Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds‘ Metacritic rating ties it with the highest-rated Sonic racers, but it still isn’t quite enough to dethrone some long-standing favorites.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds currently holds an 82 on Metacritic, putting it on par with 2012’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed — a title many fans and critics still consider one of the best kart racers ever. That score also edges CrossWorlds ahead of Team Sonic Racing (2019) at 72 and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) at 75, while the various Sonic Riders entries sit roughly in the mid-40s to mid-50s. And although Sonic R doesn’t have an official Metacritic entry, fans will joke it would score a perfect 100 based on the soundtrack alone.
The GamesRadar+ review by Justin Towell awards the game four out of five stars and summarizes: “Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a slick, ambitious racer packed with tracks and primed for future licensed crossovers. It starts a little slow but quickly becomes thrillingly fast; the driving can feel rough at first but improves with play. It’s compulsively playable, though single-player can feel grindy, and it doesn’t quite reach S-tier status on the track.”
Some of the highest praise comes from TheGamer‘s Rhiannon Bevan and IGN‘s Jada Griffin, who both scored the game 9/10. On the lower end, GameSpot‘s Steve Watts gave it 7/10, while Dominic L at TheSixthAxis rated it 6/10. Even the less enthusiastic reviews tend to be fairly positive, but the bulk of critics cluster around an 8/10 average, suggesting a strong start overall.
The jab at Mario Kart is pretty clear — Sega asks you to “leave the open road behind” and play Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, leaning into a bit of ’90s console-war nostalgia.
Source: gamesradar.com
