Right on, man. I wanted Victory Run before I ever owned a TurboGrafx and kept wanting it even after I got one because, like you, with so many good (or good looking, at least) titles available I always told myself "eh, maybe next time... this time, its DEEP BLUE FTW BABY!"
No matter how much I drooled over screenshots, or gazed into the uncharacteristically nice box art, "Next time" never came. ):
It is good to hear a positive review of the game, because so far I've only ever heard negative comments. "It's too hard... The controls suck... The upgrades don't do diddly squat."
After the kids go to bed tonight, I think I'm going to have to dust off the old Everdrive and take Victory Run out for a test drive.
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-- EDIT 10/26 --
Dude... this game is BRUTAL. ( : I'm going to have to give it another go once my blood pressure drops back down to normal levels, but I'm not sure if I have "the right stuff" to be good at this game. I thought I was doing great each time I played (except for my first try during which my engine and gears broke within 1 minute and left me plodding along at 60kph), but it took me 3-4 attempts to complete the first race, and one more attempt after that to complete it quickly enough to dodge the 'game over' screen.