The soundtrack took a different turn than the first, with a type of hair metal/hard rock soundtrack. Graphically, Daytona USA 2 will always be a looker, and definitely pushes the Model 3 to its limits at times.Īudibly, Daytona 2 does not stop with the great presentation. The car audio sounds great, and so do the other sound effects. This game also had surround sound on some cabinets, with you hearing every crash in every direction. Being a NASCAR fan back then, and seeing how close SEGA had came to making the cars look almost like real stock cars was astonishing. I remember this game being in almost every arcade back in the day and just being blown away at how it looked. Add a speed of 60 FPS, and you have a match made in heaven for a driving game. Daytona 2 had a more realistic design than Daytona 1, looking almost real at times. With car damage and a high quality in course design, it still holds up. The Power Edition also added a challenge course, that combined all three courses into a point-to-point race.ĭaytona 2 came in two flavors in the arcade: a twin and deluxe, with the twin cabinets being based on SEGA Super GT’s cabinet design and the deluxe being its own moving cab with a huge projection screen.Īnother strong point in Daytona 2’s prowess was its graphics. The familiar Daytona control scheme has returned too, with a four speed shifter gas/brake, and four view change buttons, just like the first. Also as a Daytona tradition, multiplayer was added to Battle on the Edge, as well, with a high number of linkable cabinets. The courses and new cars definitely add a level of challenge as opposed to the first Daytona, with new racing lines to learn and a new set of handling types to get accustomed to.ĭaytona 2 had replay value and was not afraid to show it off. There are also two new courses, with the addition of a re-creation of the oval course from the first game, as well.
There are three cars based on difficulty (easy, medium, and hard) and an additional fourth car in the Power Edition, based on the Hornet car from the original Daytona USA.
Drifting through corners never was better.ĭaytona 2 also added the aspect of having a selection of cars to drive. This game has almost the perfect balance of arcade and simulation type handling. Gameplay wise, Daytona 2 handles like a dream. Slingshot passing in stock car racing is the act of drafting behind an opponent’s car and picking up speed through their air flow to slingshot around them to make a pass. In addition to drifting, a core technique in the first game, slingshot passing was another gameplay function put into Daytona 2.
Daytona usa rom model 2 professional#
The core gameplay is still the same though – take your pro-tuned NASCAR style stock car and win a circuit race.ĭaytona 2 feels more like a professional stock car game though, both in its graphics, gameplay and design. An upgraded version was released in 1998, dubbed the Power Edition.ĭaytona 2 brought back a lot from the original game and added new gameplay aspects to make sure the two were different. Like SEGA Super GT/Scud Race before it, Daytona USA 2 was built on SEGA’s powerful Model 3 arcade board. Never ported to any console, Daytona 2 is a perfect example of an arcade game that deserves some type of HD re-release. It is time for the greatness that is Daytona USA 2.īrought to us in 1998 by SEGA-AM2, Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge was SEGA’s first attempt at making a sequel to their smash arcade hit Daytona USA. Get on your helmet and grab your Takenobu Mitsuyoshi mixtape. So without dragging on this introduction any longer, here is a tribute to one of the best 3D SEGA racers to ever grace an arcade. It’s also a sequel to a game featured in the site’s Game of the Month a while back as well. This one is kind of special as it features another Model 3 racer I used to play tons of back in the day. Hello and welcome to another edition of Forgotten Racers of SEGA’s Past.
0 kommentar(er)
