Sonic is celebrating its Thirty fifth anniversary this week, and as a part of that, a brand new replace has been rolled out to Sonic Racing: Crossworld.
As already highlighted, this provides “Basic Sonic” and his machine Mach Cyclone. Along with this, there may even be commemorative music tracks, new devices, steadiness adjustments, and bug fixes. Sega additionally introduced the “World Championship Qualifier”. Extra particulars are supplied on the backside of this web page.
Listed below are the total patch notes for the newest Sonic Racing replace (by way of Sega.com): This brings the title as much as model 1.4.1 on Swap and Swap 2.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Model 1.4.1 Patch Notes (June 23, 2026)
Replace overview
This replace celebrates Sonic’s Thirty fifth anniversary.
Added traditional Sonic and his machine Mach Cyclone, in addition to a particular Thirty fifth anniversary music monitor. We’re additionally including new devices, adjusting the steadiness of races, and fixing varied bugs.
World Championship Qualifying (Legend Competitors Spherical 6) has additionally been introduced!
Benefit from the pleasure of Sonic Racing: Cross World because it continues to develop.
Sonic Thirty fifth anniversary content material
- Added Basic Sonic as a playable character
- Added Mach Cyclone to selectable machines
- Added Sonic Thirty fifth anniversary music monitor
- New songs by 3 artists added to commemorate the Thirty fifth anniversary
collaboration decal
- Added 15 collaboration decals with well-known manufacturers
World Match/Legend Competitors
- Added “Donpa Ticket Probability” that happens with a sure likelihood
new devices
- Added 8 new devices to increase current methods
Balancing competitiveness
- Adjusted devices and races
Different additions/changes
- Added Chinese language (Mandarin) audio assist
- Character friendships are actually unlocked by default
- Modified the CPU icon throughout on-line play to the usual robotic image.
- Added assist for DualSenseβ’ wi-fi controller on PC (Steam/Epic)
- Added Sega account linkage perform
- Employees credit up to date
- Fastened varied different points and up to date knowledge for upcoming dwell content material and World Championships
To have fun this milestone, we have added Basic Sonic and his machine Mach Cyclone.
Fashionable songs from Sonic Mania and Sonic Superstars have additionally been added:
- Studiopolis Zone Act 2 (Tee Lopez: Sonic Mania)
- Mirage Saloon Act 1 (Tee Lopez: Sonic Mania)
- Arduous Boiled Heavy Boss (Tea Lopez: Sonic Mania)
- Opening theme (Jun Segami & Tee Lopez: Sonic Superstars)
- Bridge Island Zone Act 2 (Tee Lopez & Jun Senoue: Sonic Superstars)
- Particular Stage (Tee Lopez: Sonic Superstars)
As well as, songs by three artists commemorating the Thirty fifth anniversary have been added to the jukebox.
- Pace ββIs My Life (Jun Segami & Nathan Sharp)
- Right here We Go ~ Run to the Future (Yusa Lin)
- ONSOKU WO KOETE (Yunosuke)
A collaboration stamp of Yousa who carried out “Right here We Go ~Run to the Future” can be obtainable.
The Sonic Thirty fifth Anniversary web site will be considered right here.
https://www.sega.com/sonic-the-hedgehog?tab=Thirty fifth-anniversary
Sonic Thirty fifth Anniversary Competition is scheduled to begin on Friday, June twenty fifth at 8pm ET! Be a part of the enjoyable and have fun Blue Blur’s birthday!
collaboration decal
Added collaboration decals.
Can be utilized with “Customise Machine”.
World Match/Legend Competitors
“Donpa Ticket Probability” will now happen in World Match and Legend Competitors. Donpa Ticket Probability When you meet the circumstances through the race, the quantity of Donpa Tickets you will get after the race will improve**.
Added 8 new devices.
These will be obtained when your Gadget Plate reaches Gold Plate or larger.
- Strengthen approach
- final air trick
- excellent touchdown
- assist
- alternative product
- Invincible end
- Standing enhancement
- Evolution of collision
- evolution of the ring
- evolution of injury
- Merchandise hit evolution
The next devices that have been beforehand distributed as pageant rewards can now be bought with Donpa Tickets from the “Customise Gadget” display screen***.
