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Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega, Samsung (KR)

Developer: Sega CS

Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Arcade Racer, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-11-21^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	81213
US (NetLink)	1998-02-16^[3]		81218
EU	1996-11-14		MK81213-50
DE	1996-11-14		MK81213-50
PT	1996		STJSE0389
UK	1996-11-14^[4]^[5]	£49.9949.99^[6]	MK81213-50
PL	1997
AU	199x		FDAY02SSC
BR	199x		193596
KR	1996		GS-9614J MK-81044-08

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Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition is an update to the Sega Saturn version of Daytona USA, being offered as an alternative to the original Saturn from 1996. It was handled primarily by Sega CS, who had previously been responsible for the Saturn version of Sega Rally Championship.

Gameplay

Daytona USA: CCE exists due to dissatisfaction with the original release of Daytona USA for the Saturn, a game said to have been rushed to market in order to meet the console's launch date. Daytona USA on the Sega Saturn was plagued with draw distance and framerate problems (averaging about twenty frame per second, as opposed to the arcade version's sixty), and looked comparatively worse than the PlayStation port of Ridge Racer, released around the same time. This might not have been a problem had it not been for the fact the arcade Ridge Racer is less impressive on a technical level than the arcade Daytona USA.

To compensate, CCE brings a number of additions and changes to the table, utilising the Saturn's hardware more effectively than its predecessor. Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition includes a steady framerate of 30FPS, a new selection of cars, two new courses, a two player mode and a new remixed soundtrack composed by Richard Jacques and Jun Senoue. The PAL region version is also notable for making use of the full PAL resolution, rather than resorting to black borders like many other games of the time.

Like the original, the game is also compatible with the Arcade Racer, and this time 3D Control Pad support was intentional. It is also compatible with the Virtua Stick, however, unlike with the first version, it will not work with the Mission Stick.

AM3 decided to improve the physics of Daytona USA: CCE, creating something more akin to their previous port of Sega Rally Championship. The majority of bizarre features from the original version carry through, such as the ability to unlock horses.

Cars

It also includes several new types of stock car, some of which could be seen in the arcade version of Daytona USA but were not playable. Every car is slightly different in design when compared to their arcade counterparts - the Hornet for example has a thinner blue stripe across the top. They also all have varying grip, acceleration and handling statistics.

	Hornet (19)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Gallop (27)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Max (2)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Pheonix (8)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Oriole (16)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Magic (33)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Wolf (41)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Balance (99)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:

	Daytona (41)
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:
	Unlockable.
	Uma
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:
	Unlockable.
	Uma 2
	Grip: Acceleration: Max Speed:
	Unlockable.

Tracks

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition adds two new tracks to the standard three:

	National Park Speedway

	Desert City

Versions

There was a separate release of the game in North America, made to be compatible with the Sega NetLink adapter called Daytona USA: CCE Netlink Edition. This version of the game was only made available via Sega's online store, and aside from some extra NetLink instruction manuals/leaflets, is mostly indistinguishable from its non-NetLink counterpart. This version of the game is widely believed to be the rarest North American Sega Saturn game, with the latest eBay sighting reaching $1100. The game like all other netlink games can now be played over a high speed internet connection with Voip^[7]

Daytona USA: CCE was not released in Japan. Instead, AM3 continued to work on the project, releasing Daytona USA Circuit Edition to a Japanese audience in early 1997. Circuit Edition is much the same game as Champion Circuit Edition though makes minor improvements in areas such as draw distance, as well as offering more gameplay and music options.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition	Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
English (US)	Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition	Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
Japanese	デイトナＵＳＡ　サーキット　エディション	Daytona USA Circuit Edition
Korean	데이토나ＵＳＡ	Daytona USA

Production credits

Producer: Noriyoshi Ohba
Director: Ryuichi Hattori
Project Leader: Shiro Kinemura
Main Programmer: Akihito Wada
Programmers: Toru Nakagawa, Atsutoshi Takahashi, Noriyuki Takano, Susumu Ise
Main Graphic Designer: Shiro Kinemura
Graphic Designers: Yoshihito Takahashi, Makiko Suzuki, Maiko Kitagawa, Sanae Tatsuo, Takehiko Akabane
Planner: Osamu Ohashi
Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada
Sound Effects: Tatsuya Kozaki
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa
Vocal:
Vocals for "Sons of angels" and "The american dream" Performed by Eric Martin*.

