F355 Challenge: Sega Dreamcast

[@pluxauag7555]

This is an 18 year old game and still holds it's own, a Game History Hall of Fame Game, Yu Suzuki's arcade driving masterpiece Ferrari F355 Challenge.

[@haaxxx9]

Plux AuAg Amazing enough for a 2000 game that is quite timeless! I play this game in the arcade and I will say it's like a waterdown Assetto Corsa... But enjoyable in the end, including if you have a wheel!

[@chrisd8458]

This game gives me a feeling like no other. I love racing games. F1, Gran Turismo 1-6+Sport. This game succeeds at the highest levels of making you feel like you are actually driving. The actual physics and handling is spot on. The AI is hard. This game gives you every reason to not play it. There is a learning curve and in order to win you need to drive perfect. One mistake, race is over. Its extremely unforgiving. So there are no recoveries and when you do manage to recover after nearly screwing up, its majestic. Drifting around turns feels accurate as hell. The arcade machine is something else. 3 screens. Force feedback, gas,brake and clutch. 6 speed manual transmission? Insane. Everytime I spot a cabinet in the wild, I cannot control myself, I jump in it and fumble around for change and demand money or tokens if I dont have it. Everyone knows I go apeshit when I see that machine. Ill never own an actual F355, even though I want a real one very badly,it's terribly unreliable and maintenance is astronomical, yet flawless when working right. I think I would drop $5000 on a working machine no problem. Other alternative is to make my own driving cabinet with a race seat, pedals, screen and a dreamcast running this game. You dont get the other 2 screens though. This is hands down, to this day, THE very best racing game ever made. It's limitations and bare bones modes which usually equal lack of replayability isnt the case here with how flawlessly executed the driving is. Once you get it right, this game kicks total fucking ass. I just got a VGA cable for my DC today. Holy shit this game looks incredible. It's night and day. This game is now better tha ever. It's hard to describe how great this game really is. Those who struggle with it only do because they dont understand the game is literally a pure racing simulation. The analog on DC controller + this game is still stupidly impressive. The triggers feel like real pedals. They respond perfectly.

[@6speedguy845]

I've played the 3 screen arcade version before. The 3 screen arcade version has a clutch and 6 speed shifter.

[@kingstonlj]

This game blew me away back in 2000. The graphics were incredible and still are really impressive. You have to put effort in.. and learn the game, but when you get good.. it's really satisfying... It's definitely an underappreciated game.

[@cvtt3194]

I loved this game at the arcade with the 3 big screens and the gated shifter! That intro is epic too.

[@dpw81]

I used to work in an arcade and we had this game. I eventually got into a position where I had access to the keys for the coin door, and would spend hours on this on freeplay! Loved the rockin' soundtrack. Great game.

[@srarcade]

Yea, that was Disney's last deluxe Ferrari on property, my buddy and I used to go just to play it a few times a month. They actually parted out 2 other units they had pulled to get that Pizza Planet one back to 100% for awhile. Only the clutch didn't work but otherwise it was fun while it lasted, I love the gearbox it was great to have the original shifter on there. It may have gone to the silent auction some time in the last year where most pulled games go but I missed it.

[@COBOL]

This game represents (and i think will always be) the pinnacle of racing games on arcades! An incredible experience when played alone in that awensome 3 screens cabinet and countless games with friends back in the day... F355 was and still is one of the best racing game ever made. And ever understimated :)

[@KNGINetwork]

The arcade version of this was pretty impressive. It had a tri-screen wraparound and the cockpit was pretty much just like a real F355. One of my favorite games back in the day!

[@GameplayandTalk]

It's always great to see this game. I snagged it on release day back when it came out, and man, the graphics were absolutely stunning then. You are very right though in that it probably won't be for those that are impatient with their racing games. This one requires extreme patience (and practice), very much like Gran Turismo 3.

[@PedroSilvahf]

I won my first race on this game after playing for more than one year

[@jadedsun619]

Love the music... reminds me of all the cheesy mid 90s action b-movies I used to watch lol. Always wanted to play this but never really had a chance to pick it up.. I'm won over now.. I'm off to search Amazon for a copy.

[@WeekendGameGuy]

This still looks and sounds great even when compared to newer stuff. Dreamcast forever!

