▁is ▁not ▁great ". ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁ ▁Despite ▁S ega ▁re le asing ▁two ▁Son ic ▁racing ▁games ▁prior ▁to ▁Son ic ▁R , ▁Son ic ▁Dr ift ▁and ▁Son ic ▁Dr ift ▁ 2 , ▁for ▁the ▁S ega ▁Game ▁G ear , ▁developer ▁Tak ashi ▁Y uda ▁c ited ▁fans ▁request ing ▁more ▁racing ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁ve in ▁of ▁Son ic ▁R ▁would ▁be ▁S ega ' s ▁actual ▁insp iration ▁for ▁revis iting ▁the ▁genre ▁in ▁future ▁years . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁and ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁hover board ing ▁game ▁Son ic ▁R iders , ▁although ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁connections ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁games ▁other ▁than ▁both ▁being ▁racing ▁games . ▁Later ▁Son ic ▁racing ▁games ▁include ▁Son ic ▁R iders ▁sequ els ▁Son ic ▁R iders : ▁Zero ▁Gra vity ▁and ▁Son ic ▁Free ▁R iders , ▁and ▁k art ▁games ▁Son ic ▁& ▁S ega ▁All - St ars ▁Racing ▁and ▁Son ic ▁& ▁All - St ars ▁Racing ▁Trans formed . ▁ ▁Songs ▁from ▁Son ic ▁R s ▁sound track ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁later ▁games ▁featuring ▁Son ic ▁in ▁their ▁original ▁forms ▁or ▁as ▁rem ix es , ▁including ▁Super ▁Sm ash ▁B ros . ▁B raw l , ▁Super ▁Sm ash ▁B ros . ▁Ult imate , ▁Son ic ▁Gener ations , ▁Son ic ▁& ▁S ega ▁All - St ars ▁Racing ▁and ▁Son ic ▁& ▁All - St ars ▁Racing ▁Trans formed . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁release