Actually had a secret miussion on FH4 where you could get a modified Monte Carlo with NASCAR tires and hear the girl talking about Daytona USA and also signing DAYTONAAAAAAAA all the time
@@superninja252 Wow I never noticed that! I never played much of Forza Horizon 4 because I got bored of it quick due to how everything was basically given to you for free and didn't feel like I earned it at all. Plenty to do in that game but I have no motivation at all to finished all the events since there is no point to it other than bragging rights.
It's also worth mentioning Daytona's slightly more forgotten, though equally badass older brother - Virtua Racing. Man, F1, Rally, Daytona, SEGA had it all back then. They really pushed the racing scene forward.
I have so much respect for Sega after playing more video games from their arcade division. So much technological innovation across pretty much every genre
Don't forget SCUD Race. Daytona USA but with GT cars of the time based off the BPR Global GT series. It was the predecessor to a number of game mechanics and additions that appeared in Daytona USA 2. Had a distinct dance styled OST too.
Dude I remember playing this at the arcade and the machine they had at Walmart. Later I got a Sega Saturn and had this game. So freaking awesome and brings back so many memories
The fact that no teams have ever made a hornet darlington throwback scheme is a crime. Also wish daytona usa 2 would get a get official release one day
DAYTONAAAAAAAAA. Used to work at a bowling alley and had to listen to it endlessly alllll day long. And of course as work goes it became annoying. But to me now, and since that bowling alley is gone too, that sound it more than iconic. It’s SUPER nostalgic. Love it to pieces.
This video REALLY cheers me up. I’ve been playing a lot of Daytona both in arcades and emulation, and it’s one of my favorite arcade racers of all time. I’m so bummed that the series peaked with the original release, and it’s a shame too because Daytona 2 to me is even better: just you play it once on an emulator and see what I mean. A footnote on the botched SEGA Saturn release: the console itself was scheduled to release in late-ish 1995 but SEGA abruptly rushed the release of the machine, leaving the developers with much less time to work with. Needless to say, devs were PIIIIIISSED. Not mentioning the fact that the Saturn was a difficult machine to program to begin with, especially in regards to 3D graphics, the early release of the Saturn and the rushed development of Daytona USA’s console port resulted in a piss poor resolution, wonky framerate and jank collision detection. And it was all done to gain an ultimately worthless advantage on the PS1.
I still remember the first time playing this back at Dave and Busters in 2016. When I saw the 4 seater cabinet I was immediately hooked and played it 3 times on automatic thinking it was manual and shifting the stick for fun. Hard to think that was 7 year's ago
I remember playing Daytona USA at three different places around Syracuse, NY when I was a kid: SportStar 2000 in East Syracuse; Putter's Paradise mini-golf behind the McDonald's on Erie Blvd, and the arcade/laser tag place in Shoppingtown Mall. Those were the days. All three are now sadly lost to the sands of time.
Its bring back memories, when im 13th years old i win bronze at daytona usa competition advanced course 10 laps... I remember that time i use car number 6(pink colour)..
I had Daytona USA 2001 for the Dreamcast. It was a fully upgraded presentation with more tracks, more cars and overhauled graphics. I think it is the peak of the series.
On the single seater thing: Where I live there's a franchise that operates on malls and used to be the Blockbuster of arcades, but today they mostly operate token dispensing amusement machines, without proper arcade or pinball games anymore. Except for Daytona USA, every location I know still has at least a double seater. They took away Cruisin' USA ages ago in my area, one restaurant owner took it and they're calling dibs on the Daytona machine. They won't let go of their Daytonas. Due to the cabinet artwork (modeled like a car) new management qualifies it as an "interactive toy" so it still fits their new business model.
I still own Daytona USA on the PS3 to this day. Understanding the manual gear system and drifting was a long and grueling process, but once I’ve mastered it, it felt like I was on top of the world. Truly a game that was ahead of its time. I also got to play Daytona USA 2 in an Arcade back when I was little. I played on the Deluxe edition with the chair that slightly tilts and turns when you turn, giving you the feeling of sitting and driving in an actual stock car. A terrifying experience for 10-year old me, but looking back, I don’t think there were many like it.
