Virtua Racing (Genesis)

This video was captured using the actual game on an actual Sega Genesis. I feel sort of dirty making a non-racing game my first upload on my channel for the Genesis. Now I shall make up for it by uploading the amazing technical achievement known as Virtua Racing. I remember playing Virtua Racing for the first time in the arcade. I was stunned by it's sheer beauty. When I heard that Virtua Racing was being ported to the Genesis I laughed. When I saw the Genesis running Virtua Racing........I laughed again. Back then I did not appreciate the massive technical achievement that it was and it partially had to do with the price of the game which was $100. The other reason why I laughed is because it wasn't anything even close to the arcade experience. The frame rate was literally half the arcade's frame rate and the sound of the engine was just annoying compared to the arcade sound. The main reason why this game was even attempted is because the Super Nintendo had shaken up the industry with Star Fox which had 3D graphics, so Sega needed an answer to the FX chip and produced the SVP chip. A chip that ran much faster than the FX chip and it showed. Despite Virtua Racing's superiority of speed, Nintendo released Stunt Race FX a few months later and while it was noticeably slower, IMO it was much more fun and way more memorable than Virtua Racing. So why do I even have this game? Well time makes everything better. As an adult I'm able to see the amazing technical achievement Virtua Racing was on the Genesis and the game only cost me 5 bucks. Now I can play the game for what it is which is a decent racing game with some cool retro 3D graphics, great music, and a rockin' intro! You may have noticed that I picked the automatic transmission instead of the manual this time around. This is because shifting is done with the up and down on the D-pad and makes the game a little less fun crashing because I have to shift. In the end I really do like this game and can definitely recommend it even if you own the way superior 32X version. TIME BONER!!!!

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