Oooooh, *little addendum to something I said near the video start* I mentioned that Scud Race was the debut Model 3 game, what I should've said was it was the debut Model 3 *racer* - Virtua Fighter 3 was the actual first game on the system and came out a few months before Scud Race. Scud Race was the first Model 3 game I ever saw in an arcade, I didn't see a VF3 until _months_ later, so I'd just always assumed it came out after Scud...

I remember finally seeing Scud Race in Miami, in 2000, during our US family trip: absolutely gorgeous. I played it again when I found it in Santa Monica in 2012 or so, but I haven't found one in the arcade since then. I fired up the Supermodel emulator but I didn't spend enough time to set up the pad (or the steering wheel) accordingly... maybe for the best? Anyway, we need a full Sega Racing Universe reboot, with Sega Rally, Daytona USA, Sega Touring Car, ManxTT, and Scud Race with new graphics but similar (if not even better) handling.

This should get a lot more views. Bart was really influential in figuring a lot of this out with very little documentation.

So ahead of it's time! It looks like a 6th gen game (PS2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox) game in the mid freaking 90s. Despite coming in 1996, it looks like it came out in 2002! Just incredible. I love this game!

I would totally buy a Sega Racing Classics 1 2 and 3 compilation for PC or console on spot

Great video! 😃👍🏻 Massive "Thank you!!!" to the emulator developer, and all the people that helped with the Sega Model 3 emulator. Oh boy, it was 1997 when they brought a Scud Race single cabinet in my small home city in Bulgaria - Yambol. It was parked next to another great double cabinet of Cyber Cycles, which was my favourite motorcycle racing cabinet, which I managed to master and set the highest score. The Scud Race cabinet was mind blowing with these incredible graphics, and the force feedback. The screen size and visual effects were like nothing else I've seen until I saw two years later the Star Wars Pod Racer deluxe cabinet in Disney land Paris. Scud Race was super difficult and I don't remember seeing anyone completing a course in the arcade. Most of the people that tried it never managed to finish the time trial... It was the most difficult racing game, and I think the owner sold the machine a year later because no one was playing it after they realised how difficult it was. Today, I absolutely love playing it with the Supermodel 3 emulator. It's great to hook it up to modern-day high torque DD wheel, high end load cell pedals, and high end H shifter. The ffb can be customised to achieve a great feel, and it's even better than playing it in the Arcade. Our first attempt to emulate Scud Race was back in 2004-2005 in MAME if I remember correctly, but it was not playable with the hardware at that time... We never believed that it will be playable on a home PC... :) This game, and most of the others Sega Arcade racers will never age! They don't make games like this now, which is really sad and very nostalgic... Thank you for the awesome video! :)

So weird to think that while people were playing Super Mario 64 at home, this Xbox looking game was showing itself off in the arcades. I wish I got to experience that. Oh well. At least we have Supermodel.

i hope someday sega release those model 2 and 3 games on a bundle it shouldnt be that hard, last year they released yakuza with Daytona 2 playable....

Fantastic video! So great to see Bart here too. I always wondered who that Supermodel guy was. Bart, if you're reading this thank you so much for hundreds of hours of fun.

Interesting video. I have a very similar relationship with Scud Race: I only ever saw it a few times when it came out as there weren't many large arcades where I lived. But I loved Sega and always held this game up in my mind over the years as a truly great racing game, never really knowing how well it played. Years later, when I was able to play it properly through supermodel on my sim rig, I was blown away by the difficulty. It's just really difficult to "get it" and be able to consistently take turns without oversteering, and once you sort of tame that aspect, you still have to "perfect" the technique to a degree to set any good times or even hope to come in 1st. I'll add that I don't know how anyone would be able to do well without a steering wheel in this one. Anyway, I really dug in after initially being so put off by the handling and after a while started to get the hang of it. I had a good laugh that you mentioned isamu, as I remember him from the old gaming-age forums from waaay back (pre neogaf, which was pre resetera), even chatted with him back then as we shared our love for the Sega and Namco racers. I've come around as well to Scud Race, and truly love it. I think it's best to just embrace the game as it is and appreciate the fact that Sega made a game they clearly intended to be for experts. I'll be enjoying this game for years to come. If I could just whip around the corners as easy as other racing games of the era (actually of the modern era too), this game would only have its graphics to hold it up. As a side note, I think Sega Touring Car is even harder, I just cannot do anything in that game. Also, I always wonder how the controls compare to the og when emulating racing games using a wheel. Scud Race is hard enough that I wondered if the controls were not right, but that is not the case. Shockingly, I also recently ran into a Super GT cabinet (and it was a deluxe motion cab to boot), and I spent quite a bit of time on it. I found that if you properly set your steering wheel to 270 degrees it will match the og controls 1:1. Not that that's news or anything, but I was happy to verify for myself. Btw, it's probably been 2 decades since the last time I saw one in the wild, and it was in decent condition too. The motion hydraulics worked, the force feedback steering worked, the only problem was the brake pedal was really hard to activate, though it still worked. It was so cool finding that cabinet.

