This game was the first game released for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform, and also the first to use the name "Virtua" in its title (something which would be followed by numerous Sega arcade games, including Virtua Fighter, Virtua Cop and Virtua Tennis. It is considered a milestone in 3D graphics and the racing genre, and acts as a foundation for most modern racing games.
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Plot-driven, earnest, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
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“Is this Sega AM2's best work?”
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“Has Virtua Racing aged badly?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Sega AM2
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- August 31, 1992
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Sega Model 1
IGDB rating 6.3/10 from 15 ratings.
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Both plot-driven, warm, earnest.
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Both plot-driven, earnest, grave.
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Prince: Sign 'o' the Times 198761% alikeFilm · Both earnest, warm, grave.
Jeopardy! 198454% alikeSeries · Both plot-driven, earnest, warm; this one is more contemporary.
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