First time I played this was at six flags great america. I was only 15 at the time and when I hit the arcades, there was a long line to play this game and only two cabinets were available. I was so mesmerised with the game that instead of going to the rides with my freinds i spent almost half of the day waiting turn after turn to play it again. I eventually was able to find it at other locations. Dave and Busters had a 8 cabinet set up which is where I made it a tradition to go there during the 500 weekend and do a few races and challenged anyone who wanted to compete with me thinking I'm actually racing in the 500. Personally Daytona USA 2 "the power edition" in my opinion is much better. The cabinets had much larger screens with moving sim rigs. Aesthetically the visuals were much more refined and damage physics and tire smoke were more realistic. The rocking tunes were better and the cool feature the power slide, I mean "slingshot" made the cornering much more fun to time and tackle. A few tidbits: Before Daytona USA only Bill Elliott's Nascar Challenge used the Daytona name, track design and likeness. So Sega had exclusive rights. It wasn't until Nascar Racing 3 from Papyrus that was fianlly allowed to use Daytona, however they were given the right to design a sim setup to be used at Daytona USA theme park. EA sports was finally able to incorporate the Daytona track in Nascar 2001 and they made it such a big deal That on the back of the jewel case it was mentioned at least 3 times. So when can we start talking about the Nascar Silicon Motor Speedway?
Ah I love this game. Fond memories of it as a child in the arcade. I always wanted a good home version and when it came out on Dreamcast I sort of got my wish, but it wasn't perfect. Then, the X360/PS3 version happened and I was ecstatic. Every February, on Daytona weekend, I fire it up. Put the game on "Endurance" mode (80 laps) with Tire Wear on and select Three Seven Speedway... and ROLLLINGGGG STARRRRRTTTT! THE GREEN FLAG IS OUT AND THEY ARE UNDER WAY!
I attended races at Riverside Park Speedway every weekend in the 90’s. The arcade was close to the track. I played it often. During rain delays, you would have about a dozen drivers there playing.
Believe it or not. Daytona USA was the game that brought Nascar to my attention. Without this game, I'm not sure if I would've known much about Nascar.
Loved this game as a kid. Would always play it at the Pool Room in Dawsonville whenever we went. What was better was we were content “playing” without putting money in. Then my uncle threw in some coins and we were blown away! My mom was dissapointed at my uncle for that move.
I've gotten to play Daytona USA on an original simulator cabinet. No other version of 777 Speedway quite compares. No port really captured the magic of the arcade version.
Hi - Last year I picked up a DX twin Daytona USA 2 with cabin car and got one working. I like the game but nothing crazy. Just a few days ago I scored on a Daytona USA twin and got one working already. I am hooked and been playing for days none stop! Sound, gameplay and everything you do affects outcome. Awesome!
It wasn't a Chuck E Cheese but it was the same kind of establishment. Little kid games and an arcade. My dad took me to that place many times when I was little and one of my favorite games to play was this. When I was a kid I was absolutely crazy for NASCAR and would use up over half of my tokens playing it over and over again. I was really upset when one day we went there the cabinet was gone. I think I actually cried. So yes, this has a bit of nostalgia for me. Although I was kind of sad you couldn't play as other cars.
Even here in Brazil this game is legendary! I got a history on this game in the two seating arcade machine: i broke the shifter of the machine racing with a friend! Lol The employees of the mall weren't not amused 😆
When you were going over the franchise, I believe you forgot to mention Daytona USA 2 which was released in 1998. It has a different attitude but it's still the same game.
What a great nostalgia trip! Words cant describe how exciting it was to race one of those 8 seater arcades...Crowds would gather! Great times. Thanks for the memories!
When comes about the Saturn ports, the japanese Daytona CE edition is by far the best one and it's an improved version of the already good Championship Circuit for USA and Europe. While doesn't run like the arcade, that version feature 2 new circuits and a new soundtrack. But most importantly, runs way better than the original Saturn's Daytona USA. Really worthy to check in a emulator. The PC version of the Championship Circuit Edition feat an exclusive track too but I never tried it. Fun fact: the man behind the OST of the original Daytona USA was Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, one of the most well known musicians from Sega. I always loved his work in the J.League Victory Goal series.
3:25 I heard some music of someone saying something when I first saw a gameplay of this just an hour or so ago. I'm interested in playing this game since it's going to go off of the Xbox 360 store and I wanted to learn more about the series. I now see this scene and I think it has changed my life for the better. Actually hearing the person sing and the music really is an experience hearing it for the first time!