Bart is a hero! I remember when he was developing the Supermodel emulator he had said that he was in the PhD process, coincidentally I was too and I kept thinking, wow, this guy is really good, I can barely eat and dedicate myself to my doctoral thesis hahahaah !

Stunning looking game. I definitely watched it in the arcade and possibly played it a few times but it was hard to understand the control methods like you mentioned. Maybe now it’s playable on the Steamdeck using the amazing Supermodel Emu (thank you Bart and the community) I will get to master the game…. Or at least improve! Great video !!

Oh damn, it's been a while since I've seen anything from Bart! Awesome to see you two working together :D

This is how I found joy with Scud Race: A few games every day. It's not a game which works too well on long sessions because as you said it can get frustrating. I played it little and often, as I guess you were meant to in an arcade setting, and came to absolutely love it. The final boss of sega arcade racers.

6:55. My God!! This track and music are SO nostalgic. I played this a lot at my arcade scene, here in Brazil. We had a 4 players coop driver's seat, and it was amazing to play with my friends. The music was pretty high volume and the feel/gameplay of this game, was a true joy. Loved the video. Thanks. Subscribed!

*sigh* What else can be said my friend. This review was simply *chef's kiss* PERFECTION! Props for the shoutout! Everything you said resonated with me to a T! Your summary of the handling and why it can cause such a turn off for players new to the game cannot be overstated. It is THE one element that will either turn players away for good, or keep them hungry enough to keep coming back for more. Anyway, time to plug this one at Resetera.

Im shocked this wanst a launch title for the Dreamcast. Scud Race is just pure sega arcade magic. Great video

Great review. Thanks to both, Bart and MrThunderwing.

First saw the game at a local mall arcade in 1997 and it's been a joy to play and experience ever since. I haven't seen an arcade cab in the wild in about 10 years now, but I am sure thankful for Supermodel 3 and ever so hopeful now that RGG Studio has their own Model 3 emulator that we may see something come of it for this game in the future.

Great video! I still haven't played in Supermodel with a wheel, can you believe it? I get by pretty well with my XBox 360 controller, twitchiness and all :D

Wonderful video. I also remember seeing Scud Race in the arcade and being completely blown away by the graphics.

This is my favorite arcade racer after Sega Rally.

This is an amazing interview. Thank you so much.

Scud Race's handling has always done my head in. After playing it in the arcades and then getting a proper wheel set up, I'm now able to practice more often. I still can't seem to consistently get the cars to do what I want them to. It does get discouraging and usually find myself going back to Daytona USA 2 which is a lot more fun. I should add that the Supermodel emulator is a work of genius and a huge THANK YOU to Bart. Model 3 games have never looked so good, higher resolutions and widescreen support brings them up to modern standards.

Great video mate and a very honest opinion at the end. I think this game was designed to eat coins when you consider the cost of the board, the focus on multiplayer and the sky high difficulty in hitting first. Seeing this in the arcade was really a wow moment, there was nothing close to it at home or in the arcade. I'd love for Sega to find a way to bring it home

Another great video and props on Bart, amazing work all around!!

How exciting the video was... I went back to those times in 2011 when it all started with a question in the mameworld forums, great! thank you.

Thanks for making this great video! Bart is a legend.

I remember seeing Scud Race for the first time. Was blown away! Miss Sega of the 90s. BTW what's that banging dnb tune playing in the background?

There's always something about 'Final Laps', which is why I like to call it the "F*ck Up Lap". Happens to me quite often as well on SEGA Racing Classic 2 when I'm wanting to try improve my times, like, you do so well until the Final Lap where something just always has to occur to throw away all that effort of doing so well where you almost managed to finally get a better/improved time, like a massive middle finger to us. Even during a race, if a car you overlap isn't there to get in the way/block you (because it crashed somewhere), then either the wall or grass will have you instead, or end up spinning out. So frustrating, good job I love those games so much to keep coming back for more, still enjoy and have fun on them despite when they misbehave.