Lyrics for "Sons of angels" and "The american dream" Written by Eric Martin and Andre Pessis.

Eric Martin Appears Courtesy Of Atlantis Recording Corporation
Music & Remix: Jun Senoue, Richard Jacques, Kenichi Tokoi, Tomonori Sawada
Advisers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Atsuhiko Nakamura

Source:

In-game credits

Developed & Game Design: Sega of Japan
Producer: Gerald J. DeYoung
Assistant Producer: Tre Johnson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
Manual: Marc Sherrod
Sega Sports Marketing: John Gillin, Christine Bertoglio
Product Development: Rosie Freeman, Marcus Matthews, Dave Perkinson, Scott Rohde, Chris Smith
Creative Services: Arvin Carlson, Mike Needham, Eileen Sacman, Bob Schonfisch, Sara Wittmer
Test Leads: Renato Alferez
Assistand Leads: Mo Berry, Mike Boddins, Mark Lerma
Testers: Holly Bourdet, James Alferez, Robert Alferez, Anthony Chau, Art Datangel, Marc Dawson, John Diamonon, Lou DiSimone, Dave Dodge, May Gacutan, Steve Head, Jeff Junio, Lloyd Kinoshita, Dennis Lee, Cesar Lemus, Chris Lucich, Grant Luke, Tony Lynch, Ben Malto, Mark McCunney, Marcus Montgomery, Mark Paniagua, Fernando Valderrama, Polly Villatuya, Peter Young
Special Thanks: Andrew Gurtis & Matt Armstrong (Daytona Properties, Inc.), Janine Cook, Angela Edwards, Jef Feltman, Takahiro Fukada, Gary Griffith, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Ted Hoff, Lesli Howard, John Leonhardt, Mark Lindstrom, Larry Lothe, Willie Mancero, Lee McEnany, Judy Nybo, Steve Payne, Bernie Stolar, Mark Subotnick
Special Note:
Vocals for "SONS OF ANGELS" and "THE AMERICAN DREAM" performed by Eric Martin*

Lyrics for "SONS OF ANGELS" and "THE AMERICAN DREAM" performed by Eric Martin and Andre Pessis

*Eric Martin appears courtesy of Atlantic Record Corporation

Source:

US manual^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advertisements

Saturn UK newspaper print advert

Saturn GR advert

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #54: "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (1996-1x-xx)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #37: "Dezember 1996" (1996-11-13)
also published in:

Sega Magazin (DE) #42: "Mai 1997" (1997-04-09)^[9]
Sega Magazin (DE) #43: "Juni 1997" (1997-05-14)^[10]

Print advert in Hyper (AU) #39: "January 1997" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #62: "Noviembre 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #63: "Diciembre 1996" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Super Power (FI) #1997-02: "2 1997" (1997-0x-xx)

Television advertisements

UK

Artwork

US prototype cover

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

93

^[12]

Ação Games (BR)

70

^[13]

Ação Games (BR)

70

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[15]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[16]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

70

^[17]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[19]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

89

^[20]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

83

^[21]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

80

^[22]

Kiber Zona (LT)

78

^[23]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

86

^[24]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

90

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[6]

Player One (FR)

90

^[26]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

85

^[27]

Secret Service (PL)

90

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

Strana Igr (RU)

53

^[31]

Super Power (FI)

PAL

90

^[32]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

92

^[33]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

92

^[34]

	82
Based on 24 reviews

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, US (NetLink Edition)

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU (newer)

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, DE
Cover

Saturn, PT
Cover

Saturn, AU
Cover

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Saturn, KR
Cover
Spinecard

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

525,834,288

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81213-50 V1.006

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

525,373,296

CD-ROM (US)

81213 V1.001

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

545,965,056