Daytona USA/Hidden content
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Model 2 version
Override music
All music can be overridden in game by holding one of the VR buttons during the "Gentlemen start your engines" screen. VR1 plays "The King of Speed", VR2 plays "Lets Go Away", VR3 plays "Sky High" and VR4 plays the secret bonus track, "Pounding Pavement". The latter can be accessed in the Saturn game by holding 
on this screen.
Race in reverse
While the game will initially yell at you for doing so, it is fully possible to drive around tracks in reverse. A reverse lap is treated legitimately, and you'll still get time extensions. You can even finish the race while driving in reverse, though you will always be placed in last position.
Return to track
If you are off-road and stopped, pressing START will return you to the track.
Time attack mode
Time attack mode can be enabled by holding START in the transmission select screen.
Fifth view
By holding VR2, VR3 and VR4 at once, a secret fifth birds eye view is enabled.
Three-Seven Speedway slot machine
Three-Seven Speedway contains strange slot machine banners, which can be manipulated by pressing the START button. Getting three 7s will give you seven seconds of extra time, with three BARs giving you an extra five. Three cherries will give you a random amount of extra time. The game only allows you to do this once during a race, though with multiplayer games every user can trigger it.
You Just Lost Your Sponsors
In Dinosaur Canyon, take the first left from the starting position and persue the road backwards. The road bends to the right and leads to a dead end, where the player will be greeted with a sign that reads "CONGRATULATIONS You Just Lost Your Sponsors!".
Upside-down Jeffry
Jeffry Mcwild from Virtua Fighter appears as a statue in Sea-Side Street Galaxy. Travel in the wrong direction for more than two laps, and he'll appear upside-down.
Make Jeffry Dance
If the player comes to a stop nearby and repeatedly presses START , Jeffry will breakdance (or at least, spin on the spot and flip upside-down).
High score jingles
Like some of Sega's other games, giving specific initials in the results screen will trigger jingle tracks from previous Sega titles:
| NAG | Virtua Racing | MAS | ??? | GOS | ??? | MIT | ??? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI | ??? | YAS | Virtua Racing | DEK | ??? | OSA | ??? |
| GOM | ??? | D.K | ??? | MAC | ??? | KAG | ??? |
| MIY | ??? | KEN | ??? | H.O | Hang-On | S.H | Space Harrier |
| O.R | OutRun | A.B | After Burner | P.D | Power Drift | V.R | Virtua Racing |
| V.F | Virtua Fighter | SHO | Super Hang-On | SMG | Super Monaco GP | G.F | Galaxy Force |
| R.M | Rad Mobile | S.C | Stadium Cross | EXN | F1 Exhaust Note | S.F | Strike Fighter |
| GLC | G-Loc: Air Battle | TOR | Turbo OutRun | ORS | OutRunners | GPR | GP Rider |
| F.Z | Fantasy Zone | E.R | Enduro Racer | SDI | SDI | QTT | Quartet |
| VMO | Vermillion | T.B | Thunder Blade |
Saturn version
You Just Lost Your Sponsors
In Dinosaur Canyon, take the first left from the starting position and persue the road backwards. The road bends to the right and leads to a dead end, where the player will be greeted with a sign that reads "CONGRATULATIONS You Just Lost Your Sponsors!".
Make Jeffry Dance
If the player comes to a stop nearby and repeatedly presses (
in the Saturn version), Jeffry will breakdance (or at least, spin on the spot and flip upside-down).
Karaoke mode
When using a normal number of laps, holding 
and selecting a track using 
enables "karaoke mode", with the lyrics of the music being shown in-game.
Maniac Mode
Entering the code 
makes the opponent cars far more faster and aggressive. The mode is depicted by a small "M" in the top-left hand corner of the screen.
Switch between metric and imperial
The Japanese/PAL versions of the game use kph as a measurement of speed while the US version uses mph. This can be reversed by holding +
+ on the second Control Pad and pressing START on the first.
