Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing

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Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Time Warner Interactive

Developer: Time Warner Interactive

Licensor: Sega

Original system(s): Sega Model 1

Developer(s) of original games: Sega

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (40 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Racing^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-12-22^[2]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[3]	T-4803G
US	1995-11-06^[4]	$49.9549.95^[4]	T-4801H
EU	1995		T-4801H-50
DE	1995		T-4801H-50
UK	1995-12-18^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]^[7]	T-4801H-50
PL	1996	179zł179
AU	199x

Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing is a port of Virtua Racing, released in 1995 for the Sega Saturn. The port was produced by Time Warner Interactive rather than Sega. The VR is considered part of the game's name, as evidenced in the in-game copyright screen. In Japan, the port is called Virtua Racing Sega Saturn (バーチャレーシングセガサターン).

The game is an enhanced port of the original game, expanding the number of tracks and vehicle types and introducing a Grand Prix mode. It does not contain any of the additional content from the Sega 32X game, Virtua Racing Deluxe (although both contain prototype cars).

Gameplay

The game is a racing game that plays similarly to the arcade original but with more vehicles, tracks, and modes.

The car steers with and . It accelerates with and brakes with . If the player chooses the manual transmission option, downshifts and upshifts. The game supports the Arcade Racer.

Modes

The Arcade mode has the player race five laps against fifteen computer-controlled opponents. Each track is broken into multiple timed segments, and the player is given more time for passing a checkpoint marker. The player is retired from the race if time runs out. Only the F-1 car and the three tracks from the original arcade game (Big Forest, Bay Bridge, and Acropolis) are available to play.

The Practice mode lets the player can race on any of the tracks with or without opponents. The player can pick any car and any team colors. In this mode, there is no time limit. The player can choose to race 4, 5, or 10 laps or can choose "Free Run," where the race lasts until the player decides to stop. This is the only mode that can be played with a second player in split-screen.

The Grand Prix mode puts the player through a season tour consisting of all ten tracks and all five vehicles. The player starts with the Go Kart and graduates to the next vehicle after earning enough points. Points are awarded depending on the player's placement at the end of each race:

Placement	Points awarded
1st	10
2nd	6
3rd	4
4th	3
5th	2
6th	1
7th or worse	0

Car class	Points required
Go Kart	0
Coupe	20
F-160	30
Proto	40
F-1	50

Cars

	F-1
	A Formula One-style race car, the same car available in the arcade original and all other versions of the game.
	Go Kart
	A small, low-powered go-kart.
	Coupe
	A fastback sports car, resembling a Porsche 911.
	F-160
	A tube-shaped race car resembling those used in early Grand Prix motor racing.
	Proto
	A sports prototype race car, similar to those used in 24 Hours of Le Mans.
	F-200
	A higher-powered version of the F-1 car with a 14-cylinder engine. This car is hidden and unlocked by placing first in the Grand Prix mode with every vehicle or by inputting a cheat code.

Views

The player can switch between four different perspectives at any point during the race.

Cockpit View (

)

Follow View (

)

Float View (

)

Fly View (

)

Tracks

The game includes the three original arcade tracks along with seven additional tracks not available in any other version of the game. The tracks are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.

	Amazon Falls

	Surfers Speedway Oval

	Big Forest
	From the arcade game.
	Alpine

	Bay Bridge
	From the arcade game.
	Surfers Speedway Road

	Diablo Canyon

	Acropolis
	From the arcade game.
	Metropolis

	Pacific Coast

Versions

While graphically closer to the arcade version than the Sega Mega Drive version of Virtua Racing and Virtua Racing Deluxe, the game continues to run with a lower screen resolution and with simplified level and vehicle geometry.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing
English (US)	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing
Japanese	バーチャレーシングセガサターン	Virtua Racing Sega Saturn

Production credits

Programming: Michael Alexander, Tim Crossman, Charles Tolman
Graphics Lead: Manuel Laguatan
Graphics: Jose Erazo, Ace Miles, Lindsay Dawson
Audio: Doug Brandon (Sweet Willy), M. Stevens, Earl Vickers
Tools: Chris Ebert
Tuning: Robert Boone
Test Manager: Curtis Soldano
Testing: Robert Boone, John Arvay, Brian Corey
Manual: Bill Hindorff, Curtis Clarkson
Producer: Bill Hindorff

