10 years ago, i bought me a SEGA Lindbergh (yellow) just so i can play Virtua Fighter 5 R at home. It had a multiboot hack on it and also came with SEGA Race TV, R-Tuned and OutRun 2 SP. As a hardcore SEGA fan, i don't have to explain how HAPPY i was to play these amazing arcade games on real arcade hardware at home! 🥰
Fully agreed - this is the best Arcade Racer ever made! I recently got myself an Outrun 2 SP cab (originally a Scud Race cab that was converted to Lindbergh) and it doesnt get any better than that!
Yep totally agree. With all the 'tweaks' this game runs perfectly on my steam deck docked in 4k on my tv. The version I play is for the PC and its Outrun 2006CTC and is has all 30 tracks (15 from Outrun 2 and 15 from Outrun 2 SP) and yes it's perfection.
@@VideoGameEsoterica And even better since I downloaded the 'Quality of life' patch/mod you told us about a few months back. Thanks for that, it plays so much better now.
@@zbarsky You're comparing a home version (OR2006) to its arcade counterpart (OR2). That's how 99% of home ports of arcade games where designed, going all the way back to the 80's. Arcade versions were always harder because that's how the companies made their money, by making you constantly put money in to the machine. Home versions were designed to be more forgiving because 'easier' games actually have higher replay value i.e. less frustration = you play the game more. Find any game that has both an arcade and home version. Go into the arcade games test menu (bios) and turn the difficulty all the way up, now compare that to the home version, again with the difficulty as high as it can go. The arcade version will be far harder than the home version. That's also why you would see a lot of the Japanese SHMUP arcade games when they were released on the Saturn/Playstation, they had an 'Arcade mode' This would sometimes put the game in TATE mode, but would always increase the difficulty to replicate the arcade difficulty.
Outrun 2's visuals and gameplay are top-tier. Audio is the one thing that I think other Sega racers do better. Daytona 1 & 2, Sega Rally, Super Hang-On and Outrun 1 have such iconic and original sounds. Outrun 2 has remixes of the classic Outrun tunes, which imo were remixed better in the Saturn Outrun port. I'd call the three new tunes in Outrun 2 serviceable.
YES! Pure fun! I have a 3 racer LAN setup, outrun2 sp is the most played game on it! Fun little trick i found is you can replace the music files to your own custom tunes. You just need to save your music as ADX files and replace the files in the jennifer/data folder.
seriously I rate the controls 0-10, the amount of deadzone is crazy to the point of hackers having to fix it in the PC version themselves (Feel The Road mod), the rest is good tho
Outrun 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and it runs great on Tekno Parrot, thanks for covering it. I agree it is Sega's best arcade game, and having tried them all the Sega Linberg/Tekno Parrot version is the best.
One of my favorite things here is that it's Intel Pentium 4 for the CPU, Nvidia for the GPU, and there are AMD billboards in the game. Your enthusiasm for the game is clear from the video and is infectious. A lot of what you say also applies to the original which is a ton of fun for the five minutes a full run lasts. I've always thought the handling in the original was really good and way better than any other 2D racer of that type. It feels to me how a road car would. While they went with the drifting mechanic in OutRun 2, it sounds like they nailed the handling they wanted as well which is so important for a good racing game, realistic or arcade style.
Outside of the occasional Kart racer, where you have to play over and over to progress or unlock tracks and characters, OutRun 2 is easily my most played racing game ever. Honestly, I can't think of another racing game that even comes close, this game has been the one to beat since it was released, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
I only know of a handful Perfect games, like Tetris Grand Master, Ikaruga and Pacman CE. But I can see the best version of Outrun 2 joining that list, perhaps
it's definitely not extinct though, the UK alone went from four or five left in public this year to about eight thanks to several new setups popping up at locations that sega amusements supply
@@VideoGameEsoterica I've seen one deluxe four-player cab and lots of two-player SP cabs. Not too many Chihiro cabs left as it's a notoriously delicate board.
Love the outrun series, I was saying over on a PCN livestream the leap the original made in the arcades back in the early 80's is still something I remember being in awe of and probably why I have such a like for all things outrun, i love the arcade driving cabinets, I still own an upright Virtua racing cab and have almost every outrun game on each console they came out on, I also love the "cannonball" updated pc version (been playing it on my rg405v this morning). One thing of note though I'm not sure if it's the video or your playing it on emulation but there is definitely slow down in the video, 10:31 to be precise. :).
A lot of games from this era have aged poorly but OutRun2 has this perfect blend of realism and stylized aesthetics that keeps it timelessly beautiful, like a classic automobile.
Part of me would love to see a third outing of Outrun, but I feel Outrun 2 set the bar so high, that I can't help but worry that Outrun 3 just wouldn't live up to the standard of quality that its distinguished predecessor has set.
