Sonic Riders

Sonic Riders
Developer(s)	Sonic Team, NOW Production
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP February 21, 2006 NA February 23, 2006 EU March 17, 2006
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GXEE8P, GXEJ8P, GXEP8P
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Sonic Riders is a racing video game (spin-off of the Sonic Series) produced by Sega and developed by Sonic Team in cooperation with NowPro, for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R. In this game, Sonic rides a overboard racing through World Grand Prix Eggman created, in order to discover what he is planing. What he doesn't know is that this championship is nothing but a trap...

Problems

Hero Story Crash

The game may crash after the third level in the Hero Story. To correct this, enable "Speed Up Disc Transfer Rate" in the game properties.

Specular Highlights

Specular highlights do not appear in D3D11 or OpenGL. They only appear correctly in the D3D9 backend. See issue 6169.

File:SonicRiders Specular1.jpg

No specular highlights in D3D11 and OpenGL

File:SonicRiders Specular2.jpg

Proper emulation

Audio Desync in cutscenes

The audio will get further and further ahead of the video during cutscenes. Use DSP LLE to fix this problem.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Video Backend	D3D9	Needed for specular highlights

Audio

Config	Setting	Notes
DSP Emulator Engine	LLE	Avoids sound issues during extended play

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Sonic Riders since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5691

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5.0-21453 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r5691	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-750 @ 4GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5870	Perfect: 60 FPS rock solid.
r5691	Windows 7 x64	AMD A8-3820 @ 2.5GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 560	Okay: 60 FPS but no videos during cut scenes.	Xx2TailsxX
r7440	Windows XP x86	Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6GHz	nVidia GeForce 8400	Playable: 35/45 FPS	Lafa