Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast officially announced

[davidbrit2]

http://www.sega-europe.com/en/NewsStory/926.htm

OH GOD YES I'M HAVING AN ORGASM

SEVERAL OF THEM

[s1lence]

Sweet news, which reminds me that I still need to pick up Outrun 2.

[GrayFox]

Bah, I was hoping it was gonna make it to the 360. That would've rocked pretty hardcore.

Well, atleast this gives me a reason to play some PS2 soon.

[Push Upstairs]

Wha? No XBOX?

Also..

When do we get that arcade perfect port of "Turbo Outrun"?

[davidbrit2]

Bah, I was hoping it was gonna make it to the 360. That would've rocked pretty hardcore.

It might be, actually. The guy that works for Sumo (the company doing the port) was still being hush-hush about something. I'd be surprised if it didn't end up on one of the XBoxes.

[le geek]

Cool! If it has Turbo Outrun or Outrunner on it that would be all the sweeter!

Cheers,
Ben

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Yaaaay PS2 Outrun. Teh awesomez.

[DigitalSpace]

Awesome news! I'll be looking forward to this.

[davidbrit2]

Cool! If it has Turbo Outrun or Outrunner on it that would be all the sweeter!

Cheers,
Ben

Now that would be REALLY awesome, considering there aren't really any good home versions of those. I'm not counting on it happening, though. In any case, the Turbo Outrun songs should be included since there were in O2 SP. Yay.

I wonder if they'll do any awesome bonus tracks for this, like they did with the XBox O2. Being able to play the Super GT and Daytona 2 courses in Outrun 2 made for a very interesting match up.

[slip81]

Excellent news. Since I no longer have an Xbox I'll get this one right away.

[davidbrit2]

So, to review:

Sega Rally 2006 + Sega Rally 1995 - January
Initial D Street Stage - February
Outrun Coast 2 Coast - March

I'm beginning to think that Sega is conspiring against my GPA.

[Ed Oscuro]

What is UP with that dumb title? 2 Cool 4 School? Putting "2" in the title of an Outrun title, and adding a year "rev" to it, makes me cringe. Classic Outrun didn't have any of that! Oh well, I've yet to pick up Outrun 2, but this should still be a great game.

Even if it's on PS2. Yuck! What about the 360?

[davidbrit2]

What is UP with that dumb title? 2 Cool 4 School? Putting "2" in the title of an Outrun title, and adding a year "rev" to it, makes me cringe. Classic Outrun didn't have any of that! Oh well, I've yet to pick up Outrun 2, but this should still be a great game.

I think the reasoning is that if they called it Outrun 2 SP like the arcade version, the title just wouldn't be distinct enough to make it stand out from Outrun 2 (which didn't get a whole lot of fanfare when it was released for the XBox). If they think changing the title around will make the game more marketable, that's fine with me, as long as they don't change the game itself significantly. A rose by any other name, etc. Now, if they want to make changes like adding more missions and bonus tracks, then I'm all for it. ;-)

Even if it's on PS2. Yuck! What about the 360?

I'm pretty sure it's also coming out for at least one of the XBoxes. It just hasn't been announced officially yet like the Sony offerings.

[Ed Oscuro]

Yeah, but I don't see why there's a 2 in the title (outside of the 2006) at all. Outrun 2 seems to have sold rather poorly, given the huge number of copies lounging unsold at various local outlets, all the vendors still clinging to the hope that even at $20 a buyer will be found

[davidbrit2]

It's kind of a nod to the fact that it's still Outrun 2 (according to the naming of Outrun 2 SP), but changed enough so that the average consumer sheep can tell the difference. ;-)

[ianoid]

Looking into the future: Bad reviews.

Has Sega put out a good game since Super Monkey Ball?

Start flaming now.

[Ed Oscuro]

It's kind of a nod to the fact that it's still Outrun 2 (according to the naming of Outrun 2 SP), but changed enough so that the average consumer sheep can tell the difference. ;-)

Oh, lovely. I didn't notice that at first myself. Why put "2006" on it if it's the same blasted game?

[davidbrit2]

8-) Looking into the future: Bad reviews.

IGN Outrun 2 review (8.2)
Gamespot review (8.3)

It was a fantastic game, and everybody knew it. But it was very poorly marketed, and timed just as badly, causing it to be overshadowed by the likes of Burnout 3, etc. So the sales numbers ended up being rather dismal.

And Ed, it's "the same game" about as much as Halo 2 is the same game as Halo. I'll try to elaborate more...

Outrun 2 came out in the arcades. A year later, Outrun 2 SP came out. It was basically an expansion pack, with slightly tweaked physics, more cars, more songs, an additional set of 15 tracks, plus some additional game modes. Soon after that, the original Outrun 2 was released for XBox, but it included a couple of the SP cars, entirely new songs done for the home version, tracks from Daytona 2 and Scud Race/Super GT, plus an extensive mission mode. Coast 2 Coast is going to take all the stuff from the arcade SP, then add a bunch more things to do, just like the XBox O2 did originally. In other words, it's essentially the same game engine at heart, but with much more content.

[Ed Oscuro]

In other words, more like Battlefield 2: Special Forces is to BF2. Halo 2 uses a new engine, after all.

[buttasuperb]

Outrun 2 is the shit.

The reason it didn't sell well is because most people are morons.