This game's release date killed it. In 2006 folks were in any other stile than arcade point to point race... we were playing majorly Mario Kart clones, GT-likes, Underground 2 copies and, in way smaller groups, doing some PC simulators. If this game were released during 1994-1995 or after 2018 (specially after 2018) it would have being a success...probably not a console seller, but probably a comfortable million+ hit outselling games as Horizon Chase Turbo among nostalgia dudes.
Thankfully the game had (excellent) console ports by Sumo Digital, they even released the game on PS3 and 360 digitally but sadly both versions are no longer available (you can still find the ISOs on the internet though).
for almost 15 years you cant buy o2 in any form :( my dream is an outrun compilation on disc..... and a daytona compilation.... from nightdive studios! NOT sega!!!!! :(
My fav arcade racer of all time! Thank goodness for TeknoParrot for bringing the arcade version to PC years before C2C was properly modded. I know it might be heresy, but I got even more out of this game when I replaced some of the songs with "outrun" synth music like Lazerhawk, MN1984, etc. Gotta stick drift to beat the 15 stage mode!
Outrun 2 is fantastic, and you couldn't ask for a better sequel to the classic original... but when you mention "zone out" arcade racers... I gotta hand it to Ridge Racer 4. One of the greatest soundtracks in gaming history imo. R4 needs a modern gen remaster
@@VideoGameEsoterica I had won the set in auction for $300 from Malibu Grand Prix here in Tampa. I had them at my Mother's house and I had the roof damaged in the room I had planned to move them to. She was planning on selling her house and I never got around to picking them up or moving them. So she gutted the machines and all the parts and sold them on Ebay. Then took the hulls and threw them in the swamp on her property.
Yes I have been playing outrun 2 in the arcade and of course when it released on OG Xbox. Me and my friends have been playing 8 player lan on Xbox and it is rivaled to the Daytona USA 8 player sit down in the arcades. The only thing that would make the arcade linberg version would be to have the Euro Mix Version of the three iconic songs. I love the original soundtrack but the “Euro mix” imo sounds much much better and has a way of pumping up the adrenaline in the race. Try and listen to the euro mix version and race in outrun 2😊.
I agree with everything you said, Outrun 2 is a perfect game, it sits just above type 4 for me. I think the reason we haven't seen Outrun 3 is because of licensing, I mean it's the same reason we have not had anymore re-releases of this awesome game, SEGA should still make some kind of effort for a new racer though, if they are bringing back their old classic IP's they need a racer in there some where.
@@VideoGameEsoterica Now that's an interesting thought. OutRun without Ferraris. I don't know that I *wouldn't* care, but I think I'd rather have OR3 without Ferrari than no OR3.
I should check out the emulation of this Been enjoying the PS2, Xbox and the HD version in the PS3 I actually enjoy playing this with an arcade stick 😂
I adore OR2 as well, but my fave racers have to be NFS:Underground 1&2, I know they are not quite the same thing in terms of classic arcade racers, but nothing has made me feel the sense of speed and being on the road as NFSU, that said, I would hate to lose either one of them. My fave version of OR2, is the Japanese version on the OGXB, which I like to emulate in 1440p on my Sony CRT monitor, along with DSD audio.
I absolutely LOVE all Outrun 2 SP versions. I still play the PC version (2006) all the time. I still haven't had a chance to try the new community updates for it. Kinda makes me want to grab a Lindbergh! I've had my eye on them for a bit, but never actually picked one up. Still holding out hope that I can grab a Superscaler game at some point, so I haven't bought any Sega arcade games yet. :D People always make fun of me for playing this game so much, and like to cite all their more SIM-y and modern pseudo-arcade style racers, but as you just stated, this one just makes you feel like you're actually racing. Most other racing games don't. I always respond with, "your xxxx racing sim feels nothing like me driving my '99 Carrera" so I'll go back to Outrun. :D (minus all the drifting (I only drift my car when it's raining at low speeds. Takes a lot to break it loose when it's dry.. :D ))
I've been having a lot of races online with Teknoparrot. It's great now that the rubber banding has been turned off. Rather than Outrun 3 I'd like Outrun 2.2. Exactly the same but with 15 more tracks. I wouldn't change, alter or upgrade anything over Outrun 2SP. A couple of things not in the review. Slipstreaming is key in SP, and you are way better off playing with manual gears. Drifting is exactly the same as automatic, but instead of tapping break you just flick down a gear and back up for a split second. You lose less speed.
another thing, is that Sonic racing transformed isnt in arcade but I'd argue its comparably as good, doing pure arcade races, still sega, similar drift, but far more repayable
What a game! I wish they'd remaster it! It just has that fluidity and gives summer vibes, like you're in real life! Do you think Outrun will ever come back?
only discovered this a few years back and i hated it for a long time because i didn't 'get' the handling and thought it was crap compared to ridge racer, but one day i retried it and it clicked, now it's a real favorite. Just like Konami's seminal 1990 hit Over Drive.. you know, you should cover that some time..
