The Forgotten Japanese Racing Genre
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2023
- With the release of the Dreamcast in 1998 Sega needed a lot of launch titles for it's new console, and in this bunch of titles there was a studio called Genki who have made a racing game focused on the 90's illegal street racing scene in Japan called Tokyo Xtreme Racer!
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What do you think of this Racing genre and do you want to see more TXR covered on the channel? Let me know here in the comments and have a great day!
Yes, I want to see more TXR video especially it's TXR 2, TXR Zero and TXR 3 (Shutoku Battle Zero one in Japan). I also suggest some of its spin-off too Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift (Kaido Battle in Japan), Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix Street Supremacy and Import Tuner Challenge.
I myself don't think of it much, don't personally think that there is that much to offer with these to make them stand out unless they add something that has nothing to do with the sub-genre at hand. It wouldn't hurt to have more TXR content though.
@Redza Ch. Malaysian Crossover Import Tuner I've already played, that will eventually become a video once edited and the rest definitely interested , especially TXRD2 👍
Oh definitely more TXR. massive fan of TXR here.
Never heard of those games, would be interesting to see more of them.
Since you mentioned indie games it might also be interesting to show some of those :)
I can't believe they took Special Stage Route 5 from Gran Turismo and turned it into an entire separate game
What a lol representation
Well the special stages were based off the Tokyo highway.
@@marcelluscunningham9071 thats the joke ☠️
They took highway battles from NFS and just copied it in the 90’s 🙄
@@scottoleson1997 lmao stop it
I'm so glad people finally recognise the original series of shutokou battle
Been recognized since day 1
@@EmoDKTsuchiyanever forgot about it, as it holds a special in my heart. Not to mention the game series also introduced me to the world of JDM as well
My favorite isn't a mainline series TXR, it's Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix.
It blends the best part of TXR with regular circuit races.
There's a reputation system to encourage clean driving (kind of like Enthusia).
The tuning is great, so is the car selection.
There's also a neat offline chat, full of hints and banter between the racers (but you need to speak Japanese).
Thank you for covering this game! The TXR series is extremely underrated, I just wish Genki kept the series going.
Didnt the studio go bankrupt in the early 2010s?
@@darkblader06 not exactly they co develop the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune games I believe with Bandai Namco Amusements under the name of Genki Co i believe. Cuz some of the Aero part sets you can get on some of the cars in Maxi are actually straight from the TXR games the most noticeable ones being the RX8 and the S15 and S14 the RX8 literally has Midnight Cinderella’s Kits from ITC the one with the Rocket bunny looking Ducktail spoiler in maxi 6 RR the most recent one and her TXR3 kit from Maxi 3 to Maxi 6 both vanilla 6 and 6 RR then the S15 has Dejected Angel’s TXR3 kit and few others and her TXR0 S14 kit as well and I think the S13 has Jackknifes kit from TXR3 as well and of course forgot to add I believe both the regular R34 and the R34 Nurburgring edition have Jintei’s kits and I think some of the Subbies has Jintei’s ITC and TXRD2 Kits as well I also do believe both the Na1 and Na2 NSX’s used to have Dreamy Ghosts Kits at one point don’t know if they still do. Do also believe the Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT VR4 in the states in the maxi games also had both Midnight Rose’s and Dying stars kits as well.
Idk how it is in this game, but in later tokyo xtreme racer games, you can’t just challenge anybody, you have to complete the most random requirements like, they only spawn every 3 days and only when there is lightning, or between 2 and 4 am but only if you have done more than 1243 miles in total, etc. This kind of makes it hard to track and sometimes frustrating.
Actually, you can challenge almost anybody without those requirements. It's just that there is a very specific group of rivals called Wanderers, all of which have a unique requirement such as the one you said. And you can unlock all the bosses and credit roll scenes, except one, without defeating any of the Wanderers. In short you can complete the basic objectives of the game for the most part without ever challenging the Wanderers.
But it's true that if you want to defeat the Wanderers it's hard to track, or rather impossible for some of them. There are online guides listing all the requirements and those are necessary to complete the entire rival roster
Atwiki35 is a great one.
They gotta work night shift to pay for all those tires bro.
