This was also an issue on the 3DO and PlayStation. Of course, you can’t discuss this version without talking about the draw distance. The car modeling was solid enough to look like NASCAR cars. There was some downgrade, which was a given for arcade ports at the time. Daytona USA is one of the better-looking games for the system overall. For being one of the very first Saturn games, they were good. Whenever discussed, the graphics are always mentioned. It’s rather basic stuff for a mid-’90s game. Checkpoints gave you time bonuses as you barged your way to the front after starting in the rear. Like most Sega racers, you were racing against the clock. You got the feeling that a lot of care and detail were given here to make it stand out in that Sega kind of way.
Daytona USA understood how to do things a bit better. The premise was to drive several laps and try to make sure your car didn’t spin around or crash and take serious damage. In a way, the game was more of a follow up to Virtua Racing. It was a good alternative if you wanted to play more than just Sega Rally and Ridge Racer on PlayStation. However, if you could get past the graphical output, it was still competent and playable. Daytona USA was Sega’s big arcade port, but it fell a little flat in terms of expectations. The Saturn really stumbled out of the gate with its surprise launch in May of 1995, and it was a hard sell to justify spending $400 without much to show off. Genre: Racing Developer: AM2 Publisher: Sega Ent.
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