Daytona USA Ultimate
デイトナUSA サーキットエディション · Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
A Saturn mod that gives Daytona USA: Circuit Edition the handling, cars, road physics and sounds of the original 1995 Daytona USA, while keeping its five courses and two-player mode.
What it changes
AJBats' mod starts from the Japanese Circuit Edition and puts the soul of the first Saturn Daytona USA back into it:
- the car handles and the camera follows exactly as in Daytona USA
- all eight cars use the classic Daytona USA body, with new liveries in that style (different for automatic and manual), and the Circuit Edition originals can still be picked from car select
- the hidden banking data under the road is replaced, so cars no longer rock through banked turns, including on Circuit Edition's two extra courses
- Daytona USA's engine and tire sounds, title screen and attract mode (Circuit Edition's attract mode can be switched back on)
Two-player mode stays, Circuit Edition's handling option now applies to the old driving model, and the disc is region free.
Beta status
This is a beta: everything is playable, but some parts have had little testing. The author has tried it on a real Saturn with a Satiator; PAL machines and burned discs are untested.
Playing it
There is no plain patch: a Windows disc builder combines your own rips of the Japanese Circuit Edition and of any region's Daytona USA into the new disc. It includes no game data. Instructions are on the project's GitHub page. The release is flagged as made with AI assistance.