Sega Touring Car Championship

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Model 2 Saturn Windows PC
Sega Touring Car Championship
System(s): Sega Model 2C CRX, Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: AM Annex CSK Sega Entertainment Inc. (US) Sega PC
Brand: Sega Sports (JP, EU, PT, AU) Sega Sports (US, EU, UK, ES, NL) Sega Racing (US, BR)
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) Sega of America (US) Wizard Soft (KR) Worldwise Enterprise (TW) Matrix Interactive (CN)
Licensor: Alfa Romeo, AMG, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Toyota
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (18 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer, 3D Control Pad, Sega Saturn Modem, Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Driving, Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-09 ¥? ? US 1996-10 $? ? UK 1996 £? ? JP 1997-11-27 ¥5,8005,800 GS-9164 US 1997-11-24 $49.9949.99 81216 EU 1997-11 MK81216-50 DE 1997-11 MK81216-50 PT 1997 STJSE0740 UK 1997-11-07 £44.9944.99 MK81216-50 PL 1997-11 209zł209 AU 199x FTOU02SSC BR 1997-12 191296 JP 1998-02-27 ¥8,800 (9,240)8,800 (9,240) HCJ-0139 JP (Ultra 2000 Series) 2001-05-18 ¥2,000 (2,100)2000e US 1998-02 $29.9929.99 85067 US (Expert Software) 1998 EU 1998-02-05 MK-85067-50 DE 1998 MK-85067-50 ES (Xplosiv) 200x NL (Xplosiv) 200x UK 1998-02-05 MK-85067-50 UK (Expert Software) 199x UK (Xplosiv) 200x EI-1306 UK (Fair Game) 2005 FG-1306 HU (EVM) 200x PL 1998 160zł160 AU (Sega PC Classic) 199x KFSEG18CDW BR 199x 503706 CN xxxx KR 199x TW 199x

Sega Touring Car Championship (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップ) is a Sega Model 2C CRX arcade racing game developed by AM Annex in 1996. It is similar to Sega Rally Championship in design, but uses touring cars instead of rally cars.

Gameplay

Sega Touring Car Championship offers three "rounds" (plus a qualifying lap), in which the player competes against seven other cars for first place.

Cars

Sega Touring Car Championship features, by default, four touring cars, three used in the 1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and a Toyota from the Japanese Grand Touring Championship (now Super GT).

	AMG Mercedes C-Class
	The AMG Mercedes C-Class was the winner of the DTM of 1995.
	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti
	The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti is sponsored primarily by Martini Racing, the same sponsor behind the Lancia Delta HF Integrale in Sega Rally.
	Toyota Supra
	The Toyota Supra is the token Japanese car, most likely included to please a Japanese audience, but also to make up the numbers - the DTM of 1995 only featured three cars. The Supra is sponsored primarily by Castrol, who also sponsored the Toyota Celica CT-Four in Sega Rally.
	Opel Calibra V6
	The Opel Calibra V6
	Sega racing prototype
	A unique car to the home ports, when unlocked press on the car selection screen to access it.
	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
	The Lancia Delta HF Integrale comes straight from Sega Rally and is only available in the home ports. When unlocked, hold when selecting the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti to access it.
	Toyota Celica CT-Four ST205
	The Toyota Celica CT-Four ST205 also comes straight from Sega Rally and is only available in the home ports. When unlocked, hold when selecting the Toyota Supra to access it.

Tracks

	Country Circuit
	Country Circuit is the simplest circuit in Sega Touring Car Championship and is used twice in arcade mode, first as a qualifiying lap, and then repeated again in race form. It is a generic, mostly circular track which has come to be expected in arcade racing games. A lap of the circuit is measured as 2.045km.
	Grün Walt Circuit/Grunwald Circuit
	The second, medium difficulty track takes place in a forest and is named "Grün Walt Circuit" in the arcade version. This is likely a translation error - "Grünwald" is german for "green forest", and the home ports partially fix this mistake by renaming the track "Grunwald Circuit" (though still miss the umlaut). Weirdly, however, the track takes place in a fairly mountianous region, with fewer trees visible than the more forest-like Country Circuit. A lap of the circuit is measured as 2.605km
	Brick Wall Town
	Brick Wall Town is a track set in a built-up area, with narrower roads and tricker corners than the previous two tracks. A lap of the circuit is measured as 2.277km
	Urban Circuit
	Urban Circuit only becomes available if the player finishes Brick Wall Town in first place. A lap of the circuit is measured as 2.105km
	Boom Town Circuit
	Boom Town Circuit is exclusive to the Saturn and PC ports of the game. A lap of the circuit is measured as 2.771km

Global Net Events

Main article: Sega Touring Car Championship/Global Net Events.

History

Touring Car was less successful than Rally and has never seen a sequel (although what exactly constitutes a "sequel" among the long string of Sega arcade racers is unclear). It is believed that the steeper difficulty curve contributed to Touring Car's poor performance, though it did receive Sega Saturn and Windows ports (unlike Indy 500). Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.