While I love me some OutRun, there were 1-2 full frame skips at 1:34 in this video. Not sure if that's from the programming or hardware it's running on.
Outrun2 is just fantastic, I wasn't a big fun of the OG but the 2nd game is just pure joy! I know the arcade games are a dying genre but the unforgivable thing SEGA did is neglecting these arcade franchises and the studios they made them! SEGA is just not the same to me without AM2 and Hitmaker games! Who in their right mind put AM2 to just niche arcade games for just the Japanese market!?!
I love Outrun 2, it's the first 3D sega arcade racer which actually played well. All 3D sega racing games before this handled awfully, no idea why Daytona, Sega Rally, Scud Race and F355 Challenge were so popular in their day. None of them played well compared to the likes of Ridge Racer, Rave racer, Dirt Dash, etc, but Outrun 2 is where they first started getting the feel right.
@VideoGameEsoterica cars drifting on their own as soon as you start turning, rather than initiating it yourself? Scripted crash animations rather than it actually reacting properly to making contact with other cars? Both of which were a staple for early 3D sega racing games, all garbage as a result. 🙂 Outrun 2 still had the shitty crash animations, but at least sega learned and it handled properly for a change. It's by far my favourite sega arcade game, but only because the rest were so bad. Still much happier playing one of Namco's offerings.
No one knows SEGA has been sued for Intellectual property infringement because the game we know as "OutRun 2" is a stylish knock off from a prototype made by a defunct indie studio. SEGA waited for that studio to go bankrupt and then decided to essentially copy 85% of the gameplay and style while wrapping it in a nicer looking nicer finished SEGA game in the end. Like you OutRun 2 is still one of my favorite game and it's gameplay never gets old 🚗💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
agreed 10/10 on all fronts And you know what is even better? an 8 port network switch 8 network cables 8 tv's or monitors 8 xboxes 8 Japanese version outrun2 installed on it have at least 7 friends over Make history And absolutely no excuses. Just make it happen. you can hook up an xbox to any monitor tv 15khz 31khz , hdmi you can even yse 360's (I only tested with 8 og xbox though) I am still shocked that so few people have this set up.
@@nattila7713 you have to do it yourself xbox are 20, monitors are on the side of the road everywhere,. So for 100 you'de have the xboxes. perhaps 10-20 fo the network switch. The monotirs/tv's you can get for free
the 40th anniversary... and that makes me feel oh so very very old... isn't too far away, so we can still hope and if not then there's always the 50th anniversary if world war 3 hasn't wiped us out
It’s the water wars that will get us haha. And I live on the shores of one of the world’s largest lakes. I could hit a driver and an iron and have a golf ball floating 🤣
I must agree that this game is really awesome. In my PC the framerate speeds up considerably from time to time, even when using DgVoodoo as wrapper. I wanna point out however that in your review you didn't even mention the songs "Risky RIde" and "Shinny World". That's horrible and innacceptable. 😂😂😂
I can think of a negative. SEGA's insistence on the Ferrari license keeps this thing from being released, updated, follow up. It's the Achilles' heel. If they would just get over that minor, unimportant, detail....
did you say it was running on a Pentium with an nVidia chip? I always thought it was amusing playing the game on OGxbox (pentium chip) and seeing all the AMD billboards, but it's even funnier if the arcade board was pentium based as well 🤣
Two minutes??? -More like twenty. OutRun 2 is easily best game on XBOX if you ask me. I still get depressed when thinking of OutRun Online Arcade that availability was removed completedly on XBOX 360 & PS3.
i wish we get arcade footage "in the background" how it actually looked back then... and not this cheap upscaled footage :/ whats next? 4k saturn? 2xSAL filtered snes? :( pleeeease...... ;)
Amazing game no doubt but calling "the Best Arcade Game Ever Made by Sega"? All its about perspective, for me Sega Rally 2 is the best, better of any version of OutRun 2, another guy could said that is Daytona 2 or the OG Daytona how knows, the only thing that everyone will be agreed is that SEGA WAS THE KING of arcade racing games since ever
2 minutes! Sir! How dare you!? I can do it in a minute flat. The rest of you are just too slow. I love playing OutRun 2 on PSP. A third entry would be wonderful. Until then, I'll just play the extra track on Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Transformed. Not the same thing, but it feels new.
10 years ago, i bought me a SEGA Lindbergh (yellow) just so i can play Virtua Fighter 5 R at home. It had a multiboot hack on it and also came with SEGA Race TV, R-Tuned and OutRun 2 SP. As a hardcore SEGA fan, i don't have to explain how HAPPY i was to play these amazing arcade games on real arcade hardware at home! 🥰
Haha yeah that would make and Sega fan happy
@@OtakuSpielplatz holy smokes!!
