Daytona USA
Reviewed by Shinnokxz
'Daytona USA' was realeased in 1996 with the launch of the
Sega Saturn. Sega's counter-part, Daytons USA for the
Arcade. Sega thought it would take a crack at making it
home, so they gathered up there AM2 team and hit the works.
MODES:
'saturn Mode':
Saturn Mode was just some advertising scam Sega did to make
people but they game. There absolutley nothing different
from this to the Arcade Mode, Though one thing, you don't
get a 'Rolling Start'.
Overall score for Saturn Mode: 5/10
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'Arcade Mode'
Arcade Mode includes features the Arcade counter-part had.
'Rolling Starts' Which is when you start the race, you are
allready going at allmost-top speeds. It also features some
of the old backgrounds as the Arcade... Anything new would be
in Saturn Mode, and there was nothing new...
Overall score for Arcade mode: 6/10
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'Rankings'
Possibly the only fun Factor of the game, beating your own
(or friends) times in any of the three tracks. Nothin' much
to really say here though.
Overall score for Rankings mode: 8/10
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Graphics: 6/10
Lets start off with the cars, the cars look a but gritty and
blocky. But the framerates per second is near 60. Thats OK
for a Saturn Game. The background slook worse though. They
seem to have annual pop-up here and there. And the Tree and
other objects of the sort are very un-life like. There are
about 3 Camea angles to choose from, one being in-fornt of
the car, most racer fans prefer this way, and it effects
nothing in the games play. The other angel is slightly above
the car, it also hase no real change in the game play. The
third is the top view, which skips some frames and tends to
get glitchy.
Sound/Music: 4/10
Let's start off with the sound. The cars motor effect is
allright, but tends to get over-used, the sound of the
crashes are a bit out of-line. I'd think if you would flip
over once and land on your side it would cause *some*
windows to crash. If anyone should like the music to this
game. They should be drug out into the street and shot. This
music is TERRIBLE. I emphanize 'terrible'. You probably
all of heard it. When you go to the arcade with this game,
you here that 'Du du du du du du du du du
du... DayTONAAAAAAAAAA.... DAYTONA, LET's GO AWAY, let's go
away.... ' yes this over-used lyric and plenty more come
from the track of this game.
Gameplay 7/10
Let's say you start off with 'Arcade mode' You choose your
Car (which there only three of manual and Automatic) then
you choose in between a Beginner course, with 8 laps, and
Intermediate course with 4 laps, and a pro course with 2
laps. Lets just say you choose 'beginner'. OK, after the
loading wait, you come onto the creen with you driving down
the course and some annoying guy screaming 'Rolling
STAAAAAART' Then wehn you cross the starting line, the race
begins, usually you start in 27'th (last) place. And you go
from there. Your thinking by now, 'Wow the graphics in this
game Suck, and that music is annoying. ' You keep on going
finding out the steering is pretty good. It's too easy to
round corners, but some corners, you steering don't cut it
and you run into the fence and flip over side-ways. By now
you should be in 8-18'th place. Keep going. By now, the pit
stop bug can get you. The pit stop bug is something where
you race close (but not in) the pit-stop ramp. The pit-stop
will think you are trying to get your car fixed, but really
you just travelled a bit close to it. It will turn you and
make you plunge into last place. By now you fianlly finish
the race and put in a good game.
Controls: 6/10
Well the controls are good at-most. It's easy to turn so
thats not a real trouble. The Gas button is 'C' which is
in a good spot. and Brake is 'X' And the camera shifting
buttons are the 'L' and 'R' buttons. Easy and
responsive. Not much to say here.
Final Word...
It would of been better with more options and replayibility.
The choices are low, and the graphics and sound are
terrible. Save your money for Daytona USA: Championsip
Circuit... I heard thats OK...
Overall: 5 out of 10
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