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Revision as of 11:44, 20 August 2023

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Virtua Racing Deluxe
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Racing[1][2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
JP 		¥8,8008,800 GM-5001
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega 32X
US 		$69.9969.99[3] 84601
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega 32X
EU 		84601-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega 32X
PT
Sega 32X
UK 		£59.9959.99[4][5] 84601-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega 32X
AU 		$99.9599.95[6]
OFLC: G
Sega 32X
BR 		152020
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Sega 32X
AS

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 some music was rearranged. Naofumi Hataya also composed several new tracks for the game, in some cases replacing original themes.

Gameplay

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Car and track selection

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Two-player split screen

Virtua Racing Deluxe is a racing game that plays similarly to its 1992 arcade counterpart. The car is steered with Left and Right, accelerates with B, and brakes with A. If equipped with a manual transmission, Up upshifts and Down downshifts.

The standard mode has the player race five laps against fifteen computer-controlled opponents on any of five different tracks. Each track is broken into multiple timed segments, and the player is given more time for passing a checkpoint marker (80 seconds on Easy, 75 seconds on Normal, and 70 seconds on Hard). The player is retired from the race if time runs out.

There is a Time Attack mode where the player can race on any of the tracks without any opponents. In this mode, there is no time limit. The player can choose to race 5, 10, 15, or 20 laps.

The game supports two-player competitive play with a split screen. Each player can select a handicap, which affects the handling of the car. Like the Time Attack mode, players can choose to race 5, 10, 15, or 20 laps.

The car can take damage from crashes, which eventually impairs its performance. The player can take a pit stop to repair the vehicle. The pit is located at the starting point of the track. The countdown timer pauses when the player is in the pit and adds ten seconds when the player starts moving again, though the player can still be passed by other racers while in the pit. The Bay Bridge and Highland courses do not have a pit, and it is also absent in two-player mode.

Cars

In contrast to the arcade original, Virtua Racing Deluxe gives the player a choice between three cars, each with different speed and handling characteristics.

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 Formula Car
A single-seat, open-wheel race car, similar to those used in Formula One and the Indianapolis 500. This is the same car that is available in the arcade version of the game.
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 Stock Car
A race car resembling a production car, similar to those used in NASCAR.
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 Prototype Car
A sports prototype race car, similar to those used in Le Mans and the FIA WEC.

Views

The player can switch between four different perspectives at any point during the race. Using a three button control pad, the C button cycles through each of the views. With a Six Button Control Pad, each view has its own button (like the original arcade game).

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View 1 (X)
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View 2 (C)
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View 3 (Y)
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View 4 (Z)
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Tracks

Virtua Racing Deluxe includes the three tracks from the arcade Virtua Racing, plus two exclusive tracks.

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Big Forest
Big Forest is a wide course through a forest with mountains and an amusement park.

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Bay Bridge
Bay Bridge is a narrow track that passes over a suspension bridge and through a tunnel.

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Acropolis
Acropolis is a narrow track through a valley with a difficult hairpin turn.

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Highland
Highland is a mountainous track with buildings and trees as scenery.

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Sand Park
Sand Park is a desert track with rock formations.

Versions

Virtua Racing Deluxe operates at around 20FPS during gameplay, which is two-thirds of the frame rate of the arcade game, which targets 30FPS (though more than the Mega Drive conversion's 15FPS).

In order to speed up processing time, the collision detection has been pared 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
Source:
In-game credits
Virtua Racing 32X credits.pdf
[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Racing Deluxe/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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NL flyer
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Print advert in Super Juegos (ES) #33: "Enero 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Freak (IL) #78 (1999-xx-xx)
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Artwork

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 №38
93 №24, p54-55
Sega 32X
 94
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[8]
CD Consoles (FR)
32
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
93
[10]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
90
[11]
Edge (UK)
80
[12]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[13]
FLUX (US) NTSC-U
75
[14]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[15]
Game Players (US)
86
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[17]
Gamer (GR)
87
[18]
Gamers (DE) PAL
80
[19]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[20]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[22]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[23]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[24]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
90
[25]
Mega (UK) PAL
90
[26]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
93
[27]
Mega Fun (DE)
90
[28]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
89
[29]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
50
[30]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
93
[31]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
[32]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[33]
Player One (FR)
97
[34]
Play Time (DE) PAL
90
[35]
Power Unlimited (NL)
80
[36]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
77
[37]
Score (CZ)
90
[38]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[39]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
94
[40]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[41]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[42]
Sega Force (SE)
97
[43]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
89
[44]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[45]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
89
[46]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[47]
VideoGames (US)
90
[48]
Sega 32X
 84
Based on
41 reviews

Virtua Racing Deluxe

32X, JP
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
32X, US
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Cover
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Cart
Vrdeluxe 32x us manual.pdf
Manual
32X, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
32X, FR (Blister pack)
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Cover
32X, PT

32X, CZ (Datart)
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
32X, AU
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Cover
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Cart
32X, BR
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
32X, Asia
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

Main article: Virtua Racing Deluxe/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:Vrdeluxe 32x jp frontcover.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/32x/soft.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-06-19 13:31)
  3. ↑ GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 66
  4. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 78
  5. ↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 74
  6. ↑ File:SegaMegazone AU 49.pdf, page 40
  7. ↑ File:Virtua Racing 32X credits.pdf
  8. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26
  9. ↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
  10. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 132
  11. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
  12. ↑ Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 88
  13. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
  14. ↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
  15. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27
  16. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 46
  17. ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
  18. ↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  19. ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 48
  20. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 8" (1994-11-08, 24:00) (+10:24)
  21. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
  22. ↑ Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  23. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 102
  24. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 98
  25. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 50
  26. ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 28
  27. ↑ Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 26
  28. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 30
  29. ↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49
  30. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  31. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
  32. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 68
  33. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99
  34. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 62
  35. ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101
  36. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 41
  37. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 40
  38. ↑ Score, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-01), page 39
  39. ↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 74
  40. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 46
  41. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 44
  42. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 25
  43. ↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 12
  44. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
  45. ↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 32
  46. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 88
  47. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 92
  48. ↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 140


Virtua Racing Deluxe

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Sega 32X
Prototypes: 1994-08-22 | 08-29 | 09-05



Virtua Racing series of games
Arcade
 Virtua Racing (1992) | Virtua Formula (1993)
Sega Mega Drive
 Virtua Racing (1994)
Sega 32X
 Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994)
Sega Saturn
 Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing (1995)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 8: Virtua Racing FlatOut (2004)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Virtua Racing (2019)
Virtua Racing related media
Music
 Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993) | Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998)
Book
 Virtua Racing Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1994) | Virtua Racing: Official Racing Guide (1994)
Film
 Virtua Racing: Virtua Video (?)
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