Bro I grew up with this game and they have literally fucking EVERY SINGLE THING from the OG game in my childhood, every single part of the stages it just brought back a wave of nostalgia 😭
Sega needs to do an "indie program" or something, like they see projects like this and give them permission to publish and sell them under the Sonic trademark for revenue or something.
That's what Sonic Mania was, and it was the best Sonic since Generations. Nintendo could do some of that too, although I think they did that for Zelda's 3D Remasters
Seriously, there's just too many good things out there. Like there needs to be a new sonic indie team and they need to hire on these guys and start finishing their games as full products because holy shit some of these are better than official games in some ways and they're made by one person, imagine if the best indie games all got a full staff on them? I'd GLADLY pay for these games, full price if they're finished and polished. SEGA, you've proven you see the bigger picture better than than the ever-litigious Nintendo... Mania should have been proof enough, spend the resources on fans who want to make amazing games with your IP. SEGA profits, fans get fun games, and indie devs like me aren't scared away from the industry and it leads to more creative minds making more interesting and fun games, potentially under SEGAs banner while "fun" companies like Nintendo show how little they care about what they preach. If this was the 90s y'all would have jumped on such an opportunity!!
The thing is that Sonic Riders was based on the futuristic anti-gravity racer genre like WipEout, F-Zero n all that that are more about speed, cool tracks and just being good at racing which have always historically been less popular than "kart racers" aka combat racers with fun items focused more on the casual party value (which are great too). Heck even Rollcage that tried to merge the two wasn't that popular either. That's probably why SEGA decided to go with the more easy success route I guess, a shame. The tricks mechanic was unique and refreshing.
Facts ! The new teams let the Mario cross overs get to their heads too much and said let’s try to copy Mario kart they even put the electric ⚡️ power up in it smh
@@artistanthony1007 Played and owned them all. The First Riders was the best one hands down. Zero gravity lacked the charm and soul of the first one. Free riders was held back by the controls because of Kinect but even if it had normal controller support it would not have been as good as the first one.
@@lazwardazure716 Jet wasn't playable In anything but football/soccer (2020), which was stupid because if any event was going to have Jet, it should've been skateboarding... You know, cause he rides a hoverboard and does tricks to power it.
There was also Jet's theme in Sonic at the Olympic Games (the mobile game that has a distinct lack of Mario character presence), which was an instrumental version of the theme of "Free" (the theme of Sonic Free Riders).
If the game was just a little faster, (Splash Cannon) and the tricks at certain points didn’t look floaty, then this would be incredible. Seriously I’d love this to be something official, it’s beautiful
now dont quote me on this but i remember seeing that a new sonic riders game was apparently in the works and is slated for a 2025 release, though it could have beeen me hallucinating while looking around the internet for sonic riders content
Love the fact that this is getting some attention and a team towards it Want to give some feedback on the game mechanics (this comes from thousands of hours of playing this game, as it's one of my favorite games of all time.) Just to make it so the mechanics still put forth that feel of fluidity and sound structure that the original did. 1, The Air Meter.) The balancing of the air meter seems to be a bit out of proportion, as when not boosting or drifting it consumes little to nothing, but boosting once seems to basically instantly drain your meter. A change to bring it closer to the original would be to increase the air consumed when just riding slightly, and decrease the air drain when drifting and boosting to still have the task of keeping an eye on your air meter without discouraging boosting/drifting entirely. 2, Jump Physics / Camera Work.) The jump physics differ from the game greatly, as it seems that you go in more or less a straight line to the destination instead of a gradual arc with an slight pause at the apex and a natural descent. Adjusting the trajectory of the jumps to Arc more naturally with a pause at the apex of them would bring it more in line with the original as well as do it more justice aesthetically. In terms of how jumps are handled, I do like the change where instead of charging to get maximum distance out of a jump, you instead time hitting jump right at the edge of the ramp to get max distance (One of the only mechanics I like from Zero Gravity.), this makes it so you don't dump all of your momentum in order to get the peak distance out of your jump, although it does slightly neuter the anticipation before the jump (This would mean removal of the charge jump entirely, which I think would be completely fine). This would also mean mistiming a jump by hitting it too early would result in a slow, low arcing jump that doesn't allow for many tricks to be preformed like in the original if you didn't charge before jumping off of a ramp. I would also hope that the mechanic where the direction you hold when initiating a jump influencing the distance/height of the jump corresponding to the steepness of the ramp is still there, such as doing a forward jump at the start of Metal City to get more distance and land on the upper path, and doing a backwards jump on steeper ramps like at the beginning of Sky Road to get the most height of your jump. In terms of the Camera Work when a jump is preformed, more examples need to be pulled from the original to mimic it, but this is more of an aesthetically pleasing touch that brings it in line with the original, instead of the camera just following the player's character through the air. Things like small zooms, camera temporarily locking into place but tracking the player to resume following after a certain period of time, Vertical shots. Examples of excellent camera work can be found on jumps like the beginning of Sky Road, Egg Factory, and towards the end of a Metal City lap. 3, Other Small Details.) Making sure that character/class specific routes stay class specific for balancing reasons/sticking with the original, and adding light indicators at the end of grind rails to make it easier to visually know when you need to jump.
