drift, but it did not come out before smk. smk came out in 1992, sonic drift in 1994. it's almost certainly a fact, like it or not, that the choice to give it a sonic skin instead of just demaking power drift was a response to smk. i don't care for the comparison either since they are attempting different things, but it's not unwarranted and sega kinda did it to themselves

[@hgmd3284]

@ yeah, I agree with that. Also I might’ve misremembered so thank you

[@Compucles]

If "Power Drift" was a similar game, it still doesn't change how dull and lousy those games are, especially in comparison to "Super Mario Kart."

[@tristinflore]

The first Sonic Riders is really good, it's just that the reviewer sucks at the game

[@ithalathegayguy]

Honestly, I find that's the case with A LOT of game reviewers

[@simplyfig3942]

With the rider games it’s more of a skill issue. I never run out of air and same goes with the gravity. I can also see your point on the drifting but if you think about it, it kind of makes sense because when drifting a car in real life you can’t just do it for free because drifting in real life kills your tires so that’s why I don’t complain about the game using a resource to do a drift.

[@Compucles]

Most cars in real life aren't meant to race nor drift, and those that are have a pit stop system in part to replace those constantly worn-out tires, which is done before the tires actually blow out and also easier to stop at. Besides, video games are fantasies where dull realistic elements of activities are generally stripped away to increase the fun factor.

[@simplyfig3942]

@ what drugs are you on🤣. I see people racing there everyday daily driver all the time and drifting is possible with the right modifications to any car. Not only that but drifting is a form of sliding your car so if we want to get technical any car theoretically can drift aka a technical slide. Now going to your thing about realism being stupid in games I agree but guess what art style/ type of games have been dominating this last gen and current gen of gaming oh right realism games whether it’s the art style or time period sure it’s make believe but it’s what is known as realistic fiction so your CODS, GTA, Ghost of Tsushima, black myth wukong, god of war, 2k, FIFA, and Maddens you don’t hear anyone complain about the realistic features in these games if anything they get praised for it.

[@Goober-s1j]

I just realized since Korone is the Sonic ambassador rn, she’ll probably be playable in Crossroads

[@BigEOT3]

[Hawkeye:Don’t give me that hope.] Actually I do hope she is. Hell I hope we get more guest characters[“Kiryu or Majima”] in Crossworlds compared to that mediocrity that I refuse to play Team Sonic Racing.

[@spongebobfan78]

Doubt it since the modern Sonic racing games were Western-made and focus. Korone being an ambassador is exclusively a Japanese thing. None of her involvement, except her Sonic Ring Series video and her "Fast. Friends. Forever." entry, made it out of Japan.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

considering they added the main guy from Yogcast (as a Charity drive, but still) i could see them doing it, & i would love it or at the bare minimum give me Ina or Kronii

[@SmashCrafter321]

@@spongebobfan78 You know, there was a Sonic skin in Frontiers with colors and elements based on Korone available for the game. Granted, I believe it was a Japanese news letter exclusive, but chances are the code could be used on any copy of the game. Plus as someone else mentioned, both a Yogscast member, and a real world Nascar driver managed to make their way into All stars transformed, so it's not entirely out of the question.

[@spongebobfan78]

@@SmashCrafter321 I am fully aware. But like I said, everything involving Korone as an ambassador is Japan-only. That's why her existence or being an ambassador was never acknowledged by the official Western social media team for Sonic. The only ones that made it worldwide was the ones that involve multiple people and content creators. Plus, the examples you gave were either sponsorship at the time or for a charity event which are likely one-time things.

[@spongebobfan78]

4:06 No offense but I still standby that "Why is Sonic in a car?" as one of the stupidest gaming-related questions that people asked ever. People can take Bowser playing party games, sports and kart racing with the people he tries to kill and conquer, yet can't understand why would Sonic, a hero, would play fair. 23:14 One thing to add, the DS version have a different version of some tracks. Possibly due to hardware constraints. 23:25 And the iOS version was the only version of the game that was localized and released in Japan. 28:54 I played the Android version when it became free-to-play. It has different structure (you can't even play as Sonic at the start, the titular character btw) but same maps and tracks. I remember the All-Star mechanic isn't an item that you can grab. But rather something you can spend premium currency to use, even in events where it is useless like time trials, and it is EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY TAP TO.

