Never really liked racing in games because it's super competitive and honestly RNG in my opinion, and the Grand Prixes take absolutely forever. Any additional figures you purchase can be used with a Portal of Power from any of the previous games (although, Traps will only work with the portals from Trap Team and Superchargers). Any magic items you owned from previous games, while not usable as they were before, do reward you with substantial daily bonuses, making them worth holding onto.

Skylanders SuperChargers Racing Starter Pack - Wii Skylanders SuperChargers Racing Starter Pack - Wii

These challenges are fairly unique but other than the associated rewards, you're honestly not missing much.

Again, these are usually "complete a this race under special conditions"-type challenges so again, you're not really missing unique content, just more opportunities for rewards. There will be Dark Editions of the Starter Pack available on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, and Wii U. Trophies are used to unlock new terrain specific racetracks and they each allow you to play as four villains from that terrain type. This will allow you to play all the way through adventure mode but you'll have to skip the air and sea sections of every level in addition to the air and sea races at the Academy.

Starter Packs - Skylanders SuperChargers Guide - IGN

Any Skylander can use any vehicle but each Vehicle has a specific paired SuperCharger that SuperCharges the vehicle when they are used together, this changes the appearance of the vehicle and gives it a boost. Story In Skylanders SuperChargers, Kaos' quest to rule over Skylands reveals his most sinister weapon ever - a massive "Doomstation of Ultimate Doomstruction" capable of eating the sky itself. The only mandatory vehicle sections are Land based so you can still complete the entire story with just the contents of the Starter Pack.The Wii U version has two additional exclusive Supercharger Skylanders and their vehicles: Turbo Charge Donkey Kong and his Barrel Blaster, Hammer Slam Bowser and his Clown Cruiser. While all of your existing Skylanders can drive all of the vehicles only the new SuperChargers can upgrade and modify them. The Wii and 3DS versions will be titled "Skylanders SuperChargers Racing" and will be a different experience compared to the other editions.

Skylanders Superchargers: Starter Pack (Xbox 360)

In every other game, these areas were static, so in most games, it was MUCH easier to level up a Fire Skylander than a Life one, due to where and when they occur as the game gets harder. But, given the must's that this Skylanders game has that almost no other in the series has, if any, it's hard not to load it into your console and play at least occasionally, and it's arguably more incentive than TT, which people seem to agree on. The final wave, released in Australia towards the end of April 2016, and elsewhere towards the end of May. and includes the game, the Portal of Power that is used to scan in characters and vehicles, two characters and one land vehicle.A new Portal of Power is included in the Starter Pack but, for the first time since Skylanders Giants, you can instead choose to use your previous Portals to play with. The feeling was more intense and dire than other games in the series, mostly in certain levels where the music was dramatic.

Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack - PlayStation 3 Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack - PlayStation 3

I think I was a little harsh on this game back in the day but I guess the vehicle sections aren't for everyone. I am assuming wave 5 will come in early or mid April because the game and all the other waves came earlier. So, what is the minimum amount of stuff you need to purchase to enjoy all of what Skylanders Superchargers has to offer? After playing this and Trap Team again for nostalgias sake, I'm actually enjoying this more than TT.These are mostly just "kill 20 enemies with this specific attack"-type quests so you're not really missing unique content, just more opportunities for rewards. All hats were unlockable (unless you hit a bug that prevents you from acquiring one last hat) after the incredibly stupid decision to bring only a sample of legacy hats in TT.