Oh my god if this was official I'd spend my money so quickly on it! Imagine the amount of fun you could have with your friends if this supported online versus!
I LOVE this game, I still play it on my Gamecube trying to A. Gather rings to buy new boards and B. Try to finish the Babylon garden stage on the Babylon rouges mission.
I used to play it on the ps2 day in and day out while I was in middle school. I can't remember if I still have the game or not. (I think I leant it to a friend....) Some of the levels r still etched into my brain from playing it for hrs straight back then.
God, what I wouldn't give for an official remaster of this game. Like can you imagine if this game supported an online multiplayer racing mode? God, it would be so good!
This game came out since 2006. I played it in 2014. Now in 2021, I feel like this game is too good because of nostalgia. Now seeing this makes wanna play it once again. (Sad point is that I lost this game, I don’t know where it went)
I shattered my wrist playing the original as a kid. During the part on each track you have to spin your joystick, I used to go a little too hard and my hard slipped off the controller, smashing open against the chair I was sitting in. My wrist was the size of a softball for two weeks. 100% would do it again for the remake.
Please licenses this under Sega and make money with it. Later on when you're finished with add more tricks like something you would see out of the Spiderman games
@@Not_Mangogamer it is good lemme tell you i played the second one first so i would say its the best but then i was proven wrong by a youtuber, and he had a point the first one was better than the second one but that doesnt mean they arent both really good You should try the game
Only true players of culture have appreciated how far ahead Sonic Riders was in the racing genre at its time. Speed and skill were what Sonic Team was aiming for in the mid 2000s, but this game was special in its own right.
Sometimes people still host 4 player split screen Sonic Riders in online lobbies with Parsec, but this fan game would be insane with real 12-16 player online racing, assuming they're willing to add Sonic characters that were never in Riders, to fill the roster up
Back when I played this as a kid on GameCube, I gave myself a blister while spinning the joystick in the palm of my hand in one of those areas where you have to spin it super fast. My teacher at school questioned me because I had a huge blister in the middle of my hand and she didn’t seem to believe me when I told her I got it from playing a video game. I was definitely in like 1st or 2nd grade
Definitely a solid prototype, though I feel like the air drain is a lot higher than it should be; might just be misremembering things though. It's been an eternity since I played the original.
I feel like sonic riders og was the best game of the riders series if they just made a new game like that but updated the mechanics and stuff like that and maybe added more characters and stuff to do it would honestly be so perfect . Once they started adding all the extra gimmicks it started not becoming as fun. Maybe turn them into different modes.
I was addicted to this game along zero gravity sequel and sonic heroes, and of course I will not forget THE MASTERPIECE Shadow the “Edge Lord” Hedgehog.
Sega needs to start hiring more fans like what they did with Sonic Mania. FFS they literally have nothing to lose and everything to gain at this point.
