Sega Ages Virtua Racing launches this spring Japan, adds online and eight-player split-screen multiplayer

The September 2018-announced Sega Ages Virtua Racing will launch for Switch via the Nintendo eShop this spring in Japan with support for online races and up to eight-player local split-screen races, the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu reveals.

Online races are one-versus-one battles. Your opponent’s status is displayed via picture-in-picture.

Local races support up to eight players, and you can set five-lap and 20-lap race rules. Here is how the screen is divided when eight players are participating:

And here is how it divided when five players are participating:

Virtua Racing first launched for arcades in August 1992, followed by Sega Genesis in March 1994, Sega 32X in December 1994, and Sega Saturn in June 1995.

Thanks, Ryokutya2089.