Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition

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Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition is an update to the Sega Saturn version of Daytona USA, being offered as an alternative to the original Saturn from 1996. It was handled primarily by Sega AM3, who had previously been responsible for the Saturn version of Sega Rally Championship.

Gameplay

Daytona USA: CCE exists due to dissatisfaction with the original release of Daytona USA for the Saturn, a game said to have been rushed to market in order to meet the console's launch date. Daytona USA on the Sega Saturn was plagued with draw distance and framerate problems (averaging about twenty frame per second, as opposed to the arcade version's sixty), and looked comparatively worse than the PlayStation port of Ridge Racer, released around the same time. This might not have been a problem had it not been for the fact the arcade Ridge Racer is less impressive on a technical level than the arcade Daytona USA.

To compensate, CCE brings a number of additions and changes to the table, utilising the Saturn's hardware more effectively than its predecessor. 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 is also notable for making use of the full PAL resolution, rather than resorting to black borders like many other games of the time.

Like the original, the game is also compatible with the Arcade Racer Joystick, and this time 3D Control Pad support was intentional. It is also compatible with the Virtua Stick, however, unlike with the first version, it will not work with the Sega Mission Stick.

AM3 decided to improve the physics of Daytona USA: CCE, creating something more akin to their previous port of Sega Rally Championship (e.g. the car won't flip if it crashes head first into a wall anymore). The majority of bizarre features from the original version carry through, such as the ability to unlock a horse. Holding Up and R at the "gentlemen start your engines" screen will allow the player to play as a hovercraft.

Cars

It also includes several new types of stock car, some of which could be seen in the arcade version of Daytona USA but were not playable. Every car is slightly different in design when compared to their arcade counterparts - the Hornet for example has a thinner blue stripe across the top. They also all have varying grip, acceleration and handling statistics.

Notavailable.svg Hornet (19)
Grip: ■■■□□ Acceleration: ■■■□□ Max Speed: ■■□□□
Notavailable.svg Gallop (27)
Grip: ■■■□□ Acceleration: ■■■□□ Max Speed: ■■□□□
Notavailable.svg Max (2)
Grip: ■■■■■ Acceleration: ■■■■■ Max Speed: ■□□□□
Notavailable.svg Pheonix (8)
Grip: ■□□□□ Acceleration: ■■■■■ Max Speed: ■■■■■
Notavailable.svg Oriole (16)
Grip: ■■□□□ Acceleration: ■■■■□ Max Speed: ■■■■□
Notavailable.svg Magic (33)
Grip: ■■■□□ Acceleration: ■■□□□ Max Speed: ■■■□□
Notavailable.svg Wolf (41)
Grip: ■■■■□ Acceleration: ■■■■■ Max Speed: ■□□□□
Notavailable.svg Balance (99)
Grip: ■■■■■ Acceleration: ■□□□□ Max Speed: ■■■■□
Notavailable.svg "Horse"
Notavailable.svg "Hovercraft"

This breaks the Daytona USA tradition which always gives the first car (usually the Hornet) the number 41.

Tracks

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition adds two new tracks to the standard three:

Notavailable.svg National Park Speedway
Notavailable.svg Desert City

History

Legacy

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. Instead, AM3 continued to work on the project, releasing Daytona USA Circuit Edition to a Japanese audience in early 1997. Circuit Edition is much the same game as Champion Circuit Edition though makes minor improvements in areas such as draw distance, as well as offering more gameplay and music options.