I know this is fan made but if I were to be truly honest, the visuals do look a bit weird. The textures of grass, water, metal etc.., look a bit weird and they look as if a coat of bloom is applied to them (Sand Ruins looks beautiful though). The camera also needs some work since the tricks and the Drift look a bit floaty and some effects are missing but other than that, this looks outstanding! The character models look awesome and the new mechanics look cool! This remake shows the amount of potential Sonic Riders has to be the perfect Sonic Racing Spin off game! Truly a marvelous piece of work by the fans who made this! Looking forward to see how it improves! Edit: Wow. Jet is an unlockable in this demo! Complete Metal City in under 2 minutes and you unlock Jet! Amazing! Again, hats off to the fans who made this.
This is in active development. Normally, in the whole development cycle of any game, the esthetics are the last thing to polish, so expect it to look better over time. (all I said before does not apply to Cyberpunk 2077)
@@fernandomartin9190 Yes I know. I never said the game is finished because obviously it isn't. I am just pointing out certain things that needs work so that the devs could know our response about their project. This could allow them to improve their project.
You know what I used to play sonic riders on ps2 and seeing sonic riders x on HD is cool so you know WE NEED THE GAME TO BE REMASTERED TO PS4 AND PS5 SO THAT WE ALL ONLINE PLAYERS CAN DUKE IT OUT IN AN ONLINE MATCH
Wow this looks incredible I never played the original sonic riders but this looks awesome Hopefully this remake will take off and have great severs so people can play online with each other
little nitpick I got about the into, Sonic's legs move so fast he looks like a single PNG image, maybe make the legs have a little longer time to be shown so we can actually see they do be movin'.
I've played Sonic Riders when I got it for Christmas 2006, nearly 8 months after it was released during president's day 2006. Unfortunately I never got the sequel on PS2, but I did see the walkthrough of Zero Gravity many, many times. But unfortunately I felt that the sequel never really played the same way the original did. So I use to play the first game more often than the second one. Now, seeing this being remade and restored with new features, mods, etc. Man, it feels like Sega has LOOOONG forgotten about this Sonic spinoff and thus the fans did an amazing work getting it to where it is now. To this day we still own the copy of Sonic Riders, just that I don't play it too often because I always find it difficult to get on the rails (Speed characters only) and jumping so high you get towards the second platform (Which in Metal City I always struggled to get up as high as I can. And end up aways on the bottom for some reason.
Bruh.... I can't stress how much of an joygasm I just had seeing this in crispy looking graphics. This is literally what I need from Sega and make it online. I would be on it soooooooo heavy like I was on Ps2. Bought all the boards and gold the challenges. God I miss this game
The thing I liked about Sonic Riders on PS2 is the amount of mastery you can achieve per map and class The soundtrack bangs along with the smooth controls. The game has potential for e-sports though a bit niche.
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This is the most "this is how I remember it looking." thing I've ever seen.
Can't say the same.
Mostly because I only got a copy of it a year ago.
@@leeiif Can't say the same either and I played it back in 07. When I see gameplay of the original, still looks the same how I remembered it.
There are three kinds of people I guess, lmao.
this game already looks really good as is
Bro I grew up with this game and they have literally fucking EVERY SINGLE THING from the OG game in my childhood, every single part of the stages it just brought back a wave of nostalgia 😭
Sega needs to do an "indie program" or something, like they see projects like this and give them permission to publish and sell them under the Sonic trademark for revenue or something.
You give AAA devs/publishers too much credit, but that would be awesome.
sonic mania somehow in a way did this
That's what Sonic Mania was, and it was the best Sonic since Generations. Nintendo could do some of that too, although I think they did that for Zelda's 3D Remasters
@@monty_coolmccool for zelda the closest to that is the collab with cryptodancer studio which is Cadence of Hyrule
Seriously, there's just too many good things out there. Like there needs to be a new sonic indie team and they need to hire on these guys and start finishing their games as full products because holy shit some of these are better than official games in some ways and they're made by one person, imagine if the best indie games all got a full staff on them? I'd GLADLY pay for these games, full price if they're finished and polished.
