/vm/ — Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds game discussion

This is great, but I'm worried nobody will use these.

>>2031062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohm5CVdutrw
Not needing to use it is the best case scenario.

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is he in yet??

>>2033298
yes

how much speed does perfect boost add?

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>>2036079
It's inconsistent, since it doesn't work the way Ring Boost or normal boosts do. It's not just a flat +7 speed.

Upon release you get roughly +7 Speed that gradually decreases over ~0.5 seconds (35-36 frames). For the duration of the boost, the speedometer will then continue jumping up +5 Speed and sinking in ~0.30s (19 frames) before going back up again ~0.10s (5-6 frames) later.

The way the speedometer fluctuates indicates there's something wrong with the gadget being bugged, as the speed fluctuating / resetting shouldn't be the case. If it were just a flat +5 Speed for the entire duration, it'd have some merit, but as it stands now it's not really usable, since the overall effect is much much lower than +7 to speed.

>>2036524
what the hell
I thought it'd be better than ring boost given you can't really run both it and perfect bounty in parallel and it doesn't offer the benefit of actually accumulating rings

>>2036527
Yeah, this is why it's important to test things instead of believing stats bars and text at face value. Speed, Accel, Power, hidden vehicle quirks and buffs, it's just par for the course in racing games. Stat bars almost always lie to you, it's annoying but that's just how it usually is. Happy to help, at least.

>unless you're invincible being first in the third lap is a death sentence
>therefore your performance in the first 2 laps barely matters
>therefore the whole thing is just a slot machine decided by the final stretch
I'm becoming disillusioned bros, the magic is running out

>>2036873
Yeah, a balance patch would go a long way. They did say on their roadmap that they'd release at minimum four balance patches between now and the end of 2026, but they're sure taking their sweet time... the meta may be "balanced" between invulnerable giga-sweats, item resistant slipstream bros and bagging scum, but it sure ain't as fun as >>>/vm/ctr , >>>/vm/srb2k or ASRT imo.

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Ichiban will be out in three days.
Festival starts in four days.
Here are the rewards:
The gadget is called Comeback Kit, exact effects TBD. However, if the data mine from a few months ago is to be believed (link in the OP), it's going to be pretty bad.

v thread is kill, so may as well share here.

>>2041154
>v thread is kill
is it...over?//

>>2041290
The v thread is (and this one too), but the game will be fine. I'm in enough external communities to know that for sure. Sonic fans are very, very, /very/ autistic.

>>2041290
No, those threads lasted longer than anyone could have imagined.

>>2041353
Autists and coomers are very good at keeping threads alive because both types are unemployed

>>2041353
two full months of uninterrupted autism. no breaks. no gaps. no limitations. even when no one could play the damn game, people were posting. completely wild ride, and so much better than anything in the Sonic general. despite the freaks erping and dumping garbage overnight.

honestly I'm expecting it to come right back the moment the festival rolls around, but it's been long in the tooth as it is.

>>2041463
>honestly I'm expecting it to come right back the moment the festival rolls around, but it's been long in the tooth as it is.
Of course, weekend threads and festival threads will still be active made, as it should be.

I'm confused on what speed modifiers stack and don't stack
I know the ring count is its own separate thing and stacks with everything
But do drifts stack with boost pads? If I'm in a slipstream do I bother drifting? What about ring boost? Should I be prioritizing a wide line with it or still hug the corner?

well, i could host a lobby. but is anyone even here?

>>2043307
only way to know is to test it, that's how that one guy figured out the slipstream cap and that ring boosts are counted as part of the slipstream cap
i think boost pads are similar to drifts, but unlike drifts you can go off-road with boost pads if they're strong enough (see: estadium lap 3)
>>2043400
most players are still on v even though it's sputtering out. check the thread with amy's face on it over there. personally i only host lobbies during festivals and do other things in between

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14 hours remain...

>>2043400
No, but we should stick to /v/eekend threads instead of trying to keep one up all week.

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how did this plate win 3 times in a row

>>2046467
>ring boost
>wisp up
>more slots
probably that

is trick adept even worth it? seems like it doesn't do shit for the majority of jumps

>>2046607
Is that the 1 slot one? 1 slot one is fairly useless it'll at most nab you one extra trick on very few jumps.

Festival in three and a half hours! will be playing with v when it starts.