That's one amazing arcade experience!! 🤯
That's the DREAM!!!
Sounds expensive! What kind if controls did you use for the racing games?
Fully agreed - this is the best Arcade Racer ever made!
I recently got myself an Outrun 2 SP cab (originally a Scud Race cab that was converted to Lindbergh) and it doesnt get any better than that!
Fun cab to have!
Sega racing games are so legendary that they stand the test of time!
Hasn’t aged a day
Yep totally agree. With all the 'tweaks' this game runs perfectly on my steam deck docked in 4k on my tv. The version I play is for the PC and its Outrun 2006CTC and is has all 30 tracks (15 from Outrun 2 and 15 from Outrun 2 SP) and yes it's perfection.
It’s been amazing for almost two decades now
@@VideoGameEsoterica And even better since I downloaded the 'Quality of life' patch/mod you told us about a few months back. Thanks for that, it plays so much better now.
Glad you found them useful!
The problem with Outrun 2006 is that it is too easy compared to the Lindhberg version.
@@zbarsky You're comparing a home version (OR2006) to its arcade counterpart (OR2). That's how 99% of home ports of arcade games where designed, going all the way back to the 80's. Arcade versions were always harder because that's how the companies made their money, by making you constantly put money in to the machine. Home versions were designed to be more forgiving because 'easier' games actually have higher replay value i.e. less frustration = you play the game more. Find any game that has both an arcade and home version. Go into the arcade games test menu (bios) and turn the difficulty all the way up, now compare that to the home version, again with the difficulty as high as it can go. The arcade version will be far harder than the home version. That's also why you would see a lot of the Japanese SHMUP arcade games when they were released on the Saturn/Playstation, they had an 'Arcade mode' This would sometimes put the game in TATE mode, but would always increase the difficulty to replicate the arcade difficulty.
this game had no peer graphically at the time. just stunning. in fact it hasn't age a day. still looks just gorgeous.
Yes if you released this today it would get a 7/10 in the graphics. A decade and a half later
The 'Sega Perfect day look' (TM) will never look bad.
They did blue skies better than anyone
Outrun 2 is awesome. Thanks for the reminder. I definitely need to play it over the Christmas holidays.
You 100% need to play it haha
Still a fantastic looking and playing game even after all these years
It’s a good today as the day it released
@ It surely is. I also still play it every now and again, the drifting is just so addictive
i love this game, have it on og xbox and ps2! i think the real reason we haven't had a outrun 3 is because this was so good
Hard to beat it with a new game
Outrun 2's visuals and gameplay are top-tier. Audio is the one thing that I think other Sega racers do better. Daytona 1 & 2, Sega Rally, Super Hang-On and Outrun 1 have such iconic and original sounds. Outrun 2 has remixes of the classic Outrun tunes, which imo were remixed better in the Saturn Outrun port. I'd call the three new tunes in Outrun 2 serviceable.
Daytona probably has the most iconic music it’s true
It's actually one of the few arcade games that I regularly come across in the wild and I always chuck a few quid in it.
When you see OutRun 2 you play OutRun 2. Those are the laws
YES! Pure fun! I have a 3 racer LAN setup, outrun2 sp is the most played game on it! Fun little trick i found is you can replace the music files to your own custom tunes. You just need to save your music as ADX files and replace the files in the jennifer/data folder.
Awesome setup to have
SEGA at its finest. The graphics, controls, gameplay and music are 10/10.
10s across the board
seriously I rate the controls 0-10, the amount of deadzone is crazy to the point of hackers having to fix it in the PC version themselves (Feel The Road mod), the rest is good tho
That’s just a modern OS bug
@@VideoGameEsoterica problem exists in the arcade too tho.
Its a great game besides this
I love the transition to nighttime and driving by the Shuttle. An Outrun 3 should have a stage where you drive by Starship launching and landing.
I’d love to see it!
Outrun 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and it runs great on Tekno Parrot, thanks for covering it. I agree it is Sega's best arcade game, and having tried them all the Sega Linberg/Tekno Parrot version is the best.
It’s def at the top of my list obviously haha
So the Sega Linberg version IS the Tekno Parrot version? Thx.
@DaveMunsie correct
@@VideoGameEsoterica Thx!
👍
One of my favorite things here is that it's Intel Pentium 4 for the CPU, Nvidia for the GPU, and there are AMD billboards in the game. Your enthusiasm for the game is clear from the video and is infectious. A lot of what you say also applies to the original which is a ton of fun for the five minutes a full run lasts. I've always thought the handling in the original was really good and way better than any other 2D racer of that type. It feels to me how a road car would. While they went with the drifting mechanic in OutRun 2, it sounds like they nailed the handling they wanted as well which is so important for a good racing game, realistic or arcade style.
