If you stop playing Sonic R like a platformer and treat it more like a racer by using the accelerate button to run and bumpers to do sharp turns, it’s actually a really fun game. It just had hardly any levels

@PiousMoltar

5 жыл бұрын

Most racing games of that era didn't have many anyway

@keiyakins

4 жыл бұрын

It's not the best racer but yeah you can legit have fun with it as a weird racing game with a couple platformer elements instead of a platformer with a couple racing elements.

@topeightz7590

4 жыл бұрын

Truth

@RiainRamblez

4 жыл бұрын

Hey you're that meme guy from Instagram

@IsaMariaUu

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly the reason I feel Sonic R is so fun is because rather than a racing game, it is more of a 3d platformer. This is why I liked it better than other racing games from the era. It was a 3d platforming game disguised as a racer.

Unique Sonic games like Sonic R and Sonic The Fighters need to be remade but better.

@blitz4506

5 жыл бұрын

Right?

@kayaplaaya9875

5 жыл бұрын

Sonic Battle

@miwestraveler3986

5 жыл бұрын

Sonic 3d blast was pretty unique, and one of the original devs made a director's cut version.

@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa

5 жыл бұрын

Sonic *R*eboot

@The_WIll_OF_D99

5 жыл бұрын

Facts

I just hope somebody out there makes a definitive Sonic Heroes one day.

@RoboyZHunter

5 жыл бұрын

Or how bout a definitive Sonic Adventure 2 Battle that restores the dreamcast DLC and lighting.

@Smilephile

5 жыл бұрын

Heros is so underrated it's lumped into the bad Sonic game pile occasionally but it's very good, well at least head and shoulders above the worst Sonic game

@mr.nicktheboy1030

5 жыл бұрын

I recall playing Heroes on PC with a mod loader.

@entermatestar9116

5 жыл бұрын

@@Smilephile its kind of hard to be worse than secret rings

@matti.8465

5 жыл бұрын

I would pay anything to have a version of Heroes with the quickstep or anything that can keep me from constantly hugging the wall as a speed character.

I am unbelievably happy to see a sonic R video in 2019 that talks about it in a sense that isn’t bashing the controls or hating it due to that being the common consensus. I love Sonic R with a passion. This is an absolutely solid video, I’m really glad my friend showed it to me. Great work

@jomon324

5 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

@emanatingf

5 жыл бұрын

@Replayed Word, all of that following others opinions sh- is lame

8:35 IS THIS WHAT THIS TRACK WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE ALL ALONG?? I can't say how grateful I am for this video dude, especially since I was so much less knowledgeable on Sonic R's porting problems (as opposed to SA1 and 2). It's a game I hold near and dear to my heart, not least because of its music (that stopped working on my childhood copy lol), and I can't wait to play it again. Thank you!

@Nitroxity

5 жыл бұрын

I was just as shocked by Radiant Emerald at that part too, man. Honestly with how smooth the rainbow pattern is you almost don't see how low-poly the track is, it almost looks modern.

@Zennan

5 жыл бұрын

CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE

@Superkidra

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zennan I can! Fancy meeting you here by the way lol

@ZNemerald

5 жыл бұрын

I KNOW, IT BEING TRANSPARENT AMAZES ME

@wonder-games3579

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it wasn't colorful on the original Saturn release.

Excellent video, thanks for doing this. I've always loved Sonic R! Now, I just wish there was a way to restore the Saturn version of Radiant Emerald. You're not kidding with that seizure warning!

@PeterDCOHanlon

5 жыл бұрын

Well, the transparency is restored in this mod. It just also has the disco lights still present. I personally enjoy the mix of the two together; disco transparency. That said, it would be a nice feature to be able to turn off the disco light for more authenticity.

@UltimosVA

5 жыл бұрын

Oh hey man! Small world seeing you here. :)

@InvisibleUp

5 жыл бұрын

Without the transparency on it's like staring into a strobe light because the lighting mod makes the track so much brighter. It's super easy to turn off the strobe effect, though, so I'll look into that.

