Ranking EVERY Daytona USA Game From WORST TO BEST (Top 5 Games)

Happy 4th of July, and here we have the last SEGA ranking video and its on Daytona USA! The fan favorite racing series by SEGA. Enjoy!
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[@sonicsnake44]

They did us American fans dirty with Daytona Champion Edition on the Saturn because the Japanese release of the game actually has a option to play with the original arcade handling.

[@HouseOfFunQM]

Why did I not know this

[@astreakaito5625]

Daaaytonaaaaaaa! Also finally someone appreciate how great 2001 is! I always see the weirdest opinions about that entry, maybe because the controls are a bit sensitive by default Great video!

[@rossandrews2078]

I love the fact that you now can play Daytona USA 2001 online once again! Seriously I must get my dreampi updated and organise some fellow Daytona freaks to race against on 777 speedway.

[@Jfunkey]

I actually have a retro arcade near me with Daytona 2 and it's by far one of the most popular machines in the whole building. It's competing against Tekken 3, the Original Daytona, Street Fighter 2, and several other classic machines. Daytona 2 still outshines them. The game has a second wind in this capacity and if you can find one PLAY IT!!!!! I absolutely adored my time with it this last weekend.

[@Altern8One]

I played it when I was on a trip in Italy last week and it was an incredible experience, especially since I've *never* played on Arcade cabinet before in my life!

[@bigshorty4855]

Best arcade racer by far. Do they have power edition or battle on the edge?

[@Altern8One]

@@bigshorty4855: It was the Battle on the Edge

[@Eric4372]

Ooooo tell me more! I’ve never really seen Daytona 2 as very popular in my arcade experience so I’m delighted to hear it’s popular somewhere. Btw OP is wrong about Daytona 2 at #3, I’m just sayin’

[@TimeFactorTrader]

if only the developers of daytona would keep the control, physics, feel of original daytona.... then just update the graphics to 2023?

[@Framed_Niner]

They updated Daytona Championship USA (Daytona 3) to have accurate physics to the original, so now it’s just that.

[@comebackkid1216]

Or maybe you know make an actual new game instead of another remake of the original?

[@justapickedminfan]

You forgot to mention the actual best Daytona USA game, SCUD RACE.

[@AstroGoalHorns]

Last weekend, myself and a couple of my friends went to a CD/retro video game store. Since the only retro console I have is a Sega Dreamcast, I was really only looking at the Dreamcast games. That day I got very lucky as right at the front of the Dreamcast games section was an original, 2000, Japanese copy of Daytona USA 2001. I first played it yesterday and I must say, it does not disappoint one bit.

[@pedronicolau9246]

Did you even played the og daytona version for the saturn, aside from the terrible graphics, the controls are close to the arcade. CE version has better graphics but worse controls and the 2001 can be great but you needed fine tune response time of the sterring on the options, the default controls are not good.

[@chadbrick67]

Its fucking garbage 20 odd frames a second behave yourself

[@pixelpoppyproductions]

Also the footage is either an emulator or horrible hardware capture.

[@alex.starostin]

Daytona 2001 is the second best, imo. The first place belongs to Japanese only re-release of Daytona USA CCE, it's the only one where you can race at night, at sunset and whenever else you want. Also the music is much better and has all the new and old tunes. Check it out

[@robertwalker3357]

U forgot Daytona Xbox 360 and PS3 ports, which were arcade perfect

[@CrisPearson]

He mentioned them briefly. Would have been great to see in this already great video, I agree.

[@chadbrick67]

He mentioned them you jive turkey

[@Gabe_M]

Yessir!!!!! The only problem going online back then was when phone calls came in. If I remember correctly, a red light would blink to let you know you were about to be disconnected. You stayed connected long enough to scream noooooooooo lol. Great times and truly the best version of the series

[@pcb123lol]

Good list! One thing to nitpick about this list is that you used the championship circuit edition, which is the US release of the enhanced port on Saturn. The other version that was released in Japan (Daytona Circuit edition, I know great naming scheme) is so much better, it uses the arcade versions tracks, has a better draw distance, has different times of day for maps and even has a super similar drift that feels like the arcade version. This version to me is almost comparable to the arcade one. (Though it still feels like Sega rally in terms of control, but I like it personally)

[@chadbrick67]

All Saturn versions are garbage.

