The controls are wonked out and manual doesn't even work yet, but with that in mind it seems like a nice update. There are rom files in the Daytona folder that I'm assuming are the original game, so perhaps it's just a fancy re-skin, but the game feels a bit easier to me. I always sucked at Daytona, but I can do pretty decent on this one. If we can get the billboard working it'd be worth it for that alone.... fancy videos and animations, webcams of the players, ect. It'd make for a very special kind of lan party.
Well, anyone that has played the originals, the remasters, or the console versions (and updates)
should be pretty familiar with the courses.
the mirrored ones aren't really that much harder once you get used to them.
it's just a matter of the AI for the cars, the only thing that the difficulty does usually is that you have less time,
the cars AI are pretty much fixed, and they should race in the same general patterns for each race.
i wouldn't expect this version of daytona to be any harder than any prior version.
i've played almost every version on pc, arcade, and console, so it's not that big a deal on this arcade version being easy.
the championship mode is a little like sega rally, and you do have to finish in the top 3 to continue playing with paying if you come in 4th or worse.
too bad, there's no bonus level, or race, or anything at all (sega rally always had one if you came in 1st overall). it hurts the longevity of this game.
i realize that in arcade environment, multi player is the main draw, and appeal. these are not meant to be single player games, yet for the most
part, i only play them that way, and to improve my lap times, and beat the AI, thats the draw for me.
i just never have seen the appeal of online play or multiplayer racing to me, although it could be fun, if you play against good drivers.
the only game i seriously competed against (for cash prizes) was virtua racing - 4 player, although i did play 8 player games also, was
fun against good drivers, but most people were amateurs.
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