Daytona USA and Virtua Racing are both games with so much depth in the driving mechanics. They're unrealistic sure, but still very demanding, requiring a lot of skill and practice to be good at. In my opinion, the fact that the Virtua Formula and the Hornet handle so differently emphasizes that Sega AM2 wanted to capture the essence of the motorsports they were adapting, while also injecting arcade whimsy and fun to make the experience more accessible. It's my favorite kind of Arcade racer, the car handling is unrealistic, wild, and fast, but it still manages to capture that feeling of pushing a car right up to its limit that is so often lost with unrealistic handling models, and if you push your car too far, you are get punished for it. A spin or crash can very easily ruin your race. It's a crying shame there aren't more games like them.
I actually enjoyed playing it on my Sega Saturn. I was only like 7 at the time so it wasn't hard to please me I guess. At the time I thought it was cool to do an 80 lap race on the oval and not have to worry about the time limit
Daytona Championship USA was originally going to be named Daytona USA 3 (based on the early logo) before they dropped the 3. The attract music and "Let's Go Away!" songs composed for DCU are INSTANT classics though!
Man this brings back memories. When I first saw it, it was like real life. Compared to the other sit in car games, this was something else. It has force feedback! I felt like I was driving a real car! Even now, at 45, of I go past an arcade and see this, straight away I’ll be in it powersliding around Daytona! Man, this game was really something else.
It was called "Virtua Racing", not "Virtual Racing". Licensing the Daytona USA name did not grant them the license to the Daytona International Speedway track. This is why the 777 Speedway in Daytona USA looks exactly like Daytona but with fantasy elements. They only ended up finally licencing the Daytona International Speedway for Daytona USA 3. Daytona USA was *not* a flop on Saturn, it was one of the highest selling games on it, especially in the US.
I grew up in daytona beach and they had an 8 player one in the arcade of section in this local water park. Also when we got a Dave and Busters here in daytona a few years ago they put this game in there too
Sooooo I've seen just a single cabinet of Daytona USA here in St Louis as a kid... Spent probably $200 on it during my childhood playing it, but I was one of the only ones playing it
I used to play that game at foxwoods casino for possibly 5 hours each time while my dad gambled and I got it memorized the locations of every car on every lap and knew how to be in the right spot every lap. Plus down shifting to 3rd in turn four. I'm not confident at much in like but I know I can beat any person on the plant still. Haha it was a great game
Those of us into the early Papyrus sims hated this game as Sega had the exclusive license so Daytona wasnt in NASCAR SimRacing. But it was fun af at the arcade!
As a kid I followed NASCAR much more closely than CART/IRL, but I preferred the Indy 500 game to the Daytona 500 game. Don't get me wrong, I loved both games. But if an arcade had both games, I would be headed to the virtual Brickyard!
I played Daytona a lot in the arcades and also had it on sega saturn, tbh i didnt think it was that bad, it was pretty good for a home release at the time i still enjoyed it a lot
I remember when this came out they did a traveling exhibition with a massive number of cabinets that stopped at our local science center. I forget how many it was exactly but I know it was more than 8. People were lined up for it like it was a newly built roller coaster.
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Correction: 41 cars name is HORNET not COMET.
The Hornet is an amazing car. It’s because of this game why I always choose the 41 in anything
Fun fact: the driver of the Hornet is named Tom Brown, shown in Daytona USA 2
If SEGA makes a new Daytona USA game, Comet sounds like a full time sponsor for a rookie driver we can play as.
Lionel needs to make Daytona USA diecast. :)
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Gonna need that
Daytonaaaaa! So iconic it was even an unlock-able phrase in Forza Horizon 4!
Actually had a secret miussion on FH4 where you could get a modified Monte Carlo with NASCAR tires and hear the girl talking about Daytona USA and also signing DAYTONAAAAAAAA all the time
@@superninja252 Wow I never noticed that! I never played much of Forza Horizon 4 because I got bored of it quick due to how everything was basically given to you for free and didn't feel like I earned it at all. Plenty to do in that game but I have no motivation at all to finished all the events since there is no point to it other than bragging rights.
Fun fact, in 2017 when Daytona USA 3 was released Kurt Busch won the Daytona 500... DRIVING THE 41 CAR.
Coincidence? I think NOT
Don't tell me he had a rolling start as well...