SEGA, you've proven you see the bigger picture better than than the ever-litigious Nintendo... Mania should have been proof enough, spend the resources on fans who want to make amazing games with your IP. SEGA profits, fans get fun games, and indie devs like me aren't scared away from the industry and it leads to more creative minds making more interesting and fun games, potentially under SEGAs banner while "fun" companies like Nintendo show how little they care about what they preach. If this was the 90s y'all would have jumped on such an opportunity!!
Riders is so much more fun and engaging than most other kart racers. It’s sad that Sega has stuck to karts
Karts are fun too. But yes, I love the boards.
It gave sonic unique racer that perfectly fit the radical cool of Sonic.
The thing is that Sonic Riders was based on the futuristic anti-gravity racer genre like WipEout, F-Zero n all that that are more about speed, cool tracks and just being good at racing which have always historically been less popular than "kart racers" aka combat racers with fun items focused more on the casual party value (which are great too). Heck even Rollcage that tried to merge the two wasn't that popular either.
That's probably why SEGA decided to go with the more easy success route I guess, a shame. The tricks mechanic was unique and refreshing.
Facts ! The new teams let the Mario cross overs get to their heads too much and said let’s try to copy Mario kart they even put the electric ⚡️ power up in it smh
Sega really disappoints their fanbase often
Dude I would kill for another riders game that’s as good as the first game
Free Riders actually was, it just had problematic controls.
Yeah, a new riders
I’m here for a new sonic riders game. My favorite was the 1st one
I'd also be very down for a remaster of the og riders, honestly
@@artistanthony1007 Played and owned them all. The First Riders was the best one hands down. Zero gravity lacked the charm and soul of the first one. Free riders was held back by the controls because of Kinect but even if it had normal controller support it would not have been as good as the first one.
Honestly, it would be awesome to see SEGA make another Riders Game again *if* they execute it properly.
The Sonic racing games are doing well, i think they will consider it
@@orlandofurioso7329 No
I think you're missing a "don't" in your comment there
@@TheOnlyGokuMain behind the word "execute" right? If so, the execute I meant is to "perform it" not "killing it".
@@sonicelite9553 Yes
It's funny how the last official reference to Sonic Riders was in Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, of all things.
With Sonic's Shoes?
@@lazwardazure716 no the dream event
Oh Yeah. Even had jet use his Personal Board just to spite me
@@lazwardazure716 Jet wasn't playable In anything but football/soccer (2020), which was stupid because if any event was going to have Jet, it should've been skateboarding... You know, cause he rides a hoverboard and does tricks to power it.
There was also Jet's theme in Sonic at the Olympic Games (the mobile game that has a distinct lack of Mario character presence), which was an instrumental version of the theme of "Free" (the theme of Sonic Free Riders).
If the game was just a little faster, (Splash Cannon) and the tricks at certain points didn’t look floaty, then this would be incredible. Seriously I’d love this to be something official, it’s beautiful
The text can also be bigger. I can barely see it. Also I would love to see an option to change the voices to the modern ones.
@@slimballs9650 Definitely.
Personal preferences
is this that guy that TH-cams dplatoon 23
@@NeonLightsYT1
I would like to hear the voice clips used from Mario and Sonic 2020.
@@realShaday
It’s too small and it’s light green text on white or sky blue in the background.
Riders X was definitely the game I was the most excited for through out SAGE
Yea I was excited for this and sonic rush 3D they both look really interested
I actually tried it for myself. The controls and psysics felt sooo much better.
I didn't even know that the sagę was happening
They really should make a new sonic riders game or remake the previous ones and add a online mode to them
I would love a collection with all 3 if they gave the ability to play Free Riders with a controller.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Y e s .
sonic riders dx already has netplay
now dont quote me on this but i remember seeing that a new sonic riders game was apparently in the works and is slated for a 2025 release, though it could have beeen me hallucinating while looking around the internet for sonic riders content
@@dragononium9546 definetly fake
This is one of the very very few sonic fangames that I think could genuinely pass as official
Imagine if Sonic Riders X includes courses inspired by Sonic R. I'd wonder how Resort Island and Reactive Factory would look in the Riders format.
