Virtua Racing Deluxe

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Virtua Racing Deluxe

System(s): Sega 32X

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega CS

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-12-16	¥8,8008,800	GM-5001
US	1994-11-21	$69.9969.99^[1]	84601
EU	1994-12-04		84601-50
AU	199x	$99.9599.95^[3]
BR	1994		152020
AS	199x

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Virtua Racing Deluxe (バーチャレーシングデラックス) is an enhanced port of Virtua Racing, released as a launch title for the Sega 32X in North America and Europe in late 1994.

Much of its team was comprised of developers who had produced the port of Virtua Racing to the Sega Mega Drive, however the visuals in Virtua Racing Deluxe are far more accurate and the some music was rearranged. Naofumi Hataya also composed several new tracks for the game, in some cases replacing original themes.

Gameplay

With ideas similar to the original, Virtua Racing Deluxe plays much the same as its 1992 arcade counterpart, however now you can also play with two new types of cars, Stock (a standard racing car) and Prototype (a sleeker car).

Tracks

Virtua Racing Deluxe includes all three tracks from the arcade Virtua Racing, plus two exclusive tracks to the 32X:

	Highland
	Highland is a mountainous track with buildings and trees as scenery.
	Sand Park
	Sand Park is a desert track with rock formations.

Versions

Virtua Racing Deluxe operates at around 20FPS during gameplay - a third of the average frame rate of the arcade game which targets 60FPS (though more than the Mega Drive conversion).

In order to speed up processing time, the collision detection has been paired back. In the arcade version, driving into a palm tree causes the car to stop and coconuts to fall, while on the 32X the car clips straight through. Likewise road signs which would be pushed out of the way by the player's car in the arcade have no collision detection on the 32X.

Production credits

V.R. Deluxe Production Staff

Producer: K.Nagata
Chief Programmer: R.Hattori
SH Programmer: O.Hori
Programmers: K.Toya, E.Horita, K.Yokoo
Chief Designer: M.Matsuura
Designers: R.Manabe, M.Kubo
Planner: Y.Saito
Music Composer: N.Hataya
Sound Director: T.Kozaki
Sound Programmer: Y.Kashima
Adviser: M.Kobayashi
Special Thanks: K.Umeda, H.Anbo, R.Hasegawa, K.Yamaji, Y.Soejima, N.Sekine, H.Yokaichiya, T.Sasaki, T.Mitsuyoshi, T.Nakagawa, A.Miyazawa

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Racing Deluxe/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

32X ES PrintAd 1994-12.jpg

ES print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[23]

CD Consoles (FR)

32

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

93

^[5]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

90

^[6]

Edge (UK)

80

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[24]

FLUX (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[25]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[26]

Game Players (US)

86

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[9]

Gamer (GR)

87

^[27]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

80

^[28]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

90

^[29]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[30]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

90

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

91

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

90

^[12]

Mega (UK)

PAL

90

^[31]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

93

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

90

^[14]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

89

^[32]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

50

^[33]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

93

^[34]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[16]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[17]

Player One (FR)

97

^[35]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

90

^[36]

Power Unlimited (NL)

80

^[37]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[38]

Score (CZ)

90

^[39]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[40]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

94

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

88

^[41]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[42]

Sega Force (SE)

97

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

89

^[43]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[44]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

89

^[45]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

82

^[46]

VideoGames (US)

90

^[22]

	85
Based on 40 reviews

Virtua Racing Deluxe

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

32X, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, Asia

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

Cartridge

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-05

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-08-29

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-08-22

Page

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↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27
↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 48
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 8" (1994-11-08, 24:00) (+10:24)
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 28
↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 62
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 41
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 40
↑ Score, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-01), page 39
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 74
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 25
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 44
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 32
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 88
↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 92

Virtua Racing series of games
	Virtua Racing (1992) \| Virtua Formula (1993)
	Virtua Racing (1994)
	Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994)
	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing (1995)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 8: Virtua Racing FlatOut (2004)
	Sega Ages Virtua Racing (2019)
Virtua Racing related media
	Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993) \| Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998)
	Virtua Racing Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1994) \| Virtua Racing: Official Racing Guide (1994)
	Virtua Racing: Virtua Video (?)

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[:File:CVG_UK_159.pdf_p78-2] File:CVG UK 159.pdf, page 78

[:File:SegaMegazone_AU_49.pdf_p40-3] File:SegaMegazone AU 49.pdf, page 40

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[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-02.pdf_p88-21] File:VideoGames DE 1995-02.pdf, page 88

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p26-23] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26

[24] Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1

[25] FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p27-26] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27

[27] Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p48-28] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 48

[gamesmastertv4x081024-29] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 8" (1994-11-08, 24:00) (+10:24)

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p15-30] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p28-31] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 28

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0601.pdf_p49-32] Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_03.pdf_p56-33] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:Micromania2_ES_079.pdf_p23-34] Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p62-35] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 62

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p101-36] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_018_199502.pdf_p41-37] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 41

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-03_19950315.pdf_p40-38] Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 40

[:File:Score_CZ_13.pdf_p39-39] Score, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-01), page 39

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p74-40] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 74

[:File:SegaPro_UK_56.pdf_p25-41] Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 25

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p44-42] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 44

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-43] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p32-44] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 32

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p88-45] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-02.pdf_p92-46] Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 92

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Virtua Racing Deluxe

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Contents

Gameplay

Tracks

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References