I was there.
The Daytona sound is so legendary
DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Fax! I wasn't even born when the events in this video took place, and I know the sound by heart.
Imagine going to heaven ad you hear
DAYTONAAAAAA!
It's also worth mentioning Daytona's slightly more forgotten, though equally badass older brother - Virtua Racing. Man, F1, Rally, Daytona, SEGA had it all back then. They really pushed the racing scene forward.
I have so much respect for Sega after playing more video games from their arcade division. So much technological innovation across pretty much every genre
Don't forget SCUD Race. Daytona USA but with GT cars of the time based off the BPR Global GT series. It was the predecessor to a number of game mechanics and additions that appeared in Daytona USA 2. Had a distinct dance styled OST too.
@@DatOneCat Yup, Scud Race/Super GT was basically Forza before Forza!
my most played arcade game was Outrun 2, thx Sega ^^
If I got a quarter every time I heard the Daytonaaaaaa attract sound effect, I could play every track at least once.
Daytonaaaaa Annnndd
Dude I remember playing this at the arcade and the machine they had at Walmart. Later I got a Sega Saturn and had this game. So freaking awesome and brings back so many memories
The fact that no teams have ever made a hornet darlington throwback scheme is a crime.
Also wish daytona usa 2 would get a get official release one day
Ryan Preece with a Hornet High Class Darlington or All-Star Race scheme sounds awesome
Daytona USA 2 exists,but is an arcade exclusive
SEGA wanted Daytona USA 2 on the Dreamcast but it was scrapped
ITS HAPPENING!!!
Okay but those graphics are incredible for 1993
Not to mention, the playing style and force feedback was incredible. This forever holds up as my favorite arcade game of all time.
DAYTONAAAAAAAAA. Used to work at a bowling alley and had to listen to it endlessly alllll day long. And of course as work goes it became annoying. But to me now, and since that bowling alley is gone too, that sound it more than iconic. It’s SUPER nostalgic. Love it to pieces.
Imagine if Motorsport game put as much work into NASCAR 21 ignition as the Daytona USA developers did🤔
Imagine if it was Sega instead of Motorsports Gaming that made NASCAR 21 Ignition
You know its a great arcade game when some still exist in some cinema and shopping centre.
I have never clicked on a video faster. That intro music is just instant, pure, unadulterated nostalgia.
🎶 Du-du-du-du-du-du-du-du-DU-DUUUUUUUUUUUU 🎶
*DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* 😆
You should cover the rest of the series as well! I'm making a Daytona USA 2 carset for Nr2003! DUSA2 is underrated as hell
Oh hey! You're doing a great job on the carset! I'm excited for it to be finished!
You're damn right that Daytona USA 2 is underrated. Best soundtrack of the series as well imo.
Oh that carset is awesome! I still gotta work on making Gen7 paint scheme ideas for Daytona USA 2001.
not covering daytona usa 2 is a crime when talking about the franchise. i would even go as far as saying that daytona usa 2 beats the original
As a game dev and racing fan, you do impeccably well covering both sides:) This is the one channel I never doubted setting alerts for
I just listened to this song this morning
This video REALLY cheers me up.
I’ve been playing a lot of Daytona both in arcades and emulation, and it’s one of my favorite arcade racers of all time.
I’m so bummed that the series peaked with the original release, and it’s a shame too because Daytona 2 to me is even better: just you play it once on an emulator and see what I mean.
A footnote on the botched SEGA Saturn release: the console itself was scheduled to release in late-ish 1995 but SEGA abruptly rushed the release of the machine, leaving the developers with much less time to work with.
Needless to say, devs were PIIIIIISSED.
Not mentioning the fact that the Saturn was a difficult machine to program to begin with, especially in regards to 3D graphics, the early release of the Saturn and the rushed development of Daytona USA’s console port resulted in a piss poor resolution, wonky framerate and jank collision detection.
And it was all done to gain an ultimately worthless advantage on the PS1.
Love NASCAR and am a diehard fan of this game. Glad to see you talk about it!
I still remember the first time playing this back at Dave and Busters in 2016. When I saw the 4 seater cabinet I was immediately hooked and played it 3 times on automatic thinking it was manual and shifting the stick for fun. Hard to think that was 7 year's ago
I remember playing Daytona USA at three different places around Syracuse, NY when I was a kid: SportStar 2000 in East Syracuse; Putter's Paradise mini-golf behind the McDonald's on Erie Blvd, and the arcade/laser tag place in Shoppingtown Mall. Those were the days. All three are now sadly lost to the sands of time.
