Video: Daytona USA Becomes Sega Racing Classic
Tristan Oliver | November 3, 2009
But it’s HD, right? Not Really
Apparently, Sega has had so much success re-releasing Sonic to the masses ad nauseam, they’re going to try doing the same thing with another one of their classic franchises: Daytona USA.
But because Sega doesn’t hold the proper licenses for it anymore, it will fall under a new name: Sega Racing Classic. You’ve probably heard about the title for some time, but only today, with thanks to Sega Nerds, has video surfaced of the remake in action.
The video of Dinosaur Canyon, which is below, tells the real story–and it’s not a very good one. Instead of a full-on HD remix, SRC looks to be just like the original Daytona without all the licensing, shoehorned into 16×9 with small visual improvements–not really enough to be considered HD outside of an upconvert. Sega purists will be quick to note that Takenobu Mitsuyoshi’s famous cry of “Daytona” is absent, replace with what sounds like the more generic remix used in Daytona USA: Champion Circuit Edition for the Sega Saturn.
Though racing enthusiasts are holding out hope for a home console release, as it stands, this appears to merely be a replacement for the up to 15 year old Daytona cabinets that still dot arcades around the world. Do you think Sega could have done more with SRC? Take a look at the video below, and let us know in the comments.
Filed Under Arcade, Gaming News, Sega
Fail. This is just a minor visual readjustment and name change.
What a disappointment!
I was hoping for a new Daytona Game! This is really cheap, not even new textures, they just made most of em Blurry and that´s it, …., at least this won´t come to home consoles, otherwise it would be even more of a shame! :/ I´ll stick with my Dreamcast version and with my Saturn version!
I would however still like to try it in an arcade. Since I never played Daytona in an arcade, since none is around. At least this will keep Daytona in the Arcades for another decade!
XBLA release please!
This game made my childhood.
Way cool game,I remember it
but just wait until S&SASR comes out hehe 
Wow. That was truly awful.
No XBLA/PSN release. The less people that play this game the better. Less broken hearts that way.
if they can include a 40 player online version on the three seven speedway on ps3 i’d pay any money. Played it 8 player in the arcade a few times and no games have come close since. Dont update the graphics, they’d only ruin a true gaming classic.