is a combination of Virtua Racing's action with Ridge Racer's realism. Electronic Gaming Monthly emphasized the realism graphics and said that "the stakes in the arcade wars have been raised again". Saturn The Saturn version received a positive reception, with high scores from most critics, though a number of them criticized it for graphical issues. Two sports reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly declared it a good conversion and noted the improvements on the North American version, but found problems with the frame rate and animation. Computer and Video Games considered it better than the PlayStation conversion of Ridge Racer, with Mark Patterson stating that, while "nowhere near as polished as Ridge Racer, it does play better, mainly because you can ram the other cars off the track and smash your own car up." GamePro reviewer Air Hendrix praised the addition of Saturn mode and mirror mode and the gameplay of the core game, but said it "pales in comparison" to the PlayStation version of Ridge Racer in terms of "features, gameplay, and graphics"; the review concluded Daytonas "intense gameplay and breathtaking graphics will exhilarate any racing fan". Maximum praised the challenging course design and realistic game mechanics, particularly the impact of wind resistance, but criticized the low-resolution texture mapping, clipping, and lack of multiplayer. Sega Saturn Magazine found the game graphically impressive aside from the pop-up and said it had strong arcade-style gameplay. Next Generation wrote that, while "Daytona USA suffers from an accumulation of weaknesses, if it's a fast, thrilling racing game you're after, the Saturn conversion has a great deal to recommend". The Saturn version was ported to Windows a year later, and was not as well-received for inheriting the Saturn version's graphical issues despite releasing a year later. Retrospective Daytona USA is often considered one of the best games of all time. It was named as such by Next Generation in 1996, GamesMaster in 1996, Computer and Video Games in 2000, Killer List of Videogames, Yahoo! in 2005, Guinness World Records in 2008, Empire in 2009, NowGamer in 2010, and Electronic Gaming Monthly in 1997, 2001 and 2006. Edge named it the 70th "best game to play today" in 2009. In 2015, IGN named it the sixth most influential racing game, writing that it "remains a shining example of arcade racing done oh so right". Thorpe wrote that Daytona USA "doesn't just stand alongside the likes of