I cannot comment on how faithful the arcade conversion is as I’ve never encountered an OutRun 2 SP cabinet. OutRun 2 and OutRun 2 SP run on the Chihiro board, which is a modified Xbox, so I assume it’s pretty spot on. OutRun 2 on Xbox is definitely a faithful port of the OutRun 2 arcade game. Arcade perfect or not, it’s still very pretty. I’ll assume casual gamers won’t know or care anyway.
In Xbox Live play, you will be competing against five other drivers in OutRun, Time Attack, and Heart Attack modes. In Time Attack, you play against ghosts and try and beat the fastest time.
I’ve always been against the “reality movement” that gaming has been headed towards for the past decade or so. I got into gaming to be transported to new worlds and to experience things no one could in the real world. OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is an arcade/fantasy revivalist racer.
This game should not be missed! It doesn’t innovate but it harks back to a great time in racing and it certainly mimics those old games extremely well. Xbox fans hungry for new games should waste no time and buy this today! Trade in your OutRun 2 disc, you don’t need it anymore.
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB. This game can also be found on: PC, PS2, PSP.
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