[@windy3935]

To your first point- Yeah. And it's been explained numerous times over the decades, in panels, interviews, manuals, stories, etc. The question is mindless and categorically brain-rot. There's an utter lack of common sense and critical thinking with it, whether it's explained or not. Instead of that same stupid question, why on Earth do they not ask "Is it because it's against the rules?", "Is it to be fair?", "Well I also can't see how Sonic could work function gameplay wise alongside a game built around an otherwise pure vehicular system?", "Is it cause Sonic likes driving cars/vehicles?", "Then again this is the same hedgehog who rides on boards, despite being faster than those too...". Where are THOSE questions at? Everyone just defaults to the same thoughtless "Sonic is faster than cars, so why is he driving one?", as if that's all that matters and there is too it. Anyways TSR is the one game, canonically, that's explained it best and more accessibly than every before... to the point where the question logically should be put to rest indefinitely. (After that it's Riders, where again the story provides the reasoning for him using it.)

[@Mariogamer369]

It’s so crazy that Mario was planned to be appear as a guest character in wii version of sonic & sega racing all stars That would be awesome to include him

[@SunburstSenshi]

Sonic Riders was one of those games as a kid I struggled to understand, and to be fair, it isn’t a traditional racing game at all. Ironically, after playing Kirby Air Ride, it clicked for me, then they became two of my favorite racing games of all time 😂

[@fryguy9704]

As we all should know, Sonic and Sega and All Stars Racing is the best Sonic racing game

[@toumabyakuya]

Weird way to say Sonic Riders.

[@edwinisahiamgordoncaballer9353]

You missed the transformed in the name.

[@NazumaTheWeeb]

​@@edwinisahiamgordoncaballer9353 Mane no, I had that game... Hated that game😒😒 I wish I could put it into the pits of hell to suffer for its crimes

[@abc123guy5]

@@edwinisahiamgordoncaballer9353 no billy hatcher, bad game

[@edwinisahiamgordoncaballer9353]

@abc123guy5 Okay I can relate that.

[@omariwalker1006]

Sonic Riders did overload with requirements, I admit. When I practiced for an hour or two, it became one of my favourite racing games ever. So did zero gravity but not as much as the first.

[@Compucles]

Sonic Drift: Either drift on the turns and spin out, or drive off the road and hit a sign: Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Do your best to drift on the turns and go driving off road on at least half of them anyway.

[@axellight1013]

not mentioning the fire OST for Sonic R hurts my soul

[@crimsonstormsurge]

The all star racing games are absolutely peak and we deserve a new entry which hopefully crossroads is

[@afhamdanish1957]

Sonic riders is really the best sonic racing game that I ever play yeah they didn't have tutorial so it's kinda hard to understand but if you get hang on it you can do crazy trick

[@Fenneccinos]

Sonic Riders is the BEST racing game ive ever played. I love its skill ceiling, and it oozes charm and love and style. The story is silly but fun in a little cartoon kind of way. Im in the boat of mario kart is just too easy to me, and being a massive sonic fan helps my bias LOL. Sonic riders feels like im rewarded for learning it and playing levels again and again, which I dont feel from games like mario kart or similar titles because theyre either too easy or they suffer from just pick the best route over and over. Its difficult to get the hang of, but every mechanic like air and controls feel perfect and intentional to me now. Jumping off trick jumps alone can lead to other routes, ones that give more air or are faster, they just always have choices to make and I love it. You never run out of air when played well, you can drift every turn and burst constantly, again just played well. I actually love doing time trials just grinding it even now, and I am begging for a new title in this series since zero gravity is a massive step down in track design and skill expression, and free riders is... a game. I dont blame you for not liking it at all! The game is hard, and the tutorial is terrible. If you like parts of it, I really recommend to keep trying it if you ever have the mood to, I feel like its a game you can only keep liking more and more. I really love riders, the competitive discord and mod rock and add more characters too !

[@Compucles]

That's why you generally play Mario Kart games against other human players, either locally or online. Multiplayer races are anything *but* too easy or "just pick the best route," and the series actually has properly tight controls (except for "Super Circuit").

[@TeeTop_]

Sonic Riders was the most fun for me. It just takes learning how everything works, and also finding the best gear(s) for how you like to play. Never played Zero Gravity, but learning of the changes/what was removed from the first game turns me off from it.

[@Brents_uncle]

For sonic free riders. To get the jump to count you have to get your legs high enough to reach your stomach

[@wifiboy420]

9:30 "by the way Satan's here and if you dont skate board he'll send you to the night circle of hell" had me dying 😂😂 xd

[@SmashCrafter321]

What's more funny is that this statement is actually somewhat true for that games story mode. More so the Babylon story you unlock after Hero story.

