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==Gameplay== [[File:Out_Run_screenshot.png|thumb|left|Driving on the first stage]] ''Out Run'' is a [[pseudo-3D]] [[driving video game]] in which the player controls a [[Ferrari Testarossa]] convertible from a third-person rear perspective.<ref name="ukmanual" /> The camera is placed near the ground, simulating a Ferrari driver's position and limiting the player's view into the distance. The road curves, crests, and dips,<ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine|last=Edgeley|first=Clare|title=Arcade Action|magazine=Computer and Video Games|issue=63 (January 1987)|date=16 December 1986|publisher=[[EMAP]]|location=United Kingdom|issn=0261-3697|pages=138β9|url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-063/page/n137/mode/2up}}</ref> which increases the challenge by obscuring upcoming obstacles such as traffic that the player must avoid.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|last=Edgeley|first=Clare|date=February 1987|title=The Arcade Coin|url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/103/250|magazine=[[Sinclair User]]|publisher=[[EMAP]]|pages=94β96|issn=0262-5458|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202110006/https://solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/103/250|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The object of the game is to reach the finish line against a timer.<ref name="sega16_outrun" /> The game world is divided into multiple stages that each end in a checkpoint, and reaching the end of a stage provides more time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/18/antique_code_show_sega_out_run/|title=Sega's Out Run: Even better than the wheel thing|last=Hill|first=Giles|date=18 December 2013|website=[[The Register]]|publisher=Situation Publishing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142554/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/18/antique_code_show_sega_out_run/|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref> Near the end of each stage, the track forks to give the player a choice of routes leading to five final destinations.<ref name="crash" /> The destinations represent different [[difficulty level]]s and each conclude with [[multiple endings|their own ending scene]], among them the Ferrari breaking down or being presented a trophy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Thorpe|first=Nick|date=June 2016|title=The History of OutRun|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|issue=156|pages=20β29|issn=1742-3155}}</ref>
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