I purchased a Saturn in 1997 specifically for racing games, and the console didn't disappoint. I'm glad to see you highlight some of the lesser known titles Bastich B because so many people focus on the big SEGA racers and forget about the others, which are great games.
Yeah thank you , i think theres a pretty cool selection of these games on the Saturn much more than just Sega Racers , so many Japan exclusives as well
I don't understand why most people dislike virtua racing on saturn. It's one of the only saturn games I have and I like it. Good to see other people enjoy it. Great vid.
It's a great game. My favourite is the 32x but the Saturn version got it's charm! The Soundtrack is AMAZING as always! That rendering is EPIC... The Saturn Version deserves a lot of love!
A lot of it is because it doesn't stand out. Graphically impressive games were a big deal back then, so Virtua Racing looking like its MegaDrive counterpart just slightly souped up wasn't winning anyone's favour. Especially when it was competing with giants in the racing genre like SEGA Rally, Gran Turismo, and Ridge Racer. The 32X is the more impressive version due to the limitations of the 32X and how far it pushed them, with the 32X being as powerful as the Atari Jaguar, and the Saturn being a mid-point between the PlayStation and Nintendo 64.
I never played anything on the Saturn but I sure love Sega. I think this is one of your best videos - really well put together. Sega Rally looks awesome on this machine!
Amazing how our experiences differ, the most played Racing game for me on the Saturn is Sonic R, and as a 11yo kid, I mastered the game and courses, I can still play it just as well today. With that said, I know it's not for everyone as it's quite unique in its approach and handling, but those who actually put the time into it, had quite a lot of fun. Man, your daughter is charming and amazing how she looks like you!
The " game over ... yeahhhhhh " took me right back to playing my brothers Saturn and Sega rally .... spent hours playing it mastering the tracks ... so wish a Saturn mini would come out just so I can play it again ..... if only
Shutokou Battle 97 should be on this list, but maybe because it was a japanese only title it's less known. It became Tokyo Extreme Racer on the Dreamcast later. Not sure if it's related to the Drift King/Highway 2000 mentioned in the video.
Shutokou Battle 97 is the same series as Drift King. It is 首都高 in Japanese, and I believe Drift King is western name. It has no relationship with Highway 2000.
Another fan of Saturn Virtua Racing! So misunderstood, it has lots of content. Think it was shunned at the time for having flat untextured polygons, in the same way 2d 32bit games were panned, but as you say it's aged very well.
Cheers , yeah I thinks it's aged well .. I was one of those people back in the day that initially shunned it until I actually played it and then my mind changed immediately 😀👍
@@jamestemple1300 I don’t think it was ‘knocked together’. It’s just not got the same precise handling as the original as they didn’t have the original game code and had to make the game by simply playing on a loaned arcade machine. It’s a good effort but I think the colours look a bit dull and muddy.
I really enjoyed this video. I was researching Saturn racing games and this was the one of the first options to come up on Google. You've got a new subscriber. A couple of things I'd like to add: 1) As other commenters have written, "NASCAR '98" is pretty cool. I left a comment elsewhere talking about the PS1 version because I've yet to play the Saturn version. I assume they're mostly similar and if so, it'll be a winner. 2) If you liked "The Need For Speed" then you'll like "Overdrivin' GT-R" too. It was a Japanese localization of the original NFS and is the only console version of that game to have analog steering, throttle, and brakes thanks to supporting the Saturn's 3D Pad. It was sponsored by Nissan Motor Co. instead of Road & Track Magazine so the car roster is entirely different. The slower vintage cars are an absolute joy to drive with that physics engine. I keep Yaba Sanshiro Saturn emulator and that game installed on my phone because it still brings me joy to pick up and play.
Thank you for watching , I made a few Saturn videos when I first started this channel and will be redoing them cause they are cringe 😂😂 thank you anyway and yeah I've played the Japanese NFS and its pretty cool . If you like the Saturn check out my Import City series I cover a lot of Japanese Saturn stuff .
