V.R. - Virtua Racing (c) 1992 Sega.

Sega once again prove themselves to be kings of the racing genre with the superb and innovative "Virtua Racing". This was the first racing game to be fully rendered with shaded, filled polygon graphics (the first game to ever be rendered in filled polygons was Atari's incredible 1983 release, "I, Robot").

As well as the sublime graphics and superb playability, Virtua Racing also allowed players to switch camera views to suit their preferred style of play. The game features 3 well designed and varied courses; 'Big Forest', 'Bay Bridge' and 'Acropolis'.

- TECHNICAL -

Sega Model 1 hardware

Main CPU : V60 (@ 16 Mhz), 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), MB86233 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3438 (@ 8 Mhz), (2x) MultiPCM (@ 8 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : paddle
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1992 in Japan and in January 1993 in USA.

Sega went to General Electric Aerospace (who made the first 3-D simulators for NASA in the 1960s) in 1991-92 for assistance to develop a CG platform architecture for their new experimental 3-D system, which later became known as the Sega Model 1 hardware. Virtua Racer was the game being written to find out how viable hardware 3-D games were, it was never designed to be released, but it was such a success internally they decided to actually release it.

The first AM-2 polygon race game. The game features many epoch-making ideas : changing the point of view freely, feeling the hardness of the steering, the seat interacting with the gravity.

In true Sega fashion, their 'Virtua' prefix was used on a variety of other products such as "Virtua Fighter", "Virtua Cop", "Virtua Striker" and "Virtua Tennis".

Toshiba EMI released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Virtua Racing & Out Runners - TYCY-5365, 5366) on 15/12/1993.

Michael Jackson used to own this game (Wide Vision model, serial number: 00461579). It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on Apr. 24th, 2009.

Overall 9.3    Graphics 9    Sound 9    Addictive 8    Difficulty 6

Heavy Metal Gamer: Virtua Racing (Arcade) Review   HeavyMetalGamer
Virtua Racing is an arcade racing game that was developed and published by Sega and was released in ...
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 8   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 09-15-16     Review Replies: 4

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TouchMaster97 09-19-16 - 01:21 PM
 This game does not work properly. I inserted a coin, and the game crashed.
arizvega 07-10-15 - 09:48 AM
 this game is unplayable :0(
MeatAndPotatoes 05-11-13 - 05:44 AM
 I love MAME on Vizzed far more than any other site. Beautiful "Virtua Racer." Often duplicated on home systems, but never the same as the arcade version. Who doesn't love them old polygon 3D's? haha