Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed...!

[OlenJimi]

A turd painted gold is still a turd.

Well that was just delightful.

Looking forward to the dev diary!

[Indigo Rush]

A turd painted gold is still a turd.

Was only half-joking, but I'm sure you're aware that music and gameplay are completely different... things. :U

[PsychoJosh]

Was only half-joking, but I'm sure you're aware that music and gameplay are completely different... things. :U

I'm aware, yes. And I'm of the opinion that they're both absolutely terrible in Sonic 4.

Edited May 29, 2012 by PsychoJosh

[Marcello]

I like Act 3's music.

[S0L]

I've got a question that I think S0L or anyone else at Sumo can answer because it's not ASRT related... yet at the same time it is...

Last time you guys at Sumo didn't know about the ASR merch that came out... well... S0L... have you seen this yet!

Behold! The ASR kiddy ride!

Have you seen that before? If not, I think Sega should give you one for the office!

I have seen it, I'm still in touch with the amusement guys as a side effect of doing ASR Arcade, so I saw it prior to release. Sometimes we get to the see Merch early, sometimes not at all

Hey SOL, Im a huge fan of yours! Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was a very good game and I really liked it!

I have some questions for you!

1) In my opinion, Mario Kart 64 was the best Mario Kart ever created because it was really fun to play in grand-prix mode with my friends.So, I would like to know if Transformed will have this stuff.

2) The itens in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was not......hmm....creative, we can expect better itens? I know you guys rock and I would like to see more improvement in this part!

3) Mario Kart is a popular game because its very simple and easy to play, in the other words, its for everyone. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing had good controls and a small learning curve that provided fun for all. In Transformed, you guys are making others stuff like flight and boat, these new mechanics will make the game more difficult? Im afraid that would limit public.

4) I will see more brazil stuff in Samba de Amigo tracks? It was fun to hear some music in portuguese! I would like to hear more samba! Rio in Real would be a cool addition! ( [media=]

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Hope you read my post =D

(sorry for my poor english!)

Easy ones...!

1. We're not talking specifically about this kind of thing right now, but it's something we are looking into.

2. Yes - expect more about weapons around E3.

3. One of the goals is to make sure it's nice and accessible so anyone can play, but with long term depth and skill (very much like OutRun in that regards!)

4. What Samba tracks? I don't believe we've announced any?

I'm aware, yes. And I'm of the opinion that they're both absolutely terrible in Sonic 4.

So we've stopped arguing about characters and now we're on to arguing about music? Wow. Maybe we need a seperate 'Argue with PsychoJosh' thread?

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[Stritix]

S0L will Shadow be a playable character?

[Marcello]

S0L will Shadow be a playable character?

He doesn't want to be asked about characters.

[KrazyBean]

All shall be revealed NEXT WEEK! I can't bloody wait.

[PsychoJosh]

So we've stopped arguing about characters and now we're on to arguing about music? Wow. Maybe we need a seperate 'Argue with PsychoJosh' thread?

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[#EndyGate]

You know, seeing as we're getting a bunch of new stuff next week I'm a bit reluctant to ask any questions

All shall be revealed NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z! I can't bloody wait.

[DaN]

Some other questions

1 In the trailer I see Sonic flying in the panzer dragoon stage in a section with water under him. Is it possible to use (for example) a kind of weapon to hit a racer and let him fall in the water then force him to transform his vehicle in a boat? I heard one of the placeholder weapon is an ice cube that freezes the racers...is that possible to do that in the air, blocking a racer, and then forcing him to transform into another vehicle without touching any circle?

2 Don't know if this actually breaks rule A...are we going to see some duo/trio/groups of characters or there will be only singular racers?

3 Is there going to be a contest like the Bentley Jones one for the last game?

4 is there going to be an art book section in the game, where u might be able to see concept, characters' models and so on...?

5 Is there an imput to change the visual while driving , as real based racing games?

6 Will the announcer be a little funnier this time around?

7... more a technical question and an advice at the same time: would it be difficult to generate a specular version of the same track? I'm not referring as reverse track like Mario Kart, but literary specular. Might be cool to have it implemented

8 Are u going to include some unusual effect like black/white, hand drawn style, or just weird effects for racetracks?

9 is there going to be more CG this time around?

10 Is there going to be a Grand Prix mode for multiplayer offline? this thing lacking really knocked me off on last game

[Edward850]

10 Is there going to be a Grand Prix mode for multiplayer offline? this thing lacking really knocked me off on last game

Wasn't splitscreen support for everything confirmed in an interview awhile back, thus, splitscreen support for some sort of Grand Prix mode?

[KrazyBean]

6 Will the announcer be a little funnier this time around?

Apparently the announcer will not be in the game at all...or will hardly talk during races.

[PsychoJosh]

Being able to change the view would be nice, but it doesn't seem like it's in.

[KrazyBean]

I somehow managed to read your post as this

Edited May 30, 2012 by KrazyBean14

[S0L]

I'm sorry you see me that way.

Stop arguing then

Some other questions

1 In the trailer I see Sonic flying in the panzer dragoon stage in a section with water under him. Is it possible to use (for example) a kind of weapon to hit a racer and let him fall in the water then force him to transform his vehicle in a boat? I heard one of the placeholder weapon is an ice cube that freezes the racers...is that possible to do that in the air, blocking a racer, and then forcing him to transform into another vehicle without touching any circle?

