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OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

2006 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ3358567
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OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, released as OutRun 2 SP in Japan, is a 2006 racing video game developed by Sumo Digital and published by Sega for home consoles. The game is an updated combination of Outrun 2 SP and Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast that includes all stages from previous versions of Outrun 2, plus challenges and local and internet multiplayer.

It is the ninth release in the OutRun series. The game received generally favorable reviews.

Release history

Coast 2 Coast was released for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable initially, with a Windows release following later; in Japan, OutRun 2 SP only saw a PlayStation 2 release.

Each version includes system-specific features, including a link-up feature between the PS2 and PSP versions, a different mission set for the PSP, and Xbox Live support on the Xbox.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to previous versions of OutRun 2. Cars have varying classes ranging from Novice to Professional, with increased top speeds and diminished handling as the difficulty rises. New to the OutRun series is the addition of a separate "OutRun" class of car, which allows each car to have increased performance in all aspects, and which adds cosmetic changes such as racing stripes, decals, and renovated bodywork.

Coast 2 Coast features 15 different cars, the most of any OutRun game.

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“OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast” enters the record as 2006 video game. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what OutRun, Coast and video can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006-03-17. Its strongest next move is a source search built around OutRun, Coast and video.
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“OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, OutRun, Coast and video provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3358567. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

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