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Again, IвЂ™m not sure how the controls felt with a Wheel, but in that particular moment of time, it was a crushing disappointment, at least for me. Controlling the cars with a d-pad was slow and cumbersome, whilst the native 3D Controller support went the opposite way and became entirely too sensitive.

It was similar, sure, but I couldnвЂ™t help but feel that it was slightly off the mark. With the change of engine came a version of Daytona USA that simply didnвЂ™t control like one would have expected it to. Still, a joy to play.Дaytona USA CCE? Not so much. Completely understandable, as the 3D Controller wasnвЂ™t a thing yet, and the analogue sensitivity was tuned for the Arcade Racer Steering Wheel, not the lowly analogue stick. A d-pad is less than optimal for 32-bit arcade racers in most circumstances, but SEGA made it work the first time around вЂ“ the analogue steering with a wheel was great (apparently, IвЂ™m yet to try it with a wheel myself, though IвЂ™m keen to remedy that вЂ“ watch this space), but with a 3D Controller, it was super sensitive. If these were the only criticisms I had at the time, I would still have been one happy camper, but CCE had much bigger problems than questionable art direction вЂ“ t he controls were the woooorst.ДЄt least in comparison to the original port, because if there was one redeeming feature of the original Daytona USA port (OK two, that Redbook AudioвЂ¦ mmm), itвЂ™s that the controls made the transition almost flawlessly. SEGA went for a soundtrack that would please the West, and though they had every reason to do so, it lost its soul. He of Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic R, Metropolis Street Racer fame/infamy is one of the all-time greats as far as IвЂ™m concerned, but I wasnвЂ™t too enamoured with the lack of vocals in the remixes, let alone the loss of that signature Daytona USA sound. SEGA also took the (ridiculous вЂ“ quote me on it) criticisms of the original soundtrack to heart, and saw fit to replace the tunes, at least in the West, entirely with remixed instrumental versions by Richard Jacques. Though it featured big, bold colours, much nicer textures and an improved draw distance, CCE bore only a passing resemblance to the Daytona USA we were all familiar with. The new graphics were indeed an improvement вЂ“ technically, the game targeted 30fps and held it, most of the time. Better, smoother graphics coupled with more tracks and vehicles вЂ“ what could go wrong? Built using the impeccable SEGA Rally Championship engine that SEGA used for the Saturn version of that game, CCE was almost entirely a guaranteed winner. Their underwhelming port of Virtua Fighter received a Remix version, and around the time of that games release, there were rumours that Daytona USA was going to get the same treatment.ДЄnd so Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition (CCE) came to pass. So SEGA set out to right a couple of wrongs. We all know the story вЂ“ the Saturn had Daytona USA, the PSX had Ridge Racer, and when comparing the two, Ridge Racer came out on top. I had a game that played great, featured the killer soundtrack on CD and yeah, it looked close enough to the arcade for me,В at least when viewed through my fuzzy RF connection in 1996, thatвЂ™s for sure. The sub 20fps we received in PAL land didnвЂ™t matter to THIS 13-year-old. I felt, at the time, that SEGA did a fantastic job porting the coreВ Daytona USA experience to the home console. It could also be games that IвЂ™ve never liked that all of a sudden, just work for me.В A retro gamerвЂ™s life can be strange sometimes.Дaytona USA was one of the first games that I bought for my Saturn, and as messy as that original Saturn port was, it was among my favourite games. These could be games that I wanted to like, but couldnвЂ™t latch on to, or games that I hyped up to ridiculous levels as a youngster, that inevitably failed to meet expectation.

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Learning To Love is a series that IвЂ™m going to start throwing at you every now and then вЂ“ a series about games that I am giving a second, third or in Daytona USA (C)CEвЂ™s case, hundredth chance.