Haha probably had to leave the AMD billboards in due to licensing. Would be my guess
Outside of the occasional Kart racer, where you have to play over and over to progress or unlock tracks and characters, OutRun 2 is easily my most played racing game ever. Honestly, I can't think of another racing game that even comes close, this game has been the one to beat since it was released, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
I haven’t played anything that can dethrone it yet
I only know of a handful Perfect games, like Tetris Grand Master, Ikaruga and Pacman CE. But I can see the best version of Outrun 2 joining that list, perhaps
Tetris Grand Master is a hit too
Yakuza 5 had an outrun plotline, as you work a taxi job. It's cool.
I want an OutRun 3 with Yakuza included. Set it in Japan. Million unit seller haha
I play the 360 outrun online arcade at least once a week. Same with after burner climax. Sega is king of the quick pick up and play arcade genre.
It’s just ten minutes of pure arcade fun
it's definitely not extinct though, the UK alone went from four or five left in public this year to about eight thanks to several new setups popping up at locations that sega amusements supply
I've also noticed them cropping up around the UK. Does SA still sell new cabinets?
Maybe a new influx hit? Good to hear!
We talking the standard cab or the giant cab?
@@VideoGameEsoterica I've seen one deluxe four-player cab and lots of two-player SP cabs. Not too many Chihiro cabs left as it's a notoriously delicate board.
Fun to hear they are out there!
That Milky Way track was awesome
One of my favs
@@VideoGameEsotericathe hardest one.... :)
I'd love to see a boat racing game in the spirit of outrun 2.
Call it OutBoard!
Lol that would be great.
I’d play it for sure
Love the outrun series, I was saying over on a PCN livestream the leap the original made in the arcades back in the early 80's is still something I remember being in awe of and probably why I have such a like for all things outrun, i love the arcade driving cabinets, I still own an upright Virtua racing cab and have almost every outrun game on each console they came out on, I also love the "cannonball" updated pc version (been playing it on my rg405v this morning). One thing of note though I'm not sure if it's the video or your playing it on emulation but there is definitely slow down in the video, 10:31 to be precise. :).
It was a massive upgrade over the 2D games
A lot of games from this era have aged poorly but OutRun2 has this perfect blend of realism and stylized aesthetics that keeps it timelessly beautiful, like a classic automobile.
It’ll continue to age well too
Good gameplay and good art/music never ages badly, on the contrary, it gets better with age, especially in context with today's vid game market.
Outrun 2 is at the top of the list, followed closely by F-Zero GX (also programmed by Sega).
The top arcade racers all have the Sega logo on them
Was playing Outrun 2 the other day VGE. Still a great looking game to this day bro. 8^)
Truly one of the best
Part of me would love to see a third outing of Outrun, but I feel Outrun 2 set the bar so high, that I can't help but worry that Outrun 3 just wouldn't live up to the standard of quality that its distinguished predecessor has set.
I’d still love to see them try. We need OutRun 3 and VF 6
This game's release date killed it. In 2006 folks were in any other stile than arcade point to point race... we were playing majorly Mario Kart clones, GT-likes, Underground 2 copies and, in way smaller groups, doing some PC simulators.
If this game were released during 1994-1995 or after 2018 (specially after 2018) it would have being a success...probably not a console seller, but probably a comfortable million+ hit outselling games as Horizon Chase Turbo among nostalgia dudes.
Thankfully the game had (excellent) console ports by Sumo Digital, they even released the game on PS3 and 360 digitally but sadly both versions are no longer available (you can still find the ISOs on the internet though).
Maybe not the best timing but it still did sales
One of the few games I give 11/10
The elusive S tier game
One of the best games ever made.
Clearly I agree haha
I'm so sad Outrun 2006 still doesn't have a proper modern port. I need it. #1 Sega modern version I'd want to see!!
It is a huge omission
for almost 15 years you cant buy o2 in any form :( my dream is an outrun compilation on disc..... and a daytona compilation.... from nightdive studios! NOT sega!!!!! :(
@nattila7713 it’s a bummer
Outrun online arcade on ps3 goes alright
The game is easy to find and it looks wonderful with Outrun 2006 Tweaks. No force feedback though, sadly.
That look really good.
So good
My fav arcade racer of all time! Thank goodness for TeknoParrot for bringing the arcade version to PC years before C2C was properly modded. I know it might be heresy, but I got even more out of this game when I replaced some of the songs with "outrun" synth music like Lazerhawk, MN1984, etc.
Gotta stick drift to beat the 15 stage mode!