[@pcb123lol]

@@chadbrick67 they can be appreciated for what they are

[@chadbrick67]

@@pcb123lol well that's your choice but 60fps is how its meant to be played anything else is not acceptable in my book

[@skykid4000]

I’ve got Daytona on the PS3. I play it on my arcade wheel and it’s magnificent.

[@MrThunderwing]

Nice retrospective. Like you, I think Daytona on the Dreamcast is way underated.

[@Rod_Zaramella]

I'm trying to like it, but I can't stand for the controls. Any tips?

[@markjames5535]

I enjoy the dreamcast version but can't help but feel that outside of the original 3 tracks, the new ones are pretty uninspiring. I'd have much preferred a few of the Daytona 2 tracks instead. Really enjoy your channel BTW.

[@MrThunderwing]

@@Rod_Zaramella I've only just seen your reply here. My tip would be to play it in emulation with a racing wheel. It feels almost indistinguishable from the arcade that way.

[@MrThunderwing]

@@markjames5535 Thanks Man! Yeah, likewise, I feel the 3 brand new tracks are slightly uninspired. It's baffling that they didn't use the 3 tracks from Daytona USA 2. I kinda like the Desert City one that gets re-used from Daytona USA: CCE on the Saturn, but the National Park course on the Saturn (and PC) had a gert huge working roller coaster on it, that's oddly absent in the Dreamcast version.

[@Rod_Zaramella]

@@MrThunderwing I never think that my G29 were work with REDREAM! Running like a champ, and even with a bit of rumble effects.

[@raginghailrepairltd.2722]

my list .1 daytona usa 2 .2 daytona usa oringinal .3 daytona usa 2001 .4 daytona usa 3 .5 dayona usa championship circuit edition

[@arcticman6919]

I noticed for daytona 3 you only talked about the first version of the game. Sega later released a improved version of 3 called New Season. It did address gameplay and graphics but didn't add new stuff. Would you put that version over Champion Circuit or not?

[@JomasterTheSecond]

He also talked about the oldest version of Circuit instead of the later Japanese ver, Circuit Edition, which has a number of updates over the US version.

[@chadbrick67]

Well said

[@Bijuklich]

just what i wanted :) played like 15-20, 30 different daytonas lately, trying to decide which one i like best :)

[@gamernaut8864]

So glad to see Daytona USA 2001 at the top. I've always thought it was the best.

[@johnjames7332]

1000% every day of the week yes its the best Daytona, but dont tell the Reddit retrogaming horde that, for them 1995 Saturn Daytona is better. I was there in 1995 and Daytona was the reason to NOT buy the Saturn. It looked like dogshit compared to Ridge Racer. 2001 Daytona corrected that.

[@Matt08719801]

the championship circuit edition also came out on the PC , with dgvoodoo on modern systems the game looks pretty good in full hd

[@arenschultz]

The Saturn version gets a bad rep. It’s actually one of the best ports of the game in terms of actual game play. It was a real port of the game so you were actually getting the arcade experience in your home instead of the other games which were their own gaming experience. It gets wrongly accused for not being visually as good as the arcade but that was inevitable since the Saturn was a $400 machine and the Sega Model 2 was about $4000 and you could see some set backs visually. I do like the Dreamcast version too but even that doesn’t feel quite as satisfying gameplay-wise to me. I admittedly haven’t played the 360 or PS3 versions I’m sure those are the way to go but I’m just standing up for the Saturn port which is much better than it’s given credit for

[@LordLOC]

Just an FYI, Daytona 2 is available to play in the new Like a Dragon Gaiden game that came out in November 2023. In the arcade available in the city, along with Fighting Vipers, Virtua Fighter 2.1 and Sonic the Fighters (and a couple others) you can play Sega Arcade Classics 2 (I think that's what it's called) which is just Daytona 2. The emulation the game uses is pretty good from what I've seen, there is some sound distortion here or there but that's about it. Just an FYI.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Oh I went and played it asap in Gaiden! I actually speak on it in my recent Like A Dragon video!