@@yori13exactly, and entries like TXR Drift 2 absolutely CRUEL in how tough it is to 100%. The last stage, Hokkaido, has insane requirements for getting some rivals to appear, like “only appears on the 3rd Wednesday of the month when stormy, but after defeating rivals 332, 328, and 247, and only if you have at least 38 prizes” lol. It’ll make you want a straitjacket, but that’s what makes it fun to me, is the challenge of finding everyone to battle.
TXR3 with Whirlwind Fanfire. When I learned that you need to be capped 1,000,000,000 credits when the original cap is 999,999,999.... Yeah, some of the Wanderers are near impossible to challenge if you want to 100% the games, unless you have a GameShark
I'd definitely like to see some more TXR covered here, as a huge fan of Wangan Midnight it's always nice seeing some of these older games being shown some appreciation. Great video as always Dove, Props to you and your editor for consistently pushing out some great content!
This series just makes me feel so comfy and nostalgic even though I only knew about these games since 2018.
I tried TXR but only straight highway racing wasnt for me, but I play some Arcade titles like Wangan or Initial D on emulators. However I really like the Toky Extreme Racer Drift 2 spinoff, its more technical driving in the twisties and has a nicer handling model. Sadly they didnt make the ultimate game out of the two genres: A game with Highway racing AND Touge racing/ drifting on different days/ nights :)
@Rockport1911 There's a linear rpg racing game on the ps1 called racing lagoon, it not only features both touge & highway battles, but also has street courses. The handling isn't really great, it's still worth a try.
It doesn't have a day/night cycle, but The Fast And The Furious for the PS2 is pretty much what you're wishing for.
another TXR entry in the series is something i will forever wish for, what a cool series
My first introduction to this series was TXR3 when I was little and it was $20. My family didn't understand it since your driving an endless highway but that was fun and got me playing the rest of the games.
Nice to see more people talking about this series. Thanks for the video :)
Man...I'm glad I found this channel...This & PGR2 were some of my absolute favorites back in the day. TXR0 led to many a beer in my first college dorm room lol
Genki is childhood, never forgotten, i vividly remember tokyo xtreme racer 2 and all the kaido battle intros, especially the one with the horses lol
man. this series is underrated. it got deep lore if you dig deep enough, the tokyo highway is pretty accurate. there plenty of cars in later games. and the soundtracks is great too. it a shame that this series didn't get more attention. hopefully one day genki make another tokyo xtreme racer game when it get enough attention.
assuming Genki stops being a Pachinko software developer, maybe someone else or some indie dev can take their spot
@@Sharicite pretty sure genki is the dev of wangan midnight maximum tune series. Some say it their bread and butter
@@Nitepinkeve22 nah, i fact checked. it was developed by bandai namco entertainment
Oh...
@@frankwest8059Published by Bandai Namco. Genki still develops the game. Bamco's got the license of the manga.
If you want another better or the best TXR game, I highly suggest Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 also known as Kaido Battle 3 in Japan and Kaido Racer 2 in Europe. Yes, those are TXR spin-off.
Yea I downloaded that game recently with some new patches and it looks incredible on PCSX2 , definitely will try that out soon!
drift 2 is my favorite. the cars, tracks, and rivals. all on ps2, good stuff, really. and i did remember competing with my friend on how much friends we can get in the game lol
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 on the Dreamcast was the first truly perfected Racing RPG game. Graphically and gameplay wise is so perfectly refined what the first game pioneered.
TXR Zero is one of my favorite racing games. Such an in-depth, complex game.
My man never even mentioned Highway 2000, the Saturn precursor of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series featuring *FMV babes.*
Man this game was the shit as a kid growing up. Also… They did use names from the respective car manufacturers. They were named by their chassis codes for each model.
Thank you for your videos you're really underrated!
Thank you for the kind comment!
We had it in pizza arcades here in mexico. It even had cards you could buy to save your stats
Neat, an episode on the touge racers of the 90s. I'm definitely up for more videos about them, since it isn't often we hear or see much about them nowadays, as largely a niche genre that, while never truly vanishing, it has remained a niche nonetheless.
I've not played the very first games in this series, but I did Zero, 3, and Drift (Drift wasn't really my cup of tea, though, so I didn't get too far. I'm more of a fan of the Underground games, Carbon, and Initial D style of things in that regard), with 3 as my absolute favorite, with its fairly decent and expansive highway system, and also having the best physics in the series (not counting the Drift games here), and likely the fairest AI too, especially compared to 3. They were relatively simplistic games, but the performance and tuning system does get a fair bit more depth in the later titles, raising the overall complexity.
