That 360 port is a thing of beauty.

I'm so glad I watched this & ordered the Japanese version instead of the USA release.

You have to hold the thumbstick forward in the DC version if you want to have any semblance of control. This is of course both tiring and difficult to do since the DC thumbstick is so difficult to grip, but it's what you have to do to get by. The 360/PS3 port is great. Love playing it, but it was really hard to find people to race online. I wish Sega would port it to PC already.

Never would have believed that arcade version is from 1993!! If I didn't know, thanks to your video, I would have thought it's a game from the late 90-s!!

Battle of the Ports - Daytona USA. Let's take a look at 7 versions of the Sega classic!

I've always loved this game. The slick frame rate and ready-filtered textures are timeless, and it's a dream to play in HD on my PS3.

Good news. The 360 port has been ported to the Xbox One!

i just got tha 360 port of Daytona USA a few days ago and i couldn't been more happier

As a kid in 1996, i played the original saturn version. In 2006 i saw the 8 player system link arcade of it at Dave and Busters, 4 player system link arcade at ESPN place in 2008 which was shut down in Baltimore 2010 and 2 player system link arcade at the movies. I got the full version of it on Xbox 360 via Xbox One backwards compatibility.

It's so ridiculous how a 15 years old racing game runs on 60 fps on a Dreamcast (as a lot of racing game in that era) and today publishers insist that 30 fps are more than enough, more cinematic and more pleasant.... The sad thing is that people belive them and insults PCist when they say that 30 fps are not enough....

Daytona USA on the dreamcast has perfect controls with a steering wheel

It's worth noting that Daytona USA 2001 was co-developed by Genki, the same company behing the Shutokou Battle (Tokyo Xtreme Racer) games, which explains for the extremely twitchy analog controls. Only the Western releases allowed players to adjust the analog sensitivity, but that still doesn't change the fact for being such. Daytona USA on XBLA/PSN on the other hand? An excellent port done by Sega's AM Convert Team (or AM Ishoku Team), also responsible for the console ports of After Burner Climax, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and the Model 2 Collection games. It even has the "Waiting For Your Entry" animation with the mini cars, albeit only in the porting staff's credits screen...

The Windows 95 Deluxe Edition looked like it was on Mars! WTF?!?

Never understood the dislike of the Saturn CCE version, it's my favourite out of all of them... And the music is great.

The arcade version of this game is the only one I've played first time i played it was a Bill Bob's in Ft. Worth Texas. Now i play the PS3 version when i want a retro racing game kick. Great soundtrack too.

Frame rate, the car shape at the standard view, controls and the mooooosak...getting those right is key.

Love this game even to this day.

The USA version (IDK about PAL, but definitively not on the Japanese version) of Daytona USA 2001/DC haves the option to adjust the sensitivity, and with that the controls can really get improved.

Wonderful video. Daytona USA brings back a lot of great memories. Waiting in line to play at the local arcade was exciting in itself. When I think of great Sega titles, this is one of the first games that comes to mind. Roooooooooooooolling Staaaaaaaaaaaart!

I love Dreamcast Daytona. The handling is more like Scud Race than Daytona which I actually enjoy. Makes for an extra challenge.

erick martin is a very good singer and he is quite loved in Japan, I understand that the purpose of the video is to appreciate the authenticity of the arcade version with the music sung by takenobu mitsuyoshi, but that does not mean that one singer is better than another when alone it's all about tastes, I love your videos! try to be less contemptuous for the next one.

Binging the port playlist and so sick of that song by midway through this video!

Forgot how ugly the saturn port was. I still played a ton of it because it played like the arcade even if it looked like a 32x game, lol.

Classic. I can never get enough of this and Daytona 2. I constantly drive with this music on my cd player.

The 360 version looks very nice. I downloaded the trial version and wasn't that impressed with it (not bad - just though it was OK) but maybe I'll give it another go..... Using the steering wheel with the Dreamcast version gives you great control - makes me feel like they designed it that way. If you are stuck with the default pad you can still improve things by turning the sensitivity way down in the options.

gimme the ps3 version on my switch right this instant!!!

This is my childhood right there. In the arcades playing outrun and daytona

Me playing this 10 years ago: Wow! So realistic! Me today: Wow! 3D graphics improved so well!

I really like this game, especially the arcade version with the steering wheel and all that crud.

Rolling Staaaaaaaaaaaaaart... another nostalgic trip with a classic

excellent video, subscribed

hey yall the guy who sang like pretty much alot of the songs in daytona is the same man who sang the FZERO MEDLEY! and i am talking the smash bros fans only lol

As soon as I got my xbox 360 a few years ago, this was one of the first XBLA games I got. Just wish the online community was much bigger than it is, but it's nice to still get some awesome multiplayer games in!

one of the best arcade game ever, but on the real cabinet

I really don't know why sega didn't make a port of Daytona 2 even though the dreamcast was surely powerful enough to bring Daytona 2 to the living room

Very good mate!