@PeterDCOHanlon

5 жыл бұрын

@@InvisibleUp Ah, that is interesting! Is that caused due to the same reason that certain objects like on the title screen etc appear brighter? Also, that would be cool for people who just want transparency. I myself, as stated above, like them together. Having options is always a good thing~ 😎

@InvisibleUp

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeterDCOHanlon Nah. It's just because the background is black, so when the stage is semi-transparent it looks darker than it would otherwise. The issue with the shiny title screen stuff is because it's still using the vertex colors for the Direct3D mode, which are brighter to make up for the lighting engine being wrong. I still need to sit down and figure out how to fix it for the shiny objects, because they're rendered differently than everything else.

I used to play the hell out of this game on PC as a kid. I always remember it controlling horribly (I used a keyboard, pressed up to move, and never even knew there was a drift, so yikes) and I had a nightmare of a time unlocking everything, so I never really came back to it as an adult. After this video though, my interest peaked and I gave this a try and replayed the updated Sonic R with the racing game controls like you said. It was honestly a whole new experience and I have a brand new appreciation for this game now. It was so surprisingly fun, I just sat there and beat everything and got all the characters and emeralds and stuff. It's like it patched a memory up and now I can come back to this and have fun, which is pretty mind blowing for me. Just wanted to say thanks for sparking peoples interest in this and convincing people to give this clunky old thing a try, you've given me some fond memories to look back on. Nice video man. Also you have a smooth ass voice.

@LitheFider

4 жыл бұрын

I remember how my pc couldn't handle it performance wise so it ran a lil slow, and I didn't know this till later when I played it on a better PC I was like HOLY SHIT I CAN'T CONTROL IT IT'S TOO FAST! 😂 The original slower speed honestly helped me play it better.

@Kevintendo

6 ай бұрын

I had no idea there was a drift button either lmaooo

I may be in the minority, but I actually really enjoyed Sonic R.

@darkgenie3167

5 жыл бұрын

SteveGames same. When I first learned people hated it I was genuinely shocked

@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I think a lot of people's gripes with it come from false expectations, but if you just embrace the game for what it is, it's actually really fun. Kinda short, but fun nonetheless.

@leeiif

5 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it but could easily see the cracks.

@iMernerner

5 жыл бұрын

Same here

@thevelvetcarpet3179

5 жыл бұрын

S a m e

I wonder if GameHut knows a way to unlock Sonic R's framerate.

@RG7621

5 жыл бұрын

@Autumn the Squirrel Nice! He replied. He is such a cool guy. I bet getting Sonic R to run at 60fps would be a fun challenge for Jon.

@ProjectFrenzy

4 жыл бұрын

@@RG7621 Surely if it was tied to the code it would just mean most speed values being nerfed, adjusting how quickly the clock progresses per second, extending jump values so they don't last like a second and other stuff like that. Could very much be possible just would need a lot of values double checked to still be playable

@FinalLuigi

4 жыл бұрын

It becomes much easier when you have access to the game's source code, and then do testing to ensure that there are no (or few) timing related snags. M2 was able to port Virtua Racing to the Switch, and also increased the frame limit from 30 to 60 FPS. The main reason why PC ports often have framerate locks is because publishers see PC as a "least concern" platform, and want to cut porting costs to maximize profits, plus they already have free defenders on Steam forums where they continually defend awful ports being released at full price. Source code access is the reason why Mortal Kombat X got "unbusted" on PC by a different developer; if you can save a trainwreck then you can surely improve a game.

@sethseth6ify

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if GameHut knows a way to add netplay to the newer port, like in the patch for the older PC version. I'd appreciate that, a lot

@FinalLuigi

4 жыл бұрын

@@sethseth6ify If there was netplay in one version of the game, then surely the modders have been able to transplant it. Even though it was rereleased, the base code hasn't changed much so it should be significantly easier than trying to hack in 60fps support.

Such a difference, gotta love the modding community!

Oh, I never heard the Saturn Sonic 3D Blast ring effect before, that's a really satisfying sound

@cst1229

4 жыл бұрын

And i realized the shield sound is in an SRB2 mod.