Yeah somebody suggested I use the 3D controller on it and I finally got one recently and it plays well . I'll be redoing this entire video as I made it years ago and It's not very good . Thx for watching 😀👍
i disagree. I absolutely think of racing games when I think of the Saturn. More than either the PS1 or N64. To me, the Saturn was the home of arcade games, and that includes both fighting games and racing as well. I'd definitely think of racing games far sooner than I'd think RPGs. Also Sonic R is excellent, damn it. :P
Sure whatever you think of is cool it's simply an opinion. And I played the hell outta Sonic R back in day but ... Seriously it's such a mess 🤣 a glorious mess that I love but a mess non the less in all honesty 👍
Great list ! I would have added Street Racing even though I'm a bit disappointed they doesn't use the same music they put in the Snes version. Other than that the game play great. It's more focussed on fun, but it's a solid one.
Having now modded my 1up i`v been dabbling in Saturn and Dreamcast racing games that i just could`nt afford back in the day, so thanks for the heads up on some of those games. I really wish Sega Rally would have made it to the Dreamcast with better graphics as Sega Rally 2 just not quite the same, something feels off, maybe car dynamics, handling, gaphics, not quite sure. But yer Sega Rally No1 only beaten handling wise (My opinion anyway) Was Screamer 2/Screamer Rally on pc and played both to death to the point the cd stopped working.
I don't agree that Daytona CCE improves the original on all levels, I prefer the original actually. I do love Sonic R, it seems to be polarising. If you like Andretti Racing, you might like Nascar 1998 too. I would say both are waaaaaay better than SEGA Touring Car Challenge.
I've never played the Saturn version of "NASCAR '98"; but, I've got a lot of mileage in the PlayStation version. The PlayStation version is a great game. I may be wrong; but, it feels like a much improved sequel to the stock car side of "Andretti Racing". The intro has Molly Hatchet blasting "Flirtin' With Disaster". The graphics are solid and there's a lot of tracks (a mix of real life and reasonably believable fantasy courses - no Daytona though, because Sega had the exclusive rights at the time. There were two minor annoyances; 1) draw distance wasn't the best, and 2) the parts of the driver visible in the cockpit view looks more like a cat than a human. I checked out some box art of the Saturn version and the cat person is missing. Instead cockpit view is shown to have been handled more like the original "Need For Speed". There's two versions of "NASCAR '98" for the PS1; the original and the Collector's Edition (CE). The CE removed one of the fantasy tracks and replaced it with the real life home of the Southern 500, Darlington. I think it also added a Richard Petty themed car as well. I don't think Saturn got the CE version, sadly. If it did then it was super rare because I couldn't find any available for sale on eBay.
Yeah the Saturn never did get a CE. The nice thing about the Saturn version is that the car models don't look horizontally stretched like the PS1 version. I think you may be right about 98 being an improved version of Andretti Racing. I bet EA was using upgraded versions of the same engine for many of their mid to late 90's stock car racers. I remember EA's Nascar Road Racing for the PC in 1999 also having a "Andretti Racing" look to it as well. "Flirtin With Disaster" was a huge southern rock hit in its day! I was glad to hear it in the 98 soundtrack. I think the 80s rock band Y&T had their hit "Mean Streak" on the soundtrack as well. Another favorite of mine. I wish EA would care enough to make a modern stock car racer with all the great fantasy tracks from every Nascar game they ever had -- starting in the 90s. Like a Road Racing Ultimate Edition 2024. That would make for an epic "rubbin' is racing" masterpiece.@@mattdavis9601
Great video! Just missing a few of those titles in my Saturn collection, However you have to tell me about your copy of PoliceNauts! Wish I had one but that game is so hard to track down if you don't want to buy it on E-bay for a little too much! 🙄
Its a good version dont get me wrong , i was trying to showcase as many Saturn exclusive racers as possible , if the vid was more any racer on the system Rash would be in the top 5 for sure ✅
Saturn had some good racing games, but when you had stuff like Need For Speed Hot Pursuit and Gran Turismo 2 on the PS1, the Saturn's offerings felt very dated.