Great stuff mate. Still not gotten to play it. Fingers crossed soon. Was good to hear from Bart as well, celeb in the chair (sort of)!

Booze cigarettes raves I ❤ those priorities. Great video oh I miss them days sooooooo much

Great video, good to hear from Bart too, this should have more views! I did encounter Scud Race a few times (I played it and F355 Challenge on Weston Pier which then burnt down!). Not played it that much in the emulator (but then I'm busy with my various KZfaq projects including the Sega Arcade vs PC series. Speaking of which, better get back to that...

Incredilble video Mr Thunderwing, your on a roll !

cool review....i too was very hyped on scud race by the magazines but never saw nor played it anywhere xD

ah Sega Scud Race (I know it as Super GT), the money no object arcade machine that id kill to have, old arcade where i live had a quad deluxe machine that was so loud, you could hear it through the entire arcade, played it and loved it to death, no arcade game compares, other than Outrun 2 SP

I always thought SEGA Racing Classic is an awful name, it makes me cringe and devalue the game every time I see it. I even told SEGA this directly. SEGA Sportscars Championship, SEGA GT Challenge, SEGA GT Championship, SEGA World GT Challenge, and World GT Championship, SEGA World Race Series and World GT for Scud Race are superior names. Greatr video and it's fantastic seeing Bart for he deserves all the praise in the world for he did what SEGA could not (it was thanks to Supermodel that helped SEGA figure out out their can make their own emulator). I think Scud Race is a better game than you think for I love it and can handle the parts that you found difficult, but definitely agree that it's a third wheel to Daytona 2 and Sega Rally 2, and the sixth wheel to Daytona 1, Daytona 2, Sega Rally 1, Sega Rally 2 and Outrun 2.

8:15 the stage that just don’t play. Too hard LOL

Thank u bart and thunderwing! Great video

Great video, really interesting to have Bart’s input too. I’ll play it again this weekend, try your method for drifting, as I’ve never got it right yet! Thanks for all your effort. Which Bristol arcade is it in, I might visit this weekend (I live in Downend, Bristol.

I remember the pizza shop that had this arcade. I was sold by the reflection of clouds going off the roof of the cars. And I just remember wondering, what kind of speakers are in this cabinet?

I never played that game on arcades. I dreamed about it being ported to Dreamcast.Unfortunately, it never happened. I play it nowadays with my notebook connected to my oled tv and a logitech g29. It's a blast, with 4k and 60fps.

one of my favourite racers wich still looks amazing today. i played it a ton on supermodel emulator back in 2014/2015 :D

my favorite game and nice video MrThunderwing

still waiting for the unlikely announcement that Sega will be releasing a collection with all their classic racers... somehow with licenses intact... but it'll sadly never happen.

Here I sit hearing you gush about the grafics and keep waiting for you to point out the brilliant gameplay. You had my hopes up at 25:40. But we have vastly differing oppinions on that. Yes SCUD race is hard, but it is one of the most brilliant arcade racers, with only Rage Racer as possible contender with a different concept. Accelero drift is analogue, so don't "pump" the gas, be careful with it and kick the car out when exiting thecorner. I don't know of any arcade racer that used such an intricate and brilliantly responsive system where it matters if you're 1/2s, 3/4ths or 7/8ths on the gas. Sure, I loved the looks back in the day and was lucky to be two weeks in Great Britain where they had a 4 player arcade station. I ditched my friends and played every day. Wasn't good for my dating life, but these memories from 1998 still live with me. I agree with the rubberbanding and the high difficulty, but going time trial and driving is an experience like no other. There are no arcade racers like these. It was the peak of depth in arcade racers (specially since I don't know of any arcade racer that doesn't have boost or nitro after Radge Racer V) I played on Supermodel for quite some time, but I was blown away when I found out that I could use my wheel with a config file last year even with force feedback (Warped Polygon worked out the configs and made them available on github). It brought back a beloved racing experience that is still unmatched today. What Bart brought back to life can't be described in words. I'll always be thankful for that, specially since SEGA & Namco completely lost that kind of game. They really pushed each other to unknown heights in game design and I can't stress how lucky I feel to have lived through that era. Yeah the grafics where breath taking back in the day, but to me, the gameplay really hooked me to this particular game. And I loved the sound of the McLaren F1 GTR, it's so addictive.

