Daytona USA (Dreamcast vs Xbox 360) Gameplay Comparison

A side-by-side comparison of the game Daytona USA between Sega Dreamcast (Remake) and Xbox 360 (Remaster).

[@vcdecide]

I'm going to share my opinion that goes against the majority's opinion regarding the Dreamcast version... And what is my opinion? So, many people complain that the Dreamcast version is impossible to play due to analog sensitivity... however, I find the gameplay of the Dreamcast version much better than the Xbox 360/PS3 versions. I see no problem with the gameplay of the Dreamcast version, perhaps because I have good motor coordination and also know how to draw? I don't know, what I do know is that I find the Dreamcast version's gameplay better, although I see no problem with the Xbox 360 or PS3 gameplay. I have some hypotheses about why some people can't play Daytona USA on Dreamcast... the first hypothesis is that perhaps these people don't know how to play Daytona USA at its core, and the second hypothesis is that these people only tested Daytona USA on Dreamcast through emulators, which have input delay, completely ruining the gameplay - something that doesn't happen on real hardware, where you can play without any problem, provided you have sensitivity in your fingers and gentleness in your hands. Remember that the Dreamcast version has more tracks than the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions as well, since the Dreamcast version is a kind of remake that blends the Arcade Daytona USA with the Daytona USA CCE released on Sega Saturn. On the other hand, the Xbox 360 and PS3 version is just an HD remaster of the Arcade version, meaning it only has the 3 tracks from the Arcade. Yes, I've always found it unfair for people to negatively criticize Daytona USA on Dreamcast... I understand that people were expecting Daytona USA 2 and not a remake of Daytona USA 1 at the time, which led many people not to give the game a chance. Still, Daytona USA on Dreamcast is a good racing game on the system with excellent gameplay (provided you know how to play Daytona USA series games and have sensitivity in your fingertips and gentleness in your hands to move the analog stick precisely). And as for the graphics? I don't care about graphics; my comparisons are not about graphics... for me, the most important thing is that the game is fun to play and has content. I see no problem with graphics in any of these versions... even the Sega Saturn version, I don't see an issue, considering that the problem with the Sega Saturn version is different, but that's a topic to address in another video if I decide to share. But I can't judge my opinion based on others' opinions. I know that for most people, graphics matter the most... but it's not the case for me. I have more fun playing PlayStation 4 than an Xbox Series S, just as I enjoy playing SNES more than PlayStation 5... or even Sega Genesis more than S.... for these and other reasons, I see this concept of fairness or unfairness in comparisons. There is no injustice in comparing Dreamcast with Xbox 360, or comparing NES with PS5, for example. The real problem lies with people who don't understand that everyone has the right to have their own opinion and that others' opinions can be disagreed with but not disrespected or contradicted with a lack of respect.

[@MKKTeam]

Ah! Finally! Someone that appreciates Daytona DC for what it is! An AWESOME game! Also, most people forget they can change the sensitivity if the driving in options menu! I find Daytona DC veeeery fun, and with the added content, its better as well! Graphically? Its its own thing, some things better than the arcade. The most important to me was the framerate, and that is SPOT ON. Thanks for this awesome comparison, as always!

[@JohnCharb87]

Daytona USA on the Sega 32x would be quite intriguing. If it was done in the style of Virtua Racing which had really tight controls in the first place. Probably be more enjoyable than a lot of the hyper realistic racers out there.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

You can enjoy the high maintenence gameplay of the Dreamcast version, and I can hate being lied to when I try to purchase a better version of my favorite Saturn arcade racing game. That said, love comparisons like these. Anyone crying that it's not fair is playing the world's saddest combat sport.

