Eagle eyed SSMB Member Doctor Eggman has spotted a picture of what could be an R-Tuned track in the latest Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing trailer. Further to support this we have word from Steve Lycett of Sumo Digital’s latest Developer Diary that he and his team got to play an early version of R-Tuned and they were offered levels from the game if they’d like them for ASR. Comparing the small screen from the latest trailer with a screenshot from R-Tuned the tracks do look extremely similar.
In other news, SEGA of America have updated their product page for Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing with a release date of 23rd February 2010 for all 5 formats, confirming the speculation of the same date U.S. retailers have been listing.
Thanks to NinMicroSega for the heads up on the U.S. release date and thanks to Doctor Eggman for the well spotted R-Tuned info and images!
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Thanks. Sorry about that, my bad lol!
that doctor eggman sure has good eyes.
first the final fortress easter egg and now this.
It’s the tiny spectacles that I wear. They give me 20/1 vision. You may not get that vision reference as your IQ is nowhere near mine (it’s 300). Back to building robots that explode after one hit! Hohohoho…
R-Tuned? Explain please.
R-Tuned is a Sega arcade racer which depicts Tokyo street racing.
The above SASAR track could very well be JSRF related, but R-Tuned could have led to its inspiration.
I never thought I’d say this: Doctor Eggman, you rock!