[@LordLOC]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Nice, I'm catching up on all the ranking videos you have - and there are a lot lol

[@PhonkMachine220YT]

I love how you forget Daytona USA 2001 was also developed in cooperation with Genki, the devs of Shutokou Battle games aka Tokyo Xtreme Racer games. A neat remake of original game with Genki's Shutokou Battle goodness thrown in. Though the handling of Daytona 2001 is somewhat different from Shutokou Battle games of the old (pre-Zero) despite having Genki doing most of their things. And the cars in 2001 also bear similarities to irl Japanese cars at that time, because Genki.

[@chane2k1]

I grew up with the Daytona USA series. I had the original release on Saturn and Circuit, both were pretty poor. Even though Circuit played better I still liked the original Saturn release more just because the whole experience was closer to the arcade package. I also had 2001 for my Dreamcast. The online was definitely laggy on my 56k modem and the controls were pretty bad. My personal preference is Daytona 2 BotE, Daytona 1, Scud Race (yes, i'm counting it.), Daytona 3, 2001, then Saturn and Circuit Edition. I'm just glad I have the Daytona 1 remaster for my PS3, it's perfect.

[@JesterKL]

Daytona USA 2 is my favorite ever. Too bad we never got it ported and it is so hard to find it on arcades nowadays

[@chadbrick67]

You can easily play it on the supermodel emulator in glorious 4k and with a stirring wheel or xbox controller. You guys haven't a clue.

[@bigshorty4855]

It's on like a dragon gaiden. The new yakuza game. Ordered and waiting for my physical copy from play Asia.

[@FerrariConceptX]

Also slingshot or drafting, was always in Daytona USA since the first game

[@hitrecord7830]

I’m no “champion” of Daytona championship USA(lol) but you can’t just put it under the saturn version. It at least has a good frame rate. In all seriousness good vid

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Way underrated series. Thanks for posting

[@chadbrick67]

He hasn't a clue

[@Micgameman]

Happy 4th of July

[@ultimatesupersisiipad9927]

A classic i enjoyed play daytona usa 3 t my most favorite of the series is the 2001

[@kogzombie1093]

It made me very upset when the 2001 game wasn’t the daytona we were getting back in 2011. Huge wasted opportunity imo.

[@Dogstersanimations]

Daytona 1: Casual Daytona 2: Chaos Daytona 3: Shit Daytona Circuit: Low quality Daytona 01: *THICC*

[@stevenoconnor5693]

I don’t know what the fuck happened to your audio, but it’s pretty jacked up

[@QF_Dan72]

Daytona 3, i remember being hyped for the teaser but then the reveal trailer made me feel very disappointed

[@moboloxj8694]

I would say that the saturn version isnt that bad because behind the graphics and fps it plays great and still gives the arcade feel

[@bigshorty4855]

Impressive, you can play pretty good actually. High tier skills. Your list is definitely not good imo. Daytona USA 2 power edition is the best followed by the original. (Some prefer 1 over 2). 2001 doesn't play nearlt as well as 2 or 1.

[@mrcynicallyred2007]

Sounds like Skyler Gisondo wants a job at IGN

[@snoozy355]

It's not feature rich, but I do enjoy the PS3 version of Daytona USA. Graphics are gorgeous and does play very very well

[@antarcticpenguin1151]

how id rate it from lowest to highest daytona usa cce - man it plays nothing like og daytona, i appreciate they added buncha new content, great graphics for the time, and some kickass music, but youll be sorely disappointed that it plays like a generic racing game than a daytona game, 5/10 daytona championship usa NSE - i know its a lazy remake but man the graphics are good and colorful, and it also actually plays like daytona usa, and has a tournament mode for you to mess around if you feel like giving it a shot. 5.9/10 daytona usa BOTE - truly a fantastic sequel, the new cars are crazy smooth to handle and drift around, the new tracks are also well designed in terms of graphics and layout, it even features a tunable hornet, too bad it doesnt handle like the og, 8.8/10 daytona usa - timeless classic, but i suggest trying the ps3/x360 version as it adds some little features like challenges, online play, and a karaoke mode (lol), 9/10 daytona usa 2 PE - same as BOTE but has changes in design, adds a sprint track called mix, and adds the og hornet but removes the tunable hornet, i prefer this one over BOTE and i played it nonstop on my model 3 emulator, 9/10 daytona usa 2001 - the best game of the series, while the graphics havent aged well, it sure plays great, it even adds vehicular tuning, customization, and car selection, and lets not forget the returning cce tracks alongside 3 new tracks, a championship mode, and multiplayer! 9.1/10

[@PeterZeeke]

release them all in one game

[@carloscarreon9485]

The horrible controls for Daytona Championship Edition for the Saturn have nothing to do with the emulation. I have the Saturn and that game and the control is horrible.

