Sonic Racing CrossWorlds has been announced, with its initial launch roster also revealed! Here's your look at the first 23 characters.
Priced at £64.99/$69.99, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will release physically on Switch 2 on 26th March.
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Unlike RPG and Action-Adventure, two genres that deliver multiple GotY candidates year after year, Racing is something of a feast or famine situation. Luckily, 2025 was a feast year, due primarily to Nintendo's latest hybrid console. All four games on the shortlist appeared on Switch 2; heck, three of them are exclusives. Shin'en, no stranger to Nintendo hardware, once again punched above its weight class with the slick futuristic racer Fast Fusion. Masahiro Sakurai reconfirmed his auteur status with Kirby Air Riders, an unexpectedly deep and content-rich racer with more than a little fighting game DNA in it. Nintendo EPD made a big splash at the launch of Switch 2 with Mario Kart World, which obliterated the spatial boundaries of the franchise. And Sonic Team raised the stakes with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, thanks to an inventive travel ring mechanic."
Sega confirms Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will run at up to 1440p 60FPS on Nintendo Switch 2, launching digitally on December 4 with a physical edition in early 2026.
The previous game Sonic All Star Racing Transformed had real-life people on their roster. I hope they don't go by that route. They should stick to recently active IPs that we can relate to. I will be buying this game regardless, as I am a fan of their racing games. I have over 100 hours in Team Sonic racing, and I believe it is one of the most underrated racing games available.
Is there going to be some kind of campaign or mission mode? Can't believe so many racers don't bother having them these days.. there is/was an opportunity to outclass Mario Kart here.
I want to see comic characters from Fleetway and Archie
Scourge the Hedgehog, Evil Super Sonic, Ebony, Sally, Doctor Ovi Kintobor, Doctor Zachary, Shortfuse the Cybernik, Porker Lewis, Johnny Lightfoot, Tekno the Canary, Grimer
These are the games they should be using to get some of them into the spotlight, enough to introduce them so they can be used in future games.