Team Sonic Racing is the first Sonic game to top the UK sales chart since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Team Sonic Racing is off to a quick start in the UK - it's the first Sonic game to top the UK sales chart since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games came out in 2008.

That's not all: according to our friends at GamesIndustry.biz, Team Sonic Racing's physical launch week sales more than doubled the launch week sales of its predecessor, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which came out seven years ago.

It's a good result for publisher Sega, which is on something of a tear recently after the record-breaking launch of Total War: Three Kingdoms, and a positive sales story for UK developer Sumo Digital. (For more, check out our Team Sonic Racing review).

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Elsewhere, Rage 2 drops down from top spot to number four, Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered re-enters the top 40 at number 15 thanks to the launch of the Nintendo Switch version, and Everybody's Golf VR lands on 22nd place as the only other new entry.

As always Chart-Track doesn't report download sales. Here's this week's top 10:

1. Team Sonic Racing
2. Days Gone
3. FIFA 19
4. Rage 2
5. Red Dead Redemption 2
6. The Division 2
7. Mortal Kombat 11
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition
9. Grand Theft Auto 5
10. Forza Horizon 4