Two words. THANK YOU!!!! After all this time, I can finally play the game I've always had, not a watered down version as a means to an end TvT

They fixed Sonic R, but they won't fix the PC version of Sonic Heroes.

@Motscoud

5 жыл бұрын

It's mainly an issue with the DRM. If there is a way for the DRM to be completely disabled (Piracy patches do not work, as it still communicates with the incompatible DRM) fine. But for the time being, it's impossible to run it on anything newer than unpatched 7

@iMernerner

5 жыл бұрын

we can't run sonic heroes anymore?? shiat

@Motscoud

5 жыл бұрын

@@iMernerner On 7 there is a way of disabling the update that breaks Heroes' DRM. But 8 and newer, it is impossible, unless SEGA release a DRM free executable.

@ViperAcidZX

5 жыл бұрын

@@Motscoud Funny that you say that since there is a DRM-free version of Heroes in a re-release package (it came with Adventure DX, Riders, and Mega Collection+) and apparently it uses a crack to remove the DRM.

@wayge

5 жыл бұрын

@@Motscoud the "sonic pc collection" supposedly has no drm on heroes.

Coming Soon, the Definitive Way to Play Sonic Adventure 2: Battle PC.

@parappatheremix604

5 жыл бұрын

This will take a while

@dinglebingus2625

5 жыл бұрын

there's no fucking mods for the game other than character swaps, cheats, a shitty enb, netplay, and an emerald coast port

@FireBlades

5 жыл бұрын

xMetalx59x chao garden extended you fucking swine

@imdone8243

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinglebingus2625 now there are mods. Model swaps and stages too

@alexthejapanfan7905

4 жыл бұрын

@@imdone8243 and cutscene fixes.

Thanks for this Blaze, I actually still had my copy of Sonic R, So i installed it again & followed the Tutorial. Thanks to this, i can now play Sonic R on my Windows 10 gaming PC, Even better is now i can use my Xbox One Controller too!

You're telling me that my game had mussed up graphics all these years and I didn't even realise god damnit.

Wow, you weren't kidding when you said this is simple to do! Already got it set up. :)

I also use the knuckles shoe fix mod, it fixes knuckles’ shoe (obviously) from tails’ shoe with an extra texture on it, to knuckles’ shoes.

Was the weather effects and time of day of the PC version affected by the PC's internal clock/calandar? or was it just random?

@stardumb3220

3 жыл бұрын

fancy seeing u here

@stardumb3220

3 жыл бұрын

also 11 minutes gang

@BlazeHedgehog

3 жыл бұрын

It was just random. I remember reloading some levels multiple times trying to get the snow to come up.

@kingthememer

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlazeHedgehog i just changed the weather option from "random" to "snow" in the options lol

Oh my god, I love your voice. It’s so calm.

I'm so happy to see this video I clicked on it immediately, Sonic R is one of my old faves from the Saturn and I have tried in years since to run the Sonic R PC port with less success with each new computer so I'm absolutely thrilled to find an update & fix.... now if only someone could give the PC port of Sega Rally the same treatment

Thanks for the tutorial! Just downloaded it and I'm going to play it with my favorite person in the world tomorrow!

Great video as always, Blaze! Makes me wanna go out and buy a copy of Sonic R if nothing else for the nostalgia.

As always, wonderful video!

Aaaaand I've 100% completed it again :') Great mods, really improve the visuals and overall experience!

thanks this helped me way more than expected

Thank you for making this video! Trying it right now!

Thank you so much!! I missed this game and these improvements are smoooooth

Excited to try this! Glad to know I’m not the only one who loved sonic R! :D

Great video. Thanks for making it.

This was one of my fav games on Saturn and until this very moment I had no idea that it was on PC or that the PC version looked so damn good

@cst1229

3 жыл бұрын

Except the PC version looked so damn good _and_ bad at the same time.

Man I was struggling to get this to run and then I remembered your video. Gog damn, thank you for this man.

I remember when all you could do was get a patched exe from a website (able to run on faster hardware) and use dxwnd (so the keyboard wouldn't lock up as soon as the game booted).

