A new info drop by Sega for the upcoming arcade racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has appeared. And it’s all about the gadgets system.
In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, players can equip gadgets. Not to be confused with power-ups, the ones you pick up during a race. Rather, these are a set of passives that can change the way you drive, or bring that edge you need to finish first more consistently in this chaotic racing game.
Gadgets are accrued as players complete more races, so the longer you play, the more options start to open up. You have limited slots to equip the gadgets, and each gadget can vary in how much slot they take.
And more importantly, some gadgets have good synergy with each other, so fans of RPG-style builds should have fun figuring out the right loadouts that work with their driving style. From reducing the RNG-ness of power-up drops to doubling down on your drift skills by increasing the speed boost from a doing so, you can tailor the gadgets to bring more advantages toward your natural driving style, or have it the other way around by adopting a different style of racing based on what gadgets you got equipped.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Recommended Gadget Combinations/Sets/Loadouts
Sega has handily provide a selection of Gadget combos, a selection of recommended loadouts if you will, how they work and why they work, to give you an idea of how the system works.
Collision Combo Set
Collide with others to get both Boost and Ring bonuses! Great for Power types!
- Collision Boost
- Collide with a Machine to get a Boost
- Extended Slipstream
- Extends the slipstream range
- Ring Thief
- Halves the number of Rings lost when taking damage
- Lv1 Quick Charge
- Fill Drift Charge level 1 even faster
Ring Collection Set
A gadget set for collecting as many Rings as possible!
Collecting 100 Rings will increase your speed, so be sure to gather as many as you can!
- 200 Ring Limit Collect
- Collect up to 200 Rings
- Ring Range UP
- Multiplies the range to pick up Rings by 2.5 times
- Dash Panel Bounty
- Use a Dash Panel and get 5 Rings
- Blue Dash Panels gives 10 Rings
- Attack Bounty
- Get 10 Rings when using items to attack other Machines
Item Control Set
Take control of your item management with Inventory Swap!
Use powerful speed boost items at the end of the race for an upset victory!
- Inventory Swap
- Use the Gadget button to swap items in stock. After 5 seconds, they can be swapped again
- Speed Item Chance UP
- Boost Items will appear more often
Ultimate Drift Set
An advanced Gadget Combination that allows you to quickly build up drift.
- Ultimate Charge
- Adds a 4th level to Drift Charge
- Charge all 4 levels to unleash an unbeatable Boost
- Lv1 Quick Charge Fill
- Drift Charge level 1 even faster
- Counter Quick Charge
- While drifting in landform, completely fill the Drift Charge with a switch drift
From our time with the Closed Beta test, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds play surprisingly a lot more to Mario Kart than any other previous Sonic Racing or Sonic & All-Stars Racing games. Though with Nintendo actually releasing a new Mario Kart game this year that coincides the launch of the new console, the Nintendo Switch 2, CrossWorlds will find some tough competition if it releases this year.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorld is coming to the PS4, PS5, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. No release date has been given.