Sega Touring Car is totally rubbish. Poor control, Poor framerate, Poor resolution, Poor texture. I tried to play Daytona CE with a racing wheel called "Power Wheel", which can also use in N64, PS1 and SS. I found that the control is pretty well and similar to Arcade!! However, this racing wheel cannot control other racing game well. Beside Shutokou Battle 97, there is Touge King of Spirits 2 which got very good graphic.
Thats a good one , i had already played it on the 3DO and my Japanese PSX so i never bothered with the Saturn version but its pretty much the same as the psx one as far as i know.
wipeout 1 and wipeout 2097 are better than all this games and on par with sega rally. Sega touring car championship is crap, and the fact it is included in this top 10 says a lot about how bad saturn's racing games were...
I explained why they are not on the list in the beginning and obviously this is my top 10 and not yours .... So whatever you like is fine no big deal .
Due to the horrible flaw in Sega Rally of all velocity and momentum magically disapppearing if you touch a wall, I'll never consider Sega Rally to be a good game. It is crap. It is literally the only racing game I've ever played that is harsher than reality.
Glad you put Daytona: CCE on the list instead of the original Daytona conversion. Yeah the first port for the system was more Arcade accurate but the pop in, draw distance and frame rate makes it hard to play, especially now that a HD arcade perfect remake is on PSN and XBL. CCE on Saturn holds up as a fun game that looks and performs well even if it is quite different, and I like the remixed updated soundtrack better.
Spend so many hours playing and mastering Sega rally! Really great game! Definitely the top saturn racer!
Yeah it's the best , controls so damn well !
I purchased a Saturn in 1997 specifically for racing games, and the console didn't disappoint. I'm glad to see you highlight some of the lesser known titles Bastich B because so many people focus on the big SEGA racers and forget about the others, which are great games.
Yeah thank you , i think theres a pretty cool selection of these games on the Saturn much more than just Sega Racers , so many Japan exclusives as well
I don't understand why most people dislike virtua racing on saturn. It's one of the only saturn games I have and I like it. Good to see other people enjoy it. Great vid.
Thx for watching and yeah I think it's pretty good! I don't get the hate either ... It's a fun game for me anyway
Because the 32x version is better
It's a great game. My favourite is the 32x but the Saturn version got it's charm! The Soundtrack is AMAZING as always!
That rendering is EPIC... The Saturn Version deserves a lot of love!
@@drunkensailor112 I'm sure the five americans who bought a 32X would also agree about 50/50 with you.
A lot of it is because it doesn't stand out. Graphically impressive games were a big deal back then, so Virtua Racing looking like its MegaDrive counterpart just slightly souped up wasn't winning anyone's favour. Especially when it was competing with giants in the racing genre like SEGA Rally, Gran Turismo, and Ridge Racer.
The 32X is the more impressive version due to the limitations of the 32X and how far it pushed them, with the 32X being as powerful as the Atari Jaguar, and the Saturn being a mid-point between the PlayStation and Nintendo 64.
Sega Rally is so good that one could boot up the game now in 2024 and still have a blast playing it, almost 30 years later!
Its just plain excellent then and now ! 😀👍
I never played anything on the Saturn but I sure love Sega. I think this is one of your best videos - really well put together. Sega Rally looks awesome on this machine!
Thanks a lot , been wanting to make this vid for a long time it finally all came together and yeah Sega Rally is excellent , brilliant conversion
Amazing how our experiences differ, the most played Racing game for me on the Saturn is Sonic R, and as a 11yo kid, I mastered the game and courses, I can still play it just as well today.
With that said, I know it's not for everyone as it's quite unique in its approach and handling, but those who actually put the time into it, had quite a lot of fun.
Man, your daughter is charming and amazing how she looks like you!
😀👍 thx , I actually played Sonic R a lot with friends ... The multiplayer is fun
The " game over ... yeahhhhhh " took me right back to playing my brothers Saturn and Sega rally .... spent hours playing it mastering the tracks ... so wish a Saturn mini would come out just so I can play it again ..... if only
Yeah that would be epic 🕹️👍
There's a funny "game over yeahhhh!" compilation on UA-cam somewhere :)
@@holdyourcolour1987 😂 I'll be searching for that 👍
@@BastichB64K If you haven't already seen it :) m.ua-cam.com/video/MbEVpu8Xe90/v-deo.html
A trick: you can watch series at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.