Race as a horse
While the horse is unlocked by landing in first place on every track, holding 
++++ on the title screen, then pressing START will make it immediately available. The "automatic" horse is brown, while the "manual" horse is grey and both can travel as fast on grass as they can on tarmac. They also cannot take damage and so can use the pit lanes like normal roads.
(Officially) race in reverse
While in Saturn mode, holding START and selecting a track with allows players to officially race tracks in reverse.
High score jingles
Like the arcade version, certain high score initials will play jingles from older Sega games. Many of the initials correspond to the developers who picked the music used, such as OKA being the initials for Keiji Okayasu.[1] These initials for developers are also shown in the preset high score records shown in the attract demo, but the developers of Daytona USA for the Saturn are separated from miscellaneous Sega AM2 members.
- .KK: Original song (Theme of Kouchi)[1]
- A.B: After Burner (After Burner)[2]
- A.Y: Virtua Fighter (Akira Stage)[1]
- AKI: Virtua Cop (Advertise)[1]
- ANI: Altered Beast (Rise From Your Grave)[1]
- AO.: Super Monaco GP (Name Entry)[1]
- ASA: Strike Fighter (Fanky Bomb)[1]
- BNB: Bonanza Bros. (摩天楼のテーマ)[2]
- DEK: Virtua Racing (Fanky Bomb)[1]
- DST: Dunk Shot (Beat Away)[2]
- E.R: Enduro Racer (Main Theme)[2]
- EXN: F1 Exhaust Note (BGM A)[2]
- G.F: Galaxy Force (Beyond The Galaxy)[2]
- GDA: Golden Axe ((Wilderness)[2]
- GLC: G-LOC: Air Battle (Air Battle)[2]
- GPR: GP Rider (Time Attack)[2]
- H.O: Hang-On (Main Theme)[2]
- H.S: Dynamite Dux (A. HI. RU)[1]
- HSB: Galaxy Force (Defeat)[1]
- IGA: Columns (Select)[1]
- ISO: Power Drift (Poker Face)[1]
- J.B: Virtua Fighter (Jacky Stage)[1]
- J.M: Virtua Fighter (Jeffry Stage)[1]
- JIM: Alien Syndrome (Title)[1]
- K.M: Virtua Fighter (Kage Stage)[1]
- K.T: Hang-On (Adv)[1]
- KAG: After Burner (Maximum Power)[1]
- KAO: Dunk Shot (Toast!)[1]
- KAZ: Scramble Spirits (BGM1)[1]
- KEN: Line of Fire (Title Demo)[1]
- KOS: Daytona USA (The King of Speed)[2]
- KOU: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Title)[1]
- LAU: Virtua Fighter (Lau Stage)[1]
- LGA: Daytona USA (Let's Go Away)[2]
- M.M: Super Hang-On (Outride A Crisis)[1]
- MAS: Enduro Racer (BGM2)[2]
- MIT: R360 (Earth Frame G)[1]
- MMM: SDI (Blue Moon)[1]
- NAG: G-LOC: Air Battle (Openning)[1]
- NAK: G-LOC: Air Battle (Openning)[1]
- O.R: OutRun (Magical Sound Shower)[2]
- OKA: Rent A Hero (戦え! レンタヒーロー)[1]
- ORS: OutRunners (Adventure)[2]
- OSI: Turbo OutRun (Vivacious)[1]
- P.D: Power Drift (Like The Wind)[2]
- P.P: Daytona USA (Pounding Pavement)[2]
- PAI: Virtua Fighter (Pai Stage)[1]
- QTT: Quartet (BGM 1)[2]
- R.M: Rad Mobile (Soup Up)[2]
- S.B: Virtua Fighter (Sarah Stage)[1]
- S.C: Stadium Cross (Game Start)[2]
- S.F: Strike Fighter (Opening)[2]
- S.H: Space Harrier (Main Theme)[2]
- SAO: Alien Storm (Break Out)[1]
- SDI: SDI (System Down)[2]
- SHO: Super Hang-On (Sprinter)[2]
- SKH: Daytona USA (Sky High)[2]
- SMG: Super Monaco GP (Advertise BGM)[2]
- T.B: Thunder Blade (Burning Point)[2]
- TAK: Super Thunder Blade (Type 3)[1]
- TET: Tetris (Tetremix)[2]
- TOR: Turbo OutRun (Rush A Difficulty)[2]
- TRS: R360 (Earth Frame G)[1]
- UME: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (MJ-Dance)[1]
- V.F: Virtua Fighter (Akira Stage)[2]
- V.R: Virtua Racing (Polygonic Continent)[2]
- VFT: Virtua Fighter 2 (Lion Stage)[2]
- VMO: Sword of Vermillion (Swords Of Vermillion)[2]
- W.H: Virtua Fighter (Wolf Stage)[1]
