Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 1.4.1 replace out now, patch notes

New Content

New Sonic thirty fifth Anniversary Content

• Racer: CLASSIC SONIC
• Machine: Mach Cyclone
• Added Sonic thirty fifth anniversary music
• Added thirty fifth anniversary tracks from famend music artists

*Available after the Ver. 1.4.1 upkeep.

New Collaboration Decals

• Added 15 decals from model collaborations

World Match/Legend Competition Improvements

• Added Donpa Ticket Up Chance

New Gadgets

• Added 8 new Gadgets to develop choices for current playstyles

Competitive Balance Adjustments

• Balance changes for races and Gadgets

Other

• Added Chinese (Mandarin) voice language
• Adjusted unlock timing of friendships
• Changed all CPU opponent icons to robots
• Added SEGA Account characteristic
• Credits up to date
• Other bug fixes and dwell service information updates for the World Championship and future operations

New Content

New Sonic thirty fifth Anniversary Content

June 23 marks Sonic the Hedgehog’s thirty fifth birthday.

To have fun, Classic Sonic is becoming a member of the race in his signature Machine, Mach Cyclone.

You can even now race to fan-favorite tunes from Sonic Mania and SONIC SUPERSTARS.

*Available after the Ver. 1.4.1 upkeep.

• Studiopolis Zone Act2 (Tee Lopes：Sonic Mania)
• Mirage Saloon Act1 (Tee Lopes：Sonic Mania)
• Hard Boiled Heavy Boss (Tee Lopes：Sonic Mania)
• Opening Theme (Jun Senoue & Tee Lopes：Sonic Superstars)
• Bridge Island Zone Act2 (Tee Lopes & Jun Senoue：Sonic Superstars)
• Special Stage (Tee Lopes：Sonic Superstars)

In addition, thirty fifth anniversary tracks from hit music artists have been added to the Jukebox.

*Available after the Ver. 1.4.1 upkeep.

• ・Speed Is My Life (Jun Senoue & Nathan Sharp)
• ・Here We Go ~ Run to the Future (Yousa·Ling)
• ・ONSOKU WO KOETE (Yunosuke)

Decals that includes Yousa·Ling, the singer of “Here We Go ~ Run to the Future,” are actually out there.

*Available after the Ver. 1.4.1 upkeep.

Sonic thirty fifth Anniversary Festival kicks off at 8:00 AM on June 26 (UTC+8).

Join Sonic and racers on-line in making this an unforgettable birthday bash!

New Collaboration Decals

Added collaboration decals from the manufacturers listed beneath.

*Can be utilized in Customize Machine.

World Match/Legend Competition Improvements

Donpa Ticket Up Chance might happen whereas enjoying World Match or Legend Competition. Fulfill the desired circumstances within the following race to earn much more Donpa Tickets.

*Donpa Ticket Up Chance look charges and multipliers might fluctuate based mostly on timing and different circumstances.

New Gadgets

Added eight new devices.

*These could be obtained as soon as your Gadget Plate reaches Gold Plate or larger.

• Technique Upgrade
  • › Ultimate Air Trick
  • › Perfect Landing

   

• ・Support
  • › Substitute Item
  • › Invincible Finish

   

• ・Stat Upgrade
  • › Collision Evolution
  • › Ring Evolution
  • › Damage Evolution
  • › Item Hit Evolution

   

The following Gadgets, beforehand distributed as Festival rewards, can now be bought with Donpa Tickets from the Customize Gadgets display.

*These could be bought as soon as your Gadget Plate reaches Master Plate or larger.

• Character Type Kit

   

• Advanced Kit
  • › Item Buster Kit
  • › Drift Spinner Kit
  • › Panel Combo Kit

   

Competitive Balance Adjustments

Adjustments to Initial Rings

In all modes besides Time Trial, all gamers could have 20 Rings firstly of a race.

Up via Ver. 1.3, preliminary Ring counts differed based mostly on beginning place to offset positional benefits. This made sure Ring-related Gadgets, comparable to Ring Engine and Less is More, simpler or more durable to activate relying on the place you began, and sometimes created stability points at the start of races. Now, we imagine that beginning place has a smaller affect on the sport’s present aggressive scene.

As such, all gamers, no matter place, will start every race with 20 Rings to make sure everybody begins on a stage enjoying area.

*This change doesn’t apply to Time Trial.

Festival Adjustments

King Boom Boo and different highly effective objects are likelier to seem as the space between gamers will increase. Additionally, the Ring Engine and Hyper Ring Engine Gadgets can now be used throughout Festivals.

In Ver. 1.3, variations in talent stage and squad composition had been usually key determiners of a race’s consequence. However, Ring Engine and Hyper Ring Engine had a notably stronger affect on Team Races than they did on modes like World Match, because of their sturdy synergy with the invincibility from Super Team Boost and the shortage of pleasant hearth.

