Tokyo Xtreme Racer-The Beginning of an Underrated Franchise
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hey guys! Welcome back to my channel for another Sega Dreamcast launch game review. I decided that this video should be about Tokyo Xtreme Racer, the first game of my favorite racing franchise ever. Just because it is part of my favorite series, however, that does not mean that it will automatically get a gold seal of approval. Let's see how well does this game fare under my very critical analysis.
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I remember getting Gran Turismo 3 for Christmas on the PS2 and it was amazing. Then I rented this game from Blockbuster Video and it blew me away. I’ve always wished the studio got back together and did a remake
The last one they have, its at Xbox 360, called Import Tuner Challenge
@@AndrewYohanesImport Tuner Challenge?
@@purwantiallan5089 Import Tuner Challenge
Well boy, do I have news for *you.*
I pray every day for a sequel lol
Tokyo Extreme Racer 4
Gosh that would be awesome to get a new TXR.
there are a game that very fimilar tho
still in dev its called night racer
There is, it's called Import Tuner Challenge
. Same developers, same gameplay, different name.
Genki needs to return with an epic for the PS5. I'm talking all previous chassis (including those from the Kaido Battle series). Add the outer Tokyo loop as well, Tomei line, aqua line, more more more.
there's even racing battle c1gp
This had an Special car. To get it, simply just drive wrong way till police siren was sound then you had unlocked the Tofu AE86 from Initial D, but on Japan version
That's pretty cool, thanks for telling me this! I will probably buy a Japanese copy of this game and make a tutorial video based on your information.
:)
@@RollerVisionStudios I recently played it, You have to a certain plate to unlock it. There's a guide that someone bought in a TXR server that reveals everything about that. It's .102 I thinik for the AE86.
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/452963618309406720/515033239904321562/beec49a7eac8246b11b3e6272e259bf5.png
It actually works. And since you can't go reverse it just resets you.
Is this guide for the American version of the game?
@@RollerVisionStudios Japanese version only. Also if you get a randomized plate with 77 77 you get the car for free.
Okay, I will try it out whenever I get the Japanese copy.
:)
I love the camera how it gets dramatic when the bosses show up
Yep. Boss races in TOKYO XTREME RACER I is extremely intense.
@@purwantiallan5089 Hey if u got time, I actually created my own spin off during the pandemic. I did a Shen Mue / Tokyo Xtreme Racer cross over! I call it Shen Mue Zero! Basically it's Shen Mue but Ryo hits the highways at night in an 86' Corolla. Eventually he upgrades to the 91' NSX type hence the name. Let me know and I could send link over to you
Series is grossly underrated. This looked even better than some of the PS2 launch titles, and this was 99. That's insane!
The point of the game was there IS NO STORY. It’s ONLY about the cars. Nothing matters but the outcome of each race as you tear through the ranks of the underground racing scene of Shotoku working your way to the top.
I loved this game on my Dreamcast. I used to relax after work playing it, just sometimes carefully driving around not bothering with the racing.
Just for the record, The first Tokyo Xtreme Racer for Dreamcast is not the begining, the franchise was longer before this game came out under the name: Tokyo Highway Battle and few others on older consoles, even on SNES there where these games already.
There is one in PS1 as well. Racing Lagoon.
honestly couldnt disagree with you more about the style of the menus, theyre so stylishly dark and mysterious especially in combination with the menu music, reminds me of some 90s techno album covers. it really adds to the atmosphere of the game imo
Glad to know more than 10k people knew this franchise was severely underrated
Man I loved this game. I was amazed at how natural the races felt at the time. The whole "open world" thing is a defacto feature in racing games today but back then it was such an amazing experience.
Playing this game is what really made me start appreciating small, light Japanese sports cars, which continues to this day.
I miss this game. Recently watching all 26 episodes of wangan midnight brought me here. Miss it even more now...😢
As a diehard fan of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, i wholeheartedly agree with you. 😭
This game's graphics were unbelievable at the time. Even watching this video in 4K, they still hold up. I demand a recount!
But yeah, it's one of my favorite racing series as well. I'd love for both this and Ridge Racer to come back.
For a game from 1999 on Dreamcast, this is easily a PS5 level in terms of graphics.
If you go into the options and change battle mode to realistic the you and the enemy will lose health when hitting walls, it feels more authentic to me
This game blew me away when I first saw it, it was the first time I saw the (mighty) Dreamcast in action and the graphics just were on a different level for the time, great game
Just received my copy of Shutokou battle 2 on Dreamcast, very nice game I like this night atmosphere and the rivals battles.