- YAM: Bloxeed (Choice)[1]
- YAN: Columns (Filthy)[1]
- YOJ: Bonanza Bros. (BGM A)[1]
- YUI: Flash Point (Good! Let's Go!)[1]
High score censorship
Attempt to put "SEX" as a high score and the game will change it to "SEA".
Windows PC version
The PC version of Daytona USA hard codes the extra Saturn buttons required for these codes to the gamepad. It does not appear to be possible to perform these codes using the keyboard as these actions are not mapped there. These codes were tested using an x-box one pad with the following mappings:
Saturn Button / X-Box One pad Button
X /
Y / 
Z / 
L / SELECT
R / START
Start / Left Stick Press
The x-box buttons are listed in the codes below
Unlock bonus cars and the horse
On the title screen hold ++++ and press Start (left stick press).
It’s easiest to do this by holding the buttons and pressing start on the intro screen, then keeping the buttons held and pressing start again on the title screen.
Now go to PC mode and the following new vehicles have been unlocked, first colour is automatic, second colour is manual. The Blue/Red car, Green/Pink Car, Black/Orange Car, Cyan/Yellow Car and the Horse. The "automatic" horse is brown, while the "manual" horse is grey and both can travel as fast on grass as they can on tarmac. They also cannot take damage and so can use the pit lanes like normal roads.
Time trial mode
On the transmission select screen, hold down Start (left stick press) and select a transmission type to enable time trial mode. The words ‘Time Lap Mode’ and a stopwatch will appear at the bottom of the screen and you will now be racing against the clock.
Mirror mode
On the circuit select screen in PC mode, hold down Start (left stick press) and select a track to enable mirror mode. The words ‘mirror mode’ will appear at the bottom of the screen and the track will now be mirrored left to right.
Maniac mode
Restart the game or wait on the title screen until the sega/am2 logos to appear. When they do, quickly press , , , , , , , , , , . A sound effect will immediately play if entered correctly.
Now when you start a new race it will be in maniac mode, an extra hard difficulty level. A letter ‘M’ will appear in the top left corner when this mode is enabled.
Karaoke mode (bugged?)
On the select course screen, hold and select a course to enable a karaoke mode where the lyrics to the background music appear at the bottom of the screen.
Note - In my testing, this mode appears to be bugged. Depending on the track, what actually appears at the bottom of the screen does not match up with the music or nothing appears at all.
Slower AI
Hold down at any time during a race to instantly slow the lead car down. Releasing will restore the lead car to its previous position.
View credits
After finishing first in a race, press Start (Left stick press) during the victory lap/replay to view the credits
Easter eggs
All Saturn easter eggs are present in the PC version too.
- Slot Machine on beginner course (press
to stop the reels) - Hidden message up the ramp on the intermediate course
- Jeffry statue on the expert course (press to get him to move)
- High score jingles using specific initials are present
See the Saturn section for more info on these
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1995" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 115
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1995" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 114
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