Looking at the japanese market, Level-5 is definitely one of the top 10 publisher (top 5 in recent years) though they strived mostly by developing games for Nintendo handhelds which until recently (Switch) could not support Unreal engines and as of now it's not clear what games Level-5 has in development for Switch.
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SEGA World Drivers Championship (Arcade, UE4)
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That would be an interesting development!
They put out a new Bomberman on the Switch, too. But yeah, I wouldn't consider them a major publisher anymore. Putting out three games a year doesn't equal "major."
Shadow Hog
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FrankCanada97
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Wouldn't it be more accurate to call this a next-gen Sega Super GT? The name is actually fits this time with the Super GT license and all.
Super GT aka Scud Racer is more arcadey than this though.
Diablohead
Member
I need more sega racing games in my life
Yeah, that soundtrack and game (slippery tho) was my jam back in the day. So many races and such a steep learning curve as you had to pretty much win (or close 2nd) the 2nd course to get a chance at 1st overall.
gunstarhero
Member
Please come to consoles. Please come to consoles. Please come to consoles.
Graphics Horse
Member
Are those steering wheel mounted vr buttons? Neat
bumpkin
Member
Daytona 3 is out in arcades. My local arcade hooked up machines just before the 4th of July...
I played a few games while I was up there on the 5th, it was awesome!
Also says "SEGA DRIVE". Wouldn't be surprised if the next driving games from SEGA carry this branding. But what could they be? OutRun 3 would be such a nice surprise.
SolidSnakex
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Seeing Sega put out a new racing game is awesome, but are they going for realism? I love when they create their own tracks where I'm racing among ruins or through an aquarium.
looks like realism, which is uncommon for a literal arcade racer.
SolidSnakex
Member
I actually think it could be arcadey based on the tracks we're seeing. Looking at the track layouts on the website, none of them match any current SGT tracks. And there are no SGT tracks that are run through a city. I think they'd license some real world tracks if they were going for realism. Which means this could be more of a Sega Touring Car effort, which used licensed Touring Cars, but in completely original tracks. While you had a sim like F355 Challenge where they licensed real cars and tracks.
IronicSonic
Member
What? It's out already? I need to see how Three Seven Speedway looks!
Teknopathetic
Member
Stoked to see footage of this. Hoping for lots of sweet drifting.
Having 45 player races implies a very arcade-like handling model, I think. You can't have a 45 player race with realistic handling and also have the fairly short game length that the average arcade game *must* have to optimize revenue. The people who start on the back end of the grid would be screwed every time. And having a 50+ minute race is out of the picture as well--Too long for most people to get in a quick play or two and game center operators would crank the price per play up to compensate for the long play time, further decreasing people's desire to play it.
Super stoked to find out more about this Sega Motorsports Works.
Having 45 player races implies a very arcade-like handling model, I think. You can't have a 45 player race with realistic handling and also have the fairly short game length that the average arcade game *must* have to optimize revenue. The people who start on the back end of the grid would be screwed every time. And having a 50+ minute race is out of the picture as well--Too long for most people to get in a quick play or two and game center operators would crank the price per play up to compensate for the long play time, further decreasing people's desire to play it.
Super stoked to find out more about this Sega Motorsports Works.
ForkNetwork
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I hope Raw Thrills is making it
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
C'mon, Sega! Bring to the home console.
I hope Raw Thrills is making it
Has SEGA worked with Raw Thrills?
Teknopathetic
Member
Google translate would imply that it's multi-class? Meaning there's two races running at once, so that'd be pretty cool. I still don't see it being a sim (or even on the sim side of things) for the aforementioned reasons.
Dreamcast 2 hardware. Or it's insides at least.
IrishNinja
Member
super hyped for this game! but also: this
FrankCanada97
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Super GT runs GT500 and GT300 class cars, but the promotional material only seems to be focusing on the GT300 class cars.
For outrun you need a ferrari license, and now using a generic car wouldn't fly very well on public
Don't know how expensive is that license
Jaded Alyx
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Was there an eclipse, or..?
Colonel Mustard
Banned
In a perfect world, we'd be getting console ports of this, Daytona and the new Cruis'n for everything.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Super GT runs GT500 and GT300 class cars, but the promotional material seems to be focusing on the GT300 class cars only."
Yeah, I know Super GT runs multi-class, but it's not a common feature in games outside of the top end sims.
Google translate (obviously not reliable) at the bottom of the 4GAMER article implies there'll 6 vehicles in 2 classes at the location test. "3 Domestic manufacturers," which is probably going to be Nissan, Honda, and Toyota.
And while it's not very conclusive evidence, all of the screenshots with a HUD show the player's position as N out of 20 places. Which is weird if you have single class race with 45 players, not so weird if you have a multi-class race.
Yeah, I know Super GT runs multi-class, but it's not a common feature in games outside of the top end sims.
Google translate (obviously not reliable) at the bottom of the 4GAMER article implies there'll 6 vehicles in 2 classes at the location test. "3 Domestic manufacturers," which is probably going to be Nissan, Honda, and Toyota.
And while it's not very conclusive evidence, all of the screenshots with a HUD show the player's position as N out of 20 places. Which is weird if you have single class race with 45 players, not so weird if you have a multi-class race.
Mufausa The 3rd
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It's out there. We finally got one in Canada (The Rec Room in Toronto). Not gunna lie. From what I played. I really wished that the game went back to a normal 4 gear shifter. An up/down gear shifter felt really off for Daytona.
FrankCanada97
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Now that I look closely at the promo image showing the cars, I can see the GT500 cars in the back row are the Honda NSX, Lexus LC and Nissan GTR.
Dr_Biscuit
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HDR shots maybe.
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
They did ditch it for Daytona and I don't like it.
I actually have it on good authority that this is *NOT* live action footage, but actually in-game graphics. The only part that's live action is the part showing humans.
Teknopathetic
Member
"I actually have it on good authority that this is *NOT* live action footage, but actually in-game graphics. The only part that's live action is the part showing humans."
Nah, not buying that.
Nah, not buying that.
Graphics Horse
Member
lol
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
lol
F355 Challenge ya'll
Maybe the driving will be spectacular. Can't wait to see this thing.
Yea I know about the new Daytona (and have already written it off), but the reasoning for the lack of H-Shifter stings even worse with this announcement.