Great video man :)

I'd love to play this game again. Will look into installing this sometime soon!

Great video. Also, I have your PC case! Nice.

Oh my goodness, thank you for this video! I have missed playing Sonic R so much over the years, it was always a fan favorite of mine. Now I'm going to buy the PC version and get this mod!

Thank you so much. I love this game a lot.

I'm happy to know now why I loved Sonic R back then

I love your videos! Also, has anyone told you that you sound like a warm, friendly version of Dan vs, or Snott from American Dad? That's actually not an insult, because I love that guy's voice work!

@BlazeHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

Most people don't usually add the "warm, friendly" bit.

D A N M 3 years since and this guide still works

I like the "best way to play" videos. I hope more come out

Sonic R is awesome and you can’t tell me otherwise. The only complaint I have is that Tails’s flight and max run SFX (same sound) need to be lowered or removed altogether.

I played the pc version back in the day and was actually kind of sad i couldnt anymore, thanks!

I clicked on this (from my recommended vids) expecting it to be about gameplay tips, etc--was pleasantly surprised! I've only ever played the GC port, so I had no idea that the lighting was so broken. Great video. Might have to go track down the PC version to try it/the mods out :D

Sonic 3 A.I.R. is making some progress, this could be a basis for a future episode.

i hope that now more people know that, more mods and other stuff can appear in this game. i f@cking love this game, and because i don't own a gamecube/saturn, don't have the ps2 version and the pc version (before watching this video) was unplayble in modern systems. thanks man. btw, sorry for my broken english.

Thanks for the tutorial!

Thanks man! I tried to play my copy of Sonic R a couple of years ago but it just didn't work. Apparently it was something about how the game checks the PC's specs using loading times being too quick. Tried some suggestions like changing a line in the code that checks the speed, or playing in a specific dial windowed DirectX sandbox thing, and neither option had great success. But this looks like the answer I was hoping for!

Sonic R? More like Sonic RYAN BLOOM ... give me a break it's 2 am

> The network mode was also removed as the game got re-released up into the 2000's. Just in time for home networks to actually become reasonably common.

I almost thought this was gonna be a joke video about how different the controls are but I'm really glad I watched this. :) Also if you use a VPN network you can connect via LAN with anyone connected to the exact same network.

I was introduced to Sonic R as a kid. I found it at a used game store we used to have here while looking for games for the Saturn that I purchased (it was 2009 or smth. I thought it looked cooler then the PS3 lol) and I recently came across a PC disc for it which I didn't even know existed. It's going to be great reliving my childhood again!

i have no idea why this was in my recommended I don't even have any sonic games, but I thoroughly enjoyed it

I've always wondered if some creative modder could turn Sonic R into its own sort of Sonic game. I don't think we've tried a Sonic game where A moves you forward, but as you've stated about Sonic gameplay in the past, Modern Sonic games have become almost like racing games. In that vein, why not try a Sonic game with racing-style controls?

@Clara_Page

4 жыл бұрын

There's definitely some potential for a Sonic R Platformer, Ive often thought a new game in 3D blast's engine could be really cool

You are truly a hero

Good job! :3

i've never seen that rainbow stage before thats amazing!

Thanks! Game works and looks great now!

this is really amazing! thank you i really love this game!

The Xplosive Release also doubles as a CD- say for the first track screeching infernally at you. Honestly thought thank you for this tutorial. I ain't any good at this game but it's fun. (And I'm a smuck for the games music).

This is incredible, thank you.

Radiant Emerald looks gorgeous with those effects.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this :)

i played the daylights out of this on my 486 laptop. at about 10 to 15 FPS most of the time. lots of fun. glad to know an update is out to make it run on newer computers. thanks

History in the making!

bro i dont even have sonic r i just watched this because I always wanted to see what a better looking sonic r would look like and I'm glad I saw this!

Yay, it works! Thank you for this video.