Going forward, the other TXR and Wangan Midnight games is what I'd like to see more of. And since apparently Asetto Corsa has some mods for this, that can easily work too, I keep hearing that modding is what makes that game so good. And of course, perhaps some discussion video about Night Runners, as the upcoming game does have a fair bit of footage out, especially the customizstion and tuning side of things.
This was one of my series of games when I was a kid.
The Rivals system is really cool with reading about them and then running across them to challenge.
The balance though not so good but I definitely agree with that soundtrack, really captures that 80's/90's anime feel.
I think these games are really cool time capsules, as you say it's only really now explored in smaller titles despite a very loyal following for this style of racing.
My favorite was going from the different games and seeing the same teams and differences... like how some teams split or the leader leaves, etc. Neat continuity.
It was one of my favorite racing games I've played. I've also played other SB games, such as Shutokou Battle 0, which was a great game for PS2 by Genki. Genki also developed the Kaido Battle series, focusing on touge racing. What I love about the original SB/TXR game for Dreamcast, was the boss cars which are actually pretty cool, like Red Devil's Skyline GT-R. I love the S30 driven by ???/Unknown as the final boss from the 4 Devils gang, being a reference to the Devil Z from Wangan Midnight, as well as his bio from the game about him who was once a legend 10 years ago and was rumored as a ghost. Surprisingly, his car had a Stage 4 engine, but that would be interesting if the car had a Stage 5 engine as well as suspension, chassis and drivetrain having Stage 4 upgrades too, which can make a battle with him challenging.
I also did loved some other Shutokou Battle games, as for Shutokou Battle 0, it is a pretty interesting game which I've played. It's also good that Peugeot did also made an apperance in SB2 and SB0, with the 306. The French brand was originally going to be in SB01 with the 406 and the 206, but was cut for unknown reasons, probably due to licensing issues, while Peugeot is alright with their cars used in street racing games like Need for Speed: Underground and Juiced with the 206. So, why not Genki should have made it not unused, but rather being in the original SB01 as playable, and add the aero parts for the 206, such as the replica of the 206 WRC version. That would be nice if I'd love to use a WRC version of a 206, on a Metropolian Expressway in a Shutokou Battle game.
i just 100% TXR3 yesterday for the first time, those supra trio scares me LOL
Import Tuner Challenge on the Xbox 360 was my first introduction to this series. That was released nearly 20x years ago! Real shame there hasn't been another one released on the Xbox since.
Import Tuner was all my first introduction into this and will make a video on that eventually 👍
Fun Fact: Killer Bean's theme is a slowed remix of one of TXR Zero Wanderer Theme
Tokyo xtreme racer Zero is the best one imo. Had the best car list. And txr is definitely better than any other street racing/import car game. Always been my favorites and a modern remake would be amazing.
Thank you for covering TXR series, it is pretty niche in term of relevancy with modern racing games, but compared to other games back in the time, it was pretty raw (for me) and closest thing that cover (actual) japanese street racing scene back in 80s and 90s. While some newcomer may thinking it is pretty basic in term of gameplay (you race, unlocks stuffs/buy them, race and progress rinse repeat), yet the gameplay loop feels satisfying, and requirement of tuning your car (on TXR2, Zero, 3 and Drift Series) to makes best out of your car is rewarding if you into tuning your car setup, even I may argue the later games feels arcade with a bit of simulation as tuning is obligatory to win.
While nowadays WMMT probably the closest thing we can get for wangan racing genre, imo it not really scratch the itch (maybe because I never had system near me), closest thing to experience this game is through console (if you had the system) or Emulation.
The main series captures C1 & surround Bayshore route roads and expands them with Nagoya and Osaka highway loop in TXR3. Although I never yet found a game that try to portray Tomei highway racing scene, maybe it will be forgotten yet it was one of the first place in the scene before most of racer (and Mid Night team) moved into Tokyo especially Bayshore route.
