Sega seems super confident in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds but is it really a better race game than Mario Kart World?

For the past several months, Sega has emphasised Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ crossplay functionality as the main reason why it’s the superior kart racer of 2025, with some very unsubtle jabs at Mario Kart World.

Frankly, this feels misguided. Mario Kart has never needed crossplay to be popular or successful. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold a whopping 68.86 million copies, and nearly everyone who bought a Nintendo Switch 2 also grabbed a copy of Mario Kart World.

Crossplay for a multiplayer racing game is important in this day and age, but the way Sega has been going on you’d almost think that’s all Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has to offer when, in actuality, it has a lot more going f

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