Versions

Home ports to the Sega Saturn and Windows PC were handled by AM Annex, and were released in 1997 and 1998 respectively. These versions include cars from the 1996 International Touring Car Championship plus more interestingly, the Toyota Celica CT-Four and Lancia Delta HF Integrale from Sega Rally. There are also hidden courses in this version, and contains features such as split-screen multiplayer.

The Saturn version has what is known as "Global Net Events", which are triggered at various times of the year depending on the system's clock. Setting it to the 25th of December 1997 will trigger "winter holiday" mode, 13th of Februrary will trigger "hit and run mode" (in which you need to hit cones), and 1st of April will trigger "April Foul" mode, in which you drive in the opposite direction and have to avoid oncoming cars.

Unfortunately the Saturn conversion of Sega Touring Car Championship suffers from several technical issues, including a low 20FPS refresh rate, frequent glitches when rendering polygons (and shadows) and warped textures - issues that do not manifest in the older Saturn release of Sega Rally (or contemporary Sega racing games from the era including Manx TT Super Bike, Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition and Sonic R). An attempt at mimicking "realistic" physics also leads to cars being comparatively difficult to handle - something exacerbated by the use of the standard Control Pad as opposed to a 3D Control Pad or Arcade Racer.

Production credits

Main article: Sega Touring Car Championship/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Touring Car Championship/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Model 2 US flyer

PDF

Model 2 US flyer (Alt)

Model 2 EU flyer

FI print advert

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #2: "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Player One (FR) #81: "Décembre 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #74: "Noviembre 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #3: "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Power (GR) #3: "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Secret Service (PL) #56: "Kwiecień 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Print advert in Click! (PL) #11-2001: "11/2001" (2001-05-24)
also published in:

• CD-Action (PL) #62: "7/2001" (2001-xx-xx)

Print advert in 576 KByte (HU) #2002-03: "Március 2002" (2002-xx-xx)

Artwork

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Photo gallery

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  Twin Cabinet

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  Deluxe cabinet

Physical scans

Model 2 version

Sega Retro Average
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Publication Version Score Digitiser (UK) 87 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 50 Player One (FR) 83

	73
Based on 3 reviews

Sega Touring Car Championship

Model 2, US (twin)
Manual

Model 2, US (deluxe)

Saturn version

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Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) PAL 94 Computer & Video Games (UK) 25 Digitiser (UK) PAL 81 Edge (UK) PAL 50 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 65 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 75 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 60 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 87 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 60 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 53 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 83 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 63 Hobby Consolas (ES) 95 Level (TR) 50 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 65 Mega Console (IT) PAL 89 Mega Force (FR) PAL 94 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 84 Neo (PL) 70 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 75 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 76 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 72 Saturn Power (UK) PAL 78 Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 79 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 82 Super Power (FI) 81

	72
Based on 28 reviews

Sega Touring Car Championship

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual Global Net Event News Card

Saturn, PT
Cover
Disc Global Net Event News Card Global Ranking Manual

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

PC version

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Publication Version Score 576 KByte (HU) 84 CD-Action (PL) 50 Edge (UK) 50 Gambler (PL) 88 The Games Machine (IT) 58 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 71 Gameshow (TR) 62 Reset (PL) 60 Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) 58 Ultimate PC (UK) 45

	63
Based on 10 reviews

Sega Touring Car Championship

PC, JP
Cover

PC, JP (Ultra 2000 Series)
Cover

PC, US
Cover
Manual Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software)
Cover

PC, EU
Disc Jewel Case Inlay

PC, UK (Expert Software)
Cover

PC, UK (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, UK (Xplosiv; alt)
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (Fair Game)
Cover
Disc

PC, DE

PC, ES (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, NL (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, PL (Xplosiv)

PC, HU (EVM)
Cover

PC, AU (Sega PC Classics)
Cover

PC, BR
Cover
Disc Manual Jewel Case

PC, KR
Cover

PC, TW (Softop)

PC, CN

Technical information

Main article: Sega Touring Car Championship/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	507,192,336		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81216-50 V1.003
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	514,549,392	1997-10-26	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9164 V1.003
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	513,761,472		CD-ROM (US)	81216 V1.001
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1997-08-07	CD-R				Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1997-09-02	CD-R				Page

Track list

Saturn version

1. Data track

2. So High (2:57)

3. Are U wake up? (3:03)

4. Don't Drop me (2:50)

5. Sonic Drive (2:34)

6. intense (2:55)

7. Rising High (2:54)

8. Brave Nu Charge (2:36)

9. Loose Control (3:05)

10. GameOver (0:08)

11. Inductee (3:00)

12. Cool Tropics (1:31)

13. Higher Streamer (3:03)

14. Condition RED (3:03)

15. Target (3:11)

16. regen (2:52)

17. overture (0:43)

18. Conditioned Reflex STC mix (3:50)

19. S.E. (1:05)

► Running time: 45:20

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files

Folder / File	Type	Size	description
\RESOURCE	Folder	70,846	It contains 3 images using by RANKING.HTM
RANKING.HTM	HTM	592	Files for registering in global rankings from PC.
README.TXT	TXT	4,126	About extra files
STC_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	12	About this game.
STC_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	41	About original game
STC_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	46	Copyright

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Saturn
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PC