Sonic R

THE GOOD:
- A cool, fun Sonic racing game
- Nice looking environments, with more than one part of travel (shortcuts, etc); loops and springs are fun; level exploration is fun when you feel like doing so
- A few fun characters to race as
- Some characters can use their speeding up turbo attack, where they curl into a call, spin, and launch forward
- A few items to use
- Various things to do in the races, other than just race the other characters, such as collect rings and emeralds
- One unlockable map and a few unlockable characters; collecting special coins unlock character races, and collecting all the emeralds unlocks Super Sonic (my favorite part of the game)
- Changing weather is pretty cool, and has different effects
- Controls are alright
- You can run into other characters and even run the course backwards
- You sink in water, which is realistic; it is good to see that you cannot stand or run across it
- The...

THE GOOD:
Great Graphics.
Awesome Maps.
A Great Character (Super Sonic).
Cool Secrets
Decent Controls.

THE BAD:
Eh... Having problems running it on Windows 2000! Bummer. (I/O Addressing Issues or something like that)

Too many dumb characters. (Kinda trivial to me though)

SUMMARY:
This game is a great example of a racing game for the PC with every-body's favorite character... SONIC! Definately better then the SEGA Saturn version. I guess, after looking at other reviews by different people, they must have a bad taste in their mouths from the Saturn version. I think the PC version is more cleaned up. : )

I take it that SEGA had some good tricks up their sleeves with this game. The Super Sonic character is the best character with great traction AND speed. Ok... you have to unlock him though, but it's sure hell worth the trouble! ; )

It certainly is worth digging in a bargain bin for...

THE GOOD:
Different style of gampelay compared to other Sonic titles. Good variety of racetracks. Excellent music & sound effects. 2 player option. Hidden characters to unlock.

THE BAD:
Poor graphics. Very bad performance on slower PCs.

SUMMARY:
A totally different Sonic game than others, this one attempts to make a racing game out of the franchise. It actually is quite good, with several different tracks and a variety of familliar (and not so familiar) characters.
The graphics here are, for a PC title, exceptionally poor, especially if you have to run the game on low-res mode. The pixelization is just horrible and there's virtually no detail-everything appears blurry. If you're running a PC with anything faster than a 300 processor, this is not an issue but if you're stuck with something like a 150 or so, you'll be unable to run high-res or it'll be ultra-slow. The sounds & music are pretty good-each song has it's own rock song complete...