Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

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Developers
	Sumo Digital
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	January 31, 2013

Key points

Excellent port with many good features to customize, very well optimized, and has free DLC exclusive to PC.

No in-game ability to change video, input, and language options.

Port information.

General information

Huge and noob-proof guide on "Setting Up, Configuring, Optimizing and Troubleshooting the Game": Has some very neat tricks for both low-end and high-end systems, fixes to common bugs, and info on configuring controllers.

Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe

Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212480/pfx/

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212480/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disabling the intros may cause some rendering issues to appear on slower machines.

Instructions

Video settings

File:SAASRT Video options.jpg

Graphics settings.

File:SAASRT Advanced Video options.jpg

Graphics settings.

Video options can't be change in-game. You must launch the configuration tool to change video settings.

Other aspect ratios

• Flawless Widescreen can hack the game to run on any aspect ratio, and without letterboxes.
• For ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor setups, it can also center the HUD, which will otherwise be stretched. This does not work with lower ratios (e.g. 16:10, 4:3).

This, however, will cause the player markers on the HUD to become misaligned from the actual racers, and the mouse cursor to move slower in the horizontal axis.

Input settings

Key and controller bindings must be changed in the configuration tool. Inversion and vibration options must be changed in-game.

Also supports motion controls under Windows 8.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Local players can go online too!
LAN play		10	Players on the same network will be directly connected. Requires an internet connection for Steam authentication.
Online play		10	The Matchmaking option does not have Region options. Thus, The Matchmaking is available for Multi-Region.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		It's also possible to play privately on matchmaking.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Players can create custom matches, but P2P networking is still used.
Direct IP		Players can join other friends through their Steam profiles. Additionally, there's a way to make matchmaking lobbies private.

Private Matchmaking lobbies

Private matches can be created more easily by using the Custom Game option. This hack of sorts is intended for private ranked matchmaking lobbies only.

• Although not an official option, it is possible to play privately on matchmaking mode by using the -internalid command line argument!
• This option will force the game to connect only with players who are using the same internalid.

Instructions

Instructions

Issues fixed

Stuttering

Stuttering can be caused by high framerates (>60).

• Turning on V-sync resolves this problem.

Low Audio Volume

Volume level is very soft in game.

• Fix the issue by going to Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Sound. On the communications tab, choose "do nothing". (Note: This fix also applies to Batman: Arkham Origins.)

Issues unresolved

Missing objects on ATI Radeon HD3000

(also on entry-level Radeon HD4000; mid- and high-end models work fine)

Objects like the water and boost pads, essential to gameplay, will not render at all.

No single fix for every system.

• This is a driver issue, and not much can be done about it.
• It may be partially fixed by messing about with the game's settings and window (minimizing, moving it, or even opening UAC prompts), but even this will only make the objects slightly visible and still hard to see.

• SART Radeon HD3000 bug.jpg

  Water section of Seasonal Shrines. Not pictured: water.

• SART radeonhd3000 partialfix oceanview.png

  Water section of Ocean View, partially fixed. The water is visible now, but only slightly. The water may be easier or harder to see, depending on the specific track.

Shadow stripes

This occurs on some old NVIDIA GPUs, like the GeForce 7600GS (AGP8x). Unfortunately, there is no known fix.

• SART shadow stripes.jpg

  Shadow stripes, the ultimate annoyance!

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent	2.4 GHz Intel i5 or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7, 8)	2 GB (XP) 4 GB (Vista, 7, 8)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3.0 support	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3.0 support