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Virtua Racing Deluxe
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega CS
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Racing[1]
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1994-12-16[1]
¥8,8008,800
GM-5001
US
1994-11-21
$69.9969.99[2]
84601
EU
1994-12-04
84601-50
UK
1994-12-04
£59.9959.99[3] [4]
84601-50
AU
199x
$99.9599.95[5]
BR
1994
152020
AS
199x
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:
Highland
Highland is a mountainous track with buildings and trees as scenery.
Sand Park
Sand Park is a desert track with rock formations.
Versions
Virtua Racing Deluxe operates at around 20FPS during gameplay - 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
Producer: K.Nagata
Chief Programmer: R.Hattori
SH Programmer: O.Hori
Programmers: K.Toya , E.Horita , K.Yokoo
Chief Designer: M.Matsuura
Designers: R.Manabe , M.Kubo
Planner: Y.Saito
Music Composer: N.Hataya
Sound Director: T.Kozaki
Sound Programmer: Y.Kashima
Adviser: M.Kobayashi
Special Thanks: K.Umeda , H.Anbo , R.Hasegawa , K.Yamaji , Y.Soejima , N.Sekine , H.Yokaichiya , T.Sasaki , T.Mitsuyoshi , T.Nakagawa , A.Miyazawa
Source : In-game credits
Magazine articles
Main article: Virtua Racing Deluxe/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Print advert in
Freak (IL) #78: "4/99" (1999-xx-xx)
Physical scans
32X, AU
Cover
Cart
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
7896b62e
MD5
72b1ad0f949f68da7d0a6339ecd51a3f
SHA-1
18dfdeb50780c2623e60a6587d7ed701a1cf81f1
3MB
Cartridge (US)
✔
CRC32
0908e888
MD5
08cae0a96d9ee07001c6e1c247d407c6
SHA-1
1c64e80eb164ca8d6c6587a55ad60385ba1daf27
3MB
Cartridge (JP)
✔
CRC32
27f14b5f
MD5
c30a6430b1a7e819bd2dde63a41d4d57
SHA-1
bb26ddde26cd07191d872e8a76a170ca3326f781
3MB
Cartridge (EU)
?
CRC32
99f38344
MD5
a5efb294179bc3bdc6515383bcdeb63d
SHA-1
88b3ef2bb0ccba25f3f83f218ca090e1a89512fe
1994-09-05
Page
?
CRC32
86a318de
MD5
9e7b5d7e83ae5f25421a44e14d6140bf
SHA-1
b1385111a39795bf2ea57ab50a4feb479d7e502d
1994-08-29
Page
?
CRC32
6ebb3eda
MD5
c07a68331b846d1614954554c0414f86
SHA-1
d4e996fd7fb26919017d1056d0de608a34f05184
1994-08-22
Page
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