Top Gear 2 (SNES)

Top Gear 2
Also known as: Top Racer 2 (JP) Developer: Gremlin Graphics Publishers: Kemco (US/JP/EU), Playtronic (BR) Platform: SNES Released in JP: December 22, 1993 Released in US: September 1993 Released in EU: December 1993 Released in BR: April 1995 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

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Top Gear 2 is, as you may have guessed, the sequel to the first game.

Hidden Text

Present at 0x3FD37 and 0x97193 in the US ROM:

Mangled v1.02

Unused Background

Turn off background layer 2 to reveal an unused, nighttime city background in layer 3. This can only be seen in tracks that don't have weather conditions like rain or snow because background layer 3 is replaced with those and they're overlaid on top of everything.

(Source: LucasRCD)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

US/Europe	Japan

Aside from the logo change, "Licensed by Nintendo" was removed. The Japanese logo also slides in rather than being stationary.

Miscellaneous

• In the US version, you choose "START" to start the game, whereas in the Japanese and European versions you choose "RACE GAME".
• The Japanese and European versions have the speed set to KM/H by default, while the US version has it set to MPH.
• The Japanese and European versions change "CONTINUE COUNTRY" to "COUNTRY SELECT".
• In the Japanese version "AUSTRALASIA" was changed to "AUSTRALIA". This was likely a mistake on the part of the localization team, as Auckland is located in New Zealand (part of Australasia/Oceania), not Australia.
• The European version has a mistake when converting miles to kilometers, leaving the same values as the US version rather than the correct values. This was fixed in the Japanese version.
• "DIFFICULTY" was changed to "GAME LEVEL", and the options themselves were renamed:

US/Europe	Japan
AMATEUR	EASY
PROFESSIONAL	NORMAL
CHAMPIONSHIP	HARD