There have been Sonic R fan games featuring enhanced graphics:
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Maybe even Team Sonic Racing too - there's some pretty good tracks there
@@SlashCraftJack I would love to see Ice Mountain, Dark Arsenal, Turbine Loop, Hidden Volcano and Frozen Junkyard in the Riders format.
Love the fact that this is getting some attention and a team towards it
Want to give some feedback on the game mechanics (this comes from thousands of hours of playing this game, as it's one of my favorite games of all time.)
Just to make it so the mechanics still put forth that feel of fluidity and sound structure that the original did.
1, The Air Meter.) The balancing of the air meter seems to be a bit out of proportion, as when not boosting or drifting it consumes little to nothing, but boosting once seems to basically instantly drain your meter. A change to bring it closer to the original would be to increase the air consumed when just riding slightly, and decrease the air drain when drifting and boosting to still have the task of keeping an eye on your air meter without discouraging boosting/drifting entirely.
2, Jump Physics / Camera Work.) The jump physics differ from the game greatly, as it seems that you go in more or less a straight line to the destination instead of a gradual arc with an slight pause at the apex and a natural descent. Adjusting the trajectory of the jumps to Arc more naturally with a pause at the apex of them would bring it more in line with the original as well as do it more justice aesthetically. In terms of how jumps are handled, I do like the change where instead of charging to get maximum distance out of a jump, you instead time hitting jump right at the edge of the ramp to get max distance (One of the only mechanics I like from Zero Gravity.), this makes it so you don't dump all of your momentum in order to get the peak distance out of your jump, although it does slightly neuter the anticipation before the jump (This would mean removal of the charge jump entirely, which I think would be completely fine). This would also mean mistiming a jump by hitting it too early would result in a slow, low arcing jump that doesn't allow for many tricks to be preformed like in the original if you didn't charge before jumping off of a ramp. I would also hope that the mechanic where the direction you hold when initiating a jump influencing the distance/height of the jump corresponding to the steepness of the ramp is still there, such as doing a forward jump at the start of Metal City to get more distance and land on the upper path, and doing a backwards jump on steeper ramps like at the beginning of Sky Road to get the most height of your jump. In terms of the Camera Work when a jump is preformed, more examples need to be pulled from the original to mimic it, but this is more of an aesthetically pleasing touch that brings it in line with the original, instead of the camera just following the player's character through the air. Things like small zooms, camera temporarily locking into place but tracking the player to resume following after a certain period of time, Vertical shots.
Examples of excellent camera work can be found on jumps like the beginning of Sky Road, Egg Factory, and towards the end of a Metal City lap.
3, Other Small Details.) Making sure that character/class specific routes stay class specific for balancing reasons/sticking with the original, and adding light indicators at the end of grind rails to make it easier to visually know when you need to jump.
This almost looks like a professional AAA remake of the game. I'm genuinely impressed
1:29 cant be a sonic game without these
Oh my god if this was official I'd spend my money so quickly on it! Imagine the amount of fun you could have with your friends if this supported online versus!
you can play with friends, unless you meant if they made an official version
I LOVE this game, I still play it on my Gamecube trying to
A. Gather rings to buy new boards
and B. Try to finish the Babylon garden stage on the Babylon rouges mission.
I used to play it on the ps2 day in and day out while I was in middle school. I can't remember if I still have the game or not. (I think I leant it to a friend....) Some of the levels r still etched into my brain from playing it for hrs straight back then.
The nostalgia is too real. This was my favorite racing game back in the day.
IS THIS A DREAM? MY BEST SONIC GAME ON THE PS2 IS NOW REMASTERED?!!
I always loved the models of the riders games, this made them look even better
My nostalgia brain be like: "Remake? Idk man. This looks identical to how I remember it."
XD
Aah
Sonic riders.
Always more preferred than TSR...
Same
@@srenervr6017 I honestly liked the first ASR. It was pretty underrated, tbh.
@@srenervr6017 Popping wheelies as Shadow or Ryo while already in 1st is too satisfying.
@@srenervr6017 Based.
