The Chaotix are also here with Vector, Charmy, and Espio. Blaze, Silver, Cream, and Big round out the roster for a total of twenty-two characters. This makes it the largest starting roster of any Sonic Racing game, with more to be added after launch. SEGA has pointed out that they'll include characters from outside the sonic universe this way.

IGN's Jada Griffin got to take the new Sonic for a spin and notes that this game ditches the team-based format of the previous entry, going "back to Mario Kart's everyone-for-themselves format" (and feeling much closer to Sonic All-Star Racing Transformed as a result) but "evolves beyond" MK8's offerings from over a decade ago.

The Sonic the Hedgehog universe is filled with memorable characters and locations, and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is already teasing a large number of racers and courses at launch.