<s>
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
OutRun	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
and	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
a	O
day	O
later	O
via	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
generally	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
faithful	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
OutRun	B-Device
2	I-Device
series	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OutRun	B-Application
Online	O
was	O
taken	O
down	O
from	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
in	O
October	O
2010	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
in	O
December	O
2011	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
expiration	O
of	O
their	O
contract	O
with	O
Ferrari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
navigates	O
a	O
car	O
from	O
a	O
rear	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
to	O
race	O
through	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
fifteen	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
features	O
four	O
modes	O
of	O
play	O
:	O
OutRun	B-Application
,	O
Time	O
Attack	O
,	O
Continuous	O
Race	O
,	O
and	O
Heart	O
Attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
OutRun	B-Application
mode	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
drives	O
through	O
five	O
of	O
fifteen	O
stages	O
,	O
selecting	O
them	O
en	O
route	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Continuous	O
mode	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
OutRun	B-Application
mode	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
drive	O
through	O
all	O
fifteen	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heart	O
Attack	O
mode	O
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
on	O
OutRun	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partially	O
based	O
on	O
OutRun	B-Device
2006	I-Device
:	I-Device
Coast	I-Device
2	I-Device
Coast	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
contains	O
the	O
fifteen	O
courses	O
from	O
OutRun	B-Device
2	I-Device
SP	O
and	O
ten	O
officially	O
licensed	O
Ferraris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
also	O
supports	O
online	O
head-to-head	O
play	O
for	O
six	O
players	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
high	O
definition	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Days	O
Of	O
Arcade	O
promotion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
release	O
followed	O
one	O
day	O
later	O
,	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
was	O
prior	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
raising	O
of	O
the	O
maximum	O
size	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
to	O
2gigabytes	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
happen	O
later	O
that	O
fall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
the	O
size	O
restrictions	O
,	O
several	O
elements	O
of	O
OutRun	B-Device
2006	I-Device
:	I-Device
Coast	I-Device
2	I-Device
Coast	I-Device
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
fifteen	O
original	O
OutRun	B-Device
2	I-Device
stages	O
,	O
several	O
cars	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
choice	O
of	O
a	O
passenger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
developer	O
would	O
release	O
additional	O
content	O
,	O
bringing	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
lost	O
content	O
back	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
to	O
date	O
no	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
in	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
version	O
being	O
scheduled	O
for	O
removal	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
was	O
fairly	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aggregate	O
sites	O
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
report	O
scores	O
of	O
78.97	O
%	O
and	O
79/100	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRankings	O
reports	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
78.64	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
in	O
sales	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
for	O
the	O
two	O
weeks	O
following	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
dropping	O
to	O
seventh	O
during	O
the	O
third	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
1986	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
,	O
adding	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
great	O
option	O
if	O
"	O
you	O
're	O
looking	O
to	O
waste	O
a	O
few	O
hours	O
drifting	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
were	O
mostly	O
in	O
accord	O
in	O
praising	O
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcades	I-Application
arcade-style	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
generally	O
appreciated	O
the	O
HD	O
resolutions	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
OutRun	B-Device
2	I-Device
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Revolution	O
called	O
OutRun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better-looking	O
3D	O
games	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
"	O
,	O
citing	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
cars	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
lens	O
flare	O
and	O
light	O
bloom	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Revolution	O
also	O
expressed	O
disappointment	O
in	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
game	O
modes	O
and	O
cars	O
from	O
OutRun	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
OutRun	B-Device
2006	I-Device
were	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
