Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025

[DejectedAngel]

Good stuff

 

[GTboyz]

Mark X let's goooo

 

[EngieDiesel]

I do like that there's the option for both on-road and PA challenges, and the prospect of 3-on-1 battles is both exciting and kinda scary if those get sprung on you without warning.

Also, keyboard driving detected

 

[McLaren]

1-v-3 battle looks super interesting as does the car park/dialogue. I'm coming from Zero & 3, so that's new to me.

 

[BKGlover]

Ah, the surprise handicap reset battle... if I'm not mistaken in the older games when those happened, they seemed to trigger at specific locations...and vividly recall one battle that was almost done (seconds from winning...was quite cross.)

I hope it is keyboard action, but I am worried the handling will be vague and yet too reactive.

ITC I know had a dialogue system that was a nice addition then, hopefully it's got some nice info at times

 

[GBalao888]

1-v-3 battle looks super interesting as does the car park/dialogue. I'm coming from Zero & 3, so that's new to me.

Multi-car battles were also in TXR3 and ITC.

 

[EngieDiesel]

Ah, the surprise handicap reset battle... if I'm not mistaken in the older games when those happened, they seemed to trigger at specific locations...and vividly recall one battle that was almost done (seconds from winning...was quite cross.)

It was against specific opponents, and by looking at the rival bios you could get clues as to who would do that. In TXR 3 Rolling Guy No. 1 would trigger one as it mentioned something about his relationship with Rolling Guy No. 2, and there's also a wanderer whose bio says that if he struggles in a battle his mentor will appear and bail him out, much to his annoyance.

I hope it is keyboard action, but I am worried the handling will be vague and yet too reactive.

I'm pretty sure that's keyboard input in that video, since there's a part where the car moves left then quickly right and it has the exact same amount of travel in both directions which is indicative of either keypresses or a D-Pad. Also the way the car bounces after each small correction looks like the wheels are immediately snapping back to center, which you wouldn't get with analog steering.

ITC I know had a dialogue system that was a nice addition then, hopefully it's got some nice info at times

I do remember that in the TXR Drift games it was a way to get hints about what conditions would make certain opponents appear, I reckon it'll be the same here to help with tracking down wanderers.

 

[silverman_GT]

I hope this game becomes successful enough to the point where Genki can afford to include European manufacturers/specialist tuners in the future. Having a licensed Koenig Specials Testarossa or an Auto Garage TBK 911 Turbo would be the dream!

 

[EngieDiesel]

It'd be nice, but right now it seems that if you're not Polyphony, EA or Turn 10 (as in someone with nearly unlimited money to throw around) it's getting very difficult to license cars. Genki has said that negotiating with non-Japanese brands is a huge pain, and they're still working on getting Honda's approval.

And the tuner cars were included in older games as a way to skirt around exclusivity agreements (no mister lawyer, it's not a Porsche it's a Gemballa, wink wink), so I kinda feel like the interest in them has waned a lot since the actual brands they derive from are no longer pinned only to NFS games anymore.

 

[mwoodski]

I'm still genuinely curious if they contacted the folks at SRP for Assetto Corsa about using their map as a starting point.

 

[McLaren]

Multi-car battles were also in TXR3 and ITC.

Man, TXR3 barely registers on my memory then. The only thing I confidently remember are the foreign brands introduced coming from Zero & the yellow traffic.

 

[Strittan]

Good stuff

This looks freakin awesome. I've never played a game in this series, yet somehow I get nostalgia from this. I guess I like the simplicity, something that's been lost in modern gaming.

Edit: I have to say though, that either the player completely sucks or the controls are rubbish. I mean, is he using the D-pad to steer or something?

 

[McLaren]

This looks freakin awesome. I've never played a game in this series, yet somehow I get nostalgia from this. I guess I like the simplicity, something that's been lost in modern gaming.

Edit: I have to say though, that either the player completely sucks or the controls are rubbish. I mean, is he using the D-pad to steer or something?

I'm confident that's just good, ol' keyboard controls at work.

 

[JakeMR2]

I'm still genuinely curious if they contacted the folks at SRP for Assetto Corsa about using their map as a starting point.

They don't need to do that, it is Genki's map where they took it from.

 

[MedigoFlame]

I'm confident that's just good, ol' keyboard controls at work.

Edit: I have to say though, that either the player completely sucks or the controls are rubbish. I mean, is he using the D-pad to steer or something?

Saw at least one person document/talk about their experience with the early build during the FuelFest preview and said that there was basically no deadzone for the analog controls on an Xbox controller. A bit worrying seeing that may still be the case with these videos.


In other news, the price was announced to be $30 for early access.


And the JZX100 Toyota Chaser is confirmed along with SSR wheels!

 

[EngieDiesel]

If you presume that the full game would cost $60 like most games do these days, then $30 for the first half in early access is reasonable enough. Especially when you figure it'll likely take a while to get through 200 or so opponents.