- character sort package
- superior package
- merchandise buster package
- drift spinner package
- panel combo package
***These will be bought as soon as your Gadget Plate reaches Grasp Plate or larger.
Balancing competitiveness
Model 1.4.1 goals to develop the number of ways by customizing devices.
Added new devices that develop customization choices for air methods, collisions, merchandise hits, and restoration builds that have been underperforming in comparison with different devices.
We’ve got additionally reviewed and adjusted the results of some assist devices that have been tough to make use of, and added new assist devices. We purpose to extend the vary of choices in order that we will reply to extra numerous conditions.
As well as, current stat-enhancing devices have been typically strengthened to match the ability degree of the newly added Evolution Gadget and Hyper Ring Engine.
Relating to ring engines, now we have fastened a difficulty the place there could be slight benefits and drawbacks relying on the beginning place, and now we have additionally adjusted in order that the general impact when equipping two forms of ring engines is not going to be too sturdy.
We are going to proceed to make steadiness changes based mostly on gadget utilization and win fee.
Adjustment of the variety of rings at the beginning of the race
The variety of rings at the beginning of the race has been unified to twenty in all modes besides Time Trial. In 1.3, the variety of beginning rings was adjusted based mostly on beginning place to scale back benefit/drawback.
Nevertheless, for some ring-related devices such because the ring engine and rolling velocity up, the benefit with which the results will be activated is affected by the distinction within the variety of rings at the beginning, and there could also be benefits or disadvantages relying on the beginning place.
Within the present aggressive setting, we consider that beginning place has much less of an influence than prior to now. Subsequently, the variety of beginning rings is ready at 20 for everybody to make sure that all racers begin below the identical circumstances, no matter their beginning place. There aren’t any adjustments to Time Trial mode.
Competition coordination
The merchandise steadiness has been adjusted in order that highly effective gadgets similar to King Bunbu will seem extra simply relying on the space between racers. Moreover, the Ring Engine and Hyper Ring Engine, which have been beforehand prohibited at festivals, have been lifted.
In model 1.3, there tended to be massive variations in match outcomes attributable to variations in participant abilities and crew composition. Particularly, Ring Engine and Hyper Ring Engine have been extraordinarily suitable with the invincibility impact of Tremendous Crew Sprint and the crew battle rule that stops injury from allies, and have been in a position to exhibit larger efficiency than different modes similar to World Match.
Because of this, we had restricted its use at festivals, however based mostly on this adjustment, now we have determined to elevate the restriction.
We are going to proceed to observe and regulate the steadiness of the pageant.
Gadget changes
Fastened a difficulty the place the utmost velocity wouldn’t improve even when solely the Hyperling Engine was geared up. High velocity is now correctly elevated by 4 km/h.
- Ring Engine + Hyper Ring Engine
The impact of mixing two ring engines has been adjusted as follows.
- Most velocity improve modified from +11 km/h to +9 km/h.
- Fastened a difficulty the place parameters would improve excessively when the variety of incoming calls was small.
We consider that the mix of the 2 ring engine devices ought to present efficiency that justifies the downside of shedding a hoop each 0.5 seconds. Nevertheless, in model 1.3, this mixture carried out higher than meant, so this replace reduces its effectiveness.
Notice: These adjustments don’t apply to Time Trial mode attributable to their influence on world rankings.
Required slot price decreased from 2 to 1.
As a result of its comparatively low win fee and restricted influence on race outcomes by itself, this adjustment makes it simpler to include into a greater diversity of builds.
- merchandise keeper
Gadget results will now be activated towards assaults from Darkish Chao. When you hit Darkish Chao, solely empty merchandise slots might be chosen for reroll.
This replace prevents merchandise loss from purple warp rings when geared up with this gadget.
Notice: This impact doesn’t apply to pressured merchandise adjustments by way of Enhance Frenzy.
- spindrift/drift spinner package
The knockback impact on opponents has been strengthened.
This buff is particularly noticeable when used at low energy stats.