[@M1XART]

Well, i think since Daytona USA was on Arcades as early as -94, people were expecting more or less Daytona 2 to come Dreamcast, or at least for GameCube, but SEGA's team did F-Zero GX instead. However, now that we know just how long it toke for Daytona 2 to actually have any proper home -version what so ever, Dreamcast Daytona USA has awesome value. It has much more content than original Arcade or XBOX 360 remaster. DC -version also looks incredible, simply faultless on visual & audio. Dreamcast -version was never ported to any other system and quite frankly it's nearly worth getting Dreamcast just to play this game. Yes, Dreamcast Daytona was and is true next gen Daytona. Still, people who like retro vibes will likely prefer XBOX 360 -version for nostalgia reasons, as it is almost direct Arcade -port. With only resolution and drawing distance having major upgrade.

[@carloscuello8814]

Daytona USA 2001, and also Ferrari F355, on Dreamcast are a whole different experience playing with Steering Wheel.

[@shadowx_moses8888]

That DAYTONA and ROLLING START will forever be engraved in my brain

[@JohnCharb87]

Interesting the Dreamcast version is published by Hasbro Interactive. Which is now Atari Interactive. So many missed opportunities to use the Hasbro license. I mean they could of added a unlockable Tonka Trunks, Cobra tanks from GI Joe, and car piece from Monopoly. Which would be quite amazing.

[@tomianz-1242]

Do u know if atari interactive is the owner of infogrames ?

[@JohnCharb87]

Yes. Long story short and a series of name changes Atari SA owns Atari and Atari Interative which was one Hasbro Interactive and Infogrames.

[@br14nn14]

Dreamcast It looks original but the xbox360 is like arcade machines 😅

[@chonglee323]

I wish they could've included the original arcade version in the dreamcast version. It would've been awesome to have Daytona original and Daytona 2001 in one perfect package. Wouldn't have been too difficult either.

[@Xale007]

I wish they could include dreamcast version in Xbox360 version lol

[@brichan1851]

The Dreamcast version of Daytona USA was the best this series ever saw. It was fun, easy to control, and had multiple tracks, circuits, and cars to choose from. It even had different tires to choose from on each car! The Xbox version was accurate and well made, but lacked the traits that made a home version of the game special. One track and you’re done. Winner: Dreamcast.

[@Camtrack]

Dreamcast is a weird remaster , i preffer the original look of 360

[@brichan1851]

Daytona USA on Dreamcast is the best the series ever was at home. Man, do I wish that game would be re-released as a Remaster with online play. It had the most cars and tracks of any other Daytona USA game, even over the arcade releases.

[@X2011racer]

Or a home release of Daytona Championship USA with more tracks than the arcade version, such as the 2001, Sega Super GT, and Battle on the Edge tracks alongside the 6 arcade tracks. Having the Daytona 2 Cars alongside the Hornet or making the non-Hornet cars in New Season Edition their own unique Cars would be a bonus as well.

[@brichan1851]

@@X2011racer I’d buy it!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I never had a problem with how Daytona on the Dreamcast plays. Its quite a looker too.

[@SEGAHEADDY]

Love 'em both but give the win to DC. It'd like a Naomi update to the Model 2 original with the Circuit Edition tracks and DC exclusive tracks. Ultimate package. Once I got used to the controls it was pure arcade racing bliss.

[@VilifiedOne]

Honestly the Dreamcast version is just superior. Incredible version of the game.

[@ScorpioCesarcade]

God I just love how the Dreamcast version looks, the cars are beautiful!

[@ericolson2286]

Especially the other DC cars….they all look just about as good as yours. The opponent cars in the arcade version look a bit little less refined compared to your Hornet.

[@ScorpioCesarcade]

@@ericolson2286 Excellent point, didn’t even realize that.

[@AltimaNEO]

The graphical differences are interesting. Xbox version has nicer textures better lighting, and a sharper image, but reduced overall detail. No shadows, no reflections on the car, no tire shine. Even the wheels look flat compared to Dreamcast. Was the Xbox version trying to be more like the Arcade version? Dreamcast version looks like a "remaster".

[@samgosamgo1869]

Carpaint reflection was everything, so It's look the dreamcast much better than xbox360. no doubt!

