Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

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

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog CD	1996
Sonic 3D Blast	1997
Sonic & Knuckles Collection	1997
Sonic R	1998
Sonic Adventure DX	2003
Sonic Heroes	2004
Sonic Riders	2006
Sonic Mega Collection Plus	2007
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	2010
Sonic 3D Blast (2010)	2010
Sonic the Hedgehog	2010
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine	2010
Sonic Spinball	2010
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	2011
Sonic 3 & Knuckles	2011
Sonic Adventure DX (2011)	2011
Sonic Generations	2011
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2012)	2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I	2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II	2012
Sonic Adventure 2	2012
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	2013
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam)	2014
Sonic Dash	2014
Sonic Lost World	2015
Sonic Mania	2017
Project Sonic 2017	2017

Key points

Very well optimized for Low-End Graphic Cards.

Free Downloadable Contents through updates.

Touchscreen mode is available for this game.

General information

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
Gamesplanet
Steam
Uplay (US/Canada)

All versions require Steam DRM.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Metal Sonic & Outrun	Contains 1 new racer and a new race track
Ryo Hazuki	Contains 1 new racer
Yogscast	Contains 1 new racer

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use intro skip[citation needed] Download the Intro Skip Files. Extract to <path-to-game>\Data\movies

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SART\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\212480\remote\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings in launcher.

Advanced graphics settings in launcher.

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

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Letterboxed to 16:9 with narrower aspect ratios. Use Flawless Widescreen.
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen			Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA. Tutorial on forcing SSAA (AMD) or MSAA (Nvidia) found Section 3 on this guide
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enable if the game stutters.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Physics are capped to 60 FPS Internal frame rate capper in place. For best result use external frame rate capper to cap game to 60 FPS or disable game's vsync to use game's internal capper.

Input settings

Control settings in game.

Input settings in launcher.

Key rebinding in launcher. From left: Keyboard, XInput and DirectInput.

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

Supports motion controls under Windows 8.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Only one player can use the keyboard
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput recommended; DirectInput supported, but somewhat broken.[citation needed]
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Menu buttons can't be rebound.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings

Audio settings in game.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Announcer, and Steam Voice Chat.
Surround sound		Auto configures up to 5.1 output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language settings in launcher.

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus, Co-op Local players can go online too. Co-op career mode supports 4 players.
LAN play		10	Versus Players on the same network will be directly connected. Requires an internet connection for Steam authentication.
Online play		10	Versus Matchmaking is not Region locked. However, if you have 128 friends who own the game, entering Matchmaking will crash the game. Only fix is to remove friends who own the game from your friends list.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		It's possible to play private games.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Players can create custom matches, but P2P networking is still used.
Direct IP		Players must 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 method 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[citation needed] Syntax: -internalid secret_text Example: -internalid SegaDoesWhatNintendont Any player who wants to join your lobby must set this argument first. Argument must be removed before playing in public matches.

How to set arguments (launch options) on Steam In your Steam library, right-click the game and open its Properties. Click on Set launch options... Add the above launch options.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		Instructions.

Issues fixed

Stuttering

Stuttering can be caused by high frame rates (>60 FPS).

Enable V-sync[citation needed] Turning on V-sync resolves this problem.

Launcher.exe has stopped working (Windows 8)

Application crashes with error message: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Use compatibility mode[citation needed] Running Launcher.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 7 will fix this error.

Low Audio Volume

Volume level is very soft in game.

Disable automatic volume adjustments[citation needed] 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.

Shadow stripes

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	CRI Movie
Multiplayer	Steamworks

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