Man that "sky high" song makes me think of PSO ver 2 on Dreamcast

You'll have to revise this with the new Daytona!

I used to have the PC version of Deluxe. It just didn't scratch the itch. It took a while to happen but the 360 port finally came to the rescue.

Dreamcast is Best no competition, wish we got part 2

The original AM2 Saturn port is still the most fun to this day.

Is there any differences regarding the graphic, gameplay and in game content from 360 to PS3 version?

As far as know, 8 player linked system arcade consists of 8 different colors of hornet. Player 1 (Red), Player 2 (Blue), Player 3 (Yellow), Player 4 (Green), Player 5 (Black), Player 6 (Pink), Player 7 (Light Blue), & Player 8 (Orange).

Just watching this made me go and purchase the ps3 download one, thanks nostalgia overload.

We played this game on Saturn like nuts, until SEGA Rally Championship came out and Daytona USA CE.

Mark what capture software do you use, have you given OBS a go?

I might track down a Japanese version of CCE but I tell you man, my friends spent many Friday night rocking CCE back in our high school days so we adore the new theme AM3 made for that version! haha come on man, IT ROCKS!! :-D

that freaking song... DAYTONNAAAA

Hi Retro Core, greetings from Medellin, Colombia. A question for you, since you seem to be quite knowlegable about Sega: since Sega re-released a lot of ports of their games for the PS2 and even the Gamecube, then how come there was never a Daytona USA port for the PS2? These platforms that you mention here got it, yet Sega never bothered with the 6th generation consoles (apart from the Dreamcast, obiously). It's something I have always wondered. Great job with your videos, I enjoy them quite a lot. Keep it up.

Joguei muito isto quando cheguei no Japão kkk muito bom!!

I'm so happy I was able to alert you in time about KZfaq's new 60fps support so this comparison could be done as such. And what a game to start releasing 60fps videos on........Thanks for all your effort. One minor nitpick, in an effort to help you get as good a video as you can make it, the scrolling of your text is very jumpy, despite it being 60fps. In fact, its more apparent now than before at 30. Is there anything you can do about that?

Here lies the most popular arcade in my entire country (Well atleast until 2014)

Music be driving me crazy

nice extensive comparison of the classic!

I'd recommend getting the PC version of Circuit Edition if you have a PC from the early 00's lying around.

Nice comparison man!

Amazing soundtrack.

Dreamcast version is not running through vga. In order to have any fun in this game you must select manual. On sharp corners (any coreners you are hitting the wall) A few meters before one of those turns (do not let go of gas, do not brake) Shift down 2 gears (at this point the drift will start) after 1 second shift up 1 second later shift up again This should result in a clean drift around most corners There are better tutorials, but that is what it basically comes down to, I think..

I always wondered what did they smoke when putting the horse as a playable car... ... the same when they did actually put Grasshopper in Fighter's Mega Mix too! The game (Arcade) is a bit misterious and curious, which adds replayability. Like the roulette in track one, the seagulls getting larger if you constantly press start button on track 2! And that Jeffrey's statue...... Sega Model 2 emulator by ElSemi at version 1.0 fully supports 360 pads (I haven't tried a 360 racing controller though, I got a cheap one for PC and it's awful... but 360 pads are just good enough!).

ROLLING STAAAAAAAAAAAAART!!!!!!!!!!

Another great Battle! What upcoming battles do we have to look forward too, I wonder? (Probably top-secret). A bit of trivia, but the beloved Hornet was a downloadable for that awful RR Vita game.

I actually prefer circuit edition on the Saturn over the original Saturn version. I hear many people say the controls are worse but I don't think they're worse just different. In fact I do better in some areas with the different controlls compared to the original. Pair that with the increased framerate, inreased draw distance, new tracks, more cars, multiplayer and choice of music makes it my favourite racing game on the Saturn.

I have to say it: I don't understand complaining over controls in Daytona USA for the Dreamcast. Once you set sensitivity to a proper level the car controls very well. It is suited well for analog stick and triggers and you can do very smooth turns. I love everything about this version, except a version of Sky high. The original is much better.

Were you playing a rip of the Windows 95 version of Deluxe Edition? When you were showing the PC exclusive track, the music is missing.

What triggers me about this was there was NO PORT OF DAYTONA 2

Dreamcast u can pick from 10 cars and some of them are crazy

Woaah, i ve never noticed the graphic différences between the original saturn version and the championship circuit edition. There are less textures and polygones in the CCE, lower resolution too... It's a "light" edition.

