Genesis

Virtua Racing

Description

Virtua Racing is a home port of Sega's first ever 3D polygon-based racing game from the arcade. The game consists of racing Formula-1-looking cars around a beginner, intermediate or expert track competing against a second player or computer drivers. Despite having Formula-1 cars, the game controls feel very "arcadey" and you can see the leap they made from here to Daytona.

The Megadrive/Genesis version of Virtua Racing is particularly interesting as it is the only game for the system which features the "SVP" or "Sega Virtua Processor". This is a 3D processor built into each cartridge (the console itself had no 3D capability) and is very similar to the SNES's SuperFX chips, used in games such as Starfox and Stunt Race FX. However at the time the cost was tremendous meaning that this game cost around 1.5 times as much as a regular game. It did not sell well making this game quite a rare collector's item. Also of note - AFAIK the SVP chip has not been emulated to date hence you will need a real console and cart to play this game!

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The Press Says

GamePro	Jun, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
All Game Guide	1999		90
Mega Play Magazine	Jul, 1994	86 out of 100	86
Game Players	Apr, 1994	85 out of 100	85
High Score	Aug, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Aug, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Jun, 1994	7.8 out of 10	78
Sega-16.com	Mar 22, 2007	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

This game caused a quite intresting problem for owners of phones. The SVP chip had a frequency that was so high it was picked up by the phones and they rang like crazy. It was enough to sure cause headaches!