PS2 Virtua Racing - Sega Ages 2500 - Shipping Today

   Way back in the day, when bitmaps and sprites ruled the video game landscape, Sega dared to try a different tack. Although Atari's I, Robot, circa 1984, was the first arcade coin-op to utilize polygons, the technology did not catch fire until Sega's efforts in the early 90s. Polygons were the future and the company injected fresh blood into the racing genre with the first polygon based racer dubbed Virtua Racing (1992). Fast, sleek, and shiny, VR wowed arcade dwellers with its smooth visuals, refined gameplay and force-feedback racing wheel. Yu Suzuki had struck again. The master would strike soon again in 1993 with Virtua Fighter which inspired a torrent of clones.

   The premise in Virtua Racing is simple - slide behind the wheel of a formula racing vehicle, peer around at the competition and burn rubber at the count of three. The beauty of a polygon-based world lies the precision and sharpness of everything in a perfectly modeled environment. Crash into a rival vehicle or obstacle and watch as razor-like shards burst from the impact point. Burn rubber and spot the perfectly rendered sparks ejecting from the rear of the stubby fat wheels. Even the skidmarks on the road are modeled to correspond to the tread width of each wheel. When it's time to visit the pit crew, the workers move like clockwork automatons, changing wheels and tuning the vehicle with meticulous flourishes and fine tuned fidelity.
 
Summary of the Week
Monday DC Puyo Puyo Fever  PS2 Onimusha 3  NEWS DBZ Beach Sandals in June, Gundam Z-Gock Hand, Import Outlook - Psyvariar 2 expected on Wednesday
Tuesday NEWS Preorders open for GBA Zero One SP, PS2 Bomberman Kart DX, Super Robot Wars Controller Special Edition, Tantei Jinguuji Saburo Kind of Blue and TOY Rockman products
Wednesday PS2 Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix 2, Love Aerobics  NEWS Shipment delays
Thursday PS2 Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Regular and Limited Edition, Onimusha 3 Memory Card, Snow First Limited Edition, Tentama 2 Wins Regular and Limited Edition, Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2  NEWS Shipment delays part 2
Friday DC Psyvariar 2  PS2 Firefighter F.D. 18, Flight Stick v2.0, Gain Ground - Sega Ages 2500, Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers, Initial D Special Stage - Best Version, Kaido Battle 2, Taisen! Bakudan Poy Poy, Virtua Racing - Sega Ages 2500  XBX Pure White Xbox Console
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