Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Developers
	Sumo Digital
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
Windows	Sega
Russia	1C-SoftClub
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Sunshine Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 3, 2010
macOS (OS X)	April 5, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	65
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Track racing
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy, Contemporary
Series	Sonic Racing

Sonic Racing
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	2010
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	2013
Team Sonic Racing	2019
Sonic Racing	2019

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a multiplayer third-person racing game in the Sonic Racing series.

The game lacks achievements that can be found in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 releases.^{[citation needed]}

General information

Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here.

Steam Community Discussions

Support page for OS X version

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM Europe only.
Retail		Europe only.
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.

The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

The "Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone" DLC is available only on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The "Ryo Hazuki - Forklift Truck" DLC has been ported to the OS X version only.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Logos.usm
Go to <path-to-game>\Resource\Movie\ Delete or rename Logos.usm

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34190/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ssr_save.bin
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34190/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

External settings.

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Native for 16:9 only; use Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing FOV Fix for all others.
Multi-monitor			Use Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing FOV Fix.
Ultra-widescreen			Use Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing FOV Fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF entry.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Using Nvidia Inspector, AA can be forced with the flag 0x080012C1.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Setting Low Detail Models to Off will load the lowest quality models, it doesn't "disable" low-detailed models like most people would expect, rather selecting Four Player will load the highest quality models available.

Windowed

Edit settings.ini
Go to the installation folder. Open settings.ini. Change WINDOWED=0 to WINDOWED=1 Save the file.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		States Config A but no apparent way to change anything.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is not supported.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Configuration utility requires keyboard or mouse.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		The game can only be controlled with the device used to enter the game.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, and speech.
Surround sound		2.0 only in menus. 7.1 in the actual game.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The Samba de Amigo level uses parts of Bellini's Samba de Janeiro

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Patch for the Steam version.
Spanish				Castilian.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus Split-screen.
LAN play		4	Versus
Online play		4	Versus OS X version only.[citation needed]

Issues fixed

Crash at launch

Change sound card sample rate[citation needed]
This happens at some audio sample rates. 48Khz works. 96Khz does not.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			32-bit only.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3000+	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)	1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1300 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3800 series 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.3	10.8.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.8 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI Radeon X1xxx series, ATI Radeon HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, Nvidia GeForce 320M and Nvidia GeForce 330M.