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Daytona
Daytona USA	1996
Daytona USA: Deluxe	1997

Daytona USA is a singleplayer first-person and third-person arcade and racing game in the Daytona series.

Daytona USA^{[Note 1]} was first released worldwide for the Sega Model 2 arcade platform in April 1994. It was released for Windows PCs on September 27, 1996 in Japan, November 14, 1996 in Europe and early December 1996 in North America.

The PC port is based on the Sega Saturn version^[2] and includes all additions from said version, but as such it's also capped at a lower framerate (20 FPS compared to arcade's 60) and suffers from severe graphical cutbacks, like the lower draw distance and polygon count. Additionally, the game has issues launching on modern Windows systems (see this section for fixes).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Fixing graphical glitches on modern systems

Using DxWnd (Windows 7)^{[citation needed]}

Download DxWnd.
On DXWND, click Edit, then Add and click on ...
Find DAYTONA.EXE file, check Optimize CPU load, Correct mouse position and Do not notify on task switch.
Go to the DirectX tab and check Primary Buffer in Emulation
Click OK then you can double click Daytona on dxwnd list to open the game.

Notes

Fixes the graphical bugs.

You can check Run in Window to run the game in windowed mode.

Forces 16bit color mode on Windows due that its required to play the game.

Using DxWrapper (Windows 10)^{[citation needed]}

Download the lastest release of DxWrapper.
Go to <path-to-game>, and extract dxwrapper.dll, dxwrapper.ini and ddraw.dll (the last one is inside "Stub" folder) there.
Run the game.

Notes

Fixes the graphical bugs.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\DAYTONA.INI^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\DAYTONA.DAT^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x240 or 640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use DxWnd or dgVoodoo 2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 20 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Acceleration/brake can only be assigned to buttons.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Stereo, monaural (both result in 3.0 in Windows 10).
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Software renderer		Also supports NV1 3D API (Japanese release only) if using an Nvidia card.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz or faster	Intel Pentium 133 MHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 MB

Notes

↑ デイトナＵＳＡ in Japan
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ [SEGA]セガPC：デイトナＵＳＡ　拡張ボード版 (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-12-26
↑ Daytona USA - SegaRetro - last accessed on 2024-05-25

[Note-2] デイトナＵＳＡ in Japan

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] [SEGA]セガPC：デイトナＵＳＡ　拡張ボード版 (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-12-26

[3] Daytona USA - SegaRetro - last accessed on 2024-05-25

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[Note 2]

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 |developers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Sega AM2}}
+{{Infobox game/row/porter|Sega PC|Windows}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Sega}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Sega Entertainment}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Expert Software|Re-release}}
 |engines      =
 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 1996}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 27, 1996|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406231150/http://sega.jp/pc/daytonab/|title=<nowiki>[SEGA]</nowiki>セガPC：デイトナＵＳＡ　拡張ボード版 (retrieved)|date=2023-12-26}}</ref>}}
 |taxonomy     =
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 |gogcom id    =
 |igdb         = daytona-usa
-|mobygames    = daytona-usa
+|mobygames    = 7870
 |strategywiki = Daytona USA
 |wikipedia    = Daytona USA (video game)
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 }}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{--}} Based on the Saturn version, capped at a lower FPS and is graphically inferior to the original arcade version.
+|introduction      =
-{{--}} Graphical glitches are present on newer systems.
-{{--}} Requires CD to have music.
+|release history   = ''Daytona USA''{{note|''デイトナＵＳＡ'' in Japan}} was first released worldwide for the Sega Model 2 arcade platform in April 1994. It was
+released for Windows PCs on September 27, 1996 in Japan, November 14, 1996 in Europe and early December 1996 in North America.
+|current state     = The PC port is based on the Sega Saturn version<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://segaretro.org/Daytona_USA#PC_version|title=Daytona USA - SegaRetro|date=2024-05-25}}</ref> and includes all additions from said version, but as such it's also capped at a lower framerate (20 FPS compared to arcade's 60) and suffers from severe graphical cutbacks, like the lower draw distance and polygon count. Additionally, the game has issues launching on modern Windows systems (see [[#Essential improvements|this section]] for fixes).
+}}
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
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 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|windir}}\DAYTONA.INI | {{p|game}}\DAYTONAU.INI}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|windir}}\DAYTONA.INI}}
 }}
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\DAYTONA.DAT}}
 }}
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 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= 320x240 or 640x480 only.
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
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 |glide notes            =
 |software mode          = true
-|software mode notes    = Also supports NV1 3D API (Japanese release only) if using an Nidia card.
+|software mode notes    = Also supports NV1 3D API (Japanese release only) if using an Nvidia card.
 |mantle support         =
 |mantle support notes   =

Developers

	Sega AM2
Windows	Sega PC
Publishers
	Sega Entertainment
Re-release	Expert Software
Release dates
Windows	September 27, 1996^[1]
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Racing
Vehicles	Track racing
Themes	North America
Series	Daytona