Rivals feels simple yet their bio tells a micro-story that makes each rivals feel unique, although as some other comment stated, some wanderer on later games have specific set of requirement to make them accept/challenge you to battle. Since I never tried The first game, I don't think Genki games have any rubberbanding AI (not sure for Unknown/??? S30), since most of rivals car performance stats is explicitly stated and "does" make sense although some moment you may faced with a wall which you need to tune your car specificly to defeat your rival. This apparent when you faced rival with higher hp/weight ratio and better handling and your car underpowered and handle like shit, other strategy on later game is by lure the said rival into C1 which have more slower road speed.
Overall, this game series is great if you're into highway racing and Mid Night shenanigan.
I just bought a sticker of my favorite car in this game to stick on my car. Unhappy Angel was my fave car as a kid. Miss this game.
Great video bro!
consider making a video about TXR 2, 3, Zero and Import Tuner Challenge aswell :)
Yea Import Tuner is in the works , the other games I'll play eventually
Genki racing games were the best. Especially Kaido Battle titles. Touge Max games weren't from Genki but they were also some of my favorites in the 90's.
cant wait for you to cover the later games
tokyo xtreme racer 3 was probably the best one in the series and genuinely impressed me for being a ps2 game i'd never heard of until a few years back
I’ve never heard of this game, but the gameplay loop could make for a great rogue-like racing game
For those who are looking to pick up the earlier entries before TXR0, be sure to pick Honda cars while they are still featured in these installments, Genki lost the licensing rights after TXR0, while those cars still appears in the Kaido and C1 GP spin off, I think that's such a wasted potential on portraying Civic-centric Kanjouzoku who roams the Osaka Kanjousen since TXR3 was the only entry that features 3 seperate Highway courses.
Nice job on bringing these games to light! TXR is a really unique franchise. It has its quirks, like the handling feeling a bit... off at times. And the fact some rivals have some absurd and cryptic requirements which can only be found with a guide. The racing experience it provides can't be found in any racing game, I feel. The OST tends to be excellent as well, I assume you have played it already, but you should totally try TXR3, it's really complete even more so when you consider it released before NFS Underground.
So far only played this and Import Tuner Challenge from the series so hopefully will get to TXR3 eventually, these games feel like a nice switch at times if that makes sense , like a breath of fresh air after mainly playing GT , NFS and Forza games haha
@@DoVe_72, 0, and 3 are the highlights
I didn't forget! I had TXR 1 and 2 on Dreamcast, and TXR Drift on ps2. I tell racing game fans about this series a lot during conversations. I believe this series, along with some other racing games from the same period deserve remasters.
I LOVE Highway challenge! #1 and #2 are among my most treasured Dreamcast games.
Great video Dove ❤ you should try a racing game called monster trucks mayhem made everyone's favorite team 6
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero is responsible for killing 2 PS2's for me grinding to get mileage to get the final engine upgrades for cars LOL Absolutely loved it. It and Wangan Midnight will forever hold special places in heart.
that's a pretty cool type of racing game. never played this one, so the only time i ever did this type of race was in nfs:U2 multiplayer, where there's a cool mode in which the objective is to build distance to the "cat" as the mouse. that is one of the most fun multiplayer modes i've ever played in racing games, which makes me wonder why it doesn't appear in more games.
Is that intro music from zero escape virtues last reward? I noticed youtubers using visual novel soundtracks and I really love it. I could be wrong but I just feel like I know the answer somehow, as if I received otherworldly insight :^)
Yep, I played all of Zero Escape games at the start of the year and the music just stuck by me haha
@@DoVe_7 Lets goo, such a fan of that series. I even became pen pals with the inventor of the morphogenetic morb field theory featured in it, explaining the conceit of the story to an 80 y/o british professor was interesting LOL.
I'm working through a video essay idea on the game to maybe start youtube, I think enthusiasm for a series is really the most important part for YT success nowadays, I don't really play racing games (besides trackmania love the wirtual reference btw) but your enthusiasm/passion really grabbed me.
I am curious what's your favorite horribly bad ending in the series, and is an axe involved? Lol its too bad most of the music is scary in tone, i see why people like using danganronpa music in essays cus its so chill but that garden theme you used works perfectly
@@spyczech yea definitely the axe ending cause that legit caught me off guard and scared the shit out of me haha
These games really were something else! There is definitely room in the market for a new TXR !!