[@obananagato]

im always defending sonic Riders Zero gravity, but i have a counter point to the meter thing: its really easy to fill that bar, making expeding it a non issue, also it has nothing to do with the board speed so you are not punished by empting it like on the first sonic riders game

[@tempanon8672]

The more of these videos he does, the less I think he's good at video games at all...

[@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames]

Awful take

[@sush4nz1...74]

I know Free Riders is a very hated game that people hate for its controls, but the fact that you couldn't even get past the tutorial and then immediately call it bad is insane. As one of the few people who actually liked that game, I can tell that you were doing the move on that ramp wrong. 99% of the time if a move "doesn't register", its not the game or Kinect's fault, its just the move being executed wrong. You dont even need perfect precision, you just need to do the right poses. You were supposed to lift your hands a bit in the hair exactly as the stickman that is shown. I used to struggle with the game too, like for example, for the longest time i leaned my body reaching for rings and i wondered why it didn't work half of the time, turns out all i had to do was keep my body straight and it always worked afterwards, the power type characters in this game require for you to do the punching manually, and it only worked half of the time, but when i started punching forward, it always worked, i could even spam it, and so on. the tutorial just doesn't make it obvious enough that you have to do the EXCACT same gestures as the stickman, and it doesnt even explain all the mechanics either, for that the manual explains more but there's still things left to be desired. I'd suggest you'd give the game at least a second chance, an not immediately jump on the hate train for it, because you couldn't even get past the tutorial.

[@toumabyakuya]

Thing is that even your explanation doesn't make sense. Characters turning their body shouldn't be done by lifting your hands a bit, grabbing an item shouldn't be done by just extending your arms either, they movements you are required to do don't follow the character's movement at all, so nobody is gonna think of doing so on a whim. Simply because you managed to adapt to bad controls wont stop its problems from existing.

[@sush4nz1...74]

​​​​​@@toumabyakuya the part where i said he had to "lift his hand a bit", i simply meant that during the ramp section he couldn't get past. My point was that you dont need 100% superhuman precision to play this game, you just need to do the right poses, then the game and its controls will start to click. All he had to do during that jump was to lift his hands while jumping, just how its shown by the stickman, but he literally did not do that at all, hence why he couldn't get past that section, yet he and everybody who has played this jump to the conclusion that its the games fault despite him literally doing the move not how it was shown.

[@toumabyakuya]

@sush4nz1...74 Because, as I just explained, it doesn't make sense that "lifting your hands" causes the character to twist their bodies 180°, those are different actions.

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@toumabyakuya Not really relevant. The motion needed was shown, and he didn't do it.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@CoralCopperHead It is relevant. Remember that during an actual race he wouldn't always be shown these motions on screen, so he would have to remember them, yet, because of what I said earlier, nobody is gonna connect the dots in a real race.

[@EWOODJ]

Sonic R may not be the “best” game, but it’s really fun when you *actually* understand the controls and try unlocking everything

[@helpw]

Dude, whole air mechanic is almost transparent if you figure out, the game gives u air for almost everything, rail grinding, tricks, rings, and u also can find capsules with air. I'm surprised that u run out of air anyway, I guess u was just spamming boost or something

[@SmashCrafter321]

Not to mention, if you actually time your boost to hit an opponent, you get air back from a successful attack.

[@Compucles]

If the controls were actually decent enough that it wasn't a frustrating struggle to actually do or collect those things often enough, then sure, it shouldn't be a problem.

[@wrathfulgaming3373]

​@@CompuclesSkill Issue.

[@ericb3157]

something i saw in a different video: in Sonic R, the vehicles can cross water MUCH better, but can't JUMP, which makes some hidden areas inaccessible.

[@Tsuna_Dokkan]

Here’s the thing, Every living character has a good way of crossing water, Sonic’s speed and double jump, Tails’ flight and Knuckles’ glide, Amy and Robotnik’s cars just make them slow and clunky, I’ll be a Sonic R Glazer until the end of time but even I’ll admit that the car characters suck and aren’t worth playing

[@RappingNinja]

1) All-Stars Racing Transformed 2) Riders Zero Gravity 3) Team Sonic Racing 4) Sonic & Sega All-Stars 5) Sonic R 6) Everything else

[@Tsuna_Dokkan]

TSR > OG All Stars is criminal, also R is better than all of them but you’re not ready for that conversation

[@limeythelime166]

