And last but least, Zazz.

In the network test, characters have their own stats that get added onto the vehicle stats. Each character attribute has a max stat of 25, making for a max stat of 100 when added to the vehicle.

Subtract the Speedster Lightning's stats from these screenshots to get each character's stats. 🧵

With the default vehicle setups, all of the stats are divisible by 3. This is because each of the 3 vehicle parts (front, back, and wheels) have equal stats.

For example, each part of the Speedster Lightning has the following stats:
Speed: 25
Acceleration: 9
Handling: 14
Power: 16
Boost: 11

Vehicle stats from the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds network test. Each attribute has a maximum stat of 75. 🧵

We call this one The Cliffhanger.

This small listing for the sequel, Sonic Drift 2, from the GG Wave Vol 2. pamphlet also advertises 8 characters. The game released with 7 characters.

This advertisement for Sonic Drift ("tentative title") in Sega '93 Winter Catalogue TV Game World shows an early version of the game with Flicky as a playable character.

The copy boasts that the game would feature 8 playable characters! The final game features just 4: Sonic, Tails, Eggman and Amy.

There was a big shift in car size from the kart racer proportions of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing to the more realistically sized vehicles of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

The cars in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds look a tad smaller than they did in Team Sonic Racing. This was probably done to make the driver more visible and keep the cars and hover boards similar in size.

Nintendo really cooked with this one.