<s>
Metropolis	B-Application
Street	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
(	O
MSR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Bizarre	O
Creations	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
exclusively	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
launch	O
title	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
numerous	O
delays	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
until	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
following	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Japanese	O
version	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
briefly	O
offered	O
for	O
online	O
reservation	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
with	O
an	O
expected	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
22	O
February	O
2001	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
canceled	O
after	O
Sega	O
discontinued	O
support	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
Bizarre	O
Creations	O
 '	O
Project	B-Application
Gotham	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
Metropolis	B-Application
Street	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
introducing	O
the	O
"	O
Kudos	O
"	O
system	O
(	O
whereby	O
players	O
are	O
rewarded	O
for	O
racing	O
stylishly	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
quickly	O
)	O
into	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
its	O
detailed	O
and	O
accurate	O
recreations	O
of	O
the	O
cities	O
of	O
London	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
and	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Richard	O
Jacques	O
,	O
and	O
delivered	O
via	O
nine	O
fictional	O
radio	O
stations	O
(	O
three	O
for	O
each	O
city	O
)	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day/night	O
time	O
spectrum	O
during	O
game	O
play	O
is	O
realistic	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
internal	O
clock	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
to	O
calculate	O
the	O
present	O
time	O
in	O
each	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
selling	O
point	O
of	O
Metropolis	B-Application
Street	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
tracks	O
available	O
(	O
262	O
in	O
total	O
)	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
blocking	O
off	O
certain	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
player	O
around	O
specific	O
roads	O
and	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Issue	O
#16	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
Official	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
(	O
ODM	O
)	O
,	O
Martyn	O
Chudley	O
gave	O
the	O
following	O
explanation	O
for	O
the	O
removal	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Bizarre	O
Creations	O
were	O
approached	O
by	O
Sega	O
Europe	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
street	O
racer	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
after	O
Sega	O
's	O
Kats	O
Sato	O
had	O
discovered	O
they	O
were	O
behind	O
the	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
and	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
97	I-Application
games	O
on	O
Sony	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Martyn	O
Chudley	O
,	O
Bizarre	O
Creations	O
 '	O
managing	O
director	O
,	O
"	O
Kats	O
was	O
given	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
finding	O
out	O
who	O
was	O
developing	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
for	O
Sony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
artist	O
Mark	O
Sharratt	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
on	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
map	O
,	O
told	O
Official	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
that	O
he	O
"	O
start	O
by	O
scanning	O
in	O
the	O
District	O
Council	O
Land	O
Use	O
contour	O
maps	O
and	O
bringing	O
them	O
into	O
Softimage	B-Device
,	O
then	O
drawing	O
round	O
them	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
scale	O
right	O
"	O
,	O
before	O
using	O
the	O
reference	O
photos	O
and	O
video	O
"	O
to	O
get	O
everything	O
the	O
right	O
shape	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharratt	O
said	O
he	O
then	O
"scan[ned]	O
in	O
all	O
the	O
photographs	O
,	O
remove	O
the	O
perspective	O
in	O
PhotoShop	B-Operating_System
to	O
make	O
them	O
straight	O
"	O
,	O
before	O
"remov[ing]	O
the	O
people	O
,	O
trees	O
,	O
wires	O
and	O
stuff	O
from	O
the	O
pictures	O
so	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
textures	O
for	O
the	O
buildings	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metropolis	B-Application
Street	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
racer	O
to	O
have	O
radio	O
stations	O
and	O
DJs	O
talking	O
between	O
music	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
songs	O
in	O
the	O
radio	O
stations	O
are	O
sung	O
by	O
TJ	O
Davis	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
sung	O
songs	O
from	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
game	O
,	O
Sonic	B-Application
R	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favourable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chudley	O
described	O
the	O
sales	O
figures	O
as	O
"	O
measly	O
"	O
and	O
cited	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
's	O
demise	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
late	O
arrival	O
and	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
high-profile	O
bugs	O
after	O
release	O
as	O
the	O
reasons	O
why	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
Bizarre	O
Creations	O
had	O
invested	O
around	O
£1	O
million	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
money	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
they	O
asked	O
Sega	O
about	O
putting	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Sony	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
but	O
Sega	O
declined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
commented	O
during	O
a	O
preview	O
for	O
Project	B-Application
Gotham	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
that	O
releasing	O
MSR	O
exclusively	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
was	O
comparable	O
to	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Beatles	I-Application
exclusively	O
selling	O
The	O
White	O
Album	O
on	O
Mars	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
