So too with the controller as there aren't any force-feedback steering wheels yet, you're going to have to be content with a force-feedback joystick if you want the feel of every turn and crash.īut let me restate the fact that this isn't a bad game, per se. Though this is nice, it fails to capture that same arcade experience. And if you want to race with a buddy sitting close by, there's a two-player split-screen mode.

You can play up to eight over a network or through your other standard multiplayer options. Thankfully, it does include the multiplayer support that accounted for most of the original's appeal. To be fair, the company is using the tried-and-true 'a patch is forthcoming' in the nebulous future. Though in classic 'what were they thinking' fashion, there's no support for 3D cards, making the best resolution here a bit ho-hum compared to almost any other similar product. You get to burn some rubber on the six hi-res courses, that is if your PC's got the horsepower under its hood (you're gonna need at least a Pentium 90 for a decent frame rate). At best it could be described as NASCAR Racing lite, really lite. But before you get too excited thinking it's just like NASCAR Racing, you best put the brakes on. You have your choice of eight different stock cars, each with slightly different features such as acceleration or grip, as well as the option of tuning a particular car by adjusting things like suspension or handling. But now the deluxe version addresses most of those problems. No multiplayer, no force feedback, and only three tracks. In its eagerness to port it to the PC, Sega didn't get any of this in the original. Big racing chairs for you and your opponent to sit in, big screen monitors to see all the arcade action with, and big sturdy force-feedback steering wheels and pedals to feel every bump and grind with. The appeal of the arcade game was its bigness. It's just that for anyone who's played a computer game since Night Driver, there's nothing here that hasn't been done countless times before, countless times better. It's not that this title is bad, as there's nothing overwhelmingly disdainful about it. Indeed this does boast most of the features of the arcade version, though it still lacks much of its appeal. You've played NASCAR Racing I and II, had your fun with Screamer, Whiplash, and even Moto Racer, and now you decide that it's finally time to load this one up, if for nothing else, for a change of scenery.Īfter boot-up you'll come to the realization that 'Deluxe' is another way of saying 'everything that the original should have had but didn't,' the original here being Daytona USA, the disappointing arcade port.

Daytona USA Deluxe is a lot like the 'desperation candy' that sits in your pantry longer than any other dessert, and you turn to it only after you're all out of other options.

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