Shutokou Battle 97 should be on this list, but maybe because it was a japanese only title it's less known. It became Tokyo Extreme Racer on the Dreamcast later. Not sure if it's related to the Drift King/Highway 2000 mentioned in the video.
Yeah i never played the Saturn version so i was just going by what I've played but played them on the Dreamcast and yeah brilliant games 😀👍👍👍👍
Shutokou Battle 97 is the same series as Drift King. It is 首都高 in Japanese, and I believe Drift King is western name. It has no relationship with Highway 2000.
Sega Rally is still te best racing game ever. Oh man, how many hours I spent in that wonderful game on my Saturn!
I agree me too , used to play it like a maniac to shave a few seconds off that final score 🤣👍
Another fan of Saturn Virtua Racing! So misunderstood, it has lots of content. Think it was shunned at the time for having flat untextured polygons, in the same way 2d 32bit games were panned, but as you say it's aged very well.
Cheers , yeah I thinks it's aged well .. I was one of those people back in the day that initially shunned it until I actually played it and then my mind changed immediately 😀👍
It was shunned because it was a pure garbage version of an epic game knocked together by time Warner rather than AM2
@@jamestemple1300 I don’t think it was ‘knocked together’. It’s just not got the same precise handling as the original as they didn’t have the original game code and had to make the game by simply playing on a loaned arcade machine.
It’s a good effort but I think the colours look a bit dull and muddy.
I really enjoyed this video. I was researching Saturn racing games and this was the one of the first options to come up on Google. You've got a new subscriber.
A couple of things I'd like to add:
1) As other commenters have written, "NASCAR '98" is pretty cool. I left a comment elsewhere talking about the PS1 version because I've yet to play the Saturn version. I assume they're mostly similar and if so, it'll be a winner.
2) If you liked "The Need For Speed" then you'll like "Overdrivin' GT-R" too. It was a Japanese localization of the original NFS and is the only console version of that game to have analog steering, throttle, and brakes thanks to supporting the Saturn's 3D Pad.
It was sponsored by Nissan Motor Co. instead of Road & Track Magazine so the car roster is entirely different. The slower vintage cars are an absolute joy to drive with that physics engine. I keep Yaba Sanshiro Saturn emulator and that game installed on my phone because it still brings me joy to pick up and play.
Thank you for watching , I made a few Saturn videos when I first started this channel and will be redoing them cause they are cringe 😂😂 thank you anyway and yeah I've played the Japanese NFS and its pretty cool . If you like the Saturn check out my Import City series I cover a lot of Japanese Saturn stuff .
@@BastichB64K I definitely will check out that series. Thank you for the recommendation.
Had no idea Chase H.Q. was on Saturn?! That's why I love the console it has hidden gems, especially in Japan.
The Japan hidden gem library is the deepest out of any console IMHO , fantastic stuff
@@BastichB64Kannoyimg how the best go there
@@ContendCreators yeah Sega US dropped the ball completely on the system , so 😭
I actually got Sonic R control down really well. It’s all in the shoulder buttons to drift.
Great game with exploration elements.
Yeah somebody suggested I use the 3D controller on it and I finally got one recently and it plays well . I'll be redoing this entire video as I made it years ago and It's not very good . Thx for watching 😀👍
Great video! Love the style. Big fan of the quick game clips in between jump cuts.
Cheers , thank for checking it out 👍
Play the SEGA Saturn!
i disagree. I absolutely think of racing games when I think of the Saturn. More than either the PS1 or N64. To me, the Saturn was the home of arcade games, and that includes both fighting games and racing as well. I'd definitely think of racing games far sooner than I'd think RPGs.
Also Sonic R is excellent, damn it. :P
Sure whatever you think of is cool it's simply an opinion. And I played the hell outta Sonic R back in day but ... Seriously it's such a mess 🤣 a glorious mess that I love but a mess non the less in all honesty 👍
@@BastichB64K It's not a mess when you press B for gas and use the left and right shift buttons to drift. Def use the 3D control pad for it.