I remember playing this game on my dear Dreamcast back in the day.
Miss you little Dreamcast buddy.
Dreamcast is a very iconic console like Sega Genesis.
Bought Zero 2-3 weeks ago as a introduction to the series. I finished it, 11 stickers to go and I'm pretty sure I completed the game.
I haven't played a racing game this much since Megarace 2. Now that the game is coming to an end I'm looking into Need for Speed on ps2 for a similar experience and the most appealing to me looks like Most Wanted. But the piss filter, stiff steering and what seems like a framerate of 20fps give or take are to off putting for me. Went through the Burnout series alrdy.
For anyone interested in a racing power fantasy game, look no further 👍
Have you tried hot pursuit 2 ps2, still my favourite nfs game
play nfsu2
25 years after its initial release, TOKYO XTREME RACER still is an amazing yet very underrated Sega Dreamcast game.
So overlooked. Man I love this series. I can still remember the first one on Dreamcast. Then later on I picked up Zero for my new PS2. Me and a few guys used to pass the controller around in the dorm room my freshman year in college. We played this game for what seemed like a month or two, nearly every night. Just passing the controller around, drinking whatever beer we could get our hands on lol. Finally "beat" it. This was all around the time of 9/11...Crazy times.
I sold my dreamcast several months back, and this has to be the game I miss the most. Those races were intense, and I ended up getting tmj from clenching my teeth during the races. I had a bad ass ae86, and loved how you could use your earnings to buy another car, and get your money back just by not saving any of the changes. My favorite part was when you won a race, and the main song by Ziggy would come on, and you would see the replay.
Never thought I would look back, but here I am watching videos of games that I invested hundreds of hours in. After all laughter and tears, all you're left with are the memories. 🥺
if your phone is strong enough get a Dreamcast emulator and download the games they work pretty well on it
@2:11 Tokyo Xtreme Racer had a story behind every rival you beat.... You had to read it but. It was there. Still remember the guy in the Sedan who lost his buddy to a coupe crashing into him and he hated em ever since.
The best motherfuking racing series ever I tell people about this game and no one remembered a tuner racing game where you can soup up your cars and racing around Tokyo streets after after midnight street racing at its best I wish someone buys a franchise and remake it with the new consoles and Graphics we have nowadays this game will be sick in 2020 times 😍😍😍
TXR is my favorite arcade racing series! The Drift editions were tough to play but the regular ones were so fun. The developers Genki recently released a mobile racing game, hopefully they release a new TXR game. Soo many cool cars have come out since ITC came out on the 360.
Tokyo highway challenge 2 on dreamcast took over my life when I bought on dreamcast more than 20 years ago. I still play it quite often in my new game plus
Wish someone can rejuvenate it and rerelease it with modern graphics! Love the all of the TXR series!! Best game hands down! Nothing comes close to it!
WE HAD IT 9/9/99- IT WAS ENDORSED BY IMPORT TUNER MAGAZINE 😃
Still love this game! ♥
Not many true racing fans seem to know this franchise which is so sad,they had something that you just don't get from modern racing games I only played tokyo xtreme racer zero on ps2 but its easily the best racing game I've ever played when you play at night at around midnight to 1am blasting down the wangan at 200+mph it's like going to heaven
if youre using automatic ur missing like half the game lmao. the point and main fun factor of these games is shifting.
Man, what a time to be alive!
I haven’t played the first one but I got Zero and Drift 2 on PS2 and I’ve played 3. All very solid games and I still play Zero and Drift 2 when I’m bored.
i've only played TXR Zero (a year ago, for the first time), and i fell in love with it. In my all time top 10 games, very high on that top. It's the definition of art - it's much more than sum of it's parts.
Loved this game. Played it so much back in the day. The drifting is fun in this game too.
When ever I crashed during a race I would intentionally block the street with my car and make the other racer crash into me. Worked 75% of the time.
First ps2 game I owned by far underrated one of my all time favorites
I just played this legendary game. I played it when i was in junior school. Now i play this again on my emulator. ☕
Totally agree. This series is among the best game that were ever released, most underrated game in history. Its sequel, tokyo Xtrem racer 2, is the very best racing game I have ever played in my life, and I played a lot of racing game. It's lifetime, it's amount of car and customization, handling, vibration, setting of the control, the size of the map. Like NFS underground looks ridiculous next to it. It was an open racing game world in 2000. It really hold a special place in my top game I ever played, having a place next to Zelda OCC, Shenmue and all those cult game. And yes, I am posting this on a video reviewing the first one, because I literally felt in love with this series and discovered the sequel because of the very first game. The irony is, when I rented this game, the first time in 1999, i didnt understand the gameplay and hated it. I had to purchase it and understand the gameplay, and how amazing the concept was.
