Daytona USA 2001

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Daytona USA 2001
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega, Hasbro Interactive(US), Infogrames(EU)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Racing Controller, Dreamcast Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code

Daytona USA 2001 (known simply as Daytona USA in North America) is an update to the 1994 arcade racing game Daytona USA released for the Sega Dreamcast in 2001.

The update includes all of the features seen in Daytona USA and Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition, but also offers improved graphics, car modifications and remixed music (with the CCE tracks having completely new music). All the tracks can be played in mirrored, reverse and mirror-reverse mode and a "championship mode" was added to the game.

The game is known for having very sensitive controls which far exceed those found in the arcade games. Though in the western version the analogue stick's sensitivity can be altered, it is still slightly too sensitive, even with a steering wheel.

Productions Credits

Directors: Yoshinari Sunazuka, Kenji Ohta
Program Director: Yoshinari Sunazuka
Design Directors: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Ichirou Kojima
Management Staff: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Kenji Ohta
Sound Producer: Yukifumi Makino
Music Producer: Fumitaka Shibata
Programmer: Satoshi Ishi, Yoshimitsu Tamura, Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Keijiro Iwase, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Kouhei Iwasaki, Hirofumi Kawaguchi
Planning Support: Hidemitsu Hosono, Yoshimitsu Tamura, Masaru Ikahata
Network System Engineer: Mitsunori Fujimoto
Assistant Planner: Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Scroll Designers: Koutarou Yoneyama, Youichi Suzuki
Car Designers: Naoki Tamura, Yoshinari Mitani, Masashi Komatsubara, Jun Suzuki
Course Designers: Tadakuni Miyasaka, Jumpei Tabuchi, Yu Ikejiri
Sound Effect Designer: Hideki Naganuma
Sound Designer: Tatsuya Kouzaki
Composer: Keiichi Sugiyama, Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Junko Shiratsu, Hidehiro Kobayashi, Hirofumi Murasaki
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Hirokazu Akashi
Narrator: Brian Uhl
Arranger: Hitoshi Takaba, Tomotsune Maeno
Assistant Engineer: Yoshitada Miya, Sawako Sogabe
Musician: Soul Toul, Masaharu Haruna, Norio Sakai, George Kamata
Sega of America Dreamcast

  • Localization Producer: Howard Gipson
  • Lead Tester: Keehwan Her
  • Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
  • Product Manager: Rich Briggs
  • Marketing Director: John Golden

SEGA.com

  • Executive Producer: Jerry Markota
  • Network Producer: Ryan Hurth
  • Server Engineering: Kevin Kwan
  • Technical Support: Britt Morris
  • Administrative Support: Rie Wani
  • Lead Network Analyst: Josh Simpson

Special Thanks: Hiroshi Hamagaki, Takashi Hoshino, Takeshi Nagano, Tsunemi Akiyama, Kenji Okuno, Public image inc
Producer & Game Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi
Produced by: Amusement Vision, Genki Co., Ltd., Wave Master

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
87 №109, p62/63
88 №112, p72/73
90 №30, p30-33
80 №94, p84/85
73 №2000-41ex, p22[1]
78 №628, p37
84
Sega Dreamcast
83
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
100% Consoles (FR) PAL
84
[3]
576 Konzol (HU)
75
[4]
Bonus (YU) NTSC
53
[5]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
87
[6]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
88
[7]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
60
[8]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[9]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[10]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
84
[11]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
90
[13]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
93
[14]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[16]
Game Station (UK)
90
[17]
Hyper (AU) PAL
88
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
86
[19]
Neo Plus (PL)
80
[20]
Neo Plus (PL)
80
[21]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[22]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
70
[23]
Play (PL)
86
[24]
PSX Extreme (PL) NTSC-U
63
[25]
Power Unlimited (NL)
84
[26]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
50
[27]
Strana Igr (RU)
78
[28]
Sega Dreamcast
78
Based on
26 reviews

Daytona USA 2001

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
Daytonausa dc us manual.pdf
Manual
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Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover
Daytona01 dc eu disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
Daytonausa dc jp manual.pdf
Manual
Dreamcast, BR

Artwork



Daytona USA series of games
Arcade
Daytona USA (1994) | Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (1998) | Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (1998) | Sega Racing Classic (2009) | Daytona Championship USA (2017)
Sega Saturn
Daytona USA (1995) | Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (1996) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition (1997) | Daytona USA: CCE Netlink Edition (1998)
Sega Dreamcast
Daytona USA 2001 (2001)
LCD handheld game
Daytona USA (199x) | Daytona USA (199x)
Windows PC
Daytona USA (1996) | Daytona USA Deluxe (1997) | Daytona USA Deluxe Special Edition (199x)
Xbox Live Arcade
PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network
Daytona USA (2011)
Daytona USA related media
Music
Daytona USA (1994) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition Original Sound Track (1997) | Daytona USA 2 Sound Tracks (1998) | Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box (2009)
Book
Daytona USA Koushiki Guide Book (1994) | Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Daytona USA Kanzen Guide Book (1995) | Daytona USA Official Guide Book (1995) | Daytona USA Circuit Edition Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1997) | Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Daytona USA Circuit Edition (1997) | Daytona USA 2 Official Guide (1998)
Film
Daytona USA CGMV (1994)
  1. File:DCM_JP_20001229_2000-41ex.pdf, page 22
  2. File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34
  3. 100% Consoles, "Juin/Juillet 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 44
  4. 576 Konzol, "Február 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
  5. Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 47
  6. Consoles +, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 62
  7. Consoles +, "Mai 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 72
  8. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 62
  9. Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-41 extra (2000-12-29ex)" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 22
  10. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 20" (UK; 2001-03-22), page 30
  11. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  12. Edge, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-30), page 84
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-03), page 103
  14. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 39
  15. Famitsu, "2000-12-29" (JP; 2000-12-15), page 37
  16. GamePro, "May 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 78
  17. Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
  18. Hyper, "April 2001" (AU; 2001-02-28), page 90
  19. MAN!AC, "03/2001" (DE; 2001-02-07), page 56
  20. Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
  21. Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 62
  22. Next Generation, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-17), page 82
  23. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May 2001" (UK; 2001-04-05), page 58
  24. Play, "Lipiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
  25. PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 44
  26. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 5, Mei 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 59
  27. Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Mayo 2001" (ES; 2001-04-17), page 40
  28. Strana Igr, "Fevral 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 58