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    Default Help identifying an arcade racer

    Firstly, apologies for the lack of details and the details I do have are a little sketchy. Here goes -

    I'd seen the racer in the arcade I'm guessing around the late 80s to early 90s.
    You could select from a number of racers (different characters).
    I think most (if not all) cars had a driver and a passenger.
    There was 1 female racer (pretty sure she had blonde hair and was in a pink car)
    You could see your position in the race via a leaderboard which showed the characters profile pic (in a square). These would continually update as your position changed during the race.
    At first I thought the game was Outrunners but that game doesn't seem to show your position in the race via the character profile pics.

    Again, apologies for the lack of clarity. I hope this rings a bell in someone's head. I've searched on google images and YouTube but can't find it. I'll know it as soon as I see it!

    Any help, thoughts will be greatly appreciated - it's driving me mad

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    Probably Power Drift by SEGA?:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4FuowTv6Q
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    Another Yu Suzuki masterpiece. Unfortunately unavailable in the States

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    Thanks SegaMasterMonster - it was Power Drift!

    Shame this hasn't been released on any modern consoles - would love an arcade perfect port.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midaha View Post
    Thanks SegaMasterMonster - it was Power Drift!

    Shame this hasn't been released on any modern consoles - would love an arcade perfect port.
    I believe the only arcade perfect port is included in the Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 for the SEGA Dreamcast, but it is a bit expensive and difficult to find, as I remember
    I'd like to try the 3DS version so as to compare.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gbpxl View Post
    Another Yu Suzuki masterpiece. Unfortunately unavailable in the States
    Power Drift was in US arcades.

    edit: or was it? Wikipedia indicates it was not released to US arcades. However I know I played it at a local bowling alley back around 1989 or 1990, and I've had other friends who knew the game from arcades.

    edit edit: Yes, it was definitely released in the USA
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