A forum post by a member of staff at UK studio Sumo Digital has sought to debunk news of the Japanese version of Outrun 2 containing tracks from the coin-op rework Special Tours SP.
The news, which surfaced in the latest issue of Dorimaga is, "...not true. There are some changes to the Bonus Tracks (that's the Scud and Daytona ones), some tweaks to the Mission Mode and we've changed the in-game text to Japanese, but that's the lot. No SP tracks in there at all.”
We contacted Sumo for comment today, though the official line is that it’s a massive secret and there’s no official line and that they’re just the developer and that we should contact Sega who it was agreed wouldn’t say anything in case they got in trouble with the Japanese.
Great.
However, this news does make sense. The SP tracks are widely expected to be released for Xbox at some point via Live, though this may be under threat following sluggish sales of the game, a problem that the endless barrage of positive coverage for Outrun 2 couldn’t overcome.
It is also worth mentioning that the bonus tracks were the only glitched aspect of the Xbox port so delaying the Japanese release to allow enough time to have these issues ironed out makes perfect sense.
The news, which surfaced in the latest issue of Dorimaga is, "...not true. There are some changes to the Bonus Tracks (that's the Scud and Daytona ones), some tweaks to the Mission Mode and we've changed the in-game text to Japanese, but that's the lot. No SP tracks in there at all.”
We contacted Sumo for comment today, though the official line is that it’s a massive secret and there’s no official line and that they’re just the developer and that we should contact Sega who it was agreed wouldn’t say anything in case they got in trouble with the Japanese.
Great.
However, this news does make sense. The SP tracks are widely expected to be released for Xbox at some point via Live, though this may be under threat following sluggish sales of the game, a problem that the endless barrage of positive coverage for Outrun 2 couldn’t overcome.
It is also worth mentioning that the bonus tracks were the only glitched aspect of the Xbox port so delaying the Japanese release to allow enough time to have these issues ironed out makes perfect sense.
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Joji 16 Nov 2004 18:49
1/2
See not much to worry about now, stop scaring the Xbox owners.
schnide 18 Nov 2004 16:12
2/2
Having played with Outrun 2 even more than I've played with myself in recent weeks (and that really is saying alot) I always knew there was something buggy in those bonus tracks..
Anyway, how come the game hasn't sold? It's one of my games of the year without doubt. Maybe a lower price point would have helped considerably in case consumers were worried that an arcade game wouldn't justify a £40 release. However the challenge mode can last an eon if you're trying to get AAA on every mission!
Please release the SP tracks on Live, oh pleeeease..
Anyway, how come the game hasn't sold? It's one of my games of the year without doubt. Maybe a lower price point would have helped considerably in case consumers were worried that an arcade game wouldn't justify a £40 release. However the challenge mode can last an eon if you're trying to get AAA on every mission!
Please release the SP tracks on Live, oh pleeeease..