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SEGA All-Stars Racing demo on Live

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The Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demo is now available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace.

The file's 1GB and can be queued from the Xbox website.

We don't know what's in the sampler - there's no description offered - but assume there are one or two courses and a handful of drivers to race around them.

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is a cartoon driving game clearly inspired by Mario Kart. Well-known characters have relevant special powers and the word "gloomy" has been expelled from the dictionary.

Split-screen and online multiplayer will feature in the full game, but we're not sure whether they're represented here.

Let us know what you think below.