Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition

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Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2, Sega AM3
Genre: Racing
Number of players: 1-2
ESRB Sega ELSPA USK Tectoy

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition is an update to the critically acclaimed Daytona USA and was released exclusively on the Sega Saturn in 1996.

Daytona USA: CCE exists because many were dissatisfied with the original game's Saturn release. Daytona USA on the Sega Saturn was plagued with draw distance and framerate problems (averaging about twenty frames per second, as opposed to the arcade version's sixty), both a result from a rushed release date.

Comparisons were drawn with Ridge Racer, which had been ported to the Sony PlayStation at around the same time. Ridge Racer suffered from neither issue, and so Sega put it upon themselves to give the Sega Saturn a more accurate home port of the game. CCE was handled by Sega AM3, who had previously been responsible for bringing the Saturn Sega Rally Championship.

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition includes a steady framerate of 30FPS, a new selection of cars, two new courses, a two player mode and a new remixed soundtrack composed by Richard Jacques and Jun Senoue. The PAL region version was also notable for making use of the full PAL resolution, rather than resorting to black borders like many other games of the time. The game is also compatible with the 3D Control Pad, in addition to the Arcade Racer Joystick and the Virtua Stick accessories.

There was a separate release of the game in North America, made to be compatible with the Sega NetLink adapter called Daytona USA: CCE Netlink Edition. This version of the game was only made available via Sega's online store, and aside from some extra NetLink instruction manuals/leaflets, is mostly indistinguishable from its non-NetLink counterpart. This version of the game is widely believed to be the rarest North American Sega Saturn game, with the latest eBay sighting reaching $1100.

Daytona USA: CCE was not released in Japan. However, the Japanese did receive Daytona USA: Circuit Edition a year later, a further update to the game which includes the original soundtracks as an option. Circuit Edition also has new drift mechanics and allows the user to set the time of day in which to race in, whether that be night, dusk or morning.

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