Fact:The Final Shutokou Battle Is Import Tuner Challenge (Xbox360) (2007) About Actually Final Game Is Shutokou Battle X (2010) Only Japanese Version (Mobile Version) But In Today Shutokou Battle X Was Got delete And Ya Genki Got Jobs Is In Wangan Midnight Maximun Tune1-6RR (Bandai Namco) (Racing Game But Have Story + Character Can Look)
The sequel had better graphical improvements than it's predecessor as the car models looked exactly like the ones you ever saw.
The rival list and the driver bios is also another tool that's used to add to the story.
Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 is my jam!
Never played it, but I heard that was an awesome game too.
@@RollerVisionStudios its the AI of that game that really give it its kick no one AI drive is a copy of an other one
Dang, that's interesting. It shows that developers really put a lot of sophistication into these games.
@@RollerVisionStudios the wanders are also like that but also use the real time clock and data as well there this one guy in the game that you can only race him on a stock day in japan at that time with days with number 9 in them
I like to see other people's take on the TXR series, but when people say the physics are "weird", it's just because they're not familiar on how to race properly and are hitting walls.
I understand it's not supposed to be the most realistic game but it's still a drag whenever I hear it.
Thanks for sharing.
It's nice to find gems.
God bless, Revelation 21:4
You're very welcome! Truer words have never been said.
:)
God bless to you too.
I love this review. Through your words I can feel how much you enjoyed this game; it is very genuine.
Damn I miss this game! And miss when you didn't have to download every damn game.
I love this series. I still play.
It's an arcade style game like initial d not meant to be realistic.
nice, informative review of a cool old DC game I'd almost forgotten!
btw, the "weird car hopping thing" is called "drifting"
I remember playing this when I was like 16. Was an awesome game back then.
I hate finding a new review channel and they stopped uploading a year ago. Come back!
The franchise began on the Super Famicom in 1994.
My condolences to all those who weren’t gaming during the DC and PS2 era. 😂
Best race game ever the story line is I win you lose
That's real racing 💪 number 2 nfs undercover
I thought this game was the best thing ever, when I first played it back when Dreamcast first released.
Later this game inspired the best Android car game
Recently played the ps2 xtreme racer zero which the tokyo xtreme racer 2(dreamcast) on the ps3 using the pkg files and the hen software. Trust me you will enjoy the part 2 more. I myself get to know this game from the ps2
They should add this game and TXR 2 on the Dreamcast mini classic
I'm playing this right now on my GDEMU. I had the physical disc back in the day.
I had played TXR Zero and TXR3 of all time, so, it’s just a evening cruising and racing.
Always start a race where the road splits with a divider. The computer will always drive straight into it leaving an easy win
One of the 1st games I owned on PS2
fun fact: need for speed carbon and need for speed prostreet were inspired by c1gp, street supremacy and import tuner challenge
I remember when I 1st got this game I didn't know what to do Add the new eclipse the 1st time On the quest mode For arrival...
I played this game like it took over my soul
>Shutokou Battle game
>Story
Pick one
Game changer literally
Sucks some of the songs dont have full versions of them
Great video. New sub
Deserves Gold imo
I like the music tracks in the video game man they should definitely bring this back to xbox and ps4 and make it like a 6 person race ♡ with the music tracks returning ♡
Me too man. Yep, Genki absolutely should bring it back!
:)
¡The last boss intro track was amazing!
I remember this. Anyway, happy 1st day of December!!!!:)
Happy 1st of December to you too.
:)
He is my cousin.
You and other commenters say you like TXR 2 better. Why is it better than 1? I've only ever played 1 and LOVED it. I literally bought a Dreamcast last week just for this one game.
Do a review of TXR 2! It's my favorite game of the series.
I absolutely will! Not only is it my favorite game of the series (although I only have 1 and 2), it is also my favorite racing game of all time.
My favourite racing game.of all Time, had the list of how to meet wanderers printed off at the time. So many hours, then you unlock the second half of the game and get nitrous
TXR 2 a little rare and expensive game nowadays, i'll never forgotten the awesome intros of the leader group, mid boss, zone boss, big boss and last boss... ¡all amazing!
