OutRun 2 Comes Home

[EMAGDNIM]

I got my Live account up and running...do people still play a lot online??? I didn't check last night as I was playing Halo 2 and NFS:U2

[Chux]

I played 7 other people a few times yesterday while I was taking a Halo break.

[kedawa]

I've only got the demo, but it's already my most played xbox game. I just wish I had xboxlive.

[Jeremy]

There are plenty of folks playing this on Live, also, the version of OR here is different than the one featured in Shenmue II. That version featured altered vehicle and roadside graphics, this one does not. Melf, I gave that code a whirl, and it's a great way to try it out, but it doesn't save, which is fine, as it adds to the incentive of unlocking all of the paths. An in-game checklist would have been neat for this. Does finishing the paths in heart attack mode count towards the A-to-E total?

[EMAGDNIM]

Does finishing the paths in heart attack mode count towards the A-to-E total?

Good question...I did stright Arcade mode to unlock the original Outrun.

[Yoshi]

- Sega announced that the Japanese Xbox version of OutRun 2 will feature additional race courses and vehicles not found in the US version, as a result the Japanese version has been pushed back to a January 27, 2005 release.

Hmmmm... I am tempted to import now...

[Melf]

DL content perhaps? Hopefully? I don't remember if the back of the box said it would support it or not.

[Jeremy]

Nope, according to the box, it isn't supported. I think that if we get SP at all this gen, it'll be through a $20 add-on, along the lines of Sega GT 2002 Online.

[EvilMog]

Picked up the game for $20 the other day. WOW! Do old style racing games BORE the shit out of me. How is this game better than BurnOut 3? And the music is trash too. Nothing is above average in the game. Now I know why its $20 already. Sorry guys. Some of you let nostalgia get the best of you on this one. Average at the very best.

[Dipstick]

How is this game better than BurnOut 3?

Because it required a shred of actual driving ability (and just overall skill in general) to play, rather than Burnout 3 (which just comes down to reacting fast enough to not hit traffic)?

In the grand scheme of things (in a world currently dominated by Halo 2, Half-Life 2, GTA: San Andreas, etc.) this game is not that great. The shocker here is that neither is Burnout 3, but it ends up ahead in the eyes of TNL because it was not developed in Japan.

-Dippy