[@Crystallums]

In my opinion, Dreamcast wins here! since fortunately it is the updated version of the Daytona USA and therefore has some additional features that make it more attractive. 🤭

[@alonofisrael4802]

To have this at home on the Dreamcast at the time was nothing short of fantastic yes I prefer the original soundtrack but got over that quickly

[@ericolson2286]

Yeah if I have any real beef with the DC version, I find the soundtrack and in-game voice work to be inferior; I wish there was an option to have all of the original tunes and voices. I also think removing the roller coaster from National Park Speedway and replacing it with NOTHING was a really bad idea. That track has no personality at all without it.

[@BMPK]

You can run the arcade versions too

[@thomaselers7416]

I absolutely LOVED (and still love) the Dreamcast version, it's the best version imo. And when it comes to controls i think it handles better than the Saturn version. (I don't know about the xbox version as I've never played it, all i can say is, the DC version also looks better than the xbox version. Thank you for the video. 🙏

[@cyberngarenfetcher4117]

Sega Dreamcast wins!

[@bloomerb4162]

I like how the dreamcast game looks regardless if its not original version.

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Dreamcast !

[@feps9555]

A versão de Dreamcast é um misto de Daytona 2 com Daytona 1 que poderia ter sido incrível se trabalhada com mais carinho já que o console tinha potência de sobra apesar dos gráficos melhores eu ainda fico com as versões HD feitas pro 360 e ps3

[@adolpherazey4459]

Wheres all the shadows in the 360 version? What a pity

[@parazels83]

Both are equally good.

[@laserjet2000]

DAYTOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@claytonlessa3653]

Eu simplesmente acho essa versão do Dream Cast espetacular, joguei muito. E vou voltar a jogar novamente graças ao GDEmu.

[@ericolson2286]

I have both versions and I enjoy them both for what they are. DC version took a little time to get used to (had to turn the analog sensitivity all the way down) but once I did, it felt great. I feel like the Xbox 360/DC releases complement each other perfectly; once gives you a higher-res widescreen version of the arcade, and the other gives you a new look with LOTS of extras. Best of all worlds.

[@JohnCharb87]

Also interesting are the Dreamcast versions developers Amusement Vision and Genki. Amusement vision founded by a former member of Sega AM2 would later create Super Monkey Ball. Also F-Zero GX on the Gamecube. They would change their name Ryu Ga Gotoku the developers of Yakuza. Genki on the other hand ported another Sega Am2 game to the Dreamcast...Virtua Fighter 3tb. ❗❗

[@sagabeat]

Yes! This former member of Sega AM2 is toshihiro Naghoshi who is the first producer and director of original Daytona Usa arcade

[@Leo-xh8pp]

Eu gostei muito da versão Dreamcast! Os gráficos são lindos! A jogabildade é um pouco difícil! Mas sem dúvida eu prefiro a versão Dreamcast que é um Remaker do Arcade e do Sega Saturn!

[@john.infinite78]

Dreamcast wins because it had more tracks more cars and my favorite car was the rule of the 9th!

[@odip81]

No matter how many times I try to like the Dreamcast version I just can't , twitchy controls ruin it for me.

[@SEGAHEADDY]

Play with a wheel. Or turn analog sensitivity all the way down in Options and use soft tires if you must. I just finished all championship modes in it the other week and had a blast.

[@angeles2425]

Or hold the stick forward at all times and turn clockwise or counter clockwise. But yeah its still not goning to save it. Every thing is just too off. I would even pick the saturn OG over DC to be hornest. At least that feels like Daytona.

[@anthonyrizzo9043]

Theyre both good, but i have a feeling sometimez when porting an older game to a newer even more powerful system, theres certain aspects of the game that are just overlooked or forgotten in the process. Theres little things missing from the xbox version that it seems like the devs might have been like F it, its close.

[@megabyteDeSu.]

Dreamcast Wins!!!

