Virtua Racing Deluxe

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Virtua Racing Deluxe
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
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 paired 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

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
32 №2, p132-135[4]
94 №38
93 №157, p132-134[5]
90 №43, p44-45[6]
80 №16, p88-89[7]
100 №57, p84
86 №0712, p44-45[8]
95 №66, p60-61[9]
93 №24, p54-55
90 №70
88 №7, p15
90 №39, p102-105[10]
91 №37, p98-100[11]
90 №1/95, p50[12]
90 №27, p28-29
93 №34 (supp.), p26-29[13]
90 №1/95, p30[14]
93 №79, p23[15]
90 №27, p68-70[16]
60 №1, p93[17]
97 №48, p62-63
90 №12, p74
94 №62, p46-48[18]
90 №40, p44-45
88 №56, p25
97 №2/95, p12-13[19]
80 №2, p88-89[20]
82 №2/95, p92-93[21]
82 №71, p140[22]
Sega 32X
87
Based on
29 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[23]
CD Consoles (FR)
32
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
93
[5]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
90
[6]
Edge (UK)
80
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[24]
FLUX (US) NTSC-U
75
[25]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[26]
Game Players (US)
86
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[9]
Gamer (GR)
87
[27]
Gamers (DE) PAL
80
[28]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[29]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[30]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[10]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[11]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
90
[12]
Mega (UK) PAL
90
[31]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
93
[13]
Mega Fun (DE)
90
[14]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
89
[32]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
50
[33]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
93
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
[16]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[17]
Player One (FR)
97
[34]
Play Time (DE) PAL
90
[35]
Power Unlimited (NL)
80
[36]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
77
[37]
Score (CZ)
90
[38]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[39]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
94
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[40]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[41]
Sega Force (SE)
97
[19]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
89
[42]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[43]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
89
[44]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[45]
VideoGames (US)
90
[22]
Sega 32X
85
Based on
40 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 Spine.jpg

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)

References

  1. File:GamePro US 065.pdf, page 66
  2. File:CVG UK 159.pdf, page 78
  3. File:SegaMegazone AU 49.pdf, page 40
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:CDConsoles FR 02.pdf, page 132 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 02.pdf_p132" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 132 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p132" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG IT 43.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG IT 43.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Edge UK 016.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 016.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
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  10. 10.0 10.1 File:HobbyConsolas ES 039.pdf, page 102 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:HobbyConsolas ES 039.pdf_p102" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:Joypad FR 037.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 037.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
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  13. 13.0 13.1 File:MegaForce FR Supplement 34.pdf, page 26 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaForce FR Supplement 34.pdf_p26" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 14.0 14.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
  15. 15.0 15.1 File:Micromania2 ES 079.pdf, page 23 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Micromania2 ES 079.pdf_p23" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  17. 17.0 17.1 File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content
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Virtua Racing Deluxe

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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 (?)