- excellent cost increase
The length of the velocity increase brought on by a profitable Excellent Cost has been barely elevated.
- friction drift
Fastened a difficulty the place slight deceleration might happen even when not drifting.
- fast starter/sluggish starter
Elevated increase for all parameters from +10 to +20.
- Tremendous fast starter/tremendous sluggish starter
Elevated increase for all parameters from +20 to +60.
- tuner gadget
Parameter will increase have been doubled for all tuner sort devices.
If the fashions don’t match: +4 to +8
When mannequin matches: +10 to +20
Notice: There is no such thing as a change in parameter discount.
- machine package
Adjusted parameter adjustments when matching machine sorts for all machine kits. Beforehand, sort matching utilized each will increase (+20) and reduces (-16). Any further, solely the rise (+20) might be utilized.
- ace pilot package
When in aircraft type, the quantity of improve in all parameters has been modified from +10 to +20.
- sea ββcanine package
Enhance quantity of all parameters in boat mode has been modified from +10 to +20.
- panel combo package
Elevated energy and dealing with will increase from +4 to +8.
Extra voice assist
Added Chinese language (Mandarin) audio assist.
Character friendships unlocked by default
Gamers can now entry character friendships with out finishing the Grand Prix.
CPU platform icon for on-line play
In Legends Competitors, CPU opponents that weren’t included in ranking calculations have been displayed with the identical platform icon because the participant, doubtlessly impacting gameplay. In consequence, the platform icon throughout CPU battles has been modified to a robotic icon in all on-line modes.
Extra assist units for PC model
Added assist for DualSenseβ’ wi-fi controller on PC (Steam/Epic).
Notice: Utilizing a number of controllers might trigger points similar to vibration not working. When you encounter this subject, wait some time and reconnect the controllers one after the other. If the issue persists, repeat the identical steps.
Sega account linkage perform
In case your platform account is linked to your SEGA account, you will notice a message within the backside left nook of the Extras display screen that claims “SEGA account has been linked.”
Notice: This solely seems if you find yourself on-line.
Replace workers credit
Employees credit have been up to date to the newest data.
Reside operation knowledge addition/knowledge replace for upcoming world tournaments
The info has been up to date in preparation for future dwell operations.
Bug fixes
course
- Fastened a difficulty within the Wily Fortress course the place firing an merchandise similar to a Rocket Pucci in direction of a soar ramp might trigger the projectile to journey horizontally as a substitute of firing upwards from the ramp.
race park
- Fastened a difficulty the place, in a customized match, if the merchandise setting was set to Excessive, the CPU character would obtain gadgets that have been inappropriate for the setting.
pageant
- Fastened a difficulty that would happen when getting into a Journey Ring marked with a “?” throughout sure Frenzy occasions. Unable to set off Frenzy Time.
- Fastened a difficulty the place gamers wouldn’t be assigned to the third crew if a crew consisting solely of CPU gamers was generated.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the transition animation when altering race guidelines wouldn’t play accurately if the auto choice choice for rental plates was set to OFF.
textual content show
- Fastened a difficulty the place the Gadget Pace ββCharacter Package would incorrectly show as Pace ββCharacter Package 2 in sure languages. There aren’t any adjustments to the gadget’s results.
- Fastened the Simplified Chinese language translation of Tangle & Whisper to a correct translation.
Different minor gameplay points have additionally been fastened.
We are going to proceed to make enhancements based mostly on neighborhood suggestions to make sure all gamers can compete in a good and enjoyable setting.
Thanks for taking part in Sonic Racing: Cross World.
Sega may even be holding a “World Championship 2026” occasion the place racers from everywhere in the world will compete. On-line qualifying will start on June 30, 2026 and proceed till July 19, 2026, adopted by the finals on October 9, 2026 in New York Metropolis. For extra data and to register, go to Sega’s web site.
βThe highest 24 racers could have the prospect to compete for first place dwell in entrance of a worldwide viewers. Followers may even have the chance to earn the next Twitch Drop rewards through the qualifying interval. Sonic Racing: Crossworld Watch collaborating streamers on Twitch!β