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| − | ''Virtua Formula'' consists of a much larger setup to standard editions of ''Virtua Racing'', where players are seated in life-size car-shaped cabinets, watching large screens and racing against nearby players. Two versions were released, one with four players and a second with eight, | + | ''Virtua Formula'' consists of a much larger setup to standard editions of ''Virtua Racing'', where players are seated in life-size car-shaped cabinets, watching large screens and racing against nearby players. Two versions were released, one with four players and a second with eight, with an on-air camera showing players' facial expressions on a monitor above the cabinet. |
However, apart form some attract mode differences and a name change, very little has changed content-wise from the standard ''Virtua Racing''. | However, apart form some attract mode differences and a name change, very little has changed content-wise from the standard ''Virtua Racing''. | ||
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| System(s): Sega Model 1 | |||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||
| Developer: Sega AM2 | |||||
| Genre: Racing | |||||
| Number of players: 1-4 | |||||
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Virtua Formula is an expanded version of the 1992 Sega Model 1 arcade game, Virtua Racing.
Gameplay
Virtua Formula consists of a much larger setup to standard editions of Virtua Racing, where players are seated in life-size car-shaped cabinets, watching large screens and racing against nearby players. Two versions were released, one with four players and a second with eight, with an on-air camera showing players' facial expressions on a monitor above the cabinet.
However, apart form some attract mode differences and a name change, very little has changed content-wise from the standard Virtua Racing.
History
Release
The 4-player Virtua Formula deluxe cabinet cost £250,000 for arcade operators, and £3 per play for players.[2]
Legacy
Virtua Formula cabinets are rare, not just because as medium-scale attractions they typically require more space than the average arcade cabinet, but because as technology improved over the course of the 1990s, Virtua Formula cabinets became less desirable (particularly when compared to the eight-player Daytona USA setups).
Many Virtua Formula cabinets were later converted into eight-player Indy 500 ones.
Gallery
Cabinet
References
| Virtua Racing series of games | |
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Virtua Racing (1992) | Virtua Formula (1993) |
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Virtua Racing (1994) |
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Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994) |
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Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing (1995) |
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Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 8: Virtua Racing FlatOut (2004) |
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Sega Ages Virtua Racing (2019) |
| Virtua Racing related media | |
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Virtua Racing & OutRunners (1993) | Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998) |
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Virtua Racing Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1994) | Virtua Racing: Official Racing Guide (1994) |
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Virtua Racing: Virtua Video (?) |