If you missed out on the Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Network Test this past weekend, don't panic, as SEGA is planning to offer an additional way to try the game before its release later on this month.
Announced early this morning, the game is expected to receive a free demo in mid-September, which will provide a single-player demo to try out aspects of the game offline. Details on what the demo will include, including courses and playable characters, will be available at a later time.
Personally, I hope to see more characters and stages appear in the demo. Still, I can see SEGA giving us the majority of the content that was available in the Network Test, just without the option to play against people online.
The news follows the success of the Open Network Test, which saw thousands of players participate in online races with friends and randoms to test the game ahead of its release. The demo left many players hungry for more and has been received quite well online. At one point on Steam, the Network Test saw over 20,000 players trying the game simultaneously, and that doesn't include the vast number of players who were likely trying the game on consoles as well.
Before the Network Test, Destructoid had a chance to talk to Takashi Iizuka, Sonic Team's director, to discuss aspects of the game, including why DLC characters don't have voices and how the team came to the decision on which DLC characters to include in the game. You can check out the full interview here while we wait for the release of the demo and the whole game on September 22 if you purchase the early access Deluxe edition. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until September 25 for the full release.
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