Virtua Racing Deluxe

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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

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
JP 		¥8,8008,800 GM-5001
Sega 32X
US 		$69.9969.99[1] 84601
Sega 32X
EU 		84601-50
Sega 32X
AU 		$99.9599.95[3]
Sega 32X
BR 		152020
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 the some music was rearranged. Naofumi Hataya also composed several new tracks for the game, in some cases replacing original themes.

Gameplay

With ideas similar to the original, Virtua Racing Deluxe plays much the same as its 1992 arcade counterpart, however now you can also play with two new types of cars, Stock (a standard racing car) and Prototype (a sleeker car).

Tracks

Virtua Racing Deluxe includes all three tracks from the arcade Virtua Racing, plus two exclusive tracks to the 32X:

VirtuaRacing Highland.png Highland
Highland is a mountainous track with buildings and trees as scenery.
VirtuaRacing SandPark.png Sand Park
Sand Park is a desert track with rock formations.

Versions

Virtua Racing Deluxe operates at around 20FPS during gameplay - a third of the average frame rate of the arcade game which targets 60FPS (though more than the Mega Drive conversion).

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Racing Deluxe/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ES print advert
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NL flyer
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Print advert in Freak (IL) #78: "4/99" (1999-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75 [4]
89 [5]
32 [6]
94 №38
93 [7]
90 [8]
80 [9]
100 №57, p84
65 №314, p43
86 [10]
95 [11]
93 №24, p54-55
90 №70
88 №7, p15
90 [12]
91 [13]
90 [14]
90 №27, p28-29
93 [15]
90 [16]
93 [17]
90 [18]
60 [19]
97 №48, p62-63
90 №12, p74
94 [20]
90 №40, p44-45
88 №56, p25
97 [21]
80 [22]
82 [23]
82 [24]
Sega 32X
 86
Based on
32 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[25]
CD Consoles (FR)
32
[26]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
93
[27]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
90
[28]
Edge (UK)
80
[29]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[30]
FLUX (US) NTSC-U
75
[31]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[32]
Game Players (US)
86
[33]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[34]
Gamer (GR)
87
[35]
Gamers (DE) PAL
80
[36]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[37]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[38]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[39]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[40]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[41]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
90
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
90
[42]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
93
[43]
Mega Fun (DE)
90
[16]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
89
[44]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
50
[45]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
93
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
[46]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[47]
Player One (FR)
97
[48]
Play Time (DE) PAL
90
[49]
Power Unlimited (NL)
80
[50]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
77
[51]
Score (CZ)
90
[52]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[53]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
94
[54]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[55]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[56]
Sega Force (SE)
97
[57]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
89
[58]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[59]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
89
[60]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[61]
VideoGames (US)
90
[24]
Sega 32X
 84
Based on
41 reviews

Virtua Racing Deluxe

32X, US
VirtuaRacingDeluxe 32XUSCoverBack.jpgVirtuaRacingDeluxe 32XUSCover.jpg
Cover
Virtua Racing 32X US Cart.jpg
Cart
Vrdeluxe 32x us manual.pdf
Manual
32X, EU
VirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X eu boxback.jpgVirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X eu boxfront.jpg
Cover
Virtua Racing 32X EU Cart.jpg
Cart
32X, JP
Vrdeluxe 32x jp backcover.jpgVirtuaRacingDX MD JP BoxSpine.jpgVrdeluxe 32x jp frontcover.jpg
Cover
VirtuaRacingDX MD JP CartTop.jpg
VirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X JP Cart Back.jpgVirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Vrdeluxe 32x jp manual.pdf
Manual
32X, BR
VirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X BR Box.jpg
Cover
Virtuaracing 32x br cart.jpg
Cart
Vrdeluxe 32x br manual.pdf
Manual
32X, Asia
VirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X AS Box Back.jpgVirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X AS Box Spine.jpgVirtuaRacingDeluxe 32X AS Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega 32X
✔
CRC32 7896b62e
MD5 72b1ad0f949f68da7d0a6339ecd51a3f
SHA-1 18dfdeb50780c2623e60a6587d7ed701a1cf81f1
3MB Cartridge (US)
Sega 32X
✔
CRC32 0908e888
MD5 08cae0a96d9ee07001c6e1c247d407c6
SHA-1 1c64e80eb164ca8d6c6587a55ad60385ba1daf27
3MB Cartridge (JP)
Sega 32X
✔
CRC32 27f14b5f
MD5 c30a6430b1a7e819bd2dde63a41d4d57
SHA-1 bb26ddde26cd07191d872e8a76a170ca3326f781
3MB Cartridge (EU)
Sega 32X
 ?
CRC32 99f38344
MD5 a5efb294179bc3bdc6515383bcdeb63d
SHA-1 88b3ef2bb0ccba25f3f83f218ca090e1a89512fe
1994-09-05 Page
Sega 32X
 ?
CRC32 86a318de
MD5 9e7b5d7e83ae5f25421a44e14d6140bf
SHA-1 b1385111a39795bf2ea57ab50a4feb479d7e502d
1994-08-29 Page
Sega 32X
 ?
CRC32 6ebb3eda
MD5 c07a68331b846d1614954554c0414f86
SHA-1 d4e996fd7fb26919017d1056d0de608a34f05184
1994-08-22 Page

References

  1. ↑ GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 66
  2. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 78
  3. ↑ File:SegaMegazone AU 49.pdf, page 40
  4. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24 (26)
  5. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 82 (84)
  6. ↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 132-135 (132)
  7. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 132-134 (132)
  8. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 44-45 (44)
  9. ↑ Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 88-89 (88)
  10. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 44-45 (46)
  11. ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60-61 (70)
  12. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 102-105 (102)
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 98-100 (98)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 50
  15. ↑ Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 26-29 (26)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 30
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
  18. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 68-70 (68)
  19. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 93 (99)
  20. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 46-48 (46)
  21. ↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 12-13 (12)
  22. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 88-89 (78)
  23. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 92-93 (88)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 140
  25. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26
  26. ↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
  27. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 132
  28. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
  29. ↑ Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 88
  30. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
  31. ↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
  32. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27
  33. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 46
  34. ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
  35. ↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  36. ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 48
  37. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 8" (1994-11-08, 24:00) (+10:24)
  38. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
  39. ↑ Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  40. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 102
  41. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 98
  42. ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 28
  43. ↑ Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 26
  44. ↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49
  45. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  46. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 68
  47. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99
  48. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 62
  49. ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101
  50. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 41
  51. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 40
  52. ↑ Score, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-01), page 39
  53. ↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 74
  54. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 46
  55. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 44
  56. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 25
  57. ↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 12
  58. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
  59. ↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 32
  60. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 88
  61. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 92


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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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