When a vaguely worded invitation to the Ultimate Test of Racing Skill arrived, curiosity soon got the better of our heroes. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails made a beeline for the rendezvous, where they ran into some friends. Soon, an enigmatic stranger approached, a tanuki calling himself Dodon Pa. Their help, he explained, was vital in testing the most technologically advanced racing vehicles ever built on his perilous custom circuits! Something about the whole setup seemed sketchy though: Who was this stranger? Could he really be trusted? Didn't this all have the unmistakable odour of a Dr. Eggman plot? The questions begged answers, and they weren't going to find them standing around chatting. This would take action: whatever action was necessary to get to the bottom of it. And if that meant strapping themselves into untested racing vehicles and recklessly hurling themselves at breakneck speeds around a series of exhilarating tracks, each more thrilling and hazardous than the last, then that was a price that they would willingly pay. TEAM SONIC MILES ‘TAILS’ PROWER Vehicle Type: Technique The tenacious trio of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are together again, out to prove that they’re the fastest, Sonic’s faithful companion smartest and toughest team combined! loves his shiny new racer, and is looking forward to tinkering under the hood, adding custom parts to maximize its full race potential. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA Vehicle Type: Speed Vehicle Type: Power The world’s fastest Knuckles never holds supersonic hedgehog back, and his new takes to the track in racer is tough enough a fittingly fast racer. that he can smash He'd be much quicker straight through on foot for sure, but anything that tries to he has to give the slow him down. others a fair chance... TEAM ROSE CHAO Vehicle Type: Technique Amy, Chao and Big join forces. If you're going to race, you may as well do it in style! The Chao might look adorable, but they're monsters on the track, determined to win at any cost! AMY ROSE BIG THE CAT Vehicle Type: Speed Vehicle Type: Power Amy's cheerful This gentle and demeanor conceals carefree giant is a spiky competitive taking a break from streak, and her brand fishing for some new racer will help high-octane antics! her stay one step ahead of the crowd. Try to keep up, boys! TEAM VECTOR SILVER THE HEDGEHOG Vehicle Type: Technique Three powerful figures in the fight against evil have teamed up to become a As a psychokinetic formidable driving force to be reckoned protector of time from 200 with. years in the future, it's his job to ensure that his team's (assumed) historic victory be preserved. BLAZE THE CAT VECTOR THE CROCODILE Vehicle Type: Speed Vehicle Type: Power This elegant princess This imposing scaly from another detective has what it dimension loves takes to win, as long showing off her as the prize money’s racer's taillights to right. whoever she leaves at the starting line. TEAM DARK ROUGE THE BAT Vehicle Type: Technique Shadow, Rouge and Omega are no strangers to putting their own interests As a professional treasure first, but can they bring it together as a hunter, Rouge is not in the team? habit of leaving the party empty handed and has no plans of starting now. SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG E-123 OMEGA Vehicle Type: Speed Vehicle Type: Power The Ultimate Life Form The last of Dr. Eggman’s can rival Sonic in both E-Series robots, Omega speed and abilities, on is a powerful force with and off the racetrack. a vendetta-like drive to win! TEAM EGGMAN DR. EGGMAN Vehicle Type: Technique This unlikely trio of assorted foes form a solid team, in spite of their conflicting Taking a brief respite from his motivations. maniacal apocalyptic schemes, Dr. Eggman is enjoying some R&R with his old rivals. As if we'd believe that... What's he really doing here? METAL SONIC ZAVOK Vehicle Type: Speed Vehicle Type: Power Metal Sonic is an Zeti and former leader exact replica of our of the Deadly Six, hero, except he’s a Zavok is a demanding robot, and evil. Could presence who knows he possibly have an how to throw his weight ulterior motive for around the racetrack. racing? BASIC COMMANDS The controls referenced within the bulk of this manual are intended to represent those used on PC. Game controls are universal, and apply to all characters in all game modes. ✪ Information will appear as a pop-up window. Controller configurations can be changed in Options. RACING TECHNIQUES DRIFT Drifting is a controlled skid that allows you START LINE BOOST to take tight corners at high speed. Keep For a sudden boost of speed