Source:

US manual^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

65

^[9]

Electronic Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[11]

Fun Generation (DE)

60

^[12]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

GamePro (UK)

91

^[7]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

59

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

61

^[17]

Maximum (UK)

25

^[18]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-J

14

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

57

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

86

^[6]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[21]

Player One (FR)

40

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[23]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

85

^[24]

Sega Magazin (DE)

49

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

77

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[30]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

42

^[31]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[32]

Última Generación (ES)

52

^[33]

	64
Based on 27 reviews

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:TWIVR-Sat-JP-Manual.pdf Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU

Disc

Technical information

Main article: Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing/Technical information.

References

↑ File:VirtuaRacing Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 195
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Press release: 1995-11-06: TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE'S(TM) 'V.R. VIRTUA RACING(TM)' NOW AVAILABLE ON THE SEGA SATURN(TM)
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1995-12-18), page 21
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 83
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 GamePro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-xx), page 43
↑ File:Virtuaracing sat us manual.pdf, page 21
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Electronic Entertainment, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 174
↑ Famitsu, "1995-12-29" (JP; 1995-12-15), page 37
↑ Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 62
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 9: September 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 67
↑ GamePro, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 107
↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 84
↑ Maximum, "January 1996" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 145
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 70
↑ Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 183
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 117
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 5" (JP; 1996-02-16), page 68
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 29
↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 76
↑ Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 38
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 56
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 88
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 204
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-03), page 81
↑ Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 72
↑ Última Generación, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

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	Virtua Racing (1994)
	Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994)
	Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing (1995)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 8: Virtua Racing FlatOut (2004)
	Sega Ages Virtua Racing (2019)
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	Virtua Racing: Virtua Video (?)

[:File:VirtuaRacing_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:VirtuaRacing Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230433.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)

[:File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf_p195-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 195

[Press_release:_1995-11-06:_TIME_WARNER_INTERACTIVE.27S.28TM.29_.27V.R._VIRTUA_RACING.28TM.29.27_NOW_AVAILABLE_ON_THE_SEGA_SATURN.28TM.29-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Press release: 1995-11-06: TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE'S(TM) 'V.R. VIRTUA RACING(TM)' NOW AVAILABLE ON THE SEGA SATURN(TM)

[5] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1995-12-18), page 21

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p83-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 83

[:File:GamePro_UK_03.pdf_p43-7] 7.0 ^7.1 GamePro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-xx), page 43

[:File:Virtuaracing_sat_us_manual.pdf_p21-8] File:Virtuaracing sat us manual.pdf, page 21

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_050.pdf_p122-9] Consoles +, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 122

[10] Electronic Entertainment, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 174

[11] Famitsu, "1995-12-29" (JP; 1995-12-15), page 37

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p62-12] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 62

[:File:GameFan_US_0309.pdf_p15-13] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 9: September 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0812.pdf_p67-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 67

[:File:GamePro_US_075.pdf_p52-15] GamePro, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_053.pdf_p107-16] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-02.pdf_p84-17] MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 84

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_03.pdf_p145-18] Maximum, "January 1996" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 145

[:File:MegaForce_FR_46.pdf_p79-19] Mega Force, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-01.pdf_p70-20] Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 70

[:File:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p183-21] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 183

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_060.pdf_p117-22] Player One, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 117

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-05_19960301.pdf_p68-23] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 5" (JP; 1996-02-16), page 68

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p29-24] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 29

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_27.pdf_p76-25] Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 76

[:File:SegaPower_UK_73.pdf_p38-26] Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 38

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p56-27] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 56

[:File:SSM_UK_03.pdf_p88-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 88

[:File:SSM_JP_19951222_1995-14.pdf_p204-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 204

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_15.pdf_p81-31] Ultimate Future Games, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-03), page 81

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p72-32] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 72

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_10.pdf_p90-33] Última Generación, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

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Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Modes

Cars

Views

Tracks

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References