Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II | |
---|---|
European cover art
|
|
Developer(s) | Sega |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Series | Super Monaco GP |
Platform(s) | Sega Master System Sega Mega Drive Game Gear |
Release |
Sega Mega Drive
|
Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Review score | |
---|---|
Publication | Score |
MegaTech | 90% |
Award | |
---|---|
Publication | Award |
MegaTech | Hyper |
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed and manufactured by Sega, and the follow-up to Super Monaco GP. The game was released for the Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, and the Sega Game Gear, appearing in the United States on 16 July 1992, Japan on 17 July 1992, and sometime later in 1992 in Europe. Along with boasting the most "realistic physics", it was the best received console driving game at the time of release, the game was also endorsed by the then Formula One champion Ayrton Senna, who won the race more times than any other driver, with six victories, and five races consecutively between 1989 and 1993. The game's development was also assisted by Senna, who supplied his own advice about the tracks featured in the game.
Super Monaco GP 2 focuses on either the player's attempts to win the Drivers World Championship, or to win the "Senna GP". There are three different modes of racing. In Senna GP, the player races one race, similar to the Super Monaco GP from the previous version of the game. However, in this version, there are three tracks to choose from: Senna's own farm circuit in Tatuí, Autódromo José Carlos Pace near São Paulo, and two other fictitious tracks, designed by Senna himself. The player must choose which track they wish to race on, and select whether they want to drive with an automatic, 4 speed manual, or 7 speed manual gearbox. A preliminary lap must be undertaken, the result of which determines the player's placement on the starting grid. The player must then attempt to win the Senna GP; a display of the player's lap times are given after the race.