I've never in my life seen anyone like Transformed better than everything else

[@RappingNinja]

@@limeythelime166 this very video called it the Peak

[@OtakuNewsSource]

I always have a hard time wrapping my head around people struggling to 'get' Sonic Riders. I played it when I was a kid, and I never had a problem understanding the mechanics and getting good at the game. I've even managed to 100% the game and unlock Super Sonic. If anything, I think SEGA should have built more off the original Riders mechanics instead of going in a completely direction with the sequel Zero Gravity and simplifying the mechanics. The OG Riders had a lot of style and depth behind it that really made it stand out against Mario Kart for me. I get why SEGA has stuck with the kart racers from SUMO Digital since they've reviewed and sold much better than the Riders series, but the kart racers don't have the same spazazz as the Riders series had. Granted, I love All-Stars Racing Transformed, and it's my favorite Sonic racing game just slightly beating out the original Riders game.

[@windy3935]

No way, a youtube video where the title that claims "all/every" is actually true and not deceiving?! Seems you really did play them all (though we can't really count Free Riders). While I disagree with the vast majority of your opinions on said games, ithe video elsewhere is extremely commendable for its editing and inclusion of ports. Top tier video outside the opinions. Sonic Riders (1) is great. One of Sonic's best racing games. My top 3 list would be Team Sonic Racing (a wildly and criminally underrated/over-disliked game), Sonic Riders, and Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed.

[@RaijinRacer011]

If they made a new game in the Sonic Riders series, I would expect Ash and/or Rupica from PSO2:NGS (Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis) in the game. In PSO2:NGS, hoverboards are used in a series of special races on all regions of the game as well as world exploration in Kvaris and Nameless City.

[@cheebster4015]

How dare you mention srb2kart then not mentnon it's sequel dr robotnik's ring racers (or srb2kart2)? It's peak and gonna be forever obscure.

[@shresthasengupta8984]

35:30 That is one touch figure.

[@a-bomb777]

I like to think Sonic uses the vehicles to make it a fair fight, cuz you can count on one hand the characters that could potentially beat him in a footrace

[@jesonic2000]

Don't wanna be that guy, but most of the complaints for drift1/2, R and riders1/zg are just skill issues. A lot of people don't seem to get that they were made with an arcade mindset; you get absolutely destroyed by the game at 1st, but once you get some experience and skill in, they become satisfying and fun! especially sonic R, tho it is a shame there's so few tracks. Still a really good video tho, and I can't blame you for those opinions, a lot of people see those games as bad in the same way you do and it is what it is, they're definitely not appealing to everyone by design. Oh and fyi, the mobile version of the 1st all stars racing has completely different tracks and modes compared to the other versions, really a shame that it's been delisted but it's not too hard to get running on an older android device if you have one laying around, couldn't tell you what transformed mobile was like tho since I never managed to make it run on anything. Anyway, keep up the good work (and sorry for writing a novel in the comments)

[@MrSam1098]

19:53 and 25:38 are my most favorite! (Transformed was not easy to 100% due to how the game forces you to play it on expert)

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

SONIC RACING!

[@fatalalejandro]

Bro how can you suck at Sonic riders lmao

[@Compucles]

Because the controls suck, of course. They're so loose that it's too frustrating just trying to follow the tracks properly, just like in "Sonic R."

[@wrathfulgaming3373]

​@@CompuclesSkill Issue.

[@TheRomagia]

Very good and comprehensive 10/10 I love this kind of franchise overviews, especially when they touch on really obscure stuff like old mobile games You convinced me to play my first Sonic racing game since Sonic R, so i bought Transformed Collection and i'm having lots of fun

[@ithalathegayguy]

I'm pretty sure Sonic Riders is the Sonic game I've been trying to remember for YEARS, because I loved it so freaking much as a kid. My friend and I would race for HOURS. I haven't been able to find it since, because I lost touch with that friend and he was the one who owned it, and I couldn't remember the name. I literally watched this video exclusively in the hopes that I would find it.

[@benjitaysu8379]

aw no mention of ring racers btw that's the sequel to srb2kart

[@YuzurihaYumemi]

I was also hoping he mention or try out Dr.Robotnik's ring racers since it is a sequel to srb2kart that been in development for 10 years. It do feel like an official sega game, and that pretty much tell how well polished the fan game is.

[@electrickirbo]

Sonic R is an awful game to play but I played it so much in my childhood that it is probably my favorite bad game

[@triledink]

Sonic Riders is a hard game, Zero gravity is much easier and it doesn't help that they hide the tutorial video in the extras menu.

