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All in all, pretty nifty stuff. Moving on, we get to sound. One of the most debated aspects of this game - the cheesy J-Techno soundtrack. You will have to have the CD in the drive to hear these tunes, but I actually prefer it without. In the arcade, the roar of the engine and the ditties of the co-pilot are buried way down in the mix, and they're really good. The engine roars satisfyingly, and the co-pilot is in the race for most hilarious element in a videogame, right up there with Abe's farts and Neighbors From Hell's practical joking.

He says things like "try to go easy on the car!!!! But he's hella fun to listen to, and it's not like you would need advice anyway - Daytona is as straight-forward as they come. In fact, playability is one of this game's fortes. X accelerates, Z brakes and the arrow keys steer.

There's a view-change button. That's about it. It's intuitive, uncomplicated and fun. As mentioned, you can also tinker with your car looking for the optimal configuration for each track. The one characteristic they all share is that they're all extremely fun.

In fact, about the most fun I've had playing a racing game was while riding Daytona Deluxe. It's just a non-stop racing orgy. And I do mean non-stop - even the most wrecking of accidents will just make your car spin in the air twice and land back on its four wheels so you can go on racing.

However, it's not that linear - the accident factor is realistic, too. If you crash too often, your car will not only show the damage, but feel it too - it will skid wildly, become less responsive, even infuriating. And it won't go as fast.

In fact, a single accident can throw you from a hopeful 12th place to a shameful 35th, even on the easiest track. This, coupled with the aforementioned tinkering possibilities, makes for a surprisingly realistic driving experience, even though all the other aspects of the game are pure arcade.

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Send comment. Just one click to download at full speed! Windows Version. Nocd For version 1. However, it is not, the actual road in front of you will pop-in as well. That is not actually true. Sega wanted this as a launch game for the Saturn and as a result, it had to be rushed out of the door and that is the reason for all of the pop-in.

While the game may look very downgraded from the arcade original. I must admit there is still a lot of charm to this game. The racing feels loose, arcadey and it is fun to pick up and play. Shaving off seconds here and there on your best times is very addictive. The gameplay does resemble the Daytona that we all know and love from the arcade. It is the kind of racing game that anyone can pick up and play.

While some might say it is shallow. It does feature damage effects that can alter the way your car handles. Believe it or not, this was a pretty novel feature back when this game was released. This is a game that I still have a lot of good memories of. It is such a shame Sega had to rush it out the door to meet the launch.

To be fair, Sega did fix the issues with the game as they released Daytona USA Champion Circuit Edition which is far closer to what we got in the arcade. They pretty much fixed all of the problems that this original port had and added in some extra stuff too.

I often wonder if having the Champion Circuit Edition as the launch game would have made a difference to how the Saturn sold at launch. If you're feeling lazy don't even bother reading this review, as the intro tells you just about everything you need to know - and the score should pretty much underline it. If you insist on persevering, however, I suppose I've got to as well although, to be honest, I'm tempted to leave the entire page blank as a kind of testimony to the game's smellyness.

As you'll know, Daytona was a pretty fab arcade game in its time, and it engendered debates in pubs among sad people: I reckon Ridge Racer 's the best, always said one. No, would say another, it's got to be Daytona - the tracks are more imaginative. And so on. But these days Daytona has been relegated in status to the point where there's actually a stand-up cabinet of the thing in a chip shop on Worthing pier.

No matter, there's nothing wrong with that. There are, however, an alarming number of things wrong with the home conversions. The Saturn version as mentioned in the intro was virtually unplayable. Jerk-o-vision was the first little devil to raise its head, followed very soon after by the handling characteristics of your car - which drove pretty much like an anvil.

But then, as if that wasn't enough, the music hit home bigtime It started to appear in my dreams, on the bus, in the supermarket, and on and on. I've only recently managed to repress the bugger, but now, thanks to this pc version, it's back with a vengeance, floating around in my head again. Round and round and round.

I can hear it as I'm writing this. It won't go away. Stop it! Help me someone, pleeeease! Sega have very cleverly taken a shite Saturn game and made it worse for the pc. The cars handle almost exactly as uselessly, but as for the frame rate And that was on a P, by the way.

What you get is jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk, and then a long pause as scenery loads in or something.