MASTERS OF DRIVING

[2DForever]

Perhaps a bit of niche one here, but I've been a huge fan of Daytona 2 PE's Grand Prix mode - basically ramping up the number of laps. The beginner course is fantastic in this mode, as sometimes the safety car comes out for a bit of novelty fun.

Anyway, I've been working on it for ages but finally got a sub 12-minute race done. I had lots of very close calls, 100th of a second off kind of thing, so very glad to get that sub-12 mark! I don't know if anyone else enjoys the Grand Prix mode?

[MrThunderwing]

I was randomly searching for some stuff related to Daytona USA 2 online during my lunch break at work the other day (as one does) and I found a thread over at Resetera that had a load of old scanned magazine articles about Daytona USA 2, which I thought were worth sharing here. It's odd, because I used to religiously buy the UK Sega Saturn Mag back then and I can't ever recall them doing any features on the game, so not sure how I missed all this back in the day...

Full credit for sharing these goes to the forum user SharpX68K over there.

EGM


Edge UK




Next Generation


C&VG


Sega Saturn Magazine UK







Dreamcast Magazine - Japan (on Daytona USA 2 Power Edition)



The original forum post can be seen here

[orimarc]

Oh that's COOL

[Joaquim Gonçalves]

Here's some Sega Rally Aesthetic music.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vaporwave/comm ... ter_rally/

[MrThunderwing]

Ok, this isn't really 'Masters of Driving' worthy, but LOOOOK HEEERRREE real arcade hardware!
https://youtu.be/sX2phe3yxes

GM Matthew, UKArcades - relevant to your geographic locations!

[Bart]

Man I wish there was still a Daytona USA cabinet around where I live. I think last time I played one was at Galloping Ghost near Chicago, last October, and it was a standup cab (which I'd never seen in the wild before). Prior to that, some of the Barcade locations in NYC had them and maybe still do.

[MrThunderwing]

Oh man, if I ever visit the US again (highly likely as I've got family in western Canada) I'm am so down for a visit to Galloping Ghost, even if it means a few internal flights. It looks AMAZING. I'd love to be able to find a local(ish) arcade that's got either a Daytona USA 2, Sega Rally, Le Man's 24 or SCUD Race cab. Never ever played a SR2 or Le Mans back in the day (although I did encounter them) and it's probably been about 22+ years since I played on a real SCUD or D2.

[Bart]

Oh man, if I ever visit the US again (highly likely as I've got family in western Canada) I'm am so down for a visit to Galloping Ghost, even if it means a few internal flights. It looks AMAZING. I'd love to be able to find a local(ish) arcade that's got either a Daytona USA 2, Sega Rally, Le Man's 24 or SCUD Race cab. Never ever played a SR2 or Le Mans back in the day (although I did encounter them) and it's probably been about 22+ years since I played on a real SCUD or D2.

It's definitely worth a trip. You could easily burn a whole day or two there. It's unlike anything I've ever experienced. Unfortunately, there are an increasing number of broken machines. I don't think they can keep up with the maintenance of thousands of cabinets.

[uber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbe8WNzHNzw

Rerecording my runs in better quality and with faster times. First up is Scud Race's medium course in 2'28"91, ~2 seconds faster than my previous best

[Bart]

You did that with a MOUSE?