SEGA Touring Car Championship

Sega Touring Car Championship (セガ ツーリングカーチャンピオンシップ) is an arcade racing game created by AM-branch office (former AM3) for the Model 2 mainboard in 1996.

German Grand Touring Car Championship
This "Touring Car Championship" is actually based upon the famous Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) '96 series (German Touring Car Championship) where three European makers were competing at this time. Although the DTM cars are licensed, the three courses named "Country Circuit", "Grünwalt Circuit" & "Brickwall Town" (as well as the bonus stages) are all fictitious. Since the game is released one year after the original version, the SEGA Saturn version includes both DTM'96 series and DTM'97 series. The Toyota Supra is not a DTM car but a JGTC one instead. Retail versions were released on SEGA Saturn system (1997) and PC (1998). This game was such popular in Japan that Colombia Music Entertainment released a music video/racing techniques 45' VHS in the domestic market to promote the SEGA Saturn version. Strangely enough, two rally cars from SEGA Rally Championship made a special appearance to the home console versions, then known as the Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) and the Lancia Delta HF Integrale.

SEGA Touring Car Championship Special
Like it was done in 1996 with SEGA Rally Special Stage (セガラリースペシャルステージ), a SEGA Touring Car Championship Special (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップスペシャル) attraction version was specially designed for the "Tokyo Joypolis" (in Shinjuku district) theme park featuring real cars instead of the common single/dual-seat cabinet. On this ultimate version, the player physically select his car, seat in the Toyota Supra, AMG-Mercedes C-Class or Alfa Romeo 155 and watch a huge widescreen through the vehicle's windscreen. Changes were made since the original version as now up to three players can race in a multi-player mode, the game is broadcasted live on three public screens, while the Opel Calibra and the external car view were removed from the so-called "Special" version. Later, this rare attraction was made available in the Kyoto and Okayama Joypolis game centers too.

Car lists

 * Arcade edition
 * 155 V6 Ti Team Martini Racing 1995 (DTM driven by Alessandro Nannini/Nicola Larini)
 * C-Class (C180) Team D2 Drivat AMG 1995 (DTM driven by Bernd Schneider/Dario Franchitti)
 * Calibra V6 4x4 Opel Team Joest 1995 ('''DTM driven by Manuel Reuter/Yannick Dalmas)
 * SupraGT (JZA80) Team Castrol TOM'S 1995 (JGTC driven by Masanori Sekiya/Michael Krumm)


 * Retail edition
 * 155 V6 Ti Team Martini Racing 1995 (DTM driven by Alessandro Nannini/Nicola Larini)
 * 155 V6 Ti Team Alfa Corse 1996 (DTM)
 * C-Class (C180) Team D2 Drivat AMG 1995 (DTM driven by Bernd Schneider/Dario Franchitti)
 * C-Class (C180) 1996 (DTM)
 * Delta HF Integrale WRC Team Martini Racing 1992 ('''WRC Monte Carlo Rally #4 driven by Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli)
 * Calibra V6 4x4 Opel Team Joest 1995 ('''DTM driven by Manuel Reuter/Yannick Dalmas)
 * Calibra V6 4x4 Cliff Opel Team Joest 1996 ('''DTM driven by Oliver Gavin/Alexander Wurz)
 * SEGA Proto Team Sega Racing CRI 1997 (Le Mans 24)
 * Celica GT-Four WRC 1994 (ST205) Team Castrol (WRC #1 driven by Didier Auriol/Denis Giraudet) from Sega Rally Championship
 * Supra GT (JZA80) Team Castrol TOM'S 1995 (JGTC driven by Masanori Sekiya/Michael Krumm)
 * Spider 1996 (non playable Pace Car)¹