I really did not like the visual style of Daytona 3 Championship USA.
It tried to blend cartoony colors with semi-realistic lighting and environments, and as a result, those components clashed and the graphics fell flat.
Whereas (in my opinion) Daytona USA 1 & 2 end up looking better because of the consistency in the graphics.
Why can’t we get a port of Scud Race/Super GT to current-gen consoles?
That’s my gaming wish, to play Scud Race/Super GT at home on my rig doing some multiplayer races like the old days in the arcade on the 8-player machine.
Logically, the cars would have to be re-licensed, not to mention that the cars are quite dated. I suppose that Sega could make modernised, unlicensed versions of the 911; the F40; the Viper; and the F1. In addition, given how most of today's racing games rely on numbers, I don't think it would hold up in the long run.
I'm not afraid to admit my time with Daytona USA was nothing more than a genre history lesson, and to be able to say "yeah I played it rolling staaart ha ha." But then one day I heard about when uh, the ability to play Model 3 games on PC hit a pretty good milestone, I gave it a shot with Daytona USA 2 and SCUD Race. I can safely say that I genuinely enjoyed these two games 200% over the first Daytona USA. The tracks were really creative and fantasy-based with giant laserbeam firing robots and amusement park swinging pirate ships. Art style was was colorful and playful like the Dreamcast era but a lot more refined with PC supersampling and mip-mapping which Dreamcast did not have. Learning the physics and tracks had me hooked for hours straight and that's pretty insane for a coin op arcade game. I don't even talk about Daytona USA anymore, it's all about the sequel in any conversation I'm a part of. I'm not even trying hard to be a contrarian, these two Model 3 games (excluding Sega Rally 2 for this topic) really are leaps and bounds better than the first game, even with its best port on XBLA.
Outrun 2 will be the closest we'll get to driving that challenge track at home. I'd like to see a Sega arcade racer with todays GTE and GT3 vehicles with that track lol
Outrun 2 will be the closest we'll get to driving that challenge track at home. I'd like to see a Sega arcade racer with todays GTE and GT3 vehicles with that track lol
I honestly have a love-hate relationship with OutRun 2, but the Scud Race/Daytona 2 bonus tracks made it for me. They don't translate the best to OR2's weird physics, but they work well enough.