Its bring back memories, when im 13th years old i win bronze at daytona usa competition advanced course 10 laps... I remember that time i use car number 6(pink colour)..
I had Daytona USA 2001 for the Dreamcast. It was a fully upgraded presentation with more tracks, more cars and overhauled graphics. I think it is the peak of the series.
On the single seater thing: Where I live there's a franchise that operates on malls and used to be the Blockbuster of arcades, but today they mostly operate token dispensing amusement machines, without proper arcade or pinball games anymore.
Except for Daytona USA, every location I know still has at least a double seater. They took away Cruisin' USA ages ago in my area, one restaurant owner took it and they're calling dibs on the Daytona machine.
They won't let go of their Daytonas. Due to the cabinet artwork (modeled like a car) new management qualifies it as an "interactive toy" so it still fits their new business model.
I still own Daytona USA on the PS3 to this day. Understanding the manual gear system and drifting was a long and grueling process, but once I’ve mastered it, it felt like I was on top of the world. Truly a game that was ahead of its time.
I also got to play Daytona USA 2 in an Arcade back when I was little. I played on the Deluxe edition with the chair that slightly tilts and turns when you turn, giving you the feeling of sitting and driving in an actual stock car. A terrifying experience for 10-year old me, but looking back, I don’t think there were many like it.
Darien, you just loved getting that stuck in our head, didn't you 😂
First time I played this was at six flags great america. I was only 15 at the time and when I hit the arcades, there was a long line to play this game and only two cabinets were available. I was so mesmerised with the game that instead of going to the rides with my freinds i spent almost half of the day waiting turn after turn to play it again. I eventually was able to find it at other locations. Dave and Busters had a 8 cabinet set up which is where I made it a tradition to go there during the 500 weekend and do a few races and challenged anyone who wanted to compete with me thinking I'm actually racing in the 500.
Personally Daytona USA 2 "the power edition" in my opinion is much better. The cabinets had much larger screens with moving sim rigs. Aesthetically the visuals were much more refined and damage physics and tire smoke were more realistic.
The rocking tunes were better and the cool feature the power slide, I mean "slingshot" made the cornering much more fun to time and tackle.
A few tidbits: Before Daytona USA only Bill Elliott's Nascar Challenge used the Daytona name, track design and likeness.
So Sega had exclusive rights. It wasn't until Nascar Racing 3 from Papyrus that was fianlly allowed to use Daytona, however they were given the right to design a sim setup to be used at Daytona USA theme park.
EA sports was finally able to incorporate the Daytona track in Nascar 2001 and they made it such a big deal
That on the back of the jewel case it was mentioned at least 3 times.
So when can we start talking about the Nascar Silicon Motor Speedway?
Inside Daytona international speedway arcade was 20 of them linked together
Holy shit! Heaven!
Ah I love this game. Fond memories of it as a child in the arcade. I always wanted a good home version and when it came out on Dreamcast I sort of got my wish, but it wasn't perfect. Then, the X360/PS3 version happened and I was ecstatic. Every February, on Daytona weekend, I fire it up. Put the game on "Endurance" mode (80 laps) with Tire Wear on and select Three Seven Speedway... and ROLLLINGGGG STARRRRRTTTT! THE GREEN FLAG IS OUT AND THEY ARE UNDER WAY!
I attended races at Riverside Park Speedway every weekend in the 90’s. The arcade was close to the track. I played it often. During rain delays, you would have about a dozen drivers there playing.
Daytonaaaaaaaaaa
Everytime I see any very version of daytona usa you bet your sweet cash I'm playing it
Believe it or not. Daytona USA was the game that brought Nascar to my attention. Without this game, I'm not sure if I would've known much about Nascar.
Omg... my favorite. The memories.
The intro song should play every intro to the broadcast for the irl 500
Loved this game as a kid. Would always play it at the Pool Room in Dawsonville whenever we went. What was better was we were content “playing” without putting money in. Then my uncle threw in some coins and we were blown away! My mom was dissapointed at my uncle for that move.
I've gotten to play Daytona USA on an original simulator cabinet. No other version of 777 Speedway quite compares. No port really captured the magic of the arcade version.
