Driving Emotion Type-S

Driving Emotion Type-S
Developer: Escape Publishers: Square (JP), Square EA (US), Electronic Arts (EU) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: March 30, 2000 Released in US: January 29, 2001 Released in EU: January 26, 2001 This game has regional differences.

Driving Emotion Type-S was Square's first outing on the PlayStation 2, featuring a stellar soundtrack and less than stellar physics. Its international release was delayed to address some issues... in which the menus got a massive overhaul and the physics were slightly improved. The Square-EA connection also allowed the inclusion of Ferrari and Porsche vehicles, on which EA had monopoly on license of these two luxury sports marques.

Feel the Sports Driving Emotion!

To do: This one isn't gonna be fun. Unfortunately, this game just doesn't emulate all that well on PCSX2, meaning that doing some comparisons won't be easy. Japanese intro needs to be ripped. I need to figure out how to rip the .DAT video files properly. Should I re-word anything specifying "US" to "International"? I believe the US and European releases are the same.

Regional Differences

Copyright Screen

Japan	US

The copyright screens are considerably different, both in length and font, strangely enough. The American copyright screen denotes that the game has been updated since its original Japanese release and also adds 2001 to the copyright years denoted.

Title Screen

Japan	US

The title screens for the Japanese and American releases not only are completely different, but they're also rendered at different resolutions! The Japanese title screen is rendered at 640x480 while the American title screen is rendered at 512x448.

The American title screen's S logo is also animated and the copyright information was updated to also include the copyright year for its American release.

Main Menu

Japan	US

The main menu is also completely different thematically, although everything functions about the same between the two versions.

Racing School was renamed to Line Training and 2P V.S was renamed to VS Mode.

Car Select

Japan	US

The car selection screen also looks completely different, but functions about the same between the two versions. Cars in the Japanese version's car selection screen shine their headlights when they shine directly in front, while the American version does not.

Any Japanese car in the American release will say "Japanese version of model" to denote that fact.