[@heatherslut5333]

I used to love this game and it's ahead of it's time physics. The triggers were great for coming out of the corners hard and gradually accelerating harder. Not just mashing buttons on & off for a throttle.

[@Beaps73]

Great engine sounds in this game. I remember being blown away when I first saw this game back in the day. A classic for sure.

[@segger]

I used to own this, I remember when this came out the graphics were mind blowing, they still hold up pretty nice today.

[@thomridgeway1438]

Simply the best driver AI on any motor racing game EVER!. Because the cars were all Ferrari - the emphasis was on pure driving skill. You really had to work on an overtake, use your brain. No cheap blasting down the straight like all the other crap sims. The AI actually blocked you and could defend the corner. You had to pick the spot for the best tow, plan it two or three laps before, and then go for it! You better not make a mistake, as the guy behind you was waiting to take you too.

[@axemanracing6222]

I don't want to know how much I paid for the dial-up internet connection to play this game online. But now I know why I ended up doing oval racing in iRacing.

[@MarcoZ1ITA1]

Plays as good as an outdated sims, looks as good as a good ol' SEGA Arcade title. Only SEGA could pull that off, seriously.

[@CRTcade]

One of my favorite racing games on the DC! This game and Sega GT were my favorite racers on the system.

[@stefanhopfner2506]

This game was so good. Excellent graphics for that time and it was really hard but absolutely fun. I can remember that it was saled only 2.000 times here in Germany. Such a shame.

[@shaolingrace]

i remember playing this on the two player sit down cab looked so cool back then

[@elr2141979]

I absolutely love this game

[@GamingPalooza]

very cool man, never knew about your videos until now. We make gameplay videos using a USB Dazzle video capture device. I recommend it for you.

[@DaveDoc1984]

This game looks really good. Might have to break out the ol Dreamcast and give this one a go!

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

A great conversion of a pretty good Sega arcade racing game, I still got mine from early 2000's :-)

[@Polaventris]

Finally a game I have played myself too :) Brilliant racing game! Very difficult too when you start turning off the driving aids.

[@RetroRepair]

I didn't realize you could link Dreamcasts for this one, that'd be pretty cool to see :)

[@Speedkingfox0007]

Best racer on dc imo. Sense of excitement is incredible. Cheers mate great vid

[@davy_K]

Have 2 copies of this just in case I ever get hold of the DC link cable. :)

[@Padoca]

Thats pretty impressive for the Dreamcast, I have Tokyo xtreme racer and though it ad really nice graphics. The wonders developers could have done if the dreamcast had a longer lifespan...

[@DesperadoBloo]

next to the ps1, the dreamcast is my all-time favorite game system :). Especially as a fighting game and shmup lover, too bad its rpg line-up was really lacking (although the few it did have were nearly all gems)

[@ickyy]

I just love hearing that dreamcast disc drive read games. EHHRRRRRRG EHRR RRRRRRGHHHHHHHH EEEEEEEEEGGGH HISS

[@16BitBrothers]

That music at the start really had be going !! It was awesome ! I passed on this game a few weeks back and I regret it now. It looks ready tidy ! Cheers Luke :-)

[@MetalTiger88]

omg you actually put up a vid on f355, that is so cool :D i loved playing that game with a buddy years ago, such a great racing game =) it is weird that in your menu the "cable vs play" is enabled, in my pal version i have to press X and Y and then it will pop up :D just like some kinda cheat inside the menu i guess^^ it was hard to track down two copys of the game, two dreamcasts and the linkcable without using e-bay back in the day, but it was so worth it =)

[@figment1988]

interesting, so the DHS cabinet might have been frankensteined from the Magic Kingdom deluxe, as probably one from DisneyQuest.

[@KillaK78]

gonna snap this up on eBay. For some reason I never got around to it, but now is the time. Good vid, and some decent driving as F355 is notoriously challenging (no pun intended)

[@googleboughtmee]

This was an awesome racing game, but very unforgiving. Another great one on Dreamcast is Le Mans 24.

[@clarke9000]

Had Many hours of fun on that game miss my dream cast I used to have the vga adapter plugged into a good quality crt monitor the quality was excellent methinks it might been time to revisit sega Gt and msr were also brilliant games too. The dream cast was a very under rated console in the uk

[@gr1everr]

I remember this game having a very Van Halen-ish rock soundtrack which was pretty awesome. You may have missed it in the options (unless it wasn't available in the Japanese version of the game).

