This feature is actually in the arcade game; you can cycle through several cameras in the Naomi ROM and play freely (though with some clipping glitches) in any of them. They obviously decided against having it in the game, but it's still in the software.
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Re: Crazy Taxi Prototype Shows Sega Was Experimenting With GTA-Style Camera Angles
This feature is actually in the arcade game; you can cycle through several cameras in the Naomi ROM and play freely (though with some clipping glitches) in any of them. They obviously decided against having it in the game, but it's still in the software.