[@toofine9]

I like the older music music way better

[@NiGHTS1980]

I bought and played the Dreamcast version when it came out. But having played the arcade version a lot back then in the arcades, the DC version still wasn't right. It handled differently. Also own the Xbox 360 arcade port and it's pretty much a one for one port of the arcade original right down to the amazing gameplay. My pick goes to the Xbox 360 port.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

TY! why does Sega mess with the handling, it's what made the original/XB/PS3 games so good. Scud Race is more Daytona than Daytona 2 IMO.

[@cajunotaku3256]

I own both versions. I actually like the Dreamcast version better. It controls amazing on actual Dreamcast hardware. Everyone complaining about the controls are probably playing on emulation.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

I have a real DC and 360 and the controls of DC version are off, same with Crazy Taxi on DC as opposed to GC version. Funny because I always chalked it up to the DC's analog stick and not the software, but it does feel off it those games as opposed to ports to other hardware.

[@pongopeter3089]

Is this you playing both versions of Daytona USA?

[@balaam_7087]

Dreamcast for the win.

[@じゆん参]

元Xbox 360持っていました ディトナUSA好きなので うらやましいですよ 日本では 未発売です(。´Д⊂) 背景に表示のなめらか速さが ビデオゲームセンターと、同じ驚いています セガサターン版では 表示のなめらかが いまいちでしたね性能のCD版と ハードディスク版の違いでしょうか？でも ゲームソフト出せるだけで 感謝するしかないでしょう

[@LukeDodge916]

360 is arcade perfect and I'm so sad we cant buy a physical copy of the arcade perfect game. Can you still buy the 360 game on Xbox Live??? I dont want to settle for the Saturn version any longer...

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

Digital versions are all gone now, only the Dreamcast, Saturn and PC CD/DVD versions are available at this point.

[@Devilhelll]

Dreamcast wins

[@rodsepulveda825]

The dreamcast is a remaster and the Psn-Xbox was an direct arcade port

[@guilleros7893]

Nunca he podido con los reflejos en los coches de la versión de Dreamcast. Son horribles.

[@Retro_Hacker]

x360 is arcade perfect version

[@sungketpatel30]

Let's not forget the DC version had local coop 2-player splitscreen running at 60fps. For me Daytona USA was way more fun played with friends. I know back in the 2010s the trend was for online gaming, but they still should have thought about local multiplayer. Like the way that was done in the Switch port of Virtua Racing. On that alone I prefer the DC version.

[@thalesonic]

Se fosse lançada hoje, a versão Dreamcast se chamaria Daytona USA Remake, e é basicamente isso que ela é

[@pgr3290]

The lack of texture filtering on PS3/X360 is mind boggling. I was always distracted by this when playing. Especially the track lines going from a blur just in front of the car to snapping into clarity. It was ugly and a real oversight.

[@CALAdmin88]

360 is the OG arcade experience (and can be played in 4K) thus it wins by default,.

[@jajafilmes]

Porque la version de Dreamcast se ve tan mejor y detallada?

[@misaelzairsantillanes6479]

porque es superior al hardware original del arcade de Daytona, el de arcade está desarrollado en la placa Model 2 de SEGA (la versión super potenciada de la arquitectura de SEGA Saturn), y la del Dreamcast usa la arquitectura de la placa Naomi (sucesora de la Model 2)

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Easy pick the dreamcast version.

[@honotron]

Ive never liked how the car looked on the dreamcast version, the camera angle is all wrong, the shape of the car and colours look bad as well.

[@SEGAHEADDY]

I loved how the cars looked in Daytona 2001. It's basically a Naomi update to the Model 2 original

[@shaolin95]

The dreamcasr wide angle looks way better than the Xbox that looks ugly narrow and lacks the dynamic look

[@estebandanger25]

Ami me gusto mas la vérsion Dreamcast.

[@darksoulsong]

DC cars are much nicer. The updated design gave them a more actual and terrific look.

[@brianhartman4426]

He had spacers on the back wheels.