Soundtrack has Eurobeat/Initial D vibes I already like it
1:46 That's not weird, that's just how trademarks generally work
Got this installed on my Nvidia Shield. Amazing late nite vibes. 🔥🔥🔥
With Shutokou Battle X/Import Tuner Challenge been out for like years, i kinda hope if Genki have the budget to make another sequel or prequel to the Shutokou Battle/Tokyo Xtreme Racer series.
I love the S30z in all of the TXR games known as Unknown and hes a very Erie Oppnent even though hes literally Akio From Wangan Midnight anime amd games
Genki seems to be getting some attention lately for Shutokou Battle. I hope a remaster comes out.
It was just my favourite arcade racing game ever, the precursor to modern open world racing games like Test Drive Unlimited. and Forza Horizon!
Nah, Tokyo Xtreme Racer its very different compared to TDU and Forza Horizon which was inspired by TDU.
I enjoyed Touge in Grid 2008 and then TXR Drift 2 when I got around to it. I like it and hillclimbs but we never see them anymore. Same with Apex/Supercar Street Challenge and Sega GT Dreamcast car builder or the walk in garage of PGR games which apparently an Asphalt game has? Even Drift 21 I was like hmmmm but then heard it's bad so I don't know what to think.
WE NEED a new arcade game from that sub genre
Fun fact: SP stands for Spirit Points.
fitting
There was a game called import tuner challenge on the 360 it was an instalment of this series I remember Tokyo highway battle on the PS1…. They also did a kaido battle type game with similar “story line” it was called kaido racer in the UK kaido racer 2 was the best one
Yea I played that before this game, will be a yt video eventually 👍
@@DoVe_7 I’m fairly new to your channel and I think your videos are fantastic.. keep up the great work. And thank you for all the time, effort and research you put in
I did a Shen Mue X Tokyo Xtrme Racer crossover... Ryo drives the 86' Corolla in my story
Best racing series.
The Tokyo extreme racer series in one of my favorite game series. Txrd2 has infinite replay value
TXRD2 is definitely on the list of games to play, hopefully soon!
@DoVe_7 yes!! I recommend the crx and the Honda city as your starter car. The drift races can be kind of hard in fwd, but with a little practice it gets pretty easy. Also, make sure you do your sponsor challenges and put the stickers on the car for more money. You'll have to rearrange the stickers as you get more more sponsors since they pay out different based on where they are located. Can't wait for your playthrough dude!
Hardly forgotten, still an awesome game
3:43 initial D reference nice
TXR 1 to TXR Zero's handling is very unusual in general. When turning, you don't exactly turn as much as rotate the car around. To actually go through the corner, you'll need to hit the gas. While at first this sounds like the general slow in fast out you'd expect out of most racing games, the fact of the matter is that this is taken very literally. You literally do not have any worthwhile movement unless you hit the gas, leading to the general style of this era of TXR to require accelerating while braking when cornering after taking enough time to brake normally. This gives you both rotation and allows you to actually start cornering rather than understeer into a wall. Granted in TXR 1 the understeer is quite severe, but this will be the rule to stick to for TXR 2 and TXR Zero as well if you get to them. Once Genki started making TXRD 1, the handling moved to a more "simcade" sort of deal that would allow for a lot of Forza/GT muscle memory to apply decently.
Another thing to note is that contrary to what was said in the video, rubberbanding in TXR is surprisingly minimal if you take into account rival car stats. The reason you get completely obliterated by some opponents but not others is because said opponents have a crapload of upgrades on there and Genki isn't putting handicaps on performance. Deva/Devil cars also tend to have considerably more power and seemingly better handling than the equivalent car when upgraded, leading to situations where you are at a performance disadvantage. This is where the difference between driver skill and even tuning matters as well as choosing where to start racing on the C1 Loop (going on that eastern section that's wide and straight is worse for you than if you went in the twistier western section). There's even some opponents that seem to have really strong cars early on, but they are driven by idiots and so end up much easier to deal with than expected.
Finally the difference between International and Japanese versions do matter when comparing TXR games, especially TXR 1. Shutokou Battle lacks the Deva/Devil car unlocks entirely, leading to a slightly harder early-mid game. Yet for reasons unknown to me, I can unlock the S30 in Quest Mode early on, though this might be because I might have done something weird by accidentally playing Quick Battle for one opponent by accident. Even then, the S30 is the most expensive car to upgrade, and even if the S30 unlocked on my playthrough is some weird mistake, you still have the 930 as a very strong alternative. It helps that those two cars seem to be the most agile, but when you crash that engine just lurches insanely hard. Shutokou Battle also has, for whatever reason, some netplay capability that seems oddly cool in concept especially for 1999. With other TXR games you'll find that certain rival names and bios get changed (the P in P. Suzuki means something weird and the like) and entire cars go missing for various reasons between JP and International.