OMG I loved that game. Some of the most fun I had in arcades as a kid. Id kill to have one of those units in my garage.
Hi - Last year I picked up a DX twin Daytona USA 2 with cabin car and got one working. I like the game but nothing crazy. Just a few days ago I scored on a Daytona USA twin and got one working already. I am hooked and been playing for days none stop! Sound, gameplay and everything you do affects outcome. Awesome!
Who else here wants to see Stewart-Haas or another team do a Hornet throwback for Darlington?!
It wasn't a Chuck E Cheese but it was the same kind of establishment. Little kid games and an arcade. My dad took me to that place many times when I was little and one of my favorite games to play was this. When I was a kid I was absolutely crazy for NASCAR and would use up over half of my tokens playing it over and over again. I was really upset when one day we went there the cabinet was gone. I think I actually cried. So yes, this has a bit of nostalgia for me. Although I was kind of sad you couldn't play as other cars.
Even here in Brazil this game is legendary!
I got a history on this game in the two seating arcade machine: i broke the shifter of the machine racing with a friend! Lol
The employees of the mall weren't not amused 😆
this just gave me ptsd 😭 i can’t remember the last time i heard that beautiful DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
When you were going over the franchise, I believe you forgot to mention Daytona USA 2 which was released in 1998. It has a different attitude but it's still the same game.
RIP Daytona USA xbla you will be missed.
I totally agree with you Darian that SHR should do a throwback to this 41 car
I played this game in a movie theater that had an arcade portion, It was really good, although I struggled controlling the car 😂
The music of this game is simple incredible
I’ve been playing “DAYYYYYTOOONNNNNAAA” ever since the clash
Best song from one of the best games
What a great nostalgia trip! Words cant describe how exciting it was to race one of those 8 seater arcades...Crowds would gather! Great times. Thanks for the memories!
And there's the Daytona USA 2001 on the Dreamcast too, it was amazing with tons of new features
When comes about the Saturn ports, the japanese Daytona CE edition is by far the best one and it's an improved version of the already good Championship Circuit for USA and Europe. While doesn't run like the arcade, that version feature 2 new circuits and a new soundtrack. But most importantly, runs way better than the original Saturn's Daytona USA. Really worthy to check in a emulator.
The PC version of the Championship Circuit Edition feat an exclusive track too but I never tried it.
Fun fact: the man behind the OST of the original Daytona USA was Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, one of the most well known musicians from Sega. I always loved his work in the J.League Victory Goal series.
That game does have the most iconic theme song for a racing game
You did the PS3/Xbox 360 port dirty.
Absolutely flawless port, with nicer colors and a stable 60fps, along with a bunch of other goodies included.
i don’t even like racing that much and daytona is still stuck in my head, from playing it years ago
3:25 I heard some music of someone saying something when I first saw a gameplay of this just an hour or so ago. I'm interested in playing this game since it's going to go off of the Xbox 360 store and I wanted to learn more about the series. I now see this scene and I think it has changed my life for the better. Actually hearing the person sing and the music really is an experience hearing it for the first time!
Daytona USA and Virtua Racing are both games with so much depth in the driving mechanics. They're unrealistic sure, but still very demanding, requiring a lot of skill and practice to be good at. In my opinion, the fact that the Virtua Formula and the Hornet handle so differently emphasizes that Sega AM2 wanted to capture the essence of the motorsports they were adapting, while also injecting arcade whimsy and fun to make the experience more accessible. It's my favorite kind of Arcade racer, the car handling is unrealistic, wild, and fast, but it still manages to capture that feeling of pushing a car right up to its limit that is so often lost with unrealistic handling models, and if you push your car too far, you are get punished for it. A spin or crash can very easily ruin your race. It's a crying shame there aren't more games like them.
I actually enjoyed playing it on my Sega Saturn. I was only like 7 at the time so it wasn't hard to please me I guess. At the time I thought it was cool to do an 80 lap race on the oval and not have to worry about the time limit
Stewart-Haas should work with Sega to use Hornet livery for this year's Southern 500
Daytona Championship USA was originally going to be named Daytona USA 3 (based on the early logo) before they dropped the 3. The attract music and "Let's Go Away!" songs composed for DCU are INSTANT classics though!
