Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This game sucks. I know it seems like Sega's entire OutRun series should be full of bangers, but this game can go to hell.
Losing the branching stages and having worse music with no Magical Sound Shower is already a downgrade, but if they wanted to try new stuff then okay, I'll concede those points as them just wanting to make a different game, and I know some people like the sountrack. The turbo functionality is... okay, nothing that hasn't been done in other racing games, but it's something new. Too bad it's nearly suicidal to use it at any time other than between stages in the second half of the game, but ok.
There's two things that makes this game really feel like shit - the first being that all the hitboxes in this game are GIGANTIC. In the original Outrun the hitboxes were lenient enough that you could pull off some really sick dodges in-between cars even in situations where it looks like you should have crashed. No way that's happening here because every enemy car it feels like it's taking up the entire lane. And that's no fun when you're on the 3-lane stages, I dread any moment I see a bunch of traffic in front of me. The other thing that sucks ass about this game is that cars can bump into you from behind. Your rival will just randomly crash into you with no warning, or asshole cops will just start crashing into you repeatedly (at least you might hear the sirens for like half a second before they do this). And if you take some turns too slowly, which you kinda have to do in the second half of the game? Enemy cars might decide to pass you up and ram into you on the way through, making you even slower. And even if they don't ram into you, their fatass hitboxes are now going to be blocking the road ahead of you so good luck getting past these assholes. The original Outrun didn't have cars ramming into you from behind, once you passed them they were gone for good! But I guess they decided this would be more realistic, at the expense of fun. You might as well have somebody walking by and smacking the controller out of your hands at random times, because that's basically what playing this game feels like.
No really, I truly do hate this game. Go play OutRun 2 instead if you actually want to chill out and have fun.
Full VOD, featuring 3+ hours of crashouts in this game - youtu.be/92Sw_O6-IQA
This game sucks. I know it seems like Sega's entire OutRun series should be full of bangers, but this game can go to hell.
Losing the branching stages and having worse music with no Magical Sound Shower is already a downgrade, but if they wanted to try new stuff then okay, I'll concede those points as them just wanting to make a different game, and I know some people like the sountrack. The turbo functionality is... okay, nothing that hasn't been done in other racing games, but it's something new. Too bad it's nearly suicidal to use it at any time other than between stages in the second half of the game, but ok.
There's two things that makes this game really feel like shit - the first being that all the hitboxes in this game are GIGANTIC. In the original Outrun the hitboxes were lenient enough that you could pull off some really sick dodges in-between cars even in situations where it looks like you should have crashed. No way that's happening here because every enemy car it feels like it's taking up the entire lane. And that's no fun when you're on the 3-lane stages, I dread any moment I see a bunch of traffic in front of me. The other thing that sucks ass about this game is that cars can bump into you from behind. Your rival will just randomly crash into you with no warning, or asshole cops will just start crashing into you repeatedly (at least you might hear the sirens for like half a second before they do this). And if you take some turns too slowly, which you kinda have to do in the second half of the game? Enemy cars might decide to pass you up and ram into you on the way through, making you even slower. And even if they don't ram into you, their fatass hitboxes are now going to be blocking the road ahead of you so good luck getting past these assholes. The original Outrun didn't have cars ramming into you from behind, once you passed them they were gone for good! But I guess they decided this would be more realistic, at the expense of fun. You might as well have somebody walking by and smacking the controller out of your hands at random times, because that's basically what playing this game feels like.
No really, I truly do hate this game. Go play OutRun 2 instead if you actually want to chill out and have fun.
Full VOD, featuring 3+ hours of crashouts in this game - youtu.be/92Sw_O6-IQA
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