Team Sonic Racing

Team Sonic Racing

Developers
	Sumo Digital
Publishers
	Sega
Engines
	Sumo Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 21, 2019

Sonic Racing
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	2010
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	2013
Team Sonic Racing	2019
Sonic Racing	2019

General information

Official manual

Official site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
		Region-locked to Europe.
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, rename or delete videos.
Go to <path-to-game>\data\movie\ Move, rename or delete files logo_sumo.mp4 and logo_sega.mp4 for splashscreens and intro_trailer.mp4 for intro video.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Sumo Digital Ltd\<user-id>\TSR\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/785260/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Sumo Digital Ltd\<user-id>\TSR\Profiles\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/785260/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Fullscreen and borderless windowed modes scale selected resolution to fill desktop resolution with nearest neighbor scaling.

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  Interface scales vertically at lower aspect ratios, the FOV doesn't.

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  Vertical aspect fov fixed at 4:3 resolutions using one of the solutions provided.

Input settings

Input settings and controller rebinding.

Keyboard rebinding.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish				Castilian Spanish
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus, Co-op Co-op is 3 player team againts 4 other teams. Player order is according to which controller presses START/Space first.
LAN play
Online play		12	Versus, Co-op Co-op is 3 player team againts 4 other teams. Up to 4 local players can join into online game. Currently no way to create party before going into matchmaking.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Private lobbies, P2P.
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Team Sonic Racing.

Issues unresolved

Official bug reporting thread in Steam community discussion.

Online problems and disconnections

As of May 24, 2019, there is many reports of online lobbies not finding other players and players being kicked mid-game back to lobby when connection errors occur and kicked out from whole session if host quits. Console versions are having similar issues.

Games online matchmaking is tied into Steam download server location. If having issues finding players in matchmaking, changing the download server to another country with more people can help.

Lighting bugs

Lighting seems incorrect and it's possible to see transparent textures.

Issues fixed

Crashing on launch

Currently the game seems to be missing crucial redistributables which is causing this for some users.

Install Visual C++ redistributables.
Download and install Visual C++ 2015/2017/2019 x64 redistributables. (source) Download and install DirectX End-User Runtime. Restart the computer and start the game.

Dithered visual artifacts

This seems to be related to games Ambient Occulusion working incorrectly.

Use Team Sonic Racing 3Dfix
However, this fix changes the tone of some of the graphics.

Toggle or disable ambient occulusion from games settings.

Inconsistent Aspect Ratio support

See the WSGF entry on how to correct the FOV expansion to scale within the HUD.

Laggy and stuttery gameplay

This problem can also appear after hour of gameplay with no fix currently.

Disable in-game vsync
Disable in-game vsync. Additionally force vsync externally if needed. With high refresh rate monitors, try capping the framerate to 60 FPS to minimize inconsistancy with gameplay elements and minimize lagging UI elements.

Videos are running faster or slower

Change audio device sample rate to 48 000 Hz
Open windows audio settings. Open properties to your output device. From advanced tab, change the option to desired bit depth with 48000Hz sample rate. Click OK and start the game.

Mouse cursor always visible

Use Team Sonic Racing 3Dfix

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 4130T 2.9 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i5 8600K 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	32 GB	32 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.