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Catherine Lewis

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has Sega's "secret sauce" thanks to the devs combining "the essence" of multiple other "legendary" racing games like OutRun and Initial D

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds screenshot of Sonic wagging his finger and looking behind as he soars through the air track in a blue car with numbered rings surrounding him.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a hit, and its devs think we can thank the "secret sauce of Sega" – namely, the many other influential Sega racers before it – for its vibes and feel.

It was already known that the development team behind the Initial D arcade game series was involved in the making of CrossWorlds, but in an interview with Automaton, creative director Masaru Kohayakawa discusses how other Sega racers contributed to shaping Sonic's latest outing.

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