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Outrun vs Turbo Outrun

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flash951:
I've recently played some Outrun on my cab, and today I tried Turbo Outrun. I got a little disappointed, it felt less polished in a way. The graphics felt more "cartoonish" sort of. The feeling of driving through the turns felt kind of more "chunky" and the view ahead felt shorter. The controls just felt more like playing a joystick game, less fine tuned. I can see the game got good reviews in magazines etc when it came out. Someone else got an opinion, is it just me?

Howard_Casto:
Well in many ways it's closer to Yu Suzuki's original vision.  Outrun was supposed to be a trip across the USA but after location scouting they decided that Europe was a better choice.  This game was rushed though, so a lot of things like the branching routes were omitted.  Also it becomes apparent WHY the idea for a USA trip was omitted.... the areas in this game are often kind of uninspired. 

IMHO  This game was much better ideas than the original, it just has very poor execution of said goals. 

FrizzleFried:
I've owned two Turbo Outrun cabinets... both were converted back to Outruns before I sold them.  Outrun is a better game IMHO.

Turbo Outrun eliminated the branching... Turbo Outrun introduced Continues (I HATE CONTINUES).  Turbo Outrun's music wasn't as good...

Haze:
I think Turbo Outrun is somewhat underrated.

I usually hate the terms 'more focused' and 'streamlined' in terms of modern games (which usually means over-simplified, one route through the game, dumbed down systems etc.) and it's is a fairly accurate description of what happened with Turbo Outrun lacking multiple routes, lack of music selection screen etc.

BUT Turbo Outrun does have the Turbo feature, weather effects, the upgrade choice after a couple of stages etc. and personally I think the new music it has is actually very good (interestingly tho Sega couldn't decide which order was best, half the sets have the music in one order, half in another)

I'd say both were good games, for different reasons, and it's better to not look at one as the sequel to the other.

Howard_Casto:
The Turbo Outrun music returns in Outrun 2006 and it's actually pretty nice.  It may not be as iconic as splash wave, but it's certainly music so good you know it came from sega.

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