Comments on: Initial D5 on location test in Japan

By: anthony

anthony — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:14:13 +0000

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By: JEff_

JEff_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:49:33 +0000

when will it be released?? They said that there are some changes from Id4 and i want to know for myself… I think the only ones available are for testing only…

YA-HA!!

By: RyanDG

RyanDG — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:42:10 +0000

‘where did you hear suzuki-san was invoiced with Race TV?’

He’s the head of AM+ R&D. I’m not sure what exact role he had in its development, but I was under the impression he was serving as the director if I’m not mistaken…

By: burnsro

burnsro — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:50 +0000

Nice, hopefully my local arcade gets this. Maximum Tune, which has 4 cabs. is still doing better than ID4, which has gone from 4 to 2 cabs upon change of ID3->ID4. Hopefully they get this since they haven’t gotten any new SEGA racing games besides ID since Outrun 2 didn’t do well for them.

This is now the blog I visit most for arcade news. Thanks for contributing to it editor! Keep up the good work.

By: editor

editor — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:26:26 +0000

ID franchise in arcade based on course action not story line.

By: SaraAB87

SaraAB87 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:23:31 +0000

What are they basing this game off of, I realize that the author of this cannot read Japanese but to my knowledge the Initial D anime series only goes up to the 4th stage, which is what the last game was based on, I will have to look around for a 5th stage anime because if it exists I would love to watch it. This is the only anime series I have ever sat through the whole thing, its that good.

By: Old School J

Old School J — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:31:20 +0000

Daytona USA is one of the truly great racing games in the arcades, the sequel although a reasonable effort lacked the magic that made the original feel like a gritty, dangerous, circuit based battle against your opponents and the clock. If you played the manual transmission cars in Daytona 1 you got a satisfyingly deep gutsy gear changing engine sound effect building up with the revs. And who can forget touches such as the change in engine sound to a deeper tone when you entered the tunnel in the advanced course. The expert seaside circuit is one of the most complex and intelligently designed fantasy arcade courses ever made.

Coupled to all of this were the brilliant graphics for their time, the boxy Nascars and weird and unique texture map logos emblazoned on them had a character all of their own. Overall it was not as ‘cartoony’ as the sequel but an original concept, with a strong sense of tight, edgy racing where even the AI adversaries could display some astonishing manoeuvres to hinder or help your progress. Daytona 2 was still a good game however it did not give the same feel as its predecessor and Race TV, from what I played at ATEI 2008 is a very cartoony ‘Mario Kart’-esque style racer that might find an audience with that crowd.

Daytona may well have been a once in an arcade life time event so I will continue to enjoy it when I come across the cabinet. However I do hope someday Sega might revisits the franchise for the arcade market and release Daytona USA 3 and display the same cutting edge gritty approach that catapulted Daytona USA into the arcade legends hall of fame.

By: editor

editor — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:15:33 +0000

did you ever player Daytona 2!!!! reminds me of RaceTV.

By: ferrarimanf355

ferrarimanf355 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:50:56 +0000

When will Sega make another Daytona USA game? That would be the best thing to ever happen to Sega since Daytona USA 2…

By: editor

editor — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:35:32 +0000

where did you hear suzuki-san was invoiced with Race TV?