It’s nice we have so many options on how to play
This, Outrunners and Scud Race I consider the perfect triad of arcade racing
I’d have to put SF Rush in and make it a four title category
no!! :D Outrun and Outrun2. Maybe turbo outrun and outrunners..... ;))
I find myself playing the ps2 version of this a couple times a week lately.
As one should
Sega can make so much money by releasing these 3D Sega classics that have never seen a console port 💵 💰 💷
They seem to be allergic to money
One of my favorite racers ever truly wish they would rerelease this on current consoles in hd 60fps
Probably a licensing nightmare
I recommend the OGXB version (especially the Japanese version), can play it on PC (XEMU) in up to 16K 60FPS.
I’ll be talking about that soonish
I Love Outrun 2 can't wait for an Outrun 3! Someone start a petition! Maybe Sega should do a kick starter to get Ferrari license. Also Love og outrun!
Haha I’d give them cash
I played outrun 2 on my pc a while ago and yeah it is an incredible sequel to the original and I love the original 2
It’s just a 10/10 in every aspect
Outrun 2 is fantastic, and you couldn't ask for a better sequel to the classic original... but when you mention "zone out" arcade racers... I gotta hand it to Ridge Racer 4. One of the greatest soundtracks in gaming history imo. R4 needs a modern gen remaster
Also a 10/10 classic
I used to have Dual Cabinets with the Topper. I wish my Mom didn't gut them and then throw the cabinets into the swamp.
lol wait what??
Mate...that sounds like an actual horror movie!
Haha yes I need to find out what happened
@@VideoGameEsoterica I had won the set in auction for $300 from Malibu Grand Prix here in Tampa. I had them at my Mother's house and I had the roof damaged in the room I had planned to move them to. She was planning on selling her house and I never got around to picking them up or moving them. So she gutted the machines and all the parts and sold them on Ebay. Then took the hulls and threw them in the swamp on her property.
Damn. Breaks my heart
I'd love to see an outrun on psvr2.
No lies detected. Outrun 2 is so, so, sooooo good in every version.
One of the best games ever made whether you count arcade, console or PC
Am2's team and Yu Suzuki's opus magnum!
The finest arcade racing game ever to exist
Yes I have been playing outrun 2 in the arcade and of course when it released on OG Xbox. Me and my friends have been playing 8 player lan on Xbox and it is rivaled to the Daytona USA 8 player sit down in the arcades.
The only thing that would make the arcade linberg version would be to have the Euro Mix Version of the three iconic songs. I love the original soundtrack but the “Euro mix” imo sounds much much better and has a way of pumping up the adrenaline in the race.
Try and listen to the euro mix version and race in outrun 2😊.
It’s interesting how the music differed between versions
Love this game peak arcade racing. Is it as cold in Chicago bro as it is in Minneapolis rn lol
Oh I’m sure the Twin Cities are not warm either
Playing Outrun 2 is pure rapture! 🤩
It doesn’t get better than OutRun 2
I agree with everything you said, Outrun 2 is a perfect game, it sits just above type 4 for me. I think the reason we haven't seen Outrun 3 is because of licensing, I mean it's the same reason we have not had anymore re-releases of this awesome game, SEGA should still make some kind of effort for a new racer though, if they are bringing back their old classic IP's they need a racer in there some where.
Just ditch the Ferraris and give us OutRun 3. Nobody will care
not only that... sega didnt rls other ips either... (on regular consoles, not talking about nintendo mobile which can barely emulate these :( )
@@VideoGameEsoterica Now that's an interesting thought. OutRun without Ferraris. I don't know that I *wouldn't* care, but I think I'd rather have OR3 without Ferrari than no OR3.
I agree!
As one should haha
I should check out the emulation of this
Been enjoying the PS2, Xbox and the HD version in the PS3
I actually enjoy playing this with an arcade stick 😂
Def give it a shot
Split/Second is 1st for me but this is a close 2nd.
Haven’t played that in forever
Best games of this gen:
PS2: VF4
Gamecube: F-zero GX
Xbox: Outrun 2
Sega was on fire with this gen
It was really the end of the golden era for them
@ True
I adore OR2 as well, but my fave racers have to be NFS:Underground 1&2, I know they are not quite the same thing in terms of classic arcade racers, but nothing has made me feel the sense of speed and being on the road as NFSU, that said, I would hate to lose either one of them. My fave version of OR2, is the Japanese version on the OGXB, which I like to emulate in 1440p on my Sony CRT monitor, along with DSD audio.