>>2046467
Top half bags well, bottom half has Mini Ring Boost. That kind of setup is coherent enough to get you to Legend 9 no problem.
>>2046607
Adept (and Expert, and Bounty) are not really worth it, but they're fun and simple. Adept gives +25% to trick speed, Expert gives +75%. It's a good effect, but not the kind of effect that's worth dedicating three slots to.

>>2046732
Expert I can see a lot of utility in because in tracks with small ramps getting 1 or 2 extra spins is massive for making distance relative to other guys
But adept just doesn't do enough

>>2046605
this games netcode is so ass

I don't care about ranked points
I don't care about 1st
I don't care about likes
If I see the "No1 spent in front" bonus, I won

>>2047380
Based and correct

any rooms up?

is there no /v/ thread up or am I missing it, I need to complete the festival rewards

>>2049430
modniggers moved it to /vg/

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The festival ends in 24 hours! the thread on v is alive again, so get in while the getting is good

>>2051186
Lobby host should make another thread, mention the festival and include the first lobby code in the OP

>>2051193
Agreed. OP should at least keep it on-topic

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>Zzzzzzz....

>>2049840
They should keep the event 8 hours longer in consideration for people on the other side of the planet.

Next batch of free DLC characters revealed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0DHucYYD0k
>NiGHTS
>AiAi
>Tangle and Whisper

jannies are faggots

>>2055809
what else is new lol

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HARRO, gaijin pureya-san! I am barantsu patchi man!! pureasu gibbu thothsu!
>NERF DRILL, ends way quicker when ahead, and also in the last stretch regardless of position, also deals much less damage time.
>tornado deals less damage time, and only 20 rings
>slicer deals much less damage time
.>when dropping items behind you while drifting, it drops inwards, like the angle boxing gloves and slicers chase you at. Just make them more reliable at defending overall, maybe a different, bigger hitbox specifically for hitting other items?
>void doesn't stay in your item slot while being used
In exchange,
>ultimate charge's invincibility only lasts 2 seconds instead of 3, and the invincibility has a telltale rainbow effect like mario kart
Of course that rainbow glow won't help much online, but still, at least try to make it distinctive for other players.

Also, if the delay's gonna be this unreliable, at least severely reduce knockback when colliding with other players when online, cause it's ridiculous how easy it is to get smushed into walls by players who probably aren't even doing that to you on their screen. I'd take making the power stat help protect you from it too, but with everything else I'm proposing that might just make slipstream power builds the new centralizing meta, and I'd rather have many viable playstyles.

bros where's our thread?

>>2056331
abib had his way with it again...
>>2056283
I wouldn't do exactly this, but these are more or less all the pain points that need to be tweaked

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Gadget usage in the Top 100 (cross-platform) as of November 11, 2025:

* 75 of the top 100 use the Technical Drift + QC2 + QC3 + Ultimate Charge build. The next most represented build is Inventory Plus + Inventory Swap + Wisp Up with 6 users. The third most represented build is Drift Kit + Air Trick Expert + Air Trick Bounty at 4 users. The other 15 users are all over the place.

>>2056283
If they nerf the drill they better nerf all attack items.

I was front running on Metal Harbor last night and got put into 10th place by a bunch of items that hit me one after another. It was only thanks to a drill that I was still able to not lose points over that bullshit

>>2057283
bads like to complain about muh three trucks and two drills raped me on the finish line, but gloves, saws, boos and red warp ring attacks are way more of a threat for front-runners than those things, let alone the complete lack of shields that drop for you

is anyone else dreading the spongebob festival next week or is it just me and my old bones

>>2058624
Depends on the modes, as always. Festivals are the one time you can easily play with others so they are the most fun for me.

>>2056514
So basically only stuff that lets you survive the final shitstorm, nothing that surprising I guess
Silver surfer is the only way to force 1sts while bagging is still pretty luck based, so that's much more popular

>>2056514
I'm impressed by the fact air trick expert is even on the radar
Must be really good on some maps

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First ever Legendary Ladder announced! Arrives the same day as the Switch 2 version, after SpongeBob is out.

Thoughts?

>>2059641
Is there any gameplay differences or is it just a "queue takes way longer and you can't farm A ranks" mode

>>2059651
>are there any gameplay differences?
We don't know yet. Hopefully, but probably not.

>>2059641
How am I supposed to have a shot against meta sweaters?

>>2061519
who said you were supposed to have a shot? the mode is only for the best of the best, those willing to do everything necessary to win

>>2061519
You can't both compete in an optional bracket for sweats and demand the meme QR air trick expert build be viable
It's one or the other