[@phil2160]

Liked the video overall, but I feel like you were too harsh on Team Sonic Racing

[@dashy111]

dude stop cursing the word of the most new video then the old one is so clean💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@stevieb274]

Sonic R is a classic. This was my childhood.

[@jackskellington3545]

With the best racing game yet on the way, this topic is a great fit for a video

[@phiphi2209]

I think the only thing I prefer about sonic and sega all stars racing compared to transformed is how creative the all stars are, they all felt so unique to the character you were playing as compared to transformed where they all felt similar. Oh and the narrator in the first game is legendary, his comments and personality added so much to the races with humor across every comment

[@superflameking03]

I think Team Sonic Racing is underrated (mainly, the team mechanics are). I was OBSESSED when I first got my hands on it and was desperate to get literally anyone else to give it a try with me so I could try the team mechanics with actual humans, but no one ever would...

[@davidmacarthur705]

20:02 I lived on this game as a kid, had this on the first console I ever owned and started my love of racing games! This game really was incredible!

[@matthewwonks2534]

Sonic Drift 2 is unironically one of my favorite games. You had to be there.

[@LeonSteamhawk]

I'm honestly surprised R and the Rivals games have been the only times they've tried making an on-foot Sonic racing game. Seems like an obvious idea.

[@evegagaming2376]

Heavy on the racing game: LETS GET THEM SASHA! *start to shoot like crazy*

[@Ademhadji653]

Sonic Riders zero gravity and Sonic and sega all stars racing transformed are my favorites.

[@wody1237]

Team sonic racing is the best racing game!

[@Obstagoon862]

It's been over two years now! Aren't you ever going to finish Smash Ultimate's victory screen references?

[@LunarWingCloud]

All-Stars Racing Transformed is so good that it's even better than most Mario Kart games

[@IbánMC]

Sonic Drift was a portable sequel of Power Drift starring Sonic, Power Drift was one of the first kart videogames ever made, predating Mario Kart.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

the thing is that Sonic owns a biplane, so him loving vehicles isn't as weird as The Internet wants you to believe

[@loujr.]

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on the DS was the very first Sonic racing game I ever played and I’m happy he mentioned it aside from the console versions. 😊 Also, in the local multiplayer mode for Transformed, you can switch/exchange items with other players, so I guess Sega probably kept and renovated that feature in Team Sonic Racing for flavor.

[@MoeMoeJoeJoe]

Brother-Man, I don't know how to tell you this nicely but, the Drifting in Sonic Riders is fine you just suck. I don't blame you though, the game does a really, REALLY, bad job explaining things and by that I mean it doesn't explain anything at all.

[@ImJustMovin]

Sonic riders was fire I remember that as the only Kinect game I was playing consistently

[@heliosazuria]

riders is unironically the best “kart” style racing game ever and your critiques were all a skill issue, so much damn fun man

[@Compucles]

No, his critique about the lousy controls is spot on and not a skill issue at all, which leads to the other issues he pointed out if you can't get past them Increasing your skill at the game to where the other mechanics work well means doing so in spite of those frustrating controls.

[@wrathfulgaming3373]

​@@CompuclesSkill Issue.

[@heliosazuria]

@@Compucles im sorry man, skill issue

[@agentclank8183]

13:05 I mean you only press X or O when you see those lumps or hoops. I don’t think it’s that hard to understand. It’s essentially the same reaction time as jumping when you see a bottomless pit.

[@borederlands5387]

Zero gravity over the first riders is a really hot take, the only reason you'd prefer that gameplay is by having a skill issue (playing the game for less than like 5 hours/not looking at a tutorial)

[@jamescrawford4021]

How can you talk about Sonic R and not talk about how hard the soundtrack was and still is

[@SkyTom64]

All-Stars Racing Transformed on the PC had a collaboration with the Yogscast KZbin channel as well, which was also crazy. Also, Riders Zero Gravity is my favourite

[@K_The_creator]

All stars racing transformed on IOS specifically on iPad was Peak it looked almost exactly like the console version at the time and I’m not joking maybe that’s nostalgia making me see things but it was genuinely identical to the console version just with touch controls

[@gloocey]

Fun Fact: The car Amy drives in sonic drift 1 and 2 is actually alive! He's called Breeze, and you can see he has eyes and a mouth.

