SEGA says Sonic Racing CrossWorlds controls are fine tuned thanks to Initial D

Japanese site 4Gamer has said down with Sonic CrossWorlds producer Taki Ryuichi and creative director Kohayakawa Masaru to talk about the racing game’s control system. The duo said that the a portion of the development team have had considerable experience nailing controls in racing games thanks to the Initial D arcade series and their expertise shows when players get their hands on Sonic CrossWorld.

“It was entirely thanks to the Initial D development team that, in Sonic Racing, we were able to implement the gameplay which they’d been honing for years – and it was because of them that we were able to carry on with developing the game.”