[@MrTechnoSqueek]

You must read my mind because I was just thinking of this game then went to my subscriptions and *poof* there it is!

[@nissan300bhp]

still got this game from when i bought it bk in 98 or something, awesome, but really , really hard.

[@4you7reviews]

PS2 version would be better if it had 8 MB EDRAM instead of 4 MB.

[@electricadventures]

Graphics on this one look very good indeed. Definitely need to get a decent racer for the Dreamcast and a steering wheel controller if possible.

[@XeCuTioNR]

Have you ever thought of installed the region free modded bios in a DC? The bios being based off the DC dev kit, Luke?

[@RetroGameTech]

This is a great game! Although, I find it pretty difficult. I'm more used to games like Burnout and Ridge Racer so a lot of my time gets spent driving around in the gravel traps :P

[@MetalTiger88]

btw, if you are in the option menu just press X and Y and the cheat menu will poop up ;) if you type in: LiebeFrauMilch, you will get the laguna seca course wich is my favourite one :D oh and there is ingame music, you just have to turn it on =)

[@dave4shmups]

This game is awesome, but it's REALLY tough, IMO! I'd have to use a Dreamcast steering wheel for it! The graphics still look great, IMO.

[@SPAINFALCON]

De los mejores juegos de carreras de coches que he jugado nunca junto al Forza Motorsport 2.

[@wexenhex]

Music only plays in Arcade mode!

[@McBoomPow]

The arcade version was awesome. The DC was good too.

[@ilcool90]

The graphics look very clean.

[@animalchandler]

I've been thinking about getting a DC for a looong time. Need to find one methinks!

[@mariodiaz5872]

I'm crying watching this video

[@figment1988]

i remember playing the deluxe 3 screen version a few years ago at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Pizza Planet Arcade (unfortunately, they've taken out many of the good games, and all the games they have are overdone Fast and the Furious games).

[@forevernow4]

I have the Dreamcast and PS2 versions of this game. Is really hard to end up in 1st place! and the same song over and over kill this game but I still think is a good game

[@valkiris]

Intro music was sweet.

[@SuperHighTechGamer]

Totally agree! This game is magic:)

[@kohZeei]

love the motorsounds!

[@KevinTwiner]

Varooooooom....great game!thanks for the share bro!

[@NiteJerk]

that is one bad ass intro!

[@thehumansilversurfer]

this is also available on the ps2

[@Bylga]

Have you tried "Region free bios"?

[@MetalTiger88]

yup it is the only dreamcast game wich allows you to do that, i have the linkcable, 2 dreamcasts and 2 versions of the game, i guess i should make a video bout that :D

[@ffmdotcom]

obviusly never heard of slipstreaming

[@KillaK78]

BTW, do you have Starlancer? That'd make a good vid.

[@x1ic1x]

What's your favorite dreamcast game Luke?

[@RetroRepair]

Yeah go for it dude!

[@Kris0725PL]

I play with this game xxx hours...in poland i have best time!

[@hybridplc]

That intro! :D

[@Zentron]

Slow in, fast out!

[@sickledcell]

Dude your washing out.

[@RonnieCoffman]

nice

[@Modzie868]

i'm still shock to see how nice dreamcast graphics was compare to shitty-ass sony psx....sega should whip out a next console

[@forevernow4]

That song was repeating over and over for all tracks. That was not so good

[@foxtrot801]

Bad cockpit view

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

game was just too difficult to be fun. it also limited you to first person view. lame. yu suzuki should have focused on making the game FUN. that's what video games are for. we are not going to become pro race car drivers. we are here to be entertained.

[@drunkensailor112]

scir 91 only fucking noobs race in behind the car view.

[@haaxxx9]

You miss the whole ENTIRE point of Racing simulations. F355 challenge is a "realistic" racing sim that put you in a MR car which is, the F355 with a handful of tracks. You really don't need a 3rd person view since it will obscure a part of your vision and for the best results of FOV it's recommend to play in 1st person to see everything that it is front. The fun part is up to you, If you don't like cars running around on a track then that's fine, look for something like Outrun 2 or Need for speed for the "Arcade" racers. Guessing simulations are not your type.

[@stephen300o6]

Don't know if you noticed, but you drive cars from in the car.

[@heatherslut5333]

This was a Ferrari simulator, not a game.