Great video :)

Ok, hypothetical.. On the Saturn original, you can fix either the frame rate to 30fps (not 60.. sorry lol) or the pop in... which do you chose?

Heh, there is more popup on the 360 than Dreamcast. Wasn't expecting that.

at 26:00 what was up with that thing flying? It looked like a flying wing of a seagull with out the seagull body. Maybe it was a stealth Seagull.

The best version overall is Playstation 3, why? Its the same as the 360 version but logitech gt logitech g25 and g27 force feedback wheel work great with the playstation 3 version. Also if you use a M2 emulator on Pc and know how to change options in the game, not emulator options you can get the original arcade force feedback using a Pc compatible force feedback wheel like logitech and Thrustmaster.

Rorring start!

Recent port aside, my favorite was the first Saturn one, and yeah had the PAL version too. Wish they would have released Daytona USA 2 for DC and not just another version of the first one, especially with those kind of controls. Did hear it worked great with the wheel though.

Fun Fact: On the back cover of the European version of Daytona USA for the Saturn (not the Circuit/Champion Circuit Edition), they had the nerve of calling it a "pixel perfect" conversion

😂 Still remember my old forum days, Jag fanboys swore blind if you used X game engine and the Jaguar CD, the Jaguar could pull off a component conversion of this. The hardware couldn't process as much complex geometry as the Saturn, let alone being built with Texture-Mapping in mind. If this had come to the Jaguar as part of the Sega deal, it would of been an abomination. Atari couldn't even get a solid Virtua Racing style game on the system 🤣

I dont actually recall the PC version of Daytona USA Deluxe looking any bad. Sure, there is the pop-up, but everything else looks fine to me. You may try using High polygon mode if you haven't. Also, weirdly you can choose the music of each track, with most of them being listed as (remix) even if the original isnt present (On my CD apparently). I dont remember either the weather/ambience selectable, and I dont know how to enable it.

I am so happy you did this BOTP but man.. watching this play was somewhat painful. I know it's hard with modern controllers but at least you have to play on manual transmission to do some powersliding! That's half the fun of the game is figuring out the powersliding mechanic. This is one of my favorite games of all time and i adore the medium track. I have played it hundreds of times trying to perfect the racing line and get the most speed out of the turns.. The way the power sliding mechanic interacts with the downshifting and slamming from brakes to gas and the force feedback of the arcade version's steering is like no other game. I urge you to watch and read about higher level daytona USA play if you are not familiar with powersliding or why to use manual transmission as it will open up a whole new world to you with this classic game. To make a metaphor - playing the game in automatic and simply braking to take the turns is like playing street fighter and only using the attack buttons. Learning how and when to use the shifter, brake, and throttle to powerslide is like learning how to do combos and mixups in street fighter.

lol the ending

I hear so much good stuff about Daytona USA, but what about it's sequel? Any opinions?

Daytona USA 2 console port coming next month!

7:17 What happend to the sky? Why the graphics are so glitched? Now this is weird since this game works fine on my Win 10.

i come back after almost a year later to sadly break some bad news, Daytona USA on XBOX Marketplace is being sadly delisted after February 7th 2023 😢glad i got it when i got it

Ótimo video!!! Parabéns!!!!

9:25 How to initiate a controlled drift in daytona? I can only place 11th, 12th or so in that course.

I live in the UK. I got a few questions that I need answering for Daytona USA Championship Edition: 1. Does the game share the US name or the Japanese name 2. Does it share the same soundtrack as the US release or the Japanese release? I'll add more question if I need to when I get more curious until I give in and bought the game.

Would be cool if you could show what resolution each game is running at.

ROOOO-LING STAAAAAAAART!!!! I have the PS3 version! WOOHOO!!!!

It's weird that the Dreamcast version has zero draw-in, but the PS3/360 version has pop-up objects in a few places

so they drop the daytona name in that "remasted" arcade........the song too? well , the "lyrics" at least

The Sega Saturn version played like a dream then you say it ran at 20-24fps well which is it?

From the looks of it the PS3 and 360 port has better draw distance than SEGA Racing Classic (2009).

I want that 360/PS3 perfect port for my Switch Right. Fucking. Now.

i dont think you can really compare the win95 version of the port in that state....

I would give you a million thumps up for this video if I could! Fantastic video, minus a couple spelling errors (ridiculous not ridicules) ;-) Love your show.

I have the Deluxe version with the D3D. It runs fine on my older PC when I downgrade the GeForce drivers.

20-60fps Lol, the Saturn version just got an instant upgrade.

I've always want to see Daytona USA 2 BOTE/PE on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. But we have emulation. We all can play Daytona USA 2 and SCUD Race on the Supermodel 3(SEGA Model 3) emulator.

anyone know where to download the arcade rom???