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Virtua Formula
System(s): Sega Model 1
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
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

References



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 (?)