2 Don't know if this actually breaks rule A...are we going to see some duo/trio/groups of characters or there will be only singular racers?

3 Is there going to be a contest like the Bentley Jones one for the last game?

4 is there going to be an art book section in the game, where u might be able to see concept, characters' models and so on...?

5 Is there an imput to change the visual while driving , as real based racing games?

6 Will the announcer be a little funnier this time around?

7... more a technical question and an advice at the same time: would it be difficult to generate a specular version of the same track? I'm not referring as reverse track like Mario Kart, but literary specular. Might be cool to have it implemented

8 Are u going to include some unusual effect like black/white, hand drawn style, or just weird effects for racetracks?

9 is there going to be more CG this time around?

10 Is there going to be a Grand Prix mode for multiplayer offline? this thing lacking really knocked me off on last game

1. Without going into too much detail, we don't do this as we want a level playing field where everyone is driving, boating or flying. Let's take your situation there, if you go shot down, how hard would it be to aim and get revenge on the player in the air when they're way above you?

That's not to say there aren't situations where you can take alternate routes, but we don't allow players to force each other to transform.

2. Can't say, doesn't break Rule A - but talking about it would

3. There's already a contest out there to get your Grafitti onto the Jet Set Radio level, and I'm sure SEGA have some things in the works for later on. So maybe, but I'm not sure what they've got planned outside of the JSR one!

4. It's something we'll look at if there is time. I did send a load of concept art to SEGA the other day too which should make it into the wild shortly...!

5. I'll answer this in a sec...

6. There isn't an announcer at the request of SEGA. They said he was cheesy! Can't understand why

7. Not sure what you mean by Specular here? Do you mean paint the whole thing gold or something? Might look cool, I think folk would cry foul if we said it was an alt track varation!

8. When you have so many IP's, levels and characters, we've already got to work out how we unify all those art styles to make them look like they belong in one game, so we're not currently planning anything like this. We can do some pretty funky stuff through our post effects system - so we could if we wanted, we just likely won't have the time!

9.The whole game is CG

10.Again, we're not talking explicitly about this stuff, but yes we are aware of the previous criticisms.

Being able to change the view would be nice, but it doesn't seem like it's in.

I told you I'd come back to this

We don't have multiple cameras as this is a game all about characters and worlds, plus drifting from a 1st person perspective gets really interesting, especially with water and air. So we're not planning this one, that's not to say we don't have some dynamic camera stuff going off though.

LOL!

Oh yeah, I've got a question. It's been confirmed that there is a split-screen mode for all game modes, so does that mean that 4 people can play on one TV and face other people though the internet? This leads me to another question. How many people can race against each other over the internet?

If these questions have been answered already then I may have missed them.

Again, we've not really talked a lot about this, but it's something we're looking into. Watch this space.

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[DaN]

Thanks for your answers Steve! with the specular thing I mean a mirror effect: Like if u see someone play a circuit from a mirror, then every right curve is a left curve in the mirror and so on...

[PsychoJosh]

I have one question for you S0L, is there drafting in the game? That would be great. I don't think it would've worked in the last game due to the fact that he size difference between vehicles would have to be taken into consideration, but this time everyone seems to be driving extremely similar vehicles so I think that opens up the possibility.

I imagine that it would work like the drafting in Sega Super GT.

Edited May 31, 2012 by PsychoJosh

[S0L]

Thanks for your answers Steve! with the specular thing I mean a mirror effect: Like if u see someone play a circuit from a mirror, then every right curve is a left curve in the mirror and so on...

[Marcello]

Not sure if this was answered yet, but will there be a sound test to listen to all of the songs?

[Detective Shadzter]

Will there be any customisation options for the vehicles/characters, such as vehicle designs, colours, costumes etc...?

[PsychoJosh]

I think drafting would be great for those long empty stretches of road that are too thin to snake on.

[Blue Blood]

I think drafting would be great for those long empty stretches of road that are too thin to snake on.

[PsychoJosh]

Oh god, if snaking is possible in this...

Well, think about it. Isn't snaking guaranteed due to the nature of how drifting works in this game? If you get a boost from drifting, there will be snaking. It's inevitable. I think so, at least.

It's a high-level tactic that prevents races from getting too homogeneous. You're gonna have to snake like a boss in order to be a cut above the rest in lap times and such.

If they wanted to get rid of snaking they could make it more like Daytona's drifting, but I think that would be too difficult for the kiddies.

Edited May 31, 2012 by PsychoJosh

[S0L]

Evening!

Not sure if this was answered yet, but will there be a sound test to listen to all of the songs?

This is something I want to do - but I'm not going to promise it!

Will there be any customisation options for the vehicles/characters, such as vehicle designs, colours, costumes etc...?

Yes and no. There is something we're planning - but it's sort of different to what you're suggesting. We'll be talking about this one down the line though...

I think drafting would be great for those long empty stretches of road that are too thin to snake on.

Long stretches of road are for boost pads and weapons

We did try to keep snaking down to an absolute minimum last time, it's still possible right now, but it gets harder the harder difficulty you pick and we'll likely try and minimise it as personally I felt it wasn't much fun in that other Karting game when playing online...

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