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{{Short description|1990 Namco racing video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Final Lap 2
|image = Final Lap 2 flyer.jpg
|developer = [[Namco]]
|publisher = Namco
|composer = [[Shinji Hosoe]]
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|August 1990|WW|January 1991<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Final Lap 2: Four Different Courses to Select |magazine=RePlay |date=January 1991 |volume=16 |issue=4 |page=11 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-16-issue-no.-4-january-1991-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2016%2C%20Issue%20No.%204%20-%20January%201991/page/11}}</ref><ref name="Crash"/>}}
|genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]] ([[Sim racing|simulation]])
|modes = Up to 8 players simultaneously
|arcade system = [[Namco System 2]]
|platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Final Lap 2'''''|ファイナルラップ2|Fainaru Rappu Tsū|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is an [[racing game|racing]] [[Sim racing|simulation game]] released by [[Namco]] for [[Arcade game|arcades]] in 1990. It is the arcade sequel to ''[[Final Lap]]'' and runs on [[Namco System 2]] hardware.

==Gameplay==
Much like the original title (and ''[[Four Trax]]''), it allows up to eight players to play simultaneously when four two-player sit-down cabinets are connected together, but this one features four different tracks which are set in the game's home country of Japan (the [[Suzuka Circuit]] from the original), [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Italy]], [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]], and the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|United States]] (which resembles the Test track that was featured in ''[[Pole Position II]]''). For a second time, the players must take control of either the Williams, McLaren, March or Lotus cars, which have been redesigned, in a Formula One race on one of the four tracks. In the single-player mode, the player's score will be based upon how far his car travels until the timer runs out or he completes four laps of the chosen circuit, and hitting another car or a billboard will again not cause a player car to explode like it did in the two ''[[Pole Position]]'' games, but it can still send it (or the other car) spinning off the track, costing valuable time. In the multiplayer mode, up to eight players can again race simultaneously; this will again allow for better lap times, as the plain green CPU-controlled cars (which have also been redesigned) will appear less frequently. The United States track is the easiest of the four, and is recommended for the novice players. Once a player has mastered it, he is ready to move on to the Monaco track, then the Italy one (which are of medium and medium-hard difficulties). However, the Japan track is the most difficult one, given that it is the Suzuka Circuit from the original game and it is therefore only recommended for the expert players or the players who had managed to master it in the original.

==Reception==
In Japan, the arcade magazine ''Game Machine'' reported that ''Final Lap 2'' was  the top-earning upright/cockpit arcade game of September 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=388|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 September 1990|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> It went on to be Japan's highest-grossing dedicated arcade cabinet of 1991,<ref name="GM419">{{cite magazine |title="Final Fight II" and "Final Lap 2" Top Videos: Video Games of The Year '91 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=419 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=1 February 1992 |page=26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19920201p.pdf#page=14}}</ref> and third highest-grossing overall arcade game of the year (below ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' and ''[[Final Fight (video game)|Final Fight]]'').<ref>{{cite magazine |title=第５回ゲーメスト大賞 〜 インカム部門ベスト10 |trans-title=5th Gamest Awards – Income Category: Best 10 |magazine=[[Gamest]] |date=December 28, 1991 |volume=68 (February 1992) |url=https://archive.org/details/gamest0068/page/15 |pages=3–17 (15) |language=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v068.html alternate url]</ref> ''Final Lap 2'' was then Japan's second highest-grossing arcade game of 1992, again below ''Street Fighter II''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Overseas Readers Column: "SF II", "Exhaust Note" Top Videos '92 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=441 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=1–15 January 1993 |page=36 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19930101p.pdf#page=19}}</ref>

In North America, it was the top-grossing new video game on the ''RePlay'' arcade charts in May 1991,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=May 1991 |volume=16 |issue=8 |page=4 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-16-issue-no.-8-may-1991-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2016%2C%20Issue%20No.%208%20-%20May%201991/page/4}}</ref> and was then the top-grossing upright cabinet from June to July 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=June 1991 |volume=16 |issue=9 |page=4 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-16-issue-no.-9-june-1991-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2016%2C%20Issue%20No.%209%20-%20June%201991/page/4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=July 1991 |volume=16 |issue=10 |page=4 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-16-issue-no.-10-july-1991-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2016%2C%20Issue%20No.%2010%20-%20July%201991/page/4}}</ref> It was awarded the Silver Award at the 1992 American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) tradeshow for sales excellence in 1991; it was one of five [[arcade video game]]s at the show to receive a Silver Award or higher.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Coin Machine - Seven Manufacturers Receive AAMA Awards |journal=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |date=April 18, 1992 |page=25 |issn=0008-7289 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1992/CB-1992-04-18.pdf#page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=ACME '92: Play Meter and AAMA present annual awards |magazine=[[Play Meter]] |date=April 1992 |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=66, 68 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2018%2C%20Number%205%20-%20April%201992/page/n129}}</ref> It also topped the ''RePlay'' deluxe cabinet chart in March 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=March 1992 |volume=17 |issue=6 |page=4 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-17-issue-no.-6-march-1992-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2017%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201992/page/4}}</ref>

Mark Caswell of ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' magazine gave it a positive review, calling it a good racing game.<ref name="Crash">{{cite magazine |last1=Caswell |first1=Mark |title=Arcade Action! |magazine=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |date=24 January 1991 |issue=85 (February 1991) |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/85/133}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{KLOV game|id=7798}}
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=841 ''Final Lap 2''] at the Arcade History database

{{Formula One games}}

[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:Formula One video games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Namco arcade games]]
[[Category:Racing video games]]
[[Category:Racing video games set in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports video games set in Italy]]
[[Category:Sports video games set in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games set in Monaco]]
[[Category:Video game sequels]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Shinji Hosoe]]
[[Category:Pole Position and Final Lap series]]