I feel the same for the OG Thrill Drive
I absolutely LOVE all Outrun 2 SP versions. I still play the PC version (2006) all the time. I still haven't had a chance to try the new community updates for it. Kinda makes me want to grab a Lindbergh! I've had my eye on them for a bit, but never actually picked one up. Still holding out hope that I can grab a Superscaler game at some point, so I haven't bought any Sega arcade games yet. :D
People always make fun of me for playing this game so much, and like to cite all their more SIM-y and modern pseudo-arcade style racers, but as you just stated, this one just makes you feel like you're actually racing. Most other racing games don't. I always respond with, "your xxxx racing sim feels nothing like me driving my '99 Carrera" so I'll go back to Outrun. :D (minus all the drifting (I only drift my car when it's raining at low speeds. Takes a lot to break it loose when it's dry.. :D ))
Gotta try the new updates. So worth it
I've been having a lot of races online with Teknoparrot. It's great now that the rubber banding has been turned off. Rather than Outrun 3 I'd like Outrun 2.2. Exactly the same but with 15 more tracks. I wouldn't change, alter or upgrade anything over Outrun 2SP.
A couple of things not in the review. Slipstreaming is key in SP, and you are way better off playing with manual gears. Drifting is exactly the same as automatic, but instead of tapping break you just flick down a gear and back up for a split second. You lose less speed.
Well 15 more tracks could just be OutRun 3!
yes. 15 more tracks would be a safer bet than o3! agree :)
Yes this game is awesome, for some reason need for speed hot pursuit remastered mechanics feels very similar
Haven’t played that one in forever. I’ll have to
another thing, is that Sonic racing transformed isnt in arcade but I'd argue its comparably as good, doing pure arcade races, still sega, similar drift, but far more repayable
Facts!
The ultimate fact
What a game! I wish they'd remaster it! It just has that fluidity and gives summer vibes, like you're in real life! Do you think Outrun will ever come back?
I hope it comes back but who knows
100% agree Sega are number 1
Always have been’
Agree with you that Outrun has the best drifting for arcade game but I would still rank Ridge Racer 6 and 7 over it overall.
That’s fair. Everyone gets their opinions :)
Sega are king. Outrun games are awesome 👌
The most fun you can have in an arcade racing game IMO
only discovered this a few years back and i hated it for a long time because i didn't 'get' the handling and thought it was crap compared to ridge racer, but one day i retried it and it clicked, now it's a real favorite. Just like Konami's seminal 1990 hit Over Drive.. you know, you should cover that some time..
Once you get the drift down you mention Over Drive 🤣
OutRun2 SP Special Tours for PS2
Another fun version
Outrun 2 is imo the best arcade racer ever!
Clearly I agree haha
I have trouble getting it to even boot in Tekno Parrot
I have the PC version with patches though
Odd it won’t boot
I know it's a weirdly named file put I boot or try to and nothing.
While I love me some OutRun, there were 1-2 full frame skips at 1:34 in this video. Not sure if that's from the programming or hardware it's running on.
It skips as you go over the hill and it's loading the environment on the other side.
Just a small loading hitch perhaps
Outrun2 is just fantastic, I wasn't a big fun of the OG but the 2nd game is just pure joy!
I know the arcade games are a dying genre but the unforgivable thing SEGA did is neglecting these arcade franchises and the studios they made them! SEGA is just not the same to me without AM2 and Hitmaker games! Who in their right mind put AM2 to just niche arcade games for just the Japanese market!?!
For me there really isn’t a bad arcade OutRun
Anyone think Sega still has it in them to make something close to this today?
I like to think so
How does SDX graphically differ from the other versions?
Slightly more impressive visuals and a bit poppier gamma
How do the XBOX and PS2 home versions compare?
Both great ports but compared to this they don’t look or perform as well
I love Outrun 2, it's the first 3D sega arcade racer which actually played well. All 3D sega racing games before this handled awfully, no idea why Daytona, Sega Rally, Scud Race and F355 Challenge were so popular in their day. None of them played well compared to the likes of Ridge Racer, Rave racer, Dirt Dash, etc, but Outrun 2 is where they first started getting the feel right.
What?? That’s crazy talk lol
@VideoGameEsoterica cars drifting on their own as soon as you start turning, rather than initiating it yourself? Scripted crash animations rather than it actually reacting properly to making contact with other cars? Both of which were a staple for early 3D sega racing games, all garbage as a result. 🙂
Outrun 2 still had the shitty crash animations, but at least sega learned and it handled properly for a change. It's by far my favourite sega arcade game, but only because the rest were so bad. Still much happier playing one of Namco's offerings.
It's a shame that this revision of OutRun 2 never got ported to consoles...
Maybe one day
It's called Outrun 2 Arcade online (PS360)
Outrun 2006 is this plus other stuff.
No one knows SEGA has been sued for Intellectual property infringement because the game we know as "OutRun 2" is a stylish knock off from a prototype made by a defunct indie studio.
SEGA waited for that studio to go bankrupt and then decided to essentially copy 85% of the gameplay and style while wrapping it in a nicer looking nicer finished SEGA game in the end.
Like you OutRun 2 is still one of my favorite game and it's gameplay never gets old 🚗💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
We may get it in a Yakuza game someday..