Man this brings back memories. When I first saw it, it was like real life. Compared to the other sit in car games, this was something else. It has force feedback! I felt like I was driving a real car! Even now, at 45, of I go past an arcade and see this, straight away I’ll be in it powersliding around Daytona! Man, this game was really something else.
It was called "Virtua Racing", not "Virtual Racing".
Licensing the Daytona USA name did not grant them the license to the Daytona International Speedway track. This is why the 777 Speedway in Daytona USA looks exactly like Daytona but with fantasy elements. They only ended up finally licencing the Daytona International Speedway for Daytona USA 3. Daytona USA was *not* a flop on Saturn, it was one of the highest selling games on it, especially in the US.
Best soundtrack ever
Sounds like a metal "The Police"
I grew up in daytona beach and they had an 8 player one in the arcade of section in this local water park. Also when we got a Dave and Busters here in daytona a few years ago they put this game in there too
Lol i still remember this game
So many memories behind those wheels
Some NASCAR Driver should run a Throwback to the 41 Car in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington, that's a good idea!!!
The 8 seat cabinet was an important part of my 21st birthday
DAYTONAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Galloping Ghost Arcade, located in Brookfield, Illinois has one of the stand up single cabinets.
Sooooo I've seen just a single cabinet of Daytona USA here in St Louis as a kid... Spent probably $200 on it during my childhood playing it, but I was one of the only ones playing it
Daytona USA is a total classic arcade game i still love to play this game today and i don’t care of the quality
DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYTOOOONAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
What an iconic game... I remember this being in Zap Zone during the 2000s...
Whenever I go to Dave & Busters, I play Daytona. I suck at it but its still a classic I enjoy
I used to play that game at foxwoods casino for possibly 5 hours each time while my dad gambled and I got it memorized the locations of every car on every lap and knew how to be in the right spot every lap. Plus down shifting to 3rd in turn four. I'm not confident at much in like but I know I can beat any person on the plant still. Haha it was a great game
Played on an 8 seat setup in Seattle. Awesome.
In truth, I'd love to see a one and a quarter mile racetrack based on the Daytona USA beginner track. One big banked curve and two flatter curves.
YES FUCKING YES I AM SO HAPPY A NASCAR RUclipsR IS COVERING THIS GAME
I got to play the 8 player Cabinet back in the 90s I remember when someone left. people Sprint to that spot to play daytona
The image of the arcade rom is so bright to compensate for the CRT monitors it was displayed on.
Those of us into the early Papyrus sims hated this game as Sega had the exclusive license so Daytona wasnt in NASCAR SimRacing.
But it was fun af at the arcade!
An 8 seat Daytona USA Machine... Pog!
One year later, Sega made an Indy 500. That was my bag.
As a kid I followed NASCAR much more closely than CART/IRL, but I preferred the Indy 500 game to the Daytona 500 game. Don't get me wrong, I loved both games. But if an arcade had both games, I would be headed to the virtual Brickyard!
If we get a Preece Hornet 41, that car would sell out for the next five years like Johnson’s Petty/Earnhardt car
The arcade version released in Australia did not play the "Daytona" theme song, it just ran though the various screens without music.
If SHR has a Hornet painted car for throwback weekend, it will be the racing event of the year
I love how this video starts with *DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-*
Literally just played this game for the first time in a very long time at Dave and Busters in White Marsh MD. So many memories!
“Let’s go to race!”
I played hooky from school when my older brother bought a Sega dream cast. Also I have it on my Xbox series x
I hope they play the daytona usa theme during driver introductions
Every last quarter or dollar I've spent on this game over 2 decades all feels worth every cent as being well invested
I'm gonna fly SKY HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-
(car flips into the fence)
I played Daytona a lot in the arcades and also had it on sega saturn, tbh i didnt think it was that bad, it was pretty good for a home release at the time i still enjoyed it a lot
I remember when this came out they did a traveling exhibition with a massive number of cabinets that stopped at our local science center. I forget how many it was exactly but I know it was more than 8. People were lined up for it like it was a newly built roller coaster.
Always loved this game, too bad is a pain in the butt to make it work on PC, but in the arcades it ran smooth as silk
Ahhh the memories. I played the crap out of this game on Sega saturn.
I can't see Daytona without saying DAYTONAAAAAAAA
Multiplayer experience at its peak
Always loved the 2nd game