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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a racing game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega, released on September 25, 2025. The game is a spinoff in the Sonic the Hedgehog series; it includes DLC content based on other franchises, including the Pac-Man series.

Pac-Man collaboration[]

On August 19, 2025, Pac-Man and the Team Ghost were announced as DLC guest characters for the game, along with the Pac-Man Mobile as a vehicle, Pac-Village and the Maze as a racetrack, and an album for the game's Jukebox. The Pac-Man Pack DLC was released on January 7, 2026.[1] A Pac-Man Festival with a special Turn-To-Blue horn and arcade Pac-Man stickers (Pac-Man, Blinky, Turn-To-Blue, Cherry, Bell and Key) ran from January 8, 2026 to January 11, 2026. The teams in the Festival are labelled as Team Pac-Man, Team Blinky, and Team Turn-To-Blue, and titles that can be earned are “WAKA WAKA” and “PAC-MAN Master”.

Pac-Man Content[]

Characters[]

Character Type Stats
Spd. Acc. Han. Pow. Bst.
SRCPacMan

Pac-Man 		Acceleration 15 18 9 12 6
SRCTeamGhost

Team Ghost 		Speed 18 8 12 15 9

Cars[]

Image Type Stats
Spd. Acc. Han. Pow. Bst.
SRCPacManMobile

Pac-Man Mobile 		Handling

Tracks[]

Image Name Vehicle Modes
SRCPacVillage
 Pac-Village & Maze Land

Album[]

A total of 11 songs are included in the DLC's Pac-Man-themed album, with four being taken from previous games in the series.

All of the album's tracks are listed in the following table. Note that track names are written based on how they appear in-game.

Title Origin Description
Pac-Village & Maze: Intro Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Background music for the intro sequence to Pac-Village & Maze.
Pac-Village & Maze: Village Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Background music for Pac-Village & Maze; plays during the Pac-Village portion of the track. Arrangement of "Pac-Man's Park" from Pac-Mania.
Pac-Village & Maze: Maze Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Background music for Pac-Village & Maze; plays during the Maze portion of the track. Arrangement of "Pac-Man's Park" from Pac-Mania.
Pac-Village & Maze: Village: Final Lap Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Variant of "Pac-Village & Maze: Village" that plays during the final lap.
Pac-Village & Maze: Maze: Final Lap Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Variant of "Pac-Village & Maze: Maze" that plays during the final lap.
PAC-MAN: Character Select Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Background music that plays when picking Pac-Man or Team Ghost from the character select screen. Arrangement of "Start Music" from the original Pac-Man. Cannot be set as background music for races.
PAC-MAN: Result Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Background music for the race results when playing as Pac-Man or Team Ghost. Arrangement of "Coffee Break Music" from the original Pac-Man. Cannot be set as background music for races.
PAC-MAN's Park (Overseas) Pac-Mania From the international version of Pac-Mania, the background music for Pac-Man's Park.
PAC-MAN's Park (Overseas)【for Final Lap】 Pac-Mania Variant of "PAC-MAN's Park (Overseas)" that plays during the final lap.
Start Music Pac-Man From the original Pac-Man, the jingle that plays at the start of the game. Cannot be set as background music for races.
Coffee Break Music Pac-Man From the original Pac-Man, the music that plays during cutscenes (also known as "coffee breaks"). Cannot be set as background music for races.

Trivia[]

  • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds:
    • features the first playable racing appearance of Pac-Man since Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, released in 2013.
    • features the first playable racing appearance of Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde since Pac-Man Kart Rally, released in 2010.
    • is the first crossover game to feature locations from the Pac-Man World series.
    • is the first non-Pac-Man World game to use the designs of the Ghosts from Pac-Man World Re-Pac.
The Pac-Man Mobile is heavily inspired by the Namco Pac-Man car in Ridge Racer V.

The Pac-Man Mobile is heavily inspired by the Namco Pac-Man car in Ridge Racer V.

  • The Pac-Man Mobile is heavily based on the vehicle Pac-Man uses in Ridge Racer V, which in turn is inspired by the vehicle Pac-Man uses in promotional Japanese advertisements and merchandise released in the 1980s.
  • Unique to the Pac-Village & Maze stage stage, regular Rings are replaced with Pac-Dots.
  • In the Pac-Village section of the Pac-Village and Maze course, one of the enemy ghosts that appear within the course is a Clown Ghost; notably, this ghost is an enemy in Pac-Man World Re-Pac, but not in Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.
    • Although they do not make a physical appearance, the Clown Ghost is represented in Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac via a collectable Gashapon figure.
  • As with the Pac-Village in Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, the Arcade features arcade machines of Pac-Man, Pac-Mania and Pac-Attack, with screenshots from their respective games. Additionally, the Jukebox, Gashapon, and Galaxian Maze machine can be seen within the Arcade.
  • The Maze section of Pac-Village & Maze features a pixelated aesthetic for the maze and characters, similar to the visuals of Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 and the 2015 film Pixels.
  • The Maze section of Pac-Village & Maze is a direct replica of the original Pac-Man maze layout.
  • The Pac-Man festival’s main image in the news section features the cover artwork for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.
  • In the Pac-Man festival, two of the possible Donpa Ticket rewards are 765 Donpa Tickets, a reference to the Namco number.
  • Pac-Man's appearance in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds reunites Pac-Man with several characters Pac-Man had previously engaged with in past crossovers. Pac-Man had previously appeared with:

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References[]

  1. ↑ "Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | Sonic x PAC-MAN Collab Trailer" on YouTube
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