Production Credits

Producer: Noriyoshi Ohba
Director: Ryuichi Hattori
Project Leader: Shiro Kinemura
Main Programmer: Akihito Wada
Programmers: Toru Nakagawa, Atsutoshi Takahashi, Noriyuki Takano, Susumu Ise
Main Graphic Designer: Shiro Kinemura
Graphic Designers: Yoshihito Takahashi, Makiko Suzuki, Maiko Kitagawa, Sanae Tatsuo, Takehiko Akabane
Planner: Osamu Ohashi
Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada
Sound Effects: Tatsuya Kozaki
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa
Vocal:

  • Vocals for "Sons of Angels" and "The American Dream" performed by Eric Martin.
  • Lyrics for "Sons of Angels" and "The American Dream" written by Eric Martin and Andre Pessis.
  • Eric Martin appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

Music & Remix: Jun Senoue, Richard Jacques, Kenichi Tokoi, Tomonori Sawada
Advisers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Atsuhiko Nakamura

Promotional material

  • DaytonaUSACCE Saturn DE PrintAdvert.jpg

    DE print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №181, p68-71[1]
70 №40, p82
95 February 27, 1997
80 №101, p90[2]
81 №50, p38/39
86
93 №50, p14-17[3]
90 №70, p135
90 №14, p68/69[4]
Sega Saturn
 83
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
93
[5]
Ação Games (BR)
70
[6]
Ação Games (BR)
70
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[1]
Edge (UK) PAL
70
[8]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
70
[9]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
85
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[2]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[11]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
89
[12]
Intelligent Gamer (US)
83
[13]
Joypad (FR) PAL
80
[14]
Kiber Zona (LT)
78
[15]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
86
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
90
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[3]
Player One (FR)
90
[18]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
85
[19]
Secret Service (PL)
90
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
91
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[22]
Strana Igr (RU)
53
[23]
Super Power (FI) PAL
90
[24]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
92
[25]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
92
[26]
Sega Saturn
 82
Based on
25 reviews

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
DaytonaUSA-CCESaturnEUManual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU (newer)

Saturn, BR
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Cover
DaytonaUSACCESaturnBrManual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, KR
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Cover

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 181.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 181.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GamePro US 101.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 101.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega50UK.pdf, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega50UK.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ File:SSM_UK_14.pdf, page 68
  5. ↑ 576 KByte, "December 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 18
  6. ↑ Ação Games, "Fevereiro 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 31
  7. ↑ Ação Games, "Maio 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 18
  8. ↑ Edge, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-22), page 82
  9. ↑ Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 97
  10. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 20
  11. ↑ Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 45
  12. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  13. ↑ Intelligent Gamer, "January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 57
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 110
  15. ↑ Kiber Zona, "1/1998" (LT; 1998-xx-xx), page 33
  16. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 80
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 88
  18. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 135
  19. ↑ Saturn+, "Issue 5" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 7
  20. ↑ Secret Service, "Luty 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 68
  21. ↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 34
  22. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-14), page 68
  23. ↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 73
  24. ↑ Super Power, "1 1997" (FI; 199x-xx-xx), page 28
  25. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Three" (UK; 1996-11-29), page 44
  26. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 22



Daytona USA series of games
Arcade
 Daytona USA (1994) | Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (1998) | Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (1998) | Sega Racing Classic (2009) | Daytona Championship USA (2017)
Sega Saturn
 Daytona USA (1995) | Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (1996) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition (1997) | Daytona USA: C.C.E. NetLink Edition (1998)
Sega Dreamcast
 Daytona USA 2001 (2001)
LCD handheld game
 Daytona USA (199x) | Daytona USA (199x)
Windows PC
 Daytona USA (1996) | Daytona USA Deluxe (1997) | Daytona USA Deluxe Special Edition (199x)
Xbox Live Arcade
PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network
 Daytona USA (2011)
Daytona USA related media
Music
 Daytona USA (1994) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition Original Sound Track (1997) | Daytona USA 2 Sound Tracks (1998) | Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box (2009)
Book
 Daytona USA Koushiki Guide Book (1994) | Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Daytona USA Kanzen Guide Book (1995) | Daytona USA Official Guide Book (1995) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1997) | Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Daytona USA Circuit Edition (1997) | Daytona USA 2 Official Guide (1998)
Film
 Daytona USA CGMV (1994)
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