We needed to limit the usage of these two Gadgets in Festivals in consequence, however in gentle of the changes made on this replace, you’ll be capable of race with them as soon as extra.

Going ahead, extra changes can be made to maintain Festivals balanced.

Gadget Adjustments

• Hyper Ring EngineFixed a problem the place equipping Hyper Ring Engine by itself wouldn’t enhance high velocity. It now will increase high velocity by 4 km/h.
• Ring Engine & Hyper Ring EngineThe mixed impact of utilizing each Ring Engines has been adjusted within the following methods.
  1. 1. Max velocity lowered from 11 km/h to 9 km/h.
  2. 2. Fixed a problem the place having fewer Rings would enhance stats drastically.

  While utilizing a loadout with each Ring Engine Gadgets comes with the downside of shedding Rings each 0.5 seconds, this setup carried out higher than supposed in Ver. 1.3. As such, its effectiveness has been lowered on this replace.

  *These adjustments don’t apply to Time Trial, in consideration of their affect on the World Ranking.

• Crash PadsNow takes up 1 slot as a substitute of two.Due to its low win fee and restricted affect on match outcomes when used by itself, we’ve made Crash Pads extra versatile to be used in a wider vary of loadouts.
• Item KeeperDarkish Chao now triggers this Gadget’s potential, with solely empty merchandise slots affected by its assaults.Equipping Item Keeper additionally prevents you from shedding objects when focused by an assault locked on to you.*This Gadget’s impact doesn’t apply to compelled merchandise adjustments attributable to Boost Frenzy.
• Spin Drift/Drift Spinner KitNow knocks different Machines additional away.The knockback impact when racing with a low Power stat has been elevated.
• Perfect Charge BoostBarely elevated the period of the enhance attributable to an ideal cost.
• Friction DriftFixed a problem the place the participant would decelerate even when not drifting.
• Quick Starter/Slow StarterStat bonus elevated from +10 to +20.
• Super Quick Starter/Super Slow StarterStat bonus elevated from +20 to +60.
• Tuner GadgetsThe stat bonuses granted by Gadgets for every Machine sort have been doubled.Gadget doesn’t match Machine sort: +4 → +8Gadget matches Machine sort: +10 → +20*Stat reductions haven’t been modified.
• Machine Kit GadgetsThe stat changes for matching Machine varieties have been reworked.Until now, these devices would give a +20 enhance to at least one stat and a -16 penalty to a different. Going ahead, the +20 bonus will stay, however there can be no penalty.
• Ace Pilot KitFlight kind stat bonus elevated from +10 to +20.
• Sea Dog KitWater kind stat bonus elevated from +10 to +20.
• Panel Combo KitPower and Handling stat bonuses elevated from +4 to +8.

Other Updates

New Voice Language

Added the Chinese (Mandarin) voice language.

Adjusted Unlock Timing of Friendships

You can now entry Friendships with out clearing all seven Grand Prix.

Changed all CPU Opponent Icons to Robots

In Legend Competition, CPU opponents, who will not be eligible to obtain a Rating, would have the identical platform icon as gamers, which in some circumstances affected gameplay.

CPU opponents in all on-line modes will now have a robotic icon as a substitute of a platform icon.

Added SEGA Account Feature

When your platform account and SEGA Account are linked, a message indicating your hyperlink standing will now seem within the backside left nook of the Extras display.

*Only seen whereas linked to the Internet.

Credits Updated

The newest model of the sport’s credit are actually dwell.

New Live Service Data and Updates for the World Championship

We have up to date content material for future dwell operations.

Bug Fixes

Courses

• Wily Castle: When firing Rocket Punch and different projectiles in direction of a Jump Panel, these things would generally journey horizontally as a substitute of upward.

Race Park

• Fixed a problem the place CPU opponents might receive unintended objects when Items had been set to “Extreme” in a Custom Match.

Festivals

• Fixed a problem the place sure Frenzy Events wouldn’t seem upon going via a random Travel Ring.
• Fixed a problem the place the looks of a CPU-only workforce triggered gamers to not be assigned to the third workforce.
• Fixed a problem the place the transition animation that performs when race guidelines change doesn’t show appropriately when the “Auto-Select Rental Plate” possibility is OFF.

Text Changes

• Fixed a problem the place the Speed Character Kit Gadget could be listed because the Speed Character Kit 2 Gadget for sure languages. The Gadget’s results haven’t been altered.
• Improved the Simplified Chinese translations for Tangle and Whisper.

Additional minor gameplay points had been additionally fastened.

We’re dedicated to preserving the sport honest and pleasing for everybody.

Our workforce will proceed to enhance gameplay based mostly in your suggestions.

Thank you in your continued help of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.