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Tom Bramwell
SEGA has put the rumours to rest by confirming that OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast will be released in March 2006 on PS2, PSP and PC - but oddly not on Xbox.
Coast 2 Coast consists of 30 stages - the best of both OutRun2 and the OutRun2 SP arcade machine that followed it - with a new mission structure, licence mode, the return of six-player online racing, and a total of 12 licensed Ferraris including the F430 and Superamerica.
It's the series' first foray onto PSP, certainly - and PSP owners who also buy the PS2 version will be able to access a bit of exclusive content (dunno what) by hooking the pair up using a USB cable.
The game is in development at Sumo Digital, the team that handled the critically acclaimed port of OutRun2 to Xbox.
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Eighthours
08/12/05 @ 16:45
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Judging by the quality of Sega's PS2 titles so far, compared to the other current gen versions of the same titles (Super Monkeyball, Sonic Heroes), I'm very wary of this. Though Sumo Digital are great, I can't see how this game will have any kind of draw distance on the PSP. The massive view was one of Outrun 2's highlights, and I can't see how it's going to survive on either machine.
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Gee, thanks, Sega. After all, Xbox owners are only the ones that bought the first fucking game. I've been looking forward to this and now, short of buying a console I don't want, or trying to run it on a PC that sits in my sodding office, I won't get to play the game. What a great decision. Arseholes.
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Outrun2 was great! I have the tunes from it in the car as I write this... so very, very sad...
(original Outrun 'Splash Wave' being my favorite!) Is this the beginning of a trend for publishers to start dropping support for the xbox1, moving their allegance to the 360 while still supporting the PS2? |
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NoCodeNed2
08/12/05 @ 17:29
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@IP - MS have to make it at least appear commercially viable for a dev to continue supporting their older platform. that to me is the bigger worry.
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speedstars13
08/12/05 @ 18:13
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Because Xbox is dead. Why should developers support dead machine?
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Kain_Cross
08/12/05 @ 19:16
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Best news post in ages. Come to daddy, Outrun.
And even though Microsoft claims their console won't be abandoned, XBox is as good as dead. They'll just feed the big dog now. And that's a shame, since Sony and Nintendo are proving that current gen machines can perfectly stick around another year. Owning both a PS2 and GC, next gen machines are the last thing on my mind nowadays. |
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How is a machine with a 20 million user base and continued third-party supportdead, exactly?
Here's some Xbox games I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2006: Painkiller TOCA Race Driver 3 Starcraft Ghost Winning Eleven 9 International Blazing Angels Splinter Cell 4 Black Timeshift Tomb Raider Legend
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Feanor, those are only getting released on Xbox because they're pretty much all multiformat titles. It's a dead format. Pity, even the PSone kept going for a good while after the PS2 came out iirc.
Oh, and Kain_Cross, you're not allowed to say anything even vaguely positive about Sony consoles on this site, it seems to send the fanboys nuts. |
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Kain_Cross
08/12/05 @ 19:46
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Heh, I'll keep that in mind.
Oh, er... typo. I mean "Sony sucks". And pays for this whole thing. While sucking. Lucky save there. /looks around. |
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Markusdragon
08/12/05 @ 19:58
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No Xbox. Looks like it's PC for me.
Years since I last played a racer on PC. |
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Feanor; the ones saying with such certainity that Xbox is dead is just Sony haters trying to get a "PSOne is still around!" stab in. Don't waste your energy.
I find it baffling that this isn't on Xbox due to the simple fact that the game is already running on it. Surely it wouldn't be difficult to just implement the new cars and routes? Maybe that's their reasoning, that this just isn't a big enough update, sort of like Final Tuned not appearing on PS2. |
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Markusdragon
08/12/05 @ 20:51
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I thought that gaem rocked. It's quite challenging trying to remember the track AND the numbers at the same time
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GREAT !!! OutRun 2 is the only game that the xbox has that I want it to play in my PS2 (well, half life 2 is the other, but I can play it in the PC) and I even considered buying a 2nd hand xbox mainly just for this game. I don't want it to be a burnout or need for speed clone, just that good ol' feeling from the original outrun. My only concern is related with the ps2 hardware. Burnout Revenge looks fantastic and it's amazing that its in fact , a ps2 console running that game. What I want to say is that Sega must work a little bit harder than the last previous games on the ps2 (not counting the retro compilations) to not deliver a poor version of outrun. I'll be waiting for news ! Salut form Portugal (SLB 2 MUFC 1:)
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Tweakmonkey
08/12/05 @ 22:17
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Strange decision if it's true, but unfortunate GC owners know how it feels for this to happen.
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MrGrumpy.au
08/12/05 @ 22:33
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Wow! This is has made my day.
It's funny with all the Xbox games I have it's the only one I still play (religiously every day since release), you haven't experienced Outrun 2 until you've played "Heart Attack" mode with "Shiny World - Prototype" blasting out of your TV/Surround Sound system. PS2 version for me, I just wouldn't feel right playing it on the PC (don't own or need a PSP). blackdog: I didn't mind the mental arithmetic (but I can see your frustrations), you just get to a point where you subconsciously get through it. You do have a 50/50 chance of getting them right ;) Fingers crossed that March '06 is a world wide release. |
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RobTheBuilder
09/12/05 @ 01:07
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Excellent!!!
Kudos to Sega, Outrun 2SP is one of the best arcades in recent years. |
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I fail to see why a PC port would be a good idea, but an Xbox one wouldn't. Oh well.
Of course it's a good idea to do a PS2 version. The quality of the game doesn't even much matter, it'll sell a worthwhile amount anyway by name recognition alone. I still don't get why they didn't do a PS2 version of OutRun 2, though. |
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MrGrumpy.au
09/12/05 @ 10:14
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Okay blackdog point well taken.
I hope they don't take those X10/X15/X20 missions out though, that's another part of the game (on top of beating "Heart Attack" scores) that keeps drawing me in. Seeing as there are quite a few OR2 gamers in here I'd like to know what people think a good score is for Heart Attack/Route-A the arcade video I downloaded finished with a score of 2042/AAA but my best on the Xbox is 1781/AA someone must have gone higher on the console version? I'm really stuck here. (I think I really need a wheel to be more accurate with the cone sections, which is my downfall) I still can't believe we are getting a sequel!!! I'm so damn happy. lol
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Lost_in_Darkness
09/12/05 @ 10:18
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It didn't sell anywhere near aswell as it could or should have on the xbox. it pretty much bombed in sega's eyes. hence why no 'box version.
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Ninjamagic
09/12/05 @ 10:35
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You are all a bunch of Harry Potters.
its obviously OT2 with a twist, so they cant make an xbox version cos it is the same version! (plus a few new cars and a few new tracks). It might have made an "add on" for the xbox version on live but i can see why PS2, PC and PSP Do i get 5p for being "on the ball" :-) |
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