@@chrisrockett5897 transformed was fun as hell you gotta admit. It pretty much tried something that no other racing game bothered trying (besides MK8)
The amount of positive reaction on this puts a smile in my face.
Whatever sega do, fans will do it first.
Then get DMCA'd
You're thinking of Nintendo, there.
@@silverhydra99 This isn't nintendo
_We can all agree Sonic had mad drip in riders_
4:49 is when you feel you haven't appreciated the song enough, so you go back and give it the respect it deserves.
Man I had a real tough time jumping on rails as Sonic. It was like the collision detection wasn’t working
Do you remember to press the jump button again to land on the rails?
@@rabiahbosriali4218 I figured that out after the fact. I had never played Riders before and thought it was automatic
@@rabiahbosriali4218 You... *You had to press the jump button twice?*
damn.
why that insane boost drain? not even the "high booster" has that drain
The quick restart after missing the rail at 4:48 had me rolling! It's the little details that help make it believable.
Riders was my first Sonic game. I need a remake and another entry STAT
OMG PLEASE I've been waiting for this game for like 8 Years!!!!!
You don't know how much this video has made me smile. This and Heroes on the gamecube was my childhood.
Look good. Needs some extra work but so far, it looks amazing
My muscle memory is already kicking in watching this
That fricking bleep noise man, I forgot how quickly the air would deplete in this game 😹
God, what I wouldn't give for an official remaster of this game. Like can you imagine if this game supported an online multiplayer racing mode? God, it would be so good!
i really want another sonic riders game now with online play
This literally looks amazing! I do think the animations could be a lil faster tho during tricks but the rest looks basically perfect
This still needs a lot of work yet, but seems pretty good until now, i just hope they don't leave it like that
Sega should really drop the car games and make more riders games instead, cars don't really suit sonic
@@srenervr6017 Yeah I can't argue with that but cars just don't feel like a sonic thing idk if that makes sense
@@randomguy2484 the car games have more sales than the riders series ever will
@@shxzzie_ maybe because they killed Riders with an awful Kinect sequel and used other Sega ips to boost the car games? Duh
@@GogitoGTHD there's other ips in the first riders too
@@realquestforgreatness no other ip characters only references
The metal city soundtrack is one of the coolest songs I've heard in a video game, always been a favorite of mine though I've never played sonic riders
Knuckles seeing Sonic riding : Too cool !!
Sonic : You wanna race ?
Find the reference
Oh my God the nostalgia is hitting me back. No way man, sonic fans are this insane
"It looks great!"
1:28 "I a going to ignore that"
This game came out since 2006. I played it in 2014. Now in 2021, I feel like this game is too good because of nostalgia. Now seeing this makes wanna play it once again. (Sad point is that I lost this game, I don’t know where it went)
@Sasquatch Sightings I have to new PS2 console since my other one broke. So yeah.
Hey? Are you still there? , you can emulate it with dolphin for the WII version , either on mobile or PC!
@@ggburnitup4055
I don't know, I have Samsung A20, so I use an emulator, it'll completely slow my phone down, no matter what I do.
@@Jaddo_San oof...
The fact that this looks and plays better than Sonic Free Riders says something
Sería genial que algún día SEGA hiciera un Remake del primer Sonic Raiders agregando las pistas del Zero Gravity.
I shattered my wrist playing the original as a kid.
During the part on each track you have to spin your joystick, I used to go a little too hard and my hard slipped off the controller, smashing open against the chair I was sitting in.
My wrist was the size of a softball for two weeks.
100% would do it again for the remake.
1:31 That was smooth as hell, bravo 👏
Now this is what I call a camera roll whilst getting ready for a really wild ride!
Imagine Sega make this in Remaster and mix with Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders Zero Gravity plus he make the third one🔥🔥🔥
Please licenses this under Sega and make money with it.