I’ve never forgotten about this game after playing it at my cousins house 20+ years ago 😊

I never knew Sonic R was released on the PC, now I want it.

hey man, loved the video, i just wanted to ask if you remembered like a year or two ago i accidentally started a huge fight in your comments because i said something about how your voice sounded, but then i talked to you on twitter and we worked it out like bros, it was a good day. anyways i just wanted to say your voice sounds great now, i don't know if you're recording it differently or taking hamōn breathing classes or something but just keep doing what you're doing, you sound great, and much love from ya boy zachary C G

@BlazeHedgehog

5 жыл бұрын

I have a vague memory of that, yeah. I think part of what makes it sound better now is I've learned more about how to master audio, so things like P and S sounds aren't so sharp anymore. Going back and listening to older videos before I learned how to do this is actually kind of painful for me now.

@ZachCG

5 жыл бұрын

BlazeHedgehog filtering out the 'plosives! nice as fuck. just keep rocking and then alternately rolling my dude 😎

Thanks so much for this video, this is definitely a little better than playing it on a Sega Saturn emulator.

Thanks man! It was a pretty fun game when I was a Kid.

will definitely do this when i inevitably play this game

Does it fix the tails model? Tails had white on his ears on Saturn, but never had it on the PC version due to a rendering bug.

Ahh thank you so much for this video! I've been wanting to replay this game from my past, but was actually wondering what differences there actually were between the different versions (and which is best). Sonic R is a very misunderstood game - it may not be the best, but it has undeniable charm and I love it ♥

I ended up using both the Improved SFX mod and the Sonic 3D Saturn SFX mod (although that resulted in me only getting the bumper sounds from the Better SFX mod)

I actually never knew about the colored lighting because I grew up with the GameCube version

Thank you for posting this! I stumbled upon it at the perfect time and got everything working because of this video, right down to the sound mods and adding a wired controller. I had to change a few of the graphics settings after the initial setup but now it’s perfect! I just found your video for sonic adventure, looks a little tougher but that’s gonna be next for me. Thanks again!

this man knows how the PC way is the DEFINITIVE way, respect man

I specifically went and bought a PC copy of Sonic R and followed your steps just to play it for the first time. Seeing you said looking at it as a driving game rather than a platformer made me get used to the controls fairly easily. It's a fun little gem. Thanks for the video

Thank you! when i'll get my pc i will 100% do this!

@AbdAbdAbdAbd

2 ай бұрын

5 years later and i did it

You should also install the sonic r improvement mod Edit: It makes the physics better and makes the characters more balanced

I got Sonic R for the Saturn that Christmas. Honestly having only 5 tracks wasn't unusual for the time. Sega Rally had what, 4? And the 4th one was really hard to unlock, so more like 3. Oh and it only had 3 cars. But it's still a fantastic game. Sonic R sometimes gets a bad rap but I love it. The only game that does 3D Sonic properly in my opinion. I never had any issues with the controls, unlike some. Better than the complete lack of control you seem to have in the recent games. And although he ran fast, it wasn't the absurd speeds the new games have. Which is honestly how it should be.

legendary sonic fan right here.

THANK YOU. Seriously.

I was unaware someone got this game working again. This would go well with those new Saturn USB controllers Sega recently started selling!

Sonic R is a really fun and underrated spin-off in my opinion

Thanks so much!

Wow that is fast gameplay! I played this in slow mo with an old laptop without 3d graphics card.

So this is where the youtubers go to hang out

I myself is still proud of my original Sega Saturn copy of sonic R but now I really wanna do this mod to a PC copy

the way you say game banana is oddly satisfying

Sweet! I wanted to play Sonic R on PC, but couldn't, because my PC is too fast to run the game. Hopefully this fixes things. Hopefully the network feature works as well, and if it doesn't, then maybe a mod can fix it.

Pretty awesome

you are an insane hidden gem, its just kinda sad you only upload once in a blue moon, but hay, you dont call the batman for nothing.

im surprised this has only 50k views, this is genuinely cool and useful

Sonic R has many problems but I love playing that game!

My childhood😭❤️

I love this guy's voice. It has that specific sound rage to it.

@BlazeHedgehog

Жыл бұрын

What does that even mean

@captainrick4513

Жыл бұрын

@@BlazeHedgehog The way you pronounce syllables and letters, it's soothing.