Thread 2031051

All Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds game discussion welcome! Feel free to host and share lobby codes here too! ... or hide in here when you get banned from /v/ by power-tripping jannies or drowned out of /vg/ by mobile games. Whatever works.

Additional discussion can be found here:
>>>/v/sonic

>what is this?
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is Sonic Team's newest kart racing entry, made by the devs responsible for the Initial D arcade games. Race, drift, chase and brawl your way through 25+ courses and 15 "CrossWorlds" while utilizing highly customizable vehicles and "gadgets", allowing you to build and adjust your abilities towards your preferred kart racing style. CrossWorlds features a near-complete collection of mainline Sonic characters in addition to crossover characters from video games and TV shows alike, including (but not limited to) Hatsune Miku, Yakuza's Ichiban, Persona 5's Joker, MegaMan, PacMan, Minecraft Steve, and more!

>how can I play?
Available on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 (upgrade DLC pending), PC via Steam and Epic Games Store PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S.

>Steam store page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2486820/Sonic_Racing_CrossWorlds/
>third party sales & discounts tracker
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/sonic-racing-crossworlds/info/
>Gadget list and effects
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_B2mHZUP6J6jeZfcwbM2HkLvjkwMYuACE4l6Ktt-UkI/
>Gadget guides and recommendations
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y1rXAYbYNVvCb4WMmTBPrn9Edlsqql69CGKd4utXKVw/
>Misc. game mechanics & info (WIP)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1awP9lb_yn6BlwpiqZf7eAFyapn_Cuai4r7yMJ1Sngpo/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WbWKzWYt8f7EjWKwRfRzSxBrHNgS23OfbpXINg6uKTw/

This is great, but I'm worried nobody will use these.

>>2031062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohm5CVdutrw
Not needing to use it is the best case scenario.

is he in yet??

>>2033298
yes

how much speed does perfect boost add?

>>2036079
It's inconsistent, since it doesn't work the way Ring Boost or normal boosts do. It's not just a flat +7 speed.

Upon release you get roughly +7 Speed that gradually decreases over ~0.5 seconds (35-36 frames). For the duration of the boost, the speedometer will then continue jumping up +5 Speed and sinking in ~0.30s (19 frames) before going back up again ~0.10s (5-6 frames) later.

The way the speedometer fluctuates indicates there's something wrong with the gadget being bugged, as the speed fluctuating / resetting shouldn't be the case. If it were just a flat +5 Speed for the entire duration, it'd have some merit, but as it stands now it's not really usable, since the overall effect is much much lower than +7 to speed.

>>2036524
what the hell
I thought it'd be better than ring boost given you can't really run both it and perfect bounty in parallel and it doesn't offer the benefit of actually accumulating rings

>>2036527
Yeah, this is why it's important to test things instead of believing stats bars and text at face value. Speed, Accel, Power, hidden vehicle quirks and buffs, it's just par for the course in racing games. Stat bars almost always lie to you, it's annoying but that's just how it usually is. Happy to help, at least.

>unless you're invincible being first in the third lap is a death sentence
>therefore your performance in the first 2 laps barely matters
>therefore the whole thing is just a slot machine decided by the final stretch
I'm becoming disillusioned bros, the magic is running out

>>2036873
Yeah, a balance patch would go a long way. They did say on their roadmap that they'd release at minimum four balance patches between now and the end of 2026, but they're sure taking their sweet time... the meta may be "balanced" between invulnerable giga-sweats, item resistant slipstream bros and bagging scum, but it sure ain't as fun as >>>/vm/CTR, >>>/vm/SRB2K or ASRT imo.

>>2036873
Yeah, a balance patch would go a long way. They did say on their roadmap that they'd release at minimum four balance patches between now and the end of 2026, but they're sure taking their sweet time... the meta may be "balanced" between invulnerable giga-sweats, item resistant slipstream bros and bagging scum, but it sure ain't as fun as >>>/vm/ctr , >>>/vm/srb2k or ASRT imo.

Ichiban will be out in three days.
Festival starts in four days.
Here are the rewards:
The gadget is called Comeback Kit, exact effects TBD. However, if the data mine from a few months ago is to be believed (link in the OP), it's going to be pretty bad.

v thread is kill, so may as well share here.

>>2041154
>v thread is kill
is it...over?//

>>2041290
The v thread is (and this one too), but the game will be fine. I'm enough external communities to know that for sure. Sonic fans are very, very, /very/ autistic.

>>2041290
The v thread is (and this one too), but the game will be fine. I'm in enough external communities to know that for sure. Sonic fans are very, very, /very/ autistic.

>>2041290
No, those threads lasted longer than anyone could have imagined.

>>2041353
Autists and coomers are very good at keeping threads alive because both types are unemployed

>>2041353
two full months of uninterrupted autism. no breaks. no gaps. no limitations. even when no one could play the damn game, people were posting. completely wild ride, and so much better than anything in the Sonic general. despite the freaks erping and dumping garbage overnight.

honestly I'm expecting it to come right back the moment the festival rolls around, but it's been long in the tooth as it is.

>>2041463
>honestly I'm expecting it to come right back the moment the festival rolls around, but it's been long in the tooth as it is.
Of course, weekend threads and festival threads will still be active made, as it should be.

I'm confused on what speed modifiers stack and don't stack
I know the ring count is its own separate thing and stacks with everything
But do drifts stack with boost pads? If I'm in a slipstream do I bother drifting? What about ring boost? Should I be prioritizing a wide line with it or still hug the corner?

well, i could host a lobby. but is anyone even here?

>>2043307
only way to know is to test it, that's how that one guy figured out the slipstream cap and that ring boosts are counted as part of the slipstream cap
i think boost pads are similar to drifts, but unlike drifts you can go off-road with boost pads if they're strong enough (see: estadium lap 3)
>>2043400
most players are still on v even though it's sputtering out. check the thread with amy's face on it over there. personally i only host lobbies during festivals and do other things in between

14 hours remain...

>>2043400
No, but we should stick to /v/eekend threads instead of trying to keep one up all week.

how did this plate win 3 times in a row

>>2046467
>ring boost
>wisp up
>more slots
probably that

is trick adept even worth it? seems like it doesn't do shit for the majority of jumps

>>2046607
Is that the 1 slot one? 1 slot one is fairly useless it'll at most nab you one extra trick on very few jumps.

Festival in three and a half hours! will be playing with v when it starts.

>>2046467
Top half bags well, bottom half has Mini Ring Boost. That kind of setup is coherent enough to get you to Legend 9 no problem.
>>2046607
Adept (and Expert, and Bounty) are not really worth it, but they're fun and simple. Adept gives +25% to trick speed, Expert gives +75%. It's a good effect, but not the kind of effect that's worth dedicating three slots to.

>>2046732
Expert I can see a lot of utility in because in tracks with small ramps getting 1 or 2 extra spins is massive for making distance relative to other guys
But adept just doesn't do enough

>>2046605
this games netcode is so ass

I don't care about ranked points
I don't care about 1st
I don't care about likes
If I see the "No1 spent in front" bonus, I won

>>2047380
Based and correct

any rooms up?

is there no /v/ thread up or am I missing it, I need to complete the festival rewards

>>2049430
modniggers moved it to /vg/

The festival ends in 24 hours! the thread on v is alive again, so get in while the getting is good

that thread was close to bump limit anyway. dumbfuck jannies

>>2051186
Lobby host should make another thread, mention the festival and include the first lobby code in the OP

>>2051193
Agreed. OP should at least keep it on-topic