Boost Pad

For the gimmick in the Sonic Boom franchise, see Boost Pad (Sonic Boom).

Boost Pad
A pair of Boost Pads, from Team Sonic Racing.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Game appearances	Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Team Sonic Racing Sonic Racing Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
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User(s)	AGES AiAi Alex Kidd Amigo Amy Rose B.D. Joe Babylon Rogues Jet the Hawk Storm the Albatross Wave the Swallow Beat Big the Cat Blaze the Cat Bonanza Bros. Chao Dark Chao Hero Chao Netural Chao Omochao Danica Patrick Death Egg (Team Sonic Racing) Dr. Eggman Football Manager General Winter Gilius Thunderhead Gum Jacky Bryant Joe Musashi Knuckles the Echidna MeeMee Metal Sonic Mii Miles "Tails" Prower NiGHTS Omochao Pudding Reala Ryo Hazuki Shogun Silver the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Team Chaotix Charmy Bee Espio the Chameleon Vector the Crocodile Team Dark E-123 Omega Rouge the Bat Shadow the Hedgehog Team Fortress Ulala Vyse Wreck-It-Ralph Willemus Yogscast (Simon) Xbox Live Avatar Zavok
Purpose	Increasing driving speed
Description	A purple pad.

Boost Pads can be found strategically positioned around each course. Drive or drift over one for an instant boost of speed.

— Description, Team Sonic Racing instruction manual

The Boost Pad (ブーストパネル, Būsuto Paneru^?, lit. "Boost Panel") is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and its spin-offs. They are panels that grant the playable characters' vehicles a brief speed boost.

Description

Surmised, the Boost Pad is a line consisting of purple and violet arrow markings. However, its exact appearance has differed over the course of the series. As their primary function, the Boost Pads will automatically send the playable characters forward with a instant burst of speed that exceeds their current driving speed as soon as they drive or drift over the Boost Pad. However, Boost Pads can only launch the playable characters in one direction and their speed boost does not last for long.

Boost Pads are always placed on the main roads and can be found in strategic positions around each course. Generally speaking, they can appear by themselves or alongside others in one location. Also, while usually used to reach high driving speeds, Boost Pads also serve on many courses to guide the playable character down certain pathways by shooting them in the right direction.

Game appearances

Team Sonic Racing

In Team Sonic Racing, the Boost Pads generally possess the same design they had in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, meaning they resemble glowing lines with purple and violet arrow marks. However, in this game, they are made up of several glowing blocks. Other than that, nothing special can be said about these Boost Pads.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, the Boost Pads are referred as Dash Panels (ダッシュパネル, Dasshu Paneru^?). In this game, they are panels on the ground with red outer frames on the sides and front and a gray frame on their rear side. They also have a sharp point on their front side, and inside them are glowing pink arrow markings. Improved variants of them, named the Blue Dash Panels (青いダッシュパネル, Aoi Dasshu Paneru^?), appear exclusively during the final laps of races. They have instead golden outer frames on the sides, with blue and yellow markings on the inside. In addition to provide the player a longer speed boost, they can also allow them to use that same speed boost to go off course for a shortcut.

Other game appearances

Sega All-Stars series

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

A pair of Boost Pads, from Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.

The Boost Pad made its first appearance in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. In this game, they are oblong panels on the ground with orange outer frames on the sides and front and a gray frame on their rear side. They also have a sharp point on their front side, and inside them are glowing purple and violet arrow markings. Other than that, nothing special can be said about these Boost Pads.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

A Boost Pad gate, from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, the Boost Pads are designed like short glowing lines with purple and violet arrow marks. In this game, they appear as panels on the ground along the courses' car mode sections. Along the courses' boat and plane sections on the other hand, the Boost Pads always appear in sets of four. These pads float in midair (and underwater) and are arranged in a circle with their arrows pointing towards their circle's center, forming something akin to a gate. In order to receive these gates' speed boost, the player has to steer their vehicle into their center.

See also

• Boost Pad (Sonic Boom)
• Dash Panel

References

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

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