Fingers crossed
doesn't count
How do u play this in Teknoparrot or cbxr chiro ?
I’ll do a tutorial soon
agreed 10/10 on all fronts
And you know what is even better?
an 8 port network switch
8 network cables
8 tv's or monitors
8 xboxes
8 Japanese version outrun2 installed on it
have at least 7 friends over
Make history
And absolutely no excuses. Just make it happen. you can hook up an xbox to any monitor tv
15khz 31khz , hdmi
you can even yse 360's (I only tested with 8 og xbox though)
I am still shocked that so few people have this set up.
I need seven friends though
I wish I knew 5 others to join me in such a project :) I have 3 setups and 2 friends who would join.... so I am ready!
@@nattila7713 you have to do it yourself
xbox are 20, monitors are on the side of the road everywhere,. So for 100 you'de have the xboxes. perhaps 10-20 fo the network switch. The monotirs/tv's you can get for free
the 40th anniversary... and that makes me feel oh so very very old... isn't too far away, so we can still hope
and if not then there's always the 50th anniversary if world war 3 hasn't wiped us out
It’s the water wars that will get us haha. And I live on the shores of one of the world’s largest lakes. I could hit a driver and an iron and have a golf ball floating 🤣
I must agree that this game is really awesome. In my PC the framerate speeds up considerably from time to time, even when using DgVoodoo as wrapper. I wanna point out however that in your review you didn't even mention the songs "Risky RIde" and "Shinny World". That's horrible and innacceptable. 😂😂😂
Haha can’t mention them all
is the PS3 version on par with the arcade version?
Arcade is still the best
@@VideoGameEsotericait is fun to link up multiple ps3s though and play multiplayer. I play 3 player with all my friends with Logitech ffb wheels.
The only complaint I have, and I know a lot will disagree here, is the drifting. I'm just not too into that style of play.
That’s fair. Everyone gets their opinion. But yet I think most would def disagree haha
Are you playing this on PC? I still own 2 physical copies of the Xbox Outrun games. I was obsessed with the game back in the day.
PC. I have it on Xbox as well
Arcade perfection *mwa* 😘👌
Chefs kiss level of good
I can think of a negative.
SEGA's insistence on the Ferrari license keeps this thing from being released, updated, follow up. It's the Achilles' heel. If they would just get over that minor, unimportant, detail....
Business negative not design negative but yes it hampers the series
@@VideoGameEsoterica Fair
did you say it was running on a Pentium with an nVidia chip? I always thought it was amusing playing the game on OGxbox (pentium chip) and seeing all the AMD billboards, but it's even funnier if the arcade board was pentium based as well 🤣
Lindberg was diff
this game is so old by now but i don't even consider it a retro game, it's just one of my all-time classics!
It’s wild to think how old it really is
nah best racing ost is Sonic R for second place Sega touing
Haha oh really?
a flaw is that it's too easy, and so, has less replicability than Outrun original
I think the difficulty is spot on and you can def make it harder
So I guess theses games are not on Xbox series ps5 or Steam
They are not
Two minutes???
-More like twenty.
OutRun 2 is easily best game on XBOX if you ask me.
I still get depressed when thinking of OutRun Online Arcade that availability was removed completedly on XBOX 360 & PS3.
Twenty? Seconds?
i wish we get arcade footage "in the background" how it actually looked back then... and not this cheap upscaled footage :/
whats next? 4k saturn? 2xSAL filtered snes? :(
pleeeease...... ;)
What?
🤨 a perfect arcade racing game? Okay, I'd strongly disagree but okay...
I said perfect!
@VideoGameEsoterica yes you did, subjectively I'd still disagree but I can see why you like it so much...but I still can't agree
It’s fine :) like I said nobody has to agree. I just wouldn’t believe anyone if they said it was a “bad games
@@VideoGameEsoterica yeah I know, I'm just being a Namco fanboy messing you...👍🏽😅
Name a perfect game on anything, I will wait. 😂
Amazing game no doubt but calling "the Best Arcade Game Ever Made by Sega"?
All its about perspective, for me Sega Rally 2 is the best, better of any version of OutRun 2, another guy could said that is Daytona 2 or the OG Daytona how knows, the only thing that everyone will be agreed is that SEGA WAS THE KING of arcade racing games since ever
We all get to pick our favorites :)
2 minutes! Sir! How dare you!?
I can do it in a minute flat. The rest of you are just too slow.
I love playing OutRun 2 on PSP. A third entry would be wonderful. Until then, I'll just play the extra track on Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Transformed. Not the same thing, but it feels new.
🤣 finally someone references the joke
Is the footage an emulator or a port?
It’s an emulator, called Teknoparrot.
Neither really. It’s a pc executable running on pc
More of a translation layer