Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Sumo Digital | |
| Publishers | |
| Sega | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 31, 2013 |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
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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.[1]
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
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212480/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212480/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- On very slow machines, some assets might not finish loading on time, causing visual glitches.
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.
Aspect ratio fix
- Flawless Widescreen, as usual, can hack the game to run on any ratio.
- For ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor setups, it can also center the HUD, which will otherwise be stretched. This doesn't work with lower ratios (e.g. 16:10, 4:3).
- However, this will make the HUD's player markers to not be aligned with the actual racers, and the cursor 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.
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Stuttering
- Stuttering can be caused by high framerates (>60).
- Turning on V-sync resolves this problem.[2]
Issues unresolved
Missing objects on ATI Radeon HD3000
File:SART Radeon HD3000 bug.jpg
Water section of Seasonal Shrines. Not pictured: water.
File:SART radeonhd3000 partialfix oceanview.png
Water section of Ocean View, partially fixed. The water is visible now. Depending on the track, the water might be more visible, or almost invisible.
(also on entry-level Radeon HD4000; mid- and high-end models work fine)
- Some essential objects, such as the water and boost pads, will not render at all, breaking gameplay.
- No single fix for every system.
- This is a driver issue, and not much can be done about it. Any fix is only partial: it'll make transparent objects slightly visible, but the water might still be too hard to see on some levels.
- One possible fix is to open a UAC prompt (e.g. opening a program as admin)[3]. This seems to cause the game's renderer to freeze for a second, partially solving the issue.
- Messing with your display settings (resolution, etc) may help fixing the issue.
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) | ||
| 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 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/212480/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (212480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.