Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed disscussion

[Happy Cat]

i asked S0L about the physics in the game and got a reply, which greatly satifies me, lol with Sumo constantly talking about how advanced and complex the physics in the game are and not going into any detail.

It all runs under full physics, whether car, boat or plane. We wanted to do this so the behaviour was more predictable, since last time we cheated and faked a lot of it. It adds a whole heap of depth of control as a side effect, plus it means you'll got consistent vehicle behaviour.

The water also is a dynamic surface, so waves affect the boats, splashes and explosions too. Between the physics there and the rendering (making water look like water means a lot of effects!) this is why we opted for a capped framerate of 30. In order to get to 60, we'd have to pull back on the graphical look of the game a lot, and when we're doing a whole new engine to make it look as good as it does, you have to make this compromise.

No-one complained about the framerate at Play Expo at any rate

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S0L
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http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?409253-Semi-official-fire-questions-at-SUMO-and-get-vague-responses-thread&p=7608301&viewfull=1#post7608301

[Barry the Nomad]

Some excellent news for those fearing that one HD platform will get more characters than another HD platform:

S0L was asked:

S0L, could you check with SEGA and tell them to announce which platforms have which amount of characters. Or iif you could do it now without breaking any SEGA rules that would be awesome. It sounds very pushy, but the game is 1 month and 3 days away, I need to know which version to pre-order.

S0L replied:

Sorry, but it's very unlikely this will be confirmed before release. In fact it may never be confirmed until the year is up. It will make sense in time. Console versions are all pretty equal though, PS3 doesn't have an Avatar or Mii equivelent, but otherwise they're all the same.

http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?409253-Semi-official-fire-questions-at-SUMO-and-get-vague-responses-thread&p=7608288&viewfull=1#post7608288

All console versions are the same roster-wise aside from the Avatars and Miis, PS3 is down one in that regard.

Also, very interesting to read "it may never be confirmed until the year is up". More DLC on the way? Or perhaps timed unlocks or characters who appear for certain times of the year (like Christmas NiGHTS?)

[Kori-Maru]

Sonic Retro's long interview with S0L
http://www.sonicretro.org/2012/10/retro-interview-steve-lycett-on-sonic-and-sega-all-stars-racing

[ROJM]

Kori is like... The unofficial encyclopedia for all things Sakura Shinguji.

Anyway, I doubt this game will be released in Japan without additional characters. Cannot see SEGA Japan letting this title fly into retail spaces with flops like Sonic, AiAi, Beat and Vyse being the major characters. Game would probably struggle 50k across all platforms, if that, with it's current roster in Japan.

Neither can i even though SMB always seem to be the most popular title in Japan from the characters you listed, they alone wouldn't be enough to entice your average  Japanese consumer. You're going to get the inevitable, "Where's this character?. Who the hell is this guy? Why is she in this game?!" To the japanese Sega fan they should be aright with some of the roster but not all of it and to the public they will say, "Sega superstars? There is NO superstar in this game." Alright, a bit of an exaggeration but you know what i'm getting at.

[Kori-Maru]

Neither can i even though SMB always seem to be the most popular title in Japan from the characters you listed, they alone wouldn't be enough to entice your average  Japanese consumer. You're going to get the inevitable, "Where's this character?. Who the hell is this guy? Why is she in this game?!" To the japanese Sega fan they should be aright with some of the roster but not all of it and to the public they will say, "Sega superstars? There is NO superstar in this game." Alright, a bit of an exaggeration but you know what i'm getting at.

I know where your getting at indeed.

[Nameless 24]

Less then a month to go now...

Anyone planning any matches together? Seems no one's mentioned it here yet.

[Radrappy]

oh we HAVE to do a segabits race off.  I'm in for that. 

[Barry the Nomad]

I'm up for it on XBLA, though World Tour is my first destination since I want to unlock as many racers as I can.

[Radrappy]

I'm up for it on XBLA, though World Tour is my first destination since I want to unlock as many racers as I can.

I believe IGN mentioned you can earn pts/miles online through multiplayer matches

revolutionary!

[Kori-Maru]

Same here, I still need to pre order the rest of the versions if I can.

[Happy Cat]

someone on SSMB asked S0L about the recent wii u voice chat news, and he said Wii u ASR Transformed has no voice chat due to the Wii u not having cross game chat XD

We don't support voice chat on WiiU for those reasons, one of the side effects of being a launch title basically. Does support it on PS3 and 360 though!

[Nameless 24]

I'm up for it on XBLA, though World Tour is my first destination since I want to unlock as many racers as I can.

Awesome! I'll add you when the time comes.

Also; Achievements revealed!

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/sonic-and-sega-all-stars-racing-transformed/achievements/

This'll be hard to 1000G.

[Kori-Maru]

Won't be so hard if we played together. Also love the House Party of the Dead achievement.

[Radrappy]

oh man that "De Rol Le Credits" achievement gives me hope for PSO related content.  Please Sumo, PLEASE.

[upsidedown fuji]

What the heck at the Team Sega achievement. This may be impossible for me as I never have anyone over at my house besides me playing games.