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- RIDGE RACER V DAYTONA USA
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- ok so I might of got carried away with singing the praises
- for daytona in the WORD 3 but it is only MY opinion....
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- so here is a bit of a run down on some of the points of
- RIDGE RACER and DAYTONA USA....
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- GEARS N THINGS
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- RIDGE RACER -- SIX speed manual or automatic and proper
- pedals (clutch, break and accelertor .
- sound familiar) . movable seat, for people
- with bloody long legs .
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- DAYTONA -- FOUR speed manual or automatic but no clutch
- just break and accelertor (don't use break
- much anyway) . movable seat like ridge racer .
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- GRAPHICS
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- RIDGE RACER
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- fast and colourful but when you get close to the sides it
- tends to go slighty blocky , also when you go through the
- mountain bit the sides are smooth even through the gfx's
- look like rough rock texture . nice effect when the sun
- sets and the jumbo jet comes in to land ,though.
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- DAYTONA
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- faster than the above and seems more colourful (but it
- probably isn't just the way it's drawn and sega should know
- how to get maximum effect) . The sides of these mountains
- ARE rough and don't just look it , when you go through the
- tunnel on the 2nd track you can see daylight through the
- sides and this is reflected on to your car as you go by .
- even the pit crew are very detailed , try to find these in
- ridge racer
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- MUSIC N SFX
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- RIDGE RACER
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- pick between SIX different songs at the start of the race a
- bloody voice that keeps on saying " THERE'S SOMEBODY ON YOUR
- TAIL" oo-er ....it might also say " LAST LAP " ( not sure as
- I haven't played it in while not since u know what
- arrived....
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- DAYTONA
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- no songs to pick , just one tune for each track , these piss
- on ridge racer from a great height , if they were on cd i'd
- buy it right away (hint,hint sega) . it also has quite a
- lot of samples though like " YOUR DOING GREAT " , " TAKE IT
- LOW AT TURN 3 " AND " TRY TO STAY LOW IN THE TURNS ", just
- like the pit crew talking to u through headphones....( it
- makes a change to hear long samples don't u think )
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- NEW DESIGNS ETC
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- RIDGE RACER
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- nothing really new apart from the one with the 30ft screen ,
- same game different screen and a full size sports car to sit
- in (a mazda mx 5 I think ) but it doesn't move or nowt and
- at a huge price of 3 quid yes 3 QUID a go u would think it
- would .... (see it at skegness now)
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- oh i've heard rumours about ridge racer 2 but no game
- spec has yet....
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- DAYTONA
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- 8 player link up , new sounds , different gfx's etc . 2
- player side by side , smaller screens , smaller machines and
- a cheaper price not the same feel to it though...
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- FINAL WORDS
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- Why don't namco leave racing games to the big boys (SEGA)
- coz they will beat them every time .....
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- I will still only play daytona until something better comes
- along like daytona 2 maybe....remember this is my opinion
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- oh by the way I have got to first place on the first track
- nothing different from places 2 n 3 though at the end
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- best lap --- 17.30 secs
- total time - 2.22.11 mins
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- I know this doesn't go into great detail but I am too busy
- to write any more.....
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- PANEAD 6/9/94
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