![]() Daytona USA is one of those rare breeds of a Retro arcade-type racer that keeps the fun factor going, even hours into gameplay. ![]() Sega is one of those developers that don’t push mediocre games out year after year, sequel after sequel. If you are a racing game fan, this title is a must-have. If you are a nostalgic gamer like myself, the title is a must-have. If you’re a PS Plus subscriber it is priced at a much more reasonable $6.99. The full PlayStation Network price of $9.99 (800 MSP) seems a bit steep for such an old game but the fun factor definitely makes up for it. Just as in Arcade Mode, multiplayer is a straightforward race to the finish.ĭaytona USA is no doubt a lot of fun for an arcade racing game. In all honesty, not many people were playing online at the time of this review but I did manage to get into a game with 3 other players. Multiplayer pits you against real players instead of CPU drivers unless you want to add them to the mix as well. Precision and attention to both yourself and your opponents are what will be rewarded with a high score.įinally, we come to multiplayer. If you hit a wall or hit other cars, it will hinder your time to get to the checkpoint with a penalty of about 25 seconds. For every car that you pass, you get a time extension. The game puts you into the tracks with a lot of laps to complete, and by a lot I mean 80 for the Beginner Track alone. Survival Mode is a test of endurance and one of my new favorite modes to play. Time Trial puts you onto the track to see what your best lap times are while you are the only car on the asphalt. The next two offerings are Time Trial and Survival Mode. With no real scoring system for the Karaoke mode, I don’t see it serving any true purpose unless you are throwing a karaoke party and ran out of songs to sing. Karaoke Mode pits you on the track with the game’s soundtrack song lyrics at the bottom. The challenges you will face vary from reaching the goal without hitting any walls to drifting around a corner. Challenge Mode is exactly what it is, 10 sets of challenges on each of the 3 available tracks. The 4 new game types are: Challenge, Karaoke, Time Trial and Survival. There is now an extras menu with 4 game types to choose from. The ‘Advanced Track’ is a 4 lap run against 19 other opponents, and the ‘Expert Track’ is a 2 lap run against 29 opponent cars. First of the three is the ‘Beginner Track’, an 8 lap run against 39 other opponents. Many other Sega games have been made available for download of late and most have aged quite poorly Daytona USA has not. First off, the title features the very-nostalgic Arcade Mode, which has 3 tracks to choose from. Daytona USA offers a few modes that were absent from previous versions of the game. The sights and sounds were just as I remembered, from the introductory “ROLLING START!” to the cars driving by. Immediately upon loading Daytona USA, I jumped right into the Arcade Mode and was thrown into a 40 car brawl to the finish. Additionally in 1995, Daytona USA was one of the launch titles when the Sega Saturn launched in the USA. Daytona USA was released in arcades in 1993 and was the first to debut on the Sega Model 2 arcade board which allowed for more texture mapping in the levels. There isn't a large enough community to make racing Daytona USA online a go-to experience, there's too much waiting around.Before going into this review, let me give a little history on one of my favorite arcade racing games of all time. While multiplayer's strong, waiting in an empty lobby doesn't hold the same appeal as a row of old arcade machines lined up side by side. There are quite a few challenges to undertake, a quirky karaoke mode, and time trials, but multiplayer holds the most appeal for anyone wanting a challenge outside of the bare-bones offerings. Granted, the original arcade version did the same thing, but in HD and widescreen the effect becomes a problem. Smooth curves don't irritate in the same way, but speeding through each track requires a lot of fine tuning, which leads to a stuttering background. Thus, any tiny adjustment jars the horizon left or right, making for a disorienting ride. In Daytona USA, the furthest plane is directly linked to the front hood of the car. Each plane slides at a different rate to give the illusion of depth. ![]() Animation often uses multiple planes to add depth like the horizon, mid-range terrain, and the immediate elements in the foreground. Parallax scrolling isn't a household term, but it's unavoidable in this classic port. The oddest transition over eighteen years is parallax scrolling.
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