Most notably, however, is Daytona USA's multiplayer features.

The computer analyses the player's skill during the first lap, and will instruct rival cars to move out of the way if it feels the player is doing poorly (while doing the opposite if the player registers a fast time). Crashing into walls or other cars can inflict damage leading to poor performance - to remedy this each level has a pit lane, which, by sacrificing some time, can fix the car.ĭaytona USA has smarter AI than many other driving games from around this period. The game features both automatic and manual transmissions, the latter requiring use of the gear stick and which, if used properly, can lead to a faster car than the automatic. Player one's car by default is coloured red and blue (the manual car uses a red, black and yellow colour scheme), and can be seen at the forefront of all game covers, flyers and similar media related to the series with the exception of Daytona USA 2 and its update, Daytona USA 2: Power Edition. The original arcade release has the player drive a stock car, known as the 'Hornet' (number 41, producer Toshihiro Nagoshi's 'lucky number') loosely based on a Chevrolet Beretta, racing against numerous other cars around three selectable tracks. Daytona USA and all of its sequels and rereleases (except Sega Racing Classic, in which case someone else already held the arcade license) have been officially sponsored by the International Speedway Corporation. It is loosely based on the NASCAR racing event at the Daytona International Speedway, located in real life in Daytona Beach, Florida in the United States of America.

It was initially given a limited release in Japan in 1993 to gauge public reaction to the new model hardware before its full, international release the following March. 4 /5Daytona USA is a Sega Model 2 arcade racing game developed by Sega AM2.

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