@@costumeninja1914 never had the chance to use the 3d controller with it , I'll give it a try thx
Great video!
Great list ! I would have added Street Racing even though I'm a bit disappointed they doesn't use the same music they put in the Snes version. Other than that the game play great. It's more focussed on fun, but it's a solid one.
Never actually played that on the Saturn , played the Mega Drive version a bit though and it was decent fun
Great vídeo
Cheers dude thanks for watching
Now this is a list I needed, got tons of Dreamcast racers, none for the Saturn
Thx for watching
Sega Rally has a 4th unlockable track you didn't mention!
I simply cannot mention every single detail about every single game obviously, I give an overview otherwise things get tedious
Having now modded my 1up i`v been dabbling in Saturn and Dreamcast racing games that i just could`nt afford back in the day, so thanks for the heads up on some of those games. I really wish Sega Rally would have made it to the Dreamcast with better graphics as Sega Rally 2 just not quite the same, something feels off, maybe car dynamics, handling, gaphics, not quite sure. But yer Sega Rally No1 only beaten handling wise (My opinion anyway) Was Screamer 2/Screamer Rally on pc and played both to death to the point the cd stopped working.
Yeah totally agree with Rally 2 on the DC ... It's just feels a bit off ... It just doesn't control as well as this epic Saturn one.
great video
Cheers thx 👍👍
I don't agree that Daytona CCE improves the original on all levels, I prefer the original actually. I do love Sonic R, it seems to be polarising. If you like Andretti Racing, you might like Nascar 1998 too. I would say both are waaaaaay better than SEGA Touring Car Challenge.
Yeah it's whatever you like I guess , those are just my favs , I will try Nascar though as I never played it thx 👍
If i'm not wrong, i think in the case of virtua racing, Time Warner developed it and Sega published
Yeah I believe you are right , I made that video a loooooooooooooong time ago , that whole video needs to be remade sorry . Thanks for watching anyway
Nascar 98 is actually pretty good too. Lots of fantasy road courses to offset all the ovals.
Cool , never played it but might have to check it out now 👍👍
I've never played the Saturn version of "NASCAR '98"; but, I've got a lot of mileage in the PlayStation version. The PlayStation version is a great game. I may be wrong; but, it feels like a much improved sequel to the stock car side of "Andretti Racing".
The intro has Molly Hatchet blasting "Flirtin' With Disaster". The graphics are solid and there's a lot of tracks (a mix of real life and reasonably believable fantasy courses - no Daytona though, because Sega had the exclusive rights at the time. There were two minor annoyances; 1) draw distance wasn't the best, and 2) the parts of the driver visible in the cockpit view looks more like a cat than a human. I checked out some box art of the Saturn version and the cat person is missing. Instead cockpit view is shown to have been handled more like the original "Need For Speed".
There's two versions of "NASCAR '98" for the PS1; the original and the Collector's Edition (CE). The CE removed one of the fantasy tracks and replaced it with the real life home of the Southern 500, Darlington. I think it also added a Richard Petty themed car as well. I don't think Saturn got the CE version, sadly. If it did then it was super rare because I couldn't find any available for sale on eBay.
Yeah the Saturn never did get a CE. The nice thing about the Saturn version is that the car models don't look horizontally stretched like the PS1 version. I think you may be right about 98 being an improved version of Andretti Racing. I bet EA was using upgraded versions of the same engine for many of their mid to late 90's stock car racers. I remember EA's Nascar Road Racing for the PC in 1999 also having a "Andretti Racing" look to it as well. "Flirtin With Disaster" was a huge southern rock hit in its day! I was glad to hear it in the 98 soundtrack. I think the 80s rock band Y&T had their hit "Mean Streak" on the soundtrack as well. Another favorite of mine. I wish EA would care enough to make a modern stock car racer with all the great fantasy tracks from every Nascar game they ever had -- starting in the 90s. Like a Road Racing Ultimate Edition 2024. That would make for an epic "rubbin' is racing" masterpiece.@@mattdavis9601
OMG! If you think that the Codemasters F1 games are "sims" and therefore too difficult then I would LOVE to watch you try to play iRacing! lol!!!!
