A tribute to classic arcade racing games like Ridge Racer, Daytona USA, and OutRun 2006. Discover the titles that defined the genre—and why they still matter.

Running at a rock-solid 60 frames per second, F-Zero X on the Nintendo 64 was a blisteringly fast racing game that pushed the ...

Don't show up late if you want to see Daytona and the Rolex 24 star in Brad Pitt's F1 movie. The opening 10 minutes feature ...

Anyone who’s ever played Daytona USA will tell you that while the game might be very unrealistic, just like driving a real car, you have to master shifting yourself to be truly fast.

In the early 1990s, the Mega Drive from Sega and the Super Nintendo went head to head. Nintendo was ahead in its home country of Japan, but the Mega Drive was strong in Europe and the USA.

Besides being a gearhead, Beckford has been a gamer since the ’80s and is a huge fan of the arcade racing games of the ’90s like Daytona USA, SEGA Rally, and Ridge Racer.

Name an iconic 8-bit series, and there’s a strong chance that it first released on American shores in 1987. The Legend of ...

Daytona USA was a hit ‘90s arcade racing game by Sega that helped millions of kids pretend they were bad-ass NASCAR drivers, and sported a famous theme song that certain Kotaku editors still get ...

Daytona USA Speaking of the Like A Dragon series, in the most recent spinoff game - The Man Who Erased His Name - Sega brought back Daytona USA 2… sort of.

Like a Dragon Gaiden contained the previously unreleased Daytona USA 2 (now known as SEGA Racing Classic 2), as well as Model 3 fighting game Fighting Vipers 2. Upcoming action game Like a Dragon ...

Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge - now known, thanks to licensing issues, as Sega Racing Classic 2 - is an arcade racing game from the legendary AM2 and it stands as one of the fastest, most ...