Later on when you're finished with add more tricks like something you would see out of the Spiderman games
And in ssx
I've never played sonic riders but it seems like a real good game
oh it is alright, its too bad sonic free riders ruined it
@@amerbouss2708 I haven't played that game is it good
@@Not_Mangogamer it is good lemme tell you
i played the second one first so i would say its the best but then i was proven wrong by a youtuber, and he had a point
the first one was better than the second one but that doesnt mean they arent both really good
You should try the game
@@amerbouss2708 I will
Ah yes the crappy xbox cameras tracking the stuffed bear instead of my hands was amazing
All they have to do now is have the cutscenes remastered.
And also add in a cutscene mode where it plays the clips from the Sonic Riders Fandub.
I hope this will be real in the future, such a fun game 😢❤
Wish this was like a full remake, but that would take a long time
Sonic fans are probably the most talented and passionate fans out there. This is incredible.
I know it probably won’t happen but if Sega saw this and green lit it. I would die happy they acknowledged Riders
Oh man this is so beautiful. Riders was such a creative and good game. Why does this give me hope that a remake will be possible
Can SEGA and Sonic Team just hire THIS type of new blood already? So we can get good Sonic games again?
Daily reminder they rushed '06 to meet the 15th anniversary despite this game and the Sonic 1 port.
Only true players of culture have appreciated how far ahead Sonic Riders was in the racing genre at its time.
Speed and skill were what Sonic Team was aiming for in the mid 2000s, but this game was special in its own right.
Sometimes people still host 4 player split screen Sonic Riders in online lobbies with Parsec, but this fan game would be insane with real 12-16 player online racing, assuming they're willing to add Sonic characters that were never in Riders, to fill the roster up
!!!!
Back when I played this as a kid on GameCube, I gave myself a blister while spinning the joystick in the palm of my hand in one of those areas where you have to spin it super fast. My teacher at school questioned me because I had a huge blister in the middle of my hand and she didn’t seem to believe me when I told her I got it from playing a video game. I was definitely in like 1st or 2nd grade
Definitely a solid prototype, though I feel like the air drain is a lot higher than it should be; might just be misremembering things though. It's been an eternity since I played the original.
No, you're right, I noticed it too, normally the air consumption wasn't so much, even if you were still level 1, but I'm certain they can fix that.
High Booster eats up alot of air in exchange for higher speeds during Air Boost but that's pretty much it.
I feel like sonic riders og was the best game of the riders series if they just made a new game like that but updated the mechanics and stuff like that and maybe added more characters and stuff to do it would honestly be so perfect . Once they started adding all the extra gimmicks it started not becoming as fun. Maybe turn them into different modes.
I was addicted to this game along zero gravity sequel and sonic heroes, and of course I will not forget THE MASTERPIECE Shadow the “Edge Lord” Hedgehog.
Man I remember playing this when I was little it looks awesome. Hope they make a remake similar fashion like this
i like this version. the jumping is very slow, and the speed feels much faster. exactly how it should be
The reason jumping is slow is because he didn't have time to jump swell when you turn the jumps while you jump pretty fast
Ngl. The animations in this mod is pure gold
Already played a little and my childhood is coming back can't wait for the full release
Never had the luxury of playing Sonic Riders as a kid or even now, but I still remember watching lengthy playthroughs of it and enjoying it.
If this ever dropped I would 1000% percent buy
Man they still have the sound effects too. Feels like home
Alt Title: The Sonic Riders Remake is FEELIN' GOOD!
4:49 i felt that
Just says one thing for you dud,Congratulations
🗣️ Hey Sega we need a Sonic game like this !
Sonic riders zero gravity will forever be my favorite Sonic game🔥
1:27 well, the demonstration WAS going pretty good...
this is how I remember it looking back in the day
Sega needs to start hiring more fans like what they did with Sonic Mania. FFS they literally have nothing to lose and everything to gain at this point.
I know this is fan made but if I were to be truly honest, the visuals do look a bit weird. The textures of grass, water, metal etc.., look a bit weird and they look as if a coat of bloom is applied to them (Sand Ruins looks beautiful though). The camera also needs some work since the tricks and the Drift look a bit floaty and some effects are missing but other than that, this looks outstanding! The character models look awesome and the new mechanics look cool! This remake shows the amount of potential Sonic Riders has to be the perfect Sonic Racing Spin off game! Truly a marvelous piece of work by the fans who made this! Looking forward to see how it improves!
