With SEGA’s Virtua Racing out now on Nintendo Switch as part of the SEGA AGES line up, we would like to indulge newcomers on 10 trivial facts on the development of AM2’s arcade racing classic, courtesy of SEGA. To know more on Virtua Racing’s development, be sure to click the jump after the break.
SEGA has dropped the release date of SEGA AGES Virtua Racing. The game is slated for an April 25th release date in Japan, for the asking price of ¥925 (roughly $8.50).
SEGA AGES Virtua Racing is based on the arcade version, with additional enhancements. Players can play one-on-one against another player in online matches, while offline they can play up to 8 people at once with multiple Joy-Cons. Players also have the option to toy with a new replay feature, which allows the player to view recorded races at different angles and can rewind, fast forward, and pause. Overall SEGA AGES Virtua Racing preserves the original arcade experience, even going as far to introduce a “Grand Prix” mode, where players have to endure 20 laps in a single race, strategizing how to use the pit stops efficiently to prevent their tires from wearing out.
[Source: SEGA AGES website]