Daytona USA is an arcade racing game developed by Sega AM2 and released by Sega in March of 1994. Inspired by the popularity of the NASCAR motor racing series in the US, the game has players race stock cars on one of three courses. It was the first game to be released on the Sega Model 2 arcade system board. Daytona USA is one of the highest-grossing arcade games of all time.
Director and co-producer Toshihiro Nagoshi
Daytona USA was a launch game for the Sega Saturn (pictured above) in North America and Europe.
Virtua Racing or V.R. for short, is a Formula One racing video game developed by Sega AM2 and released for arcades in 1992. Virtua Racing was initially a proof-of-concept application for exercising a new 3D graphics platform under development, the "Model 1". The results were so encouraging that Virtua Racing was fully developed into a standalone arcade title.
Twin cabinet sit-down model
Virtua Formula 8-machine plus commentator setup at the defunct Sega Virtualand, inside the Luxor Casino, Las Vegas, USA, in 1993.