Daytona USA Review – The Digital Fix

Writing about Daytona USA is a reverent affair. After all, it is an arcade driving classic in the truest sense – many a coin was slipped into the slot at the local arcade in the early to mid 1990’s (by most teenage boys around the globe – and more besides). It was a fantastically enjoyable example of pick up and play racing. It is arguably one of the first examples of today’s arcade racing genre; this was definitely not a simulation. Gentlemen, start your engines was the call – it still is – and there you were, driving a stock care from a rolling start and the aim of the game was to drive fast, beat the other cars and ensure you did so quickly enough to pass a checkpoint and refresh the timer. Fantastically it’s still the same game and as enjoyable to play as it always was.