[@lilsunny7399]

I actually enjoy playing Sonic R sometimes. I swear i replay it at least once a year. It takes a couple of hours to beat if you know what you're doing and it's super janky but fun once you get going. Plus if you don't want to try and fanangle a Saturn emulator, just do emulateception and play it through the Gems Collection on a PS2 or Gamecube emu

[@Super_Cinder.Inferno]

29:41 Speed Battle Had An Old Game Logo With That, But For Some Reason Just Removed It. The App Store Calld It Racing Battle. But It's Speed Battle AKA SFSB.

[@Super_Cinder.Inferno]

35:18 SONIC HATER DETECTED!!!

[@crimson3177]

Sonic R is a pretty good game in my opinion. Once you stop using the joystick to accelerate and use a button instead. And use the joystick to exclusively turn left and right while using the triggers to make sharper turns. Its really not that bad. If you're going too fast. Either brake by pressing the two triggers at the same time or just stop accelerating. The controls are not really that hard. You just need to master them. Skill Issue

[@JcFerggy]

You are completely mistaken on the Apple Arcade Sonic Racing. It's nothing like the console counterparts. All levels, while sharing level themes with the console version, have layouts and gimmicks that are entirely original to it. It also adds Green Hill as a theme, and Classic Sonic as a character, with some character skins being added fairly recently. Now I'm not saying it's a good game by any means, but you have done it a disservice by describing it as such.

[@calmsquirrel7124]

Loved play all stars racing transformed on my 3ds, didn’t know that version was so bad

[@orca717]

In Sonic R if you think of the characters like a car it helps it feel much easier

[@Compucles]

While I agree that a bunch of the interesting track design was wasted in "Sonic R," they did partially make up for it with the gated shortcuts that require a certain amount of rings to open, plus they had the 7 Chaos Emeralds hidden throughout the courses that would unlock Super Sonic. Those were really cool aspects that I'd like to see come back. It's just that with the poor handling, the difficulty of collecting the rings to open these shortcuts, as well as the difficulty of exploring the courses to find the Chaos Emeralds without a walkthrough, was significantly higher than it should have been. Overall, "Sonic R" is undeniably sloppy but still not that bad of a game compared to many other racing games out there. It just needed more time in the developmental oven.

[@princessliam5949]

Hopefully Cream the Rabbit is a playable in the new sonic racing game, she hasn't been playable in sonic games for ages now

[@TheMack625]

Huh. Sonic racing games. These seem to span across the entire spectrum of quality. Team Sonic Racing...is actually my favorite Sonic racer. It is up there with Colors and Heroes as one of my top three Sonic games. I suppose my love for TSR comes from it being focused on the Sonic universe and having a more simplistic Mario Kart racing theme. Plus, I like that Zavok is a playable character. This video is interesting.

[@ManDudeMcHumanGuy]

I have a soft spot for Sonic R. I played it quite a bit on PC. There isn't much content and the characters handle like butt. But I found it fun as a kid. I think a Sonic R2 could be fun. Throw in a bunch more stages and characters, why not?

[@Mike-di3mo]

Love them

[@bronco5591]

I need the All-Stars series to come back now that Like a Dragon has global appeal and we can play as Kiryu and Majima

[@thegooseshack2619]

What's more useful? Sonic's car or a taxi from Cars?

[@hyperlink0366]

22:30 This was the first time I got to play the All Stars Racing series, and it was pretty fun, aside from how annoying it was to play on Monkey Target due to how the game controlled, which is the reason I hate that track still to this day whenever I play the console version. Also, a note about the All Star moves in this game, as they're quite different than the console versions due to hardware limitations (for the most part). As you'd expect, a lot of the small cutscenes you get for activating an All Star have been removed. The interesting functionality has been removed for some of them as well. As an example, Beat's All Star in this game removes the spray can, Tails BECOMES the tornado rather than shooting one forwards, Opa Opa only has one attack instead of 3 you can pick from, etc. But for some reason, they made it so that most All Stars can just grind to a halt when you collide with a wall, which I'm pretty sure doesn't happen in any other version to my current knowledge.

[@aretmaw]

I'd like to see you talk about Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers

[@parkerlarson6692]

I think it makes since that Sonic is usually in a car or vehicle because in universe it would not be fair for sonic to run like sonic R

[@pty80]

I dont knkw why but i feel like the way that All stars series played the physics was out of wack like when you run into something, or any wall collision plus the karts felt like thay was kn a carbord box with slapped on Animations

[@agentclank8183]

Legitimately though, does anyone else think Sonic R on Roblox is actually pretty good/decent. I actually had some fun on it there.