[@giovannimarcelodasilva768]

X360 Wins

[@greatginger-gy9rf]

1:51daytonaaaaaaaa :)

[@ericolson2286]

Two things that I wish both of these versions had: 1) The Saturn stable of cars. Once you beat all three tracks in the Saturn version, you unlocked a total of eight Hornets to race with (with each one having color schemes based on the multiplayer Hornets that became available when arcade cabs were linked). Oh, and you also got a pair of horses, heh heh. But it was cool having several Hornets to try out that had different handling characteristics. I was also a fan of the yellow Hornet myself in the Saturn version. I know the DC version has a bunch of unlockables, but many of them are too goofy-looking for me to want to use in a race. 2) if you played Endurance Mode (10 times the laps of the standard arcade version), the Saturn version would cycle through those goofily memorable songs from ALL the tracks during a race. The DC and Xbox 360 versions just keep playing the same tune that goes with a specific track. That’s an awful lot of “Rolling Start” and “Day-To-Naaaaaa” and “Sky High” to sit through for 20-25 mins.

[@benjaminphilp720]

take the dreamcast port over the ps3 and 360 version any day of the week dreamcast better

[@Murcielago-so3nh]

la versión de Dreamcast es basura, principalmente el control a diferencia de Ps3 ó X360. por otra parte me gusta el port original sin nada de agregados ó mejoras graficas, Dreamcast es bueno en lo que se refiere a juegos de pelea ó aventuras

[@deathraven1380]

Can someone explain to me what is it that makes the arcade so impossible to port to home console. I noticeeach port still doesn't get it right as the arcade. Or someone send me a link that explain what is going on of the original arcade. That just makes it hard to port on home consoles. Oh what I mean port. I mean ARCADE PERFECT PORT.

[@SEGAHEADDY]

The HD release on PS3 and 360 is as close as you'll get. Seems fine to me.

[@chadbrick67]

Its arcade perfect but with HD texture graphics you nerd

[@SEGAHEADDY]

Does anyone know why they flipped Sonic on the mountain in Three Seven Speedway?

[@sungketpatel30]

I have no idea myself and it kind of bugged me too. On the original its prominent that its Sonic, on the DC version it's easily missed because of the angle. Back in the day on 14 inch screens it made it look like a bunch of squiggles on a cliffside.

[@PVictorrj]

A Sega podia fazer um Remake de Daytona Usa Championship Circuit Edition, add mais carros e pistas, meteorologia aleatória como de chuviscos a fortes chuvas tanto de dia como a noite, mais físicas no game, cockpit real e etc... seria muito legal.

[@dlib89]

Eles não tem mais licença pra fazer jogos da Daytona. Tanto é que fizeram modificações pra lançar o Daytona 2 no Like a Dragon, se chamando Classic Racing 2. Eu acho que nem a musica poderia ser usada 😢

[@PVictorrj]

@@dlib89 mas um Remake a versão Championship seria ótima, que pena não poderem fazer mais o game.

[@ghouston69]

Dreamcast has better graphics but it controlled like shit so I will have to go with the Xbox.

[@ogralico3396]

Dreamcast wins

[@mackalan]

Dreamcast is very overrated, every comparison that I see everyone always says that Dreamcast is better xd...

[@rubenbm7647]

Yo tengo la dreacast y el juego de daytona usa de dreacast es una versiin superior a la recreativa sensacion de velocidad y mas añadidos.las otras versiones que salieron en xbox 360 y ps3 son la recreativa.

[@sobesons]

Xbox

[@bizarroeddie1]

Imagine expecting Daytona 2 in 2000 and getting this. Unimpressive game with bad controls and few features.

[@deltakid0]

I can't believe the Dreamcast is not able to render the exact same look of the arcades being 5 years ahead in technology, it was disappointing to see an _improved_ version that I never asked for

[@animejoe4041]

If done right, I always prefer improved visuals. Look at Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast.

[@victorlgcarvalho]

Car model on the Dreamcast has actualy much more polygons... LOL But the Xbox version is just mimicking the original arcade.