

The sound effects are somewhat limited, usually limited to “vrooms” as you pass opposing vehicles, along with the regular chant of “Time Bonus”, but the tunes are chirpy enough and change/respond to whichever lap you are on. It looks sharp, and the game runs at 60FPS and is presented in 16:9 widescreen. Original look, but it’s all been overhauled. This Switch port still sports that classic This eighth release is a biggie, though: Virtua Racing was the first game created for Sega’s Model 1 arcade board and was the company’s first attempt at a polygonal arcade game: had it failed, we may never have had Virtua Fighter, Virtua Cop, Virtua Tennis or the like.

The seven Sega Ages games released to date have treaded fairly safe and familiar ground for the most part, covering games from the Mega Drive (Sonic, Thunder Force IV), Master System (Alex Kidd, Phantasy Star) and its earlier sprite-based arcade boards (Out Run, Gain Ground, Puyo Puyo). Sega Ages Virtua Racing Switch NSP Free Download Romslab