🤣 never even heard of iRacing? I'm assuming its some sort of online only nonsense ? 🤔
Great video! Just missing a few of those titles in my Saturn collection, However you have to tell me about your copy of PoliceNauts! Wish I had one but that game is so hard to track down if you don't want to buy it on E-bay for a little too much! 🙄
Thx for watching , got the policenauts for $10 6 or 7 years ago when import games were considered worthless , so i was lucky
I had one where you could upgrade your garage. It was separate from the racing. Loved that one can't remember the name
Hmmm.. don't recall that I played that ... Sounds interesting
I thought road rash on Saturn was smoother than the 3DO version?
Its a good version dont get me wrong , i was trying to showcase as many Saturn exclusive racers as possible , if the vid was more any racer on the system Rash would be in the top 5 for sure ✅
I found disappointing they ported SR on Saturn without ANY additional truck, mode and car. Just 4 trucks, 2 cars
Are you talking about Sega Rally ??
@@BastichB64K yed
Good video
Thanks for watching 👍👍
Cant believe sr home port di not have any additional feature. No Trucks, no Cars, no settings
Dont need any its perfect the way it is
@@BastichB64K for the Arcade but not for home port
@@BastichB64K Not for the price of a new game it wasn't. Sega didn't understand that people wanted more for their money.
Faltou o Street Racer em menções honrosas
Don't forget GT 24
Only got to play that recently and it was pretty decent , japan exclusive i believe
yes exclusive to japan, a good alternative to daytona USA. For change
thanks for the review !!
Saturn had some good racing games, but when you had stuff like Need For Speed Hot Pursuit and Gran Turismo 2 on the PS1, the Saturn's offerings felt very dated.
I didn't bother comparing systems , each has their own set of intriguing and different games to enjoy which is good enough for me
Sonic R is graphically superior to any PS1 racing game. It simply couldn't be done on PS1.
@@costumeninja1914 Lol. Sure.
Sega Touring Car is totally rubbish. Poor control, Poor framerate, Poor resolution, Poor texture.
I tried to play Daytona CE with a racing wheel called "Power Wheel", which can also use in N64, PS1 and SS. I found that the control is pretty well and similar to Arcade!!
However, this racing wheel cannot control other racing game well.
Beside Shutokou Battle 97, there is Touge King of Spirits 2 which got very good graphic.
Thx for your input 👍👍
ROAD RASH 🤔
Thats a good one , i had already played it on the 3DO and my Japanese PSX so i never bothered with the Saturn version but its pretty much the same as the psx one as far as i know.
The best is the Little Kid
Thank you ❤️ my daughter will love that ... She's a maniac behind the wheel 😂
@@BastichB64K She is a Little Dreamcast. Cute, beatiful and funny. (Desejo felicidade pra sua família)
wipeout 1 and wipeout 2097 are better than all this games and on par with sega rally. Sega touring car championship is crap, and the fact it is included in this top 10 says a lot about how bad saturn's racing games were...
I explained why they are not on the list in the beginning and obviously this is my top 10 and not yours .... So whatever you like is fine no big deal .
Try playing Touring car with the new retro bit analogue controller and manual gear shifting, it becomes more fun
Due to the horrible flaw in Sega Rally of all velocity and momentum magically disapppearing if you touch a wall, I'll never consider Sega Rally to be a good game. It is crap. It is literally the only racing game I've ever played that is harsher than reality.
.... Sure , whatever you enjoy . Thx for watching 👍
You my friend do not have a clue, simple as that 🙄
I wanted to understand your statement
@@stephenburke153 why "clue"?
I find it to be the best handling rally game i have ever played
Glad you put Daytona: CCE on the list instead of the original Daytona conversion. Yeah the first port for the system was more Arcade accurate but the pop in, draw distance and frame rate makes it hard to play, especially now that a HD arcade perfect remake is on PSN and XBL. CCE on Saturn holds up as a fun game that looks and performs well even if it is quite different, and I like the remixed updated soundtrack better.
Yeah that's the reason I chose it over the original , the original just honestly had way to many flaws even though it's well loved