Sonic Rivals 2 is a platforming game with 2D gameplay in a 3D environment where you race another character to the finish line of each stage. You collect power-ups throughout the stage to attack your rival, and defeat the boss before they do in the Boss stages. Players also collect cards for completing various challenges.
The playable character roster includes all the characters from the previous game (Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Metal Sonic) along with Tails, Espio the Chameleon, and Rouge the Bat.
There is a Freeplay mode where you can play stages previously cleared without racing against another character. Some additions were made to the multiplayer challenges including Knockout, Ring Battle, Race, King of the Hill, Capture the Chao, and Tag play modes.
Sonic Rivals 2 was released on November 13th, 2007 for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) console.