Great game series , I really enjoy it. But you should work on your scripting , it doesn't sound very good with all the floundering you do. If you had a good script and stuck to it it would sound much better. But thank you for covering one of my favorite underrated racing games
How did I take this review seriously years ago?
*9:51** Nah don't tell me, I already know who he is.*
Cool! Don't tell anyone else.
@@RollerVisionStudios *Don't worry my bro.*
Good Video And This Is An Awesome Racing Game On Sega@Dreamcast Tokyo Xtreme Racer And What Next Sega@Dreamcast Game Review I'm Guessing It's Sonic Adventure On Sega@Dreamcast.
Actually, it is a racing game that I will be reviewing next (it is coming this Saturday). Sonic Adventure will be saved as the big finale.
:)
Saiga GeneCast Very Nice And I'm A Huge Fan Of Sonic The Hedgehog And Sonic Is One Of My Favorite Main Characters From Sonic The Hedgehog And Been For Decades Sense It's Started On Sega Genesis (1991).
Dude that's awesome! I was a fan of him since Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast. It might come as a shocker to you, but I didn't like Sonic Adventure at first when I was a 3 year old lol.
Saiga GeneCast Oh Ok And There's A Sonic Adventure Plush Stuff Animals Toys To Promote Sonic Adventure On Sega@Dreamcast (1999) And Sonic Adventure Plush Stuff Animal Toys Has Two Waves Sonic Adventure Plush Stuff Animal Toys Wave 1 Released In (1999) Contains Sonic Tails Knuckles Big The Cat And Neutral Chao And Sonic Adventure Plush Stuff Animal Toys Wave 2 Released In (2000) Continues The Line Of Amy Rose Dr.Eggman Nights Chao And E-102 Gamma And Have All The Set Of Sonic Adventure Nine Plush Stuff Animals?
Lol, I didn't know about those. Looks like I got some more Dreamcast merchandise to collect.
:D
I loved this game but the game that got me into cars was GT3-A Spec.
Best game in Sega Dreamcast
Like the first games I checked out, soooo dreamy!!! Much impressive for a launch title! Though they tear me apart and hmmm I see braking+cornering does not win the duels loool. Never seen other games that you can just idle and it's like always attract mode and hear Japanese muscle and see those sweet juicy body lines fliplights and lightstreaks =} Old school the best school
The AI gets very clumsy even in that it's funny! And in the challenge accept bits like zigzagging and slamming traffic! Although TXR2 kind of dropped the ball by not having splitscreen! I love!!! And really chugs @ times! I remember watching my S13 240SX cruising and I can't reproduce it he hit the tunnel middle split-wall thing and infinitely kept bashing it reversing over and over L0L it killed me
Sure wished people were open as to how they craft their own musics and re-compile CDI for TXR2 >.
Lol, the AI is definitely more clumsy in TXR 2. On my copy of the game, the AI crashes into the tunnel middle split wall most of the time (good thing for me though, I automatically get a win because of that). The thing I hate most about the AI on TXR 2 is when they go the opposite exit from where you wanted to go. I can't tell you how many times my matches became draws because of that.
Yeah, it sucks that TXR 2 does not have splitscreen. It more than makes it up though by having an awesome single player experience. For split screen, I will always pull out the first one for friends to play.
:)
Good review.
Thanks!
I miss the game.
I'll never forgive me to selling the gba version of TXR, I own the TXR, TXR 2, TXR 0, TXR 3, TXR drift, TXR Drift 2, Import Tunner and Street Supremacy... and I can't find the complete GBA version of the game, ¡so sad!
Wangan midnight maximum tune anyone?
Not really a TXR game despite Genki, co-developed that series with Bandai Namco.
Why do all the cars have an American license plate tho?
Did you only show the one level for the whole review?
Tokyo highway battle/shotokou battle came first… same series
my computer can only use dreamcast emulator skull emoji
4 Divas gave me trouble
you saying it's a dreamcast and there's no slowdowns? that's a complete lie
Is it possible to play this game without crashing?
Wangan midnight pretty much
TXR2 the best game!!!
I agree!
smacking into walls didnt lower your health bar I KNOW THE ps2 TXRZero DID Lol
Underrated is right
I remember as a kid the only thing I hated about this game was it was only at night time
Lol, that's one of the reasons why I like this game.
:D
6:59Its called divider