[@christianput]

i played it on saturn whith a wheel and it was great butt different to the original i had both

[@sonicboy678]

I'd expect nothing less from Daytona Rally.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

tubular man!

[@FerrariConceptX]

Daytona Championship USA is not Daytona USA 3, SEGA wanted to call it 3 but they backed out of it

[@cooperpackard4385]

Daytona USA 2 is underrated but goat

[@chadbrick67]

I'm a time traveller from 2024. It comes out via a game call gaiden the man who erased his name in November 2023. You can play it on a arcade you find in the games. It's name has changed to sega racing classic 2. For licensing issues. Full arcade game.

[@metalboo8491]

I agree, Daytona 3 looks like crap. Even Daytona 2 had a better presentation, like the car shake, the tires turning white while power sliding, Stuff happening around the track. etc. also - keep in mind I'm only going off of KZbin videos - the music in Daytona 3 seems to drown out the engine sound, that is sacrilege for stock car racing! I haven't played Daytona 3 so I don't know if it's just the YT vids but it still bugs me.

[@mathew3267]

If your going with the entire experience Daytona 2001 can't really be number 1 because it was played with a thumbstick, thats really no competition compared to the Arcade steering wheel with force feedback and pedals and stick shift.

[@chadbrick67]

You can play it on the redream emulator in glorious 4k with stirring wheel. You guys need to pay attention

[@vsuman66]

Bricks

[@Trampus1973]

This guy has no idea what he’s talking about…

[@chadbrick67]

Embarrassing Saturn versions does not even deserved to be mentioned. As for the new daytona you missed the updated version on teknoparrot. I think you are on drugs if you think the Saturn version is better than the new version.

[@hdr10man71]

I'll rank them. Arcade is perfect Saturn is trash 🗑

[@thisthatpresents3261]

Daytona ce on the saturn is trash. The og Saturn port is by far the superior version.

[@chadbrick67]

At 20 odd frames a second. It's wank

[@thisthatpresents3261]

@chadbrick67 lol, play the 2 and tell me which one controls better

[@chadbrick67]

@@thisthatpresents3261 it's trash the Saturn wasn't built for games like daytona it was a great 2d beat em up console. 20 to 30fps racing games are garbage. Your desperate attempt to try and convince a seasoned gamer otherwise will never work. 60fps is the go to option

[@thisthatpresents3261]

@chadbrick67 lol saturn could do 3d, but it was a nightmare to design for. Most developers didn't use vdp1 and 2 together. It was stronger than the ps1, but a mess internally.

[@chadbrick67]

@@thisthatpresents3261 your comment is that of a narcissistic child. It waa a garbage console with garbage 3D games . Great 2d beat em up console and that's it. It failed because of this accept reality and stop being a narcissistic person. Its embarrassing for you

[@MakrMania]

I'm sorry, but I've lost respect for your channel if you think that the Dreamcast version of Daytona USA was any good? what? it was an absolute atrocity of a port. The cars looked awful, keep the low poly. secondly the controls were horrific. I am confused why anyone would put Daytona USA 2001 above even the Saturn ports.

[@chadbrick67]

It is better than the trash Saturn ports you are obviously a Saturn bum boy. But in no way shape or form is it better than daytona usa 2.

[@vsuman66]

The cars looked awful? 😂 What the heck!

[@chadbrick67]

Dreamcast version is fantastic but it does not compare visually to daytona 2. You need to take your medication

[@j.goggels9115]

It's virtually unplayable. You're battling against your tyres. Ferrari F355 is a million times better. Hydro Thunder is better and there aren't any cars !