I make a lot of dj mixes with Tokyo Xtreme Racer for visuals. Easily my favorite racing series other than Colin McRae Rally
anyone who likes that movement of 90's japanese tune car races - checkout Jackie Chan's movie "Thunderbolt"
Now Tokyo Xtreme racer 3
You should really try out the third, it's so much better
They just named the cars after the chassis codes
imagine thinking people forgot about Japanese highway racing. its basically all people do in asseto corsa
I fucking love TXR2, played the shit out of it for a decade
Can't wait to try that one out 👍
@@DoVe_7 it's a very addictive game, and the map is bigger than the first one
Man you should play racing lagoon
NFS U was not inspired by japans highway racing at all it was inspired by 10 second races American street racing yeah some stuff is similar but they have there own quirks, style and the racing is completely different in both scenes, the scene in america is still alive and well (to the annoyance of police lol) but in japan HIGHWAY racing its largely died due to the HUGE crackdown but they still do mountain races they load there cars into trucks and all meet up in secluded areas in the mountains then race they dont even drive there cause the police are so on top of it
I played the shit outta 3 and Zero. Made a Mustang Mach 1 ripoff that was a straight line monster. It was unbeatable in a straightline but couldn't turn or brake and it's acceleration at lower gears was terrible. Man, I loved doing stupid stuff in this game!
Was entertaining once again, and learned of a new game!
It seems like a game that would be fun for 45 minutes to an hour, and then you would stop playing it, don't think I could bring myself to play this game for longer than that at any time because of the rather bland map that it presents because of what the game is supposed to be, and for me, the battles just seem like an expanded outrun race from NFSU2.
Thank you for showing me a new game, though I will never probably play it.
Thats is fair ofc, in the later games they do add a lot more to the map to give you more stuff to do like wanderer, parking areas etc
4:40 bruh, that's called major lack of skills, not rubberbanding
also the ai physics are different than player physics very often in dreamcast tokyo xtreme racer games (txr1 and txr2) where ai physics feel wayy more floaty than player physics and feels like they have a major advantage in corners
TXR3 is a banger
Wait you can’t buy the devil z after you beat him in story mode?
I was Zetx198x who spammed major skill issue to death when you played this game on twitch
I love your streams Dove-san and sorry XD
You skipped a few games between SB94 and TXR tho.
I Just Downloaded Street Supremacy today😂
Ahh, Tokyo Xtreme Racer. To me these games are like a faster Euro Truck Simulator. No pulse pounding action, no dramatics. It's just a comforting gameplay loop. You win races, earn money, upgrade cars, experience the nighttime atmosphere. it's all good.
I have Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero
Import Tuner Challenge!
My dream is make a game like this but in Brazil car culture
I just wish that some publisher buy's the copyright and name of the TXR series and remake the series the games will be perfect if they got released today but imagine with more cars and modern cars, TXRD2 will have more than 6 R35 GTRs
I can't describe what I want to say but that's the basic of it
Which Emulator did you use?
Flycast
@@DoVe_7 tysm
Dreamcast launched in 98, not in 99
LittleEasterEgg:Name Import Tuner In Loading Game TXR Before Car Cruising In Highway Its Final Game Import Tuner Challenge In Xbox360 (Genki Use Same Name From First TXR)
Tokyo Xtreme Racer definetly captured the amazing underground racing scene around Wangan Highway from the stretch of Daikoku till the twisty-way of C1 Loop, plus the selection car is definitely pure for JDM lovers, well they also introduced non-Japanese car later
One amazing thing also about this series also was those rival you battle, weren't just useless NPC, they've identity, especially in TXR3 which had 300+ rivals. Those team racers were so iconic like Rolling Guy also I got turned on with those female racers
Legit was amazed how each rival was so unique in their descriptions , some legit hit me in the feels like the ones that lost someone due to racing, absolutely incredible and can't wait to see that again in TXR2 hopefully
@@DoVe_7 For example, I loved Gloomy Angel who drove Silvia in TXR2, also The Emperor which is drive Skyline and definitely the king, but ofc don't forget the "Unknown" racer who drove, well Blue Devil Z
The same game exist in psp with some little differences
Hello dove 7👋🙂
Forgotten? I played these since 90s both at arcade and home, and I can say they got more popular in last decade.
