Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Time Trial and S-Rank Guide

Master the Time Trials in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds with our guide. We break down advanced driving techniques like Snaking and Soft Drifting, detail the best gadget builds, and provide a full list of all S-Rank time requirements.

A Complete Guide to Time Trials, Advanced Techniques, and Getting All S-Ranks.

Mastering the Time Trials

Time Trials are the ultimate test of your racing skill in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds. It’s just you, the track, and the clock. If you’re looking to climb the leaderboards and snag every S-Rank, you’ll need to master the game’s deepest mechanics.

This guide covers the advanced driving techniques, the best gadget loadouts (both the easy meta and the fun ones), and all the times you’ll need to beat for those sweet, sweet S-Ranks. Let’s get into it.

Advanced Driving Techniques

To truly cut down your times, you need to go beyond basic drifting. These are the core techniques the pros use.

Snaking: This is a classic technique where you drift in a continuous S-shape down straight sections of the track. By constantly chaining small drifts, you can charge your boost gauge even when there are no turns, giving you a massive speed advantage.

Soft Drifting: If you feel like your drift gauge is charging too slowly, you’re probably not Soft Drifting. Instead of holding a direction while you drift, try releasing all directional input. Your gauge will fill much faster, and you’ll still be able to steer through gentle turns.

Jump Drifting: Facing a sharp turn immediately after a jump? The big brain move is to start your drift before you even leave the ramp. This lets you land with a pre-charged boost, allowing you to take the corner at a much higher speed. Just be aware this doesn’t work on “autoscroller” jumps.

Gadget Builds: The Easy Way vs. The Fun Way

Gadgets are the single most important part of your Time Trial build. Your choice here is a big one: do you want to use the ridiculously overpowered meta build, or a more engaging, skill-based loadout?

The Meta Build (The Easy, ‘Broken’ Way)

Let’s be real, there’s a build that completely breaks the game’s balance. The Ring Gain Boost gadgets are so OP that they make most other strategies obsolete.

This build is simple: equip Ring Gain Boost and Ring Gain Mini Boost. For your third slot, add any other gadget that gives you rings (like Air Trick Bounty or Dash Panel Bounty). The more rings you get, the faster you go, to the point where you barely need to drift on some tracks to get an S-Rank.

Skill-Based Builds (The Fun Way)

If you actually want to engage with the game’s mechanics and earn your S-Ranks through skill, these are the gadgets you should be looking at.

Gadget Name	Best For
Drift Charge Kit	The best all-in-one gadget for improving your drift game.
Counter Quick Charge	A high-skill gadget that massively rewards players who can drift switch.
Air Trick Expert + Bounty	A perfect combo for tracks with long jumps and lots of airtime.
Perfect Charge Boost	Gives you a speed boost for perfectly timed drift releases.

All S-Rank Time Requirements

Here are the times you need to beat to earn S-Ranks on every track for both the “Sonic Speed” and “Super Sonic Speed” difficulties.

Main Tracks S-Rank Times

Track	S Rank (Sonic Speed)	S Rank (Super Sonic Speed)
E-Stadium	2:16.000	2:00.500
Rainbow Garden	2:26.000	2:00.500
Water Palace	2:41.000	2:19.000
Metal Harbor	2:37.000	2:18.000
Sand Road	2:27.000	2:07.500
Colorful Mall	2:15.000	2:00.000
Mystic Jungle	2:01.000	1:44.000
Apotos	2:19.000	2:00.000
Wonder Museum	2:42.000	2:23.000
Crystal Mine	2:26.000	2:05.000
Ocean View	2:26.000	2:02.000
Pumpkin Mansion	2:43.000	2:18.500
Urban Canyon	2:36.000	2:18.000
Market Street	2:11.000	1:51.500
Coral Town	2:02.000	1:47.000
Blizzard Valley	2:45.000	2:22.500
Radical Highway	3:01.000	2:42.000
Chao Park	2:22.500	2:06.000
Donpa Factory	2:21.000	2:02.500
Aqua Forest	2:37.500	2:16.500
Eggman Expo	2:49.000	2:27.000
Kronos Island	2:55.000	2:30.000
Northstar Islands	2:31.000	2:12.500
White Space	2:25.000	2:05.000

CrossWorlds Tracks S-Rank Times

Track	S Rank (Sonic Speed)	S Rank (Super Sonic Speed)
Sky Road	2:11.000	1:54.000
Roulette Road	2:06.000	1:50.000
Kraken Bay	2:29.000	2:09.500
Golden Temple	2:31.000	2:12.000
Magma Planet	2:26.000	2:04.000
Hidden World	2:23.000	2:02.500
Steampunk City	2:25.000	2:04.000
Dragon Road	2:44.000	2:25.000
Holoska	2:28.000	2:10.000
Galactic Parade	2:34.500	2:17.000
Dinosaur Jungle	2:21.000	2:04.000
Sweet Mountain	2:04.500	1:49.000
White Cave	2:15.000	2:00.000
Cyber Space	2:35.000	2:16.000
Digital Circuit	2:25.500	2:07.000

[Easy] Universal Build for ALL S-Ranks

Here’s the best plate you can use for any track. Good on all main tracks, extremely good on all CrossWorlds.

Just adapt it a little bit. If you don’t trick much, slap something else that gains rings.

The bottom row always stays.

That build bores me to death and killed my interest in Time Trial. For example, the S-rank for White Cave can be obtained without drifting or using any item. The World Record line doesn’t drift a single time.

Gadgets:

– Ring Gain Boost
– RIng Gain Mini Boost
– Anything else that gives rings.

Vehicle:

Don’t care. Speed vehicle if you don’t drift much, Boost vehicle if you do.

Character:

Doesn’t matter. Just max out your speed, or boost if you’re drifting. That’s it.

[Fun] Universal Build for ALL S-Ranks

So, I know why you’re here.
I know what you want. You want the best build ever.

I’ll keep telling you to adapt your gadgets/vehicles for Time Trials during this entire guide, but… truth is, you can clear all S-Ranks with the exact same build.

Gadgets

– Air Trick Expert (Technique Upgrade)
– Air Trick Bounty (Ring Gain)
– Drift Charge Kit (Standard)

Vehicle

Front: Dark Reaper
Back: Speedster Lightning
Wheels: Dark Reaper

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