Like the original game, mirrored versions of the tracks can also be played by holding down the Start button when selecting the course.

[2] The project was quietly cancelled and a special version of the original game, titled Daytona USA 2001, took its place as a substitute entry for the platform.

25 years after the original release of the game, Daytona USA 2 was eventually published for PlayStation, Xbox and Microsoft Windows home gaming platforms via the "Arcade" mode of Like a Dragon Gaiden (Power Edition) and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii under the name, Sega Racing Classic 2 (lacking the official Daytona branding due to licensing).

[5] The opponent cars' AI is also more aggressive in this version, and a change is made to one corner in the Advanced course to balance out the difficulty.

This strategy guide featured developer interviews as well as comprehensive tips and hints compiled by a group of arcade driving game professionals known as Team Marubaku.

Instead, the guitarist and drummer for Winger, Reb Beach and Rod Morgenstein, lent their skills to contribute to the soundtrack.

in standard format – and 'original sound' tracks – where Tom West, commentator for the Sega Sports Channel, reports on the day's racing.

These tracks are the previous course themes mixed in parts with in-game audio, such as engine noise, crashes, radio chatter from the pit crew, and so on.