0 is by far the best in the series.
TXR Drift spinoff titles in my opinion put every other game at the time to shame . Too bad gaming journalists pretty much like today shit on the game because it was too hard.
Here with just one view… I’m actually early for once lol. Better shut up and enjoy the video!
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 is alot better tbh, and the cars are actually offficially licensed and badged.
I've played through TXR 2 once. It is as Dreamcast jank as a game can be, my god:
- No way to reverse if using Automatic. You can only turn yourself around by driving against the wall.
- No rear view option. You have to switch to bumper camera in order to get a rear view mirror. Zero on PS2 later added.. a bumper cam button, not a proper rear view.
- Car degradation occurs outside of races, so you can overheat your car and destroy the tires before reaching your rival.
- The rivals spawn in a specific order even if you have beaten the other rivals in the line, meaning the one you need to beat can be at the very end of the road, only a little away from the despawn area.
- Hitting a wall slows you down, but not the AI resulting with the opponents wall riding often.
- The AI doesn't understand that you cannot drive to restricted zones, and thus they will drive there during races or even during autopilot.
- Autopilot in general can cause you to crash or end up down the wrong road before the race has even begun.
- The final boss gives you about 3000 credits. I sort of like the low income in the game, as it forces you to really think about what to buy and when, but this way beating any major bosses doesn't feel that rewarding.
They shouldn't have released shutokou battle x only on xbox 360, thats the reason the main series died. xbox is a flop in japan. if they also release it on ps3, and alsp for the west, genki could've continued the series
Ubisoft is also to blame too. If it wasn't for Ubisoft, the series would have been continued.
Isn't it named Import tuner challenge for all regions?
Tokyo Xtreme Racer is my the most favorite game series. but this instalment i don't like
I 100%'d Zero on the PS2 a few months ago. Which is this game updated for the PS2. Ultimately, these aren't good games. They're only worth playing if you get a kick out of exploring the Japanese highway systems in virtual form for the first 5 hours or so of gameplay with lower tier cars. The concept is intriguing but ill executed and the games are literally unchanged all the way to xtreme racer 3.
Absolute ball busting. Even on PCSX2 with the extra precision of deadzone skips for more precision. The handling model looks to be completely unchanged from this to Zero. Once cars get 1000+ HP to beat the final guys you NEED to use a 4WD car. The Viper for instance is impossible to drive. I had to use it for one single race to beat a wanderer and it's impossible to keep straight. And I am not a novice. The handling model is BAD. You are basically constantly drifting and turning controls the angle of the car, but the cars barely turn. And if the angle gets too much you spin out. There are no real driving dynamics between the drive types. This tendency is simply the strongest for MR, then FR, then 4WD. FF actually kind of feel like front wheel drive cars and honestly, drive the best out of everything in the game. I used the EG hatch for the first 2 areas and was able to keep up with great handling but I simply couldn't keep using it. You NEED top speed to win these events (which isn't really a complaint, that's the whole point of a wangan game).
Then I moved to Kaido battle and was pleasantly surprised to find that the handling model in that game was actually REALLY good. Was very satisfying and felt somewhat like Gran Turismo 3. But the game quickly bored me due to other reasons. I then moved to Xtreme Racer 3 hoping that they improved the handling, but was disappointed to find it's COMPLETELY UNCHANGED. And not just the handling model, but the city, the racers, the teams, the game progression, everything.
For that reason, if you feel like playing these, I'd almost recommend playing Xtreme Racer 3. Because it's literally the same game with more cars and better graphics. However, I will say the music in Zero is better.
I just don't understand their thinking with these. Why have this super drifty handling model on your SUPER HIGH SPEED highway battle game, and the really quite realistic one on your KAIDO BATTLE game? You've proven you can do both and you use them on the wrong games.
None of the US games captured the true essence.. only Japanese games accurately caught the true nature... No underground was a bunch of ricer Show car garbage. TXR aka wangan midnight. Was exactly how wangan racing is .