![]() ![]() Unlike the first Gran Turismo games, you don’t have to qualify for licenses in order to drive the newer cars, you just have to be able to afford them. Although it’s primarily an arcade racer, there are a few simulation-like options for each car But this is an arcade racer, through and through. Tokyo Xtreme Racer borrowed elements from Gran Turismo, in that it has simulation-like elements (you can edit things like the suspension and gear ratios). Need for Speed Burnout DRiFT they’re all here. Pretty much every single import racer which came after the Shutokou Battle series of games have lifted elements from it.įrom the cars involved to the idea of battling your rivals from the teams and leaders to the track layouts. If you can control the newer cars, that is - some of them are really quite powerful. Meaning that you can climb up the ranks faster. Just like almost every racer than came after it ![]() So there’s a constant balancing act between spending all of your credits on your current car, and buying a more expensive one (and hoping that it will be better than your current one).Īs you beat your rivals, you unlock the base versions of their cars Most of the upgrades for each car have a sliding cost scale - the total CP I have in the above screen shot would be enough to buy the next engine upgrade - and some of them cost as much as a new car. Here I’ve won the race, by a clear margin Even losing to rivals still bags you credits, but you’ll receive a lot less for losing. Here I am being challenged by The Grim Reaper - first of the 4 Devasīeating rivals wins you credits, and these can be spent on upgrading your car, buying cosmetic stuff for it (decals, paint work, etc.), or new cars. The first of these Devas is the scarily titled “Grim Reaper”. Here I am being challenged by the leader of the ‘Max Racing’ groupĪs you beat enough of the groups, you’ll gain the attention of one of the “4 Devas” who are, essentially, the end of game bosses. Beating all of the rivals in a specific group means that you’ll be challenge by their leader, after your next race. There are 137 rivals in the game and they’re organised into groups of 4-8 people. Beating enough of them forces their team leader to track you down and challenge you in the same way. When a rival is spotted, they are challenged to a race by flashing the car’s headlights at them. C1 Type B is the same circuit, but you round it anti-clockwise Otherwise, you’ll just be taking left turns all day I always play C1 Type A. Having the two “types” adds a little variation to the game The traffic is the same, and you’ll experience the same rivals. ![]() They’re both the same circuit, you just go round it differently. Most of the time is spent be driving around the C1 Circuit, weaving in and out of traffic, until you spot a rival. Luckily for you, there are organised groups of hashiriya with structures and leaders The Japanese used for street racer is 走り屋 (or hashiriya) The idea behind Tokyo Xtreme Racer is that you want to be the best illegal street racer in all of Japan Is inspired by illegal street racing which takes place on the Shuto Expressway’s Bayshore Route in Tokyo. It was a forgettable (for the time) arcade racer, especially since it was released a short six months before the seminal Gran Turismo.Īnd there are a LOT of games in this series My first entry was Tokyo Highway Battle on the Playstation. This wasn’t the first entry in the Shutokou Battle series that I played. It was later ported to Playstation Portable in 2005. Tokyo Xtreme Racer (known as “Tokyo Xtreme Racer” in America and “Shutokō Battle” in Japan) was a Dreamcast game developed by Crave and published by Genki in 1990. I’ve decided that my posts on Shadowman will be the first ones. I’ve decided that this blog post isn’t going to be the first in the series though. As such, I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts all about Dreamcast titles. I looked through the consoles that we have represented on this blog, and felt like the Dreamcast was woefully under represented. The header image for this post was created by me its a screen grab of the start screen for Tokyo Xtreme Racer Ap6 minute read - 1222 words Featured Image ![]()
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