3:17 z-buffering is used to temporarily store excess z in case there is too much z.

Sega were the gods of arcades, especially racers. Bangers back to back which are stuck in the arcade without an official way to play outside of the Yakuza series as a bonus or emulation. Sega has such a huge back catalog they could re release these on modern platforms. Money waiting to be made…

I was waiting for Virtua Fighter 3 till the end. It would have proved the 3D power of the Sega Saturn. It was actually announced

What a great video.

What a cool video! You described my feeling for this game. Feeling of admiration in the past, going through years with the game in mind and heart until you can play it at home and see that it is actually frustrating in terms of gameplay. A true machine of anger and disappointment. But I saw that I was wrong after I stopped playing this game with the Logitech steering wheel and the FFB plugin. You need to continue the search for the perfect feeling that this game really provides and you will only achieve this if you have a better quality steering wheel working with the Supermodel's native FFB. The game will remain difficult but much more fun and exciting, as it really is in its entirety. I've seen several of your videos in which you play with a Logitech steering wheel. I recommend that you purchase a Thrustmaster T300, and if you do, I will teach you how to make it perfect for Scud Race, changing just one detail in the steering wheel settings. Strong hug.

Is there more upbeat opening music than Groovin' Daylight? I love it so much I replaced one of the songs in Outrun 2006 PC folder so I can hear it while playing that game.

My all time fave arcade sega racer apart from outrun had a least 3 scud machines in the past , wish i still had one but the model 3 tech is very unpredictable now and failing all the time getting on for 30 years old , id love a home port of scud daytona 2 and other model 2/3 games on a current gen system , but nothing will beat that arcade cab experience

Respect to Bart... Great vid 🇬🇧👌🏻

Never stop making these videos thunder! Would love a ridge racer series video if ever you get chance🫡

Awesome!

Looks great to this day, sounds great to this day, and the handling is phenomenal. Easily my favorite of Sega's 3d arcade racers, which is really bold statement because virtually all of them were great (Sega Race TV wasn't my cup of tea)

Just started playing this with my wheel and immediately tried the Daytona style gear shift drifting method, which obviously didn’t work 😅 nice to hear some tips on how it actually works. It’s gonna take a while to get used to this

O-u... Up-Right cabinet ?! :)

My favorite racing game of all time. So sad that Sega didn’t want to port it to the Dreamcast ( or any other next gen console by the way)

Don't tell anyone but I've NEVER played Scud Race (somehow?!!?)😂 Great video, might have to get on the emulator wagon for this one 👍👍

Most likely a licensing issue with the real cars to be fair. If Sony already had exclusive rights to the cars in home videogames Sega hands would have been tied or have to pay Sony for the rights.

They don’t have the seat on that version of the machine? Wow! That’s kinda quite challenging to play

Awesome review 😎

A question I would have ask Bart was if it’s possible for model3 to have rollback net code on top of emulation for the possibility to play online with net play. That would be something I’m curious about

Great video :)

Dude, can I use your gameplays please? It's because I wanted to do an analysis of Daytona USA from the Sega Saturn version and I love your channel and also so we can learn more about Daytona ❤❤❤

Name was dumb though came out around the time of the scud missile was in the news😂

My understanding was this wasn't heading to Saturn but Dreamcast. Sega had it running and it was used as a tech demo to show off the hardware at trade shows behind closed doors. For whatever reason they never followed through with a commercial conversion which is a crying shame

Ainda espero ver Scud Race em uma coletânea Model 3 para consoles caseiros

hey man I saw you other videos where you playing these games split screen, please could you make a tutorial to how to do it? Thanks

im still trying to get 1st place on the medium track of virtua racing. Once i've done that i'll try scud race ;)

6:59 another reason why sega would have a legal licensing issue. The JAL but they would just remove that like Nintendo did for wage racer

This along with other AM3, AM2 and Naomi hardware games are available via Emulation Station on various formats, including the Steam Deck. No excuse not to get these classics.

Great stuff, amazing game, wasted a fortune on it😂

Out of interest, was the Arcade at the beginning in Bristol?

I'm yet to watch the video, but "Sega's 1st ever Model 3 board arcade game" - you mean RACING game? Virtua Fighter 3 came first.

Played this for the firs time in Portugal😂🎉