Edit: Wow. Jet is an unlockable in this demo! Complete Metal City in under 2 minutes and you unlock Jet! Amazing! Again, hats off to the fans who made this.
This is in active development. Normally, in the whole development cycle of any game, the esthetics are the last thing to polish, so expect it to look better over time. (all I said before does not apply to Cyberpunk 2077)
@@fernandomartin9190 Yes I know. I never said the game is finished because obviously it isn't. I am just pointing out certain things that needs work so that the devs could know our response about their project. This could allow them to improve their project.
OG riders was the best many good times playing it on gamecube back in the day, hope for a true remake one day.
Sega and sonic team should remake or remastered this game 😊👍
No
@@sonicelite9553 give me one good reason why they shouldn’t.
@@stooopendous ok a remake is good but a remastered is bad
If Sega wont remake the games we want, we'll have the fans do it. This looks crazy.
What the hell are you talking about? Your getting a remastered colors! Besides the "fans" you say are polarizing assholes. Not a opinion either.
@@selassieaspen9940 he said remake. There’s a difference between remaster and remake dude. Sega hasn’t remade shit.
@@selassieaspen9940 No one asked for a remaster of Colors, everyone want Riders
Colors isn't even that good, Wisps aren't used well and stuff
@@Sholver YEAH. JERK
@@Sholver there are people who do want a colors remaster you know.
I can definitely see Metropolitan Highway being a course if Sonic Riders got another game
You know what I used to play sonic riders on ps2 and seeing sonic riders x on HD is cool so you know WE NEED THE GAME TO BE REMASTERED TO PS4 AND PS5 SO THAT WE ALL ONLINE PLAYERS CAN DUKE IT OUT IN AN ONLINE MATCH
this fan-made remaster game look sick, good job because whoever did the remaster of the sonic riders have done outstanding job :)
Finally Sonic Riders looking like the intro cutscenes
Wow this looks incredible I never played the original sonic riders but this looks awesome
Hopefully this remake will take off and have great severs so people can play online with each other
little nitpick I got about the into, Sonic's legs move so fast he looks like a single PNG image, maybe make the legs have a little longer time to be shown so we can actually see they do be movin'.
Never knew this game had such a dedicated fanbase. Wish Sonic battle on the gameboy advance and Sonic DX had that as well.
SEGA needs to honestly just let the community handle Sonic games for a few years. This is crazy dope lol 💎
This is FIIIIIRE!!!
Waiting on that Sonic Battle Remake now 😭😭😭😭😭
Incredible work, the graphics look super colourful and exciting, and gameplay looks fast without being disorienting.
Dear Sega, PLEASE JUST REVIVE THIS GEM AND MAKE IT CROSS PLATFORM
I've played Sonic Riders when I got it for Christmas 2006, nearly 8 months after it was released during president's day 2006. Unfortunately I never got the sequel on PS2, but I did see the walkthrough of Zero Gravity many, many times. But unfortunately I felt that the sequel never really played the same way the original did. So I use to play the first game more often than the second one. Now, seeing this being remade and restored with new features, mods, etc. Man, it feels like Sega has LOOOONG forgotten about this Sonic spinoff and thus the fans did an amazing work getting it to where it is now.
To this day we still own the copy of Sonic Riders, just that I don't play it too often because I always find it difficult to get on the rails (Speed characters only) and jumping so high you get towards the second platform (Which in Metal City I always struggled to get up as high as I can. And end up aways on the bottom for some reason.
Bruh.... I can't stress how much of an joygasm I just had seeing this in crispy looking graphics. This is literally what I need from Sega and make it online. I would be on it soooooooo heavy like I was on Ps2. Bought all the boards and gold the challenges. God I miss this game
The thing I liked about Sonic Riders on PS2 is the amount of mastery you can achieve per map and class The soundtrack bangs along with the smooth controls. The game has potential for e-sports though a bit niche.
I wish so bad a collection/remake of all Sonic Riders so far, like WipeOut (PS4).