Team Sonic Racing Update: Why are Blaze, Sliver, and Vector a Team?

Team...Blaze? Sliver? VECTOR?!

The latest news: Blaze, Silver, and Vector are in the game as a team. This is a little odd, but we'll go over that after the recap.

What we already know: 

1. It's a car (/kart) racing game with Sonic & Co rather than other Sega characters. 
1. The last Sonic series racing game was Sonic Free Riders. 
2. The last All-Stars series (collection of Sega characters) racing game was Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed. 
2. Unlike previous titles, Team Sonic Racing is about teamwork rather than winning. 
1. This is the first to use "team-focused" gameplay since Sonic Heroes, and the first in a racing game. 
2. All team positions count towards a total, and the team with the most points wins. 
3. There will be a story mode. 
1. This will explain "why Sonic's driving a car."
2. It's unknown if there will be a story for each team (like in the past), or if it will be tied to gameplay (such as parts of Sonic Forces). 
4. Flight characters are instead technique characters while Speed and Power characters stay the same.



TECHNIQUE

5. Team Hero and Dark are in it, as well as Team Rose minus Cream. 
1. This means Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Amy, and Big are all playable. 
2. Eggman and several of his robots are playable. 
3. Chao (and Omochao) have taken Cream's place in Team Rose. 
4. Silver, Blaze, and Vector have formed "Team Vector."
5. Each team have a special move.   
6. The cars will be customizable for better skills or looks. 
7. Crush 40 made the title song for the game, "Green Light Ride."
1. This is the first time they've made one since Sonic and the Black Knight.
8. Wisps will serve as power-ups.
9. A one-shot comic will be made to go along with it. 
1. With IDW (Archie's replacement), of course. 
10. The game supposedly comes out this fall.  

So why the bleep is VECTOR on a team with BLAZE AND SLIVER? 

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Background--

Blaze is a speed character; a princess from another dimension with pyrokinetic (fire) abilities and an introvert personality.

• She's good friends with Sonic, Cream, and Marine.
• Her nemesis is Dr. Eggman Nega. 
• In the Oylmic games she was in the "All-around" category rather than speed (because Sonic, Shadow, and Metal Sonic already took up the Sonic-side of the Speed types). She filled in as the power type for Team Rose in Sonic Runners, even though she's faster than Amy (I'm not sure Runners that canon because it seems very inaccurate).

Silver is a flight character from the future. He has psychokinesis, so he can move items with his mind and hover through the air for short periods of time. Despite being fairly fast he's no match for Sonic.

• He knew Blaze once but that time-frame was erased, although they both admit a familiarity with each other (the meet up again in Sonic Colors DS and Sonic Generations, and they both made appearances in the Riders series). 
• He is also enemies with Nega for unrelated reasons, and with Iblis, a being he later destroys. 
• Silver will likely be taking the technique role.

Vector is a power character, a detective, and the leading member of Team Chaotix (him, Espio, and Charmy). He and his team have been around since the "classic" days.

• Despite dreaming of riches and "the big case," Vector isn't nearly as ruthless as Rouge or Jet the Hawk, and will help anyone. 
• He previously filled in as the power type for Team Rose in Sonic Free Riders, hoping to win prize money. 
• Rumors say Vector's the leader, so he must get this team together for some reason. 

I get Silver and Blaze being put together because of their roles in Sonic 06, but I sure didn't except Vector to step in. 

1. He's clearly taking the power role so that the group fits.
2. I'm guessing there's no Cream, Charmy, or Marine because they're "too young" to drive (even though Tails is eight). 
1. This would explain why the Chaotix don't have a team. 
3. I'm also guessing that Silver and Blaze are more popular/recognized than the Chaotix or that Vector's the favorite of that team. Espio has been on solo missions, too, but he's a speed type, and they don't need one.   
4. It could also be story motivated--maybe Eggman Nega kidnaps Charmy or something (doubt that guy will show up on a console game, though). 

I'm not sure why this bunch came to be, but I'm glad to have them in the game. And after Sonic Forces, especially Blaze (she wasn't in it BUT SILVER WAS). 

WHAT?