OutRun 2

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OutRun 2
System(s): Sega Chihiro, Microsoft Xbox
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Racing

















Release Date RRP Code
CERO
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OutRun 2 is an arcade racing game developed by Sega for Sega Chihiro hardware in 2003. It is a direct sequel to the original 1986 game OutRun, though is actually the seventh game in the series after Battle OutRun, Turbo OutRun, OutRun Europa, OutRunners and OutRun 2019.

The format is similar to the original OutRun but features more cars, more tracks and more music. As well as this, the graphics and sound have been completely re-worked and the game's engine has been replaced with one of a more modern standard. There are also more single player (and multiplayer) modes. It is also the first OutRun game with the permission to use real cars - though past games had used a car that looked similar to the Ferrari Testarossa, no licensing deal with Ferrari had been made. In OutRun 2 however, everything is perfectly legal.

A port was made to the Xbox in 2004, which, among other things, adds a course based on tracks in the Sega Model 3 game Scud Race, as well as one based on tracks from Daytona USA 2: Power Edition.

An arcade update to OutRun 2 was released in 2004, titled OutRun 2 SP. The upgrade contains all features from OutRun 2, as well as a new 15-course branching path based on North America, additional music and extra features. This version was the basis for the home console release OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast.

Production Credits (In-Game)

Director: Makoto Osaki
Game Director: Daichi Katagiri
Art Director: Yasuo Kawagoshi
Sound Director: Tatsutoshi Narita
Main Programmer: Takuji Masuda
Programmer: Takeshi Iwasaki, Susumu Morii, Masato Shimoyama, Kazunori Nishisaka
Chief Designer: Yukitoshi Katsuyama
Designer: Shigetaka Kyoya, Toshiya Inoue, Shinya Inoue, Erika Aihara, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Eisuke Abe, Rie Murai, Hitoshi Wakimoto
Character Designer: Iceman, Miyuki Noda
Assistant Director & Planner: Shin Ishikawa
Sound: Keisuke Tsukahara, Fumio Itoh, Yasuhiro Takagi, Naoyuki Machida, Shinichi Goto, Tomoya Koga
Public Relations: Naonori Watanabe, Hidekuni Ohta, Taku Kihara, Masayuki Kato, Nozomi Watanabe
Special Thanks: Mami Abe, Ryutaro Hayakawa, Masayuki Itoh, Takashi Kato, All of SEGA-AM2 and SEGA Staff, , Compozila, Mechatro, Hardware R&D, and All People Concerned With This Title...
Producer: Yu Suzuki
Created by: Sega AM2
Presented by: Sega
Original Game ©Sega ©SEGA-AM2/SEGA, 2003

Production Credits (Manual)

Xbox Version

Sumo Digital

Chief Operations Officer: Carl Cavers
Technical Director: Paul Porter
Creative Director: Darren Mills
Project Manager: Mark Glossop
Senior Designer: Sean Millard
Lead Programmer: Philip Rankin
Programmers: Tom Sedden, Chris Rea, Ashley Bennett, Ali Davidson, Sean Davies
Lead Artist: John Hackleton
Artists: Dominic Hood, Andy Ritson, Mark Sweeney, Richard Simmons, John Stopforth
Graphic Designer: Chantal Beaumont
Designer: Steve Lycett, Travis Ryan, Colin Stone

Sega Japan

Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Senior Supervisor: Makoto Osaki (AM2)
Producer: Kats Sato
Assistant Producer: Nobuyuki Minato
Supervisors: Shin Ishikawa (AM2), Yukitoshi Katsuyama (AM2), Tatsutoshi Narita (AM2)

Sega Europe

President/Chief Operating Officer: Naoya Tsurumi
Managing Director: Michael Hayes
Executive Vice President - Development: Jin Shimazaki
Senior Producer: Ben Gunstone
Assistant Producer: Warren Leigh
European Marketing Director: Matthew Woodley
European Product Manager: Mark Fisher
European Marketing Manager: Gary Knight
PR Executive: Stefan McGarry
UK Sales Director: Alan Pritchard
Export Product Manager: Ben Chalmers-Stevens
European Partnerships/Trade Marketing Manager: Suzanne Egleton
Head of Export Sales: Alison Gould
SOE QA Supervisor: Darius Sadeghian
SOE Team Lead: Dwayne Buck
SOE Lead Tester: Justyn McLean
SOE Testers: Justin Shehta, Femi Sani, Mohammed Ajaib, Henric Swahn, George Sakkas, Jamie Armstrong, Ricky Ip, Kevin Breanach, Andy Dobson, Aaron Francis, Jigar Patel
Thanks to: All at Ferrari, especially Francesco for all his hard work; Outsource Media for their European Voice Production, Richard Jacques, for his aural sensations in the remixes of the classic tunes Splash Wave, Magical Sound Shower and Passing Breeze

Physical Scans

Arcade Version

Xbox Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №2 (AU)
Xbox
80
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Xbox
N/A
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0 reviews

OutRun 2

Xbox, US
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Xbox, EU
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Xbox, JP
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Xbox, JP (初回限定版)
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Xbox, FR
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External Links



OutRun series of games
Arcade
OutRun (1986) | Turbo OutRun (1989) | OutRunners (1992) | OutRun 2 (2003) | OutRun 2 SP (2004) | OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
Sega Master System
OutRun (1987) | OutRun 3D (1988) | Battle OutRun (1989) | OutRun Europa (1991)
Windows PC
OutRun (1987) | Turbo OutRun (1989) | OutRun Europa (1991) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
MSX
OutRun (1988)
FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Turbo OutRun (1989)
LCD handheld game
OutRun (1989) | OutRun F-1 (19xx)
Sega Mega Drive
OutRun (1991) | Turbo OutRun (1992) | OutRun 2019 (1993) | OutRunners (1994) | Arcade Legends OutRun 2019 (200x)
Sega Game Gear
OutRun (1991) | OutRun Europa (1992)
Sega Saturn
Sega Ages OutRun (1996)
i-mode 503i
OutRun (2001)
Sony PlayStation 2
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 13: OutRun (2004) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) | OutRun 2 SP (2007)
Xbox
OutRun 2 (2004) | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
Sony PlayStation Portable
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
OutRun Online Arcade (2009)
Nintendo 3DS
3D OutRun (2014)
Nintendo Switch
Sega Ages OutRun (2018)
OutRun-related media
Music
OutRun (1992) | Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993) | Yu Suzuki Produce OutRun (1997) | Sega Presents OutRun 2: Music Through the Ages (2004) | OutRun 2 Sound Tracks (2004) | OutRun 2 Sound Tracks: Side B (2005) | OutRun 20th Anniversary Box (2007) | OutRun Sound Tracks: Complement (2007) | OutRun (2016) | Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (2019)
Film
OutRun (1987) | OutRun (1988) | Super Monaco GP / Turbo OutRun (1989) | Out Run/Turbo Out Run Strategy Movie & S.S.T. Band Live+1 (2007)