Here's some Outrun 2 (Japanese Version) being played on the OG Xbox - Bonus Stage 2 AKA the Challenge Course from Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (the JPN version is more accurate to the actual arcade version of Daytona USA 2 than the version of these bonus stages we got in the West - read on below for more info).
I picked up a component cable adapter for my Elgato HD video capture device awhile back so I could get some far better quality 480p video capture of the Japanese bonus stages in Outrun 2 running on my softmodded original Xbox, rather than the incredibly shitty composite video device I'd been using up until then.
I've already uploaded some Outrun 2 videos a while back I recorded in this superior manner, this video here is actually a slightly earlier experiment one, where I was using OBS to record, the video capture with the device (easier to set-up, less likely to screw the recording up) instead of the proprietary Elgato software (takes ages to get going, more prone to corrupting the video and making it unusable, but can do higher quality recordings). Predictably, the OBS captured video quality didn't come out as good, but it was still a decent run on the stage, so I thought, eh, worth an upload at some point in the future...
The Japanese version of Outrun 2 on the Xbox is more accurate to the arcade original version of Daytona USA 2: Power Edition's Challenge course. There are some significant differences between this version and the western version.
The game starts on the right section of the track in the Japanese game. In the Western one it starts further back than Daytona USA 2 did. Starting further back on the track is less accurate to the arcade version, but it does make it easier to tackle the first proper corner you get to, because in the JPN version you don't have enough run up to get up to speed to initiate a proper full speed gear drift if you're using manual.
The bunki is covered over as you move from the first part (Joypolis 2020 Amusement Park - advanced) to the second part (Virtua City expert), like in the arcade version of Daytona USA 2. In the western game is just looks like a regular Outrun 2 bunki. This is a big, big improvement.
You come out of the bunki in the right area in the JPN version (which actually makes it much harder), than you did in the western game. The western game brings you out into a slightly different, earlier part of Virtua city, which is a little easier to navigate... this actually means that although the JPN version is more arcade accurate, you do actually get more bang for your buck as far as the Daytona 2 expert stage goes in the western game, including the big U turn at the end of it and the Grand Central Station.
You can see a run through I did on the Daytona USA 2 bonus stage in my UK copy of the game on my Xbox 360 here:
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