Daytona 2 Power Edition additions

[Ganondorf]

I know that in Power Edition, the Challenge Course and the Hornet were added, along with a new Beginner Course design and the JC Eagle replaced the Chum's Gum. But I've been wondering, is there anything else that was changed or added? I remember reading that the Daytona 1 courses were added (which is almost certainly false), but that got me thinking of whether anything else is new/different.

[MrThunderwing]

There's also an option in the test menu of Power Edition that lets you change who does the in-game vocals (a handy little tip Bart shared with me). To be honest though the second guy, Dennis, is only slightly less awful than the first guy. There's also a way in Battle on the Edge to change the ROM's country setting, so you can change the text to English (useful for the demo mode's information). Using the default keyboard layout, go to the test menu and hold down start then press: F, F, S, D, A, D, S and it'll take to you to the country selection screen. there's probably a way to do this in PE as well, but I don't know how.

[Bart]

It's possible to play the tracks backwards in PE. This may also exist in BOTE, though. I think you just hold down Start while selecting the course. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Supermodel -- most of the geometry will appear missing. I suspect a scene graph parsing problem, similar to some of the issues that are plaguing ECA, Ocean Hunter, Harley, etc. I haven't thoroughly investigated yet.

[Groni]

There's also an option in the test menu of Power Edition that lets you change who does the in-game vocals (a handy little tip Bart shared with me). To be honest though the second guy, Dennis, is only slightly less awful than the first guy. There's also a way in Battle on the Edge to change the ROM's country setting, so you can change the text to English (useful for the demo mode's information). Using the default keyboard layout, go to the test menu and hold down start then press: F, F, S, D, A, D, S and it'll take to you to the country selection screen. there's probably a way to do this in PE as well, but I don't know how.

Works on both Games. But I play always in Japan, so I can use the MUTSUYOSHI Sound ( Dayyyytooonnaaa Legendary Singer). This is not available in other Languages

[MrThunderwing]

There's also an option in the test menu of Power Edition that lets you change who does the in-game vocals (a handy little tip Bart shared with me). To be honest though the second guy, Dennis, is only slightly less awful than the first guy. There's also a way in Battle on the Edge to change the ROM's country setting, so you can change the text to English (useful for the demo mode's information). Using the default keyboard layout, go to the test menu and hold down start then press: F, F, S, D, A, D, S and it'll take to you to the country selection screen. there's probably a way to do this in PE as well, but I don't know how.

Works on both Games. But I play always in Japan, so I can use the MUTSUYOSHI Sound ( Dayyyytooonnaaa Legendary Singer). This is not available in other Languages

I must admit, it doesn't truly feel like a Daytona game unless you've got some some soft rock with awful lyrics ('Feel the heartbeat of my machine through this tight seat' ). Still, imagine what it could've been like if they'd got Yuzo Koshiro (of Streets of Rage fame) to do the tunes. Techno heaven...

[Ganondorf]

There's also an option in the test menu of Power Edition that lets you change who does the in-game vocals (a handy little tip Bart shared with me). To be honest though the second guy, Dennis, is only slightly less awful than the first guy. There's also a way in Battle on the Edge to change the ROM's country setting, so you can change the text to English (useful for the demo mode's information). Using the default keyboard layout, go to the test menu and hold down start then press: F, F, S, D, A, D, S and it'll take to you to the country selection screen. there's probably a way to do this in PE as well, but I don't know how.

I wonder why they hid the country menu away like that. it's not like that in Super GT, where you just pick one in game assignments. Is it possible to race the Challenge course backwards? Something about the layout makes me think it wouldn't work...

[karadaniano]

yes, it's possible also in scud race, you press start while selecting course but it has missing geometry like daytona usa 2

[Bart]

When I get time to work on Supermodel again, maybe in a few weeks, I should probably have a close look at this missing geometry issue. Maybe, just maybe, it'll contain some clues to the problems that the other games are experiencing.

[karadaniano]

When I get time to work on Supermodel again, maybe in a few weeks, I should probably have a close look at this missing geometry issue. Maybe, just maybe, it'll contain some clues to the problems that the other games are experiencing.

other games like virtua striker 2 ?
well i noticed something, with vs298 as everibody may know, it shows 60 fps but it feels like only 30, but in vs2 step 2.0 the game feels like 60 fps at times, and in the penalties go faster than 60 fps, so that could need some tweaks rather than better hardware.
i know this is state at supermodels game status page, but i only wanted to point vs2 runs better than vs2 98

[Ganondorf]

Here's something I noticed today. The crew chief voice in Power Edition has a gravelly, slightly distorted filter over his voice (probably to make it sound more like speech through a radio, but he just sounds like he's a habitual smoker) whereas in Battle on the Edge, the voice has no such filter and just sounds like he is speaking normally.

Also, in reference to the country change code, is it the same for Le Mans 24? Trying to select country just makes the cursor skip down to the next option.