straight off the your finger onAccelerate as you steer into a start line, press and release Accelerate with corner, then press and hold Drift to drift in that each count of the countdown timer. direction. While drifting, you can continue to Time it wrong and you will start off at a plodding steer to make limited directional adjustments. disadvantage. The drift will continue until you release Drift. Continuous drifting earns you a boost, which will propel you away quickly upon release. STUNT Whenever your vehicle is airborne, you can BOOST PADS perform a barrel roll in any direction, helping you Boost Pads can be found strategically to avoid obstacles and grab Item Boxes. Land positioned around each course. Drive or drift successfully to earn a welcome boost! Multiple over one for an instant boost of speed. barrel rolls (up to 3) earn you additional boost, but time them carefully: an improper landing will bring you to a grinding halt! BE A TEAM PLAYER! SKIMBOOST In team races, each player controls their own vehicle as part If a teammate is driving slowly or has spun out, of a three player team. The total ranking of all three players speed past them as close as you can to give determines the team’s final placing in the event. them a Skimboost: a sudden acceleration up to a competitive speed, which adds charge to your Cooperating with your teammates through Slingshots, team's Ultimate Meter! The bigger the difference Skimboosts and sharing Item Boxes is the key to building your in speed, the bigger the boost! team's Ultimate Meter, the power behind Team Ultimate: a temporary boost of speed coupled with invincibility, the extra push you need to win! TEAM ULTIMATE When the Ultimate Meter is full, press Team SLINGSHOT Ultimate for a temporary boost of speed and invincibility against attacks and collisions Keep your vehicle in a teammate’s trail to charge with breakable obstacles. Shunt opponents to a Slingshot. When you leave the charge zone, increase the duration of your Team Ultimate. you will receive a speed boost, while adding Time your activation with your whole team to charge to your team's Ultimate Meter! extend everybody's boost! ITEM BOXES ITEM BOX TRANSFER At various points around the course you will If the Wisp item you have received is not immediately useful to have the opportunity to pick up Item Boxes. you, you can offer it up for transfer. Press Transfer Item to offer Each Item Box transforms into a random Wisp the Item Box, and if a teammate chooses to receive it before the or set of three Wisps that can be used to attack timer runs out, the item box will be sent, adding charge to your opponents or give you a temporary racing team's Ultimate Meter. advantage. The Wisp you’ve received can be If an Item Box is offered by another teammate, press Transfer identified in the Wisp Window. Item to claim it. Press Use Item to activate the Wisp. WISPS Pink Spikes The Pink Spikes make your vehicle a prickly hazard The Wisps found in Item Boxes are described below: for your opponents. Charging into an enemy will Orange Rocket cause them to spin out! A destructive rocket capable of bouncing off walls. Ivory Lightning Try lining up a ricochet shot! Stop your opponents in their tracks with some well- timed lightning strikes. Crimson Eagle The Crimson Eagle chases down opponents before Gray Quake attacking! Flying ahead of the race pack, huge stone pillars will begin to erupt from the ground creating a hazardous White Boost obstacle course for opponents. Use for an instant speed boost! Cyan Laser Fry your opponents with this super powerful laser. Hold the laser on your opponent for a short time to Yellow Drill spin them out. Imbue your vehicle with the power of the Yellow Drill for an automated boost and invincibility! Running into opponents causes them to spin out. Red Burst Jade Ghost Carve a hazardous trail of fire from the back of your Use this ghostly apparition to avoid all attacks vehicle to block opponents’ routes. and track obstacles. It will also steal the nearest opponent’s Wisp! Violet Void Magenta Rhythm The Violet Void bends space and time to absorb Blind your opponents with this musical mayhem- Rings, Item Boxes and even slow down your maker. Catch up to your opponents while they're opponents. Activate near a big group of racers for distracted. the best results. Invincibility Black Bomb Become invincible to any attacks, slowdowns and Handle with care. The Black Bomb bounces before hazards for a short time. Shunt opponents to spin exploding in a huge radius! them out. Blue Cube The Blue Cube is not just an obstacle for your opponents. If dropped at the right time, it can be used to block an inbound projectile.