Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Year 2 DLC Not Included In Digital Deluxe Edition

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Year 2 DLC Met With Backlash Due To Broken Promise Sega Published Oct 12, 2026, 6:26 AM EDT Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Sign in to your TheGamer account Sega has revealed a packed roadmap for year two of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The additional content coming to the game over the next 12 months will effectively confirm its status as the Super Smash Bros. of kart racing. However, digital deluxe edition owners who are now being asked to pay more for that DLC are understandably pretty upset. Why Digital Deluxe Edition Owners Are Upset There is a lot of stuff coming to CrossWorlds over the next year. The highlights are a Sanrio crossover that will add Hello Kitty and her friends to the roster, and a Final Fantasy 7 collab which will presumably add Cloud, Tifa, and a Midgar-themed track to the game. All exciting stuff, and if you want it all, you can either buy CrossWorlds’ second season pass for $29.99, or the Year Two Digital Deluxe Edition for $59.99. Those are the only ways you can get access to all of the Sonic racing game’s exciting new content as it arrives, and therein lies the problem. When Sega opened pre-orders for CrossWorlds’ original digital deluxe edition, it promised “All future paid downloadable content” would be included. That’s not something that has been misinterpreted or misremembered. It’s not even a promise Sega has quickly wiped all record of. The post making that promise is still up on the official CrossWorlds account right now. Backlash from Sonic fans has quickly become so fierce and widespread that the post advertising the new year two edition of CrossWorlds has been hit with a community note. “Digital Deluxe Edition was officially marketed as including 'all future paid downloadable content' but Season Pass Two requires separate purchase by existing owners,” it reads. A previous version of the note claims Sega is breaking FTC Act Section 5 by charging for content it previously promised would be included with the original Digital Deluxe Edition. The complaints range from disgruntled players stating that, at the very least, they should have the option to buy the second season pass for a discount, while the majority are questioning why they have to pay for it at all when they were promised all future content would be covered by the original purchase. The Confusion Has Cast A Shadow Over An Otherwise Excellent Showcase It’s a shame that the list of CrossWorlds’ announcements has been marred, as the support for the game and the additional content on the way is all pretty incredible. Alongside Hello Kitty and FF7 crossovers, there’s another, much larger Persona team-up on the way, and skins that will turn your vehicles into retro Sega consoles, including the Genesis and the Dreamcast. TheGamer has reached out to Sega for comment on the CrossWorlds’ year two season pass but hasn’t yet received a response. This article will be updated if and when we receive a reply. Released September 25, 2025 ESRB Everyone / Mild Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases Developer(s) Sonic Team Publisher(s) Sega Engine Unreal Engine 5 Genre(s) Racing, Action