Rapid Racer

Rapid Racer
Also known as: Turbo Prop Racing (US) Developer: SCEE London Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: July 16, 1998 Released in US: June 30, 1998 Released in EU: October 16, 1997 This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Rapid Racer is a boat race game from SCEE London Studio. You may know it as Turbo Prop Racing if you're living in the US.

Regional differences

The North American version was renamed to Turbo Prop Racing and also replaces the Apollo 440 soundtrack with one by Loudmouth. As such, the game's menus and movies were revised to reflect these changes.

The Japanese version, however, retains the original Rapid Racer name and its Apollo 440 soundtrack and adds a "Race Edit" debug menu.

Title Screen

Europe	North America	Japan

Menu

• When starting a new race in the European and Japanese versions, the cursor defaults to the easy difficulty while the North American version defaults to the medium difficulty.
• The menu background is different between versions, with the North American and Japanese versions adding a wavy water effect.
• The menu to enter the name was redesigned for the North American and Japanese versions.

Europe	North America	Japan

Game

Speed measurements in kph were added to the speedometer in the North American and Japanese versions.

Europe	North America/Japan

Race Edit

Exclusive to the Japanese version is a debug menu to edit races. While a race is paused, press Select + Triangle + Square to display it.

• play game: Restarts the race.
• ai editor: Edit AI power and boat speed.
• check-point editor: Edit check point timer.

(Source: Original TCRF research)