
According to producer Takashi Iizuka, Senoue was chosen because, in his words, they wanted the music to sound “cool” and “exciting”.
TEAM SONIC RACING VS MARIO KART SERIES
Team Sonic Racing also sees Jen Senoue composing the soundtrack, returning to the series for the first time since Sonic Generations in 2011, with the game’s theme song, “Green Light Ride”, having been performed by Senoue’s band, Crush 40. Sumo Digital developed Team Sonic Racing using a modified version of the engine that had also been used previously for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The developers said it allowed them to optimize their game further, and also to achieve parity across all versions of the game on all the platforms it is made for. As such, Team Sonic Racing would include characters only from Sonic games, and those from other Sega properties would not appear, whereas previous Sonic kart racers had featured characters from other Sega franchises, such as Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. The developers said they were not making a game that was similar to the likes of Mario Kart, because they were tailoring a different kind of gameplay experience.įor the first time in the series, the developers also decided to focus only on the Sonic property. Sumo Digital and Iizuka wanted from the beginning to build on the gameplay foundations laid down in previous kart racing Sonic titles, but also wanted to create a new and fresh experience, which is why they decided to make the gameplay focused on team cooperation. The developers also looked at other team based competitive co-op titles for inspiration, including the likes of Overwatch and Splatoon.
