Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025

[Tornado]

I spent 90 minutes playing it just driving around racing traffic cars.

Spoiler: I'll never finish the game at this rate.

Works great with a G29. You need to crank the force feedback way up (and hopefully they tweak it to be stronger on top of that), turn off speed sensitive steering and bottom out all the deadzones; but the famous Tokyo Xtreme Racer expansion joints are something else coming through a wheel. It even supports the shift lights and H-Pattern. The actual "feel" isn't nearly as resolved as Drift 2 but it's definitely much better than 3.

 

[jangelelcangry]

There are options to adjust the steering controls, as well as a "steering angle limiter" setting that you'd probably want to turn off if you're using a wheel. It dynamically changes the maximum steering angle depending on your speed, which is perfectly fine for an analog stick but definitely wouldn't be good for wheel driving.

Tried it, but it still needs a lot of steering input at high speeds and the only time when steering is sensitive at high speeds is when you brake.
Other than that, it's a really good game.

 

[Suzuki-Cara]

Just got pass the first "chapter" on the game, and I'm actually pretty impressed.

It's got the Poetry interludes you'd expect from txr3, a little cheesy, but they do set the scene for whats unfolding.

Love the fact Rolling Guy is back, Departures too. Rolling Master was a blast to race against. Again, glad they brought back a lot of the old rivals from older games.

The RPG system I had second doubts about, but I kinda like it the more I've messed around with it. Livery editor could use some improvements (Add more fonts, ability to put stickers on the windows, minor stuff), but its super easy to whip up something unique.

Works pretty good for me on an Xbox controller.

All and all, I haven't noticed any bugs just yet. It's probably one of the most polished games I've played in Early Access, and I'm definitely looking forward to what Genki's got cooking in the coming months.

If you've played TXR0, 3, or ITC, pick it up. It's been damn near twenty years and it's definitely worth the wait.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Game looks and runs well even on my lesser RTX2060. Physics feel a bit wonky especially with steering and braking, but otherwise feels decent.

Livery editor is kinda basic and editing is rather clunky, but overall there's potential in the game.

 

[NLxAROSA]

As someone who has never played a Tokyo Xtreme Racer game in his life, I am pleasantly surprised by this. Runs great, I love the gameplay, gives me very strong GT vibes, and it's just damn' fun. Controls are a bit wonky on controller, but not so that it's game-breaking. I love the retro/classical vibe, just what the genre needed IMO.

 

[EngieDiesel]

I don't really feel this is a spoiler but someone will probably yell at me if I don't spoiler it, sooo...

Spoiler

It's kind of surprising that access to the entire map is open after you complete the first three bosses. I figured they would do the same thing as previous games where you finish the C1, then have to beat a couple bosses on the Shinkanjou before Wangan/Bayshore Line opens, but it's all accessible and you're clearly meant to be exploring down there as there are rivals at your level and the PA on the far side of Haneda Bridge is open as well.

I am a bit disappointed that the tollboths were widened so that collisions are very unlikely now, though. Threading the needle at 200+ mph in TXR0 was always a hold your breath kinda moment.

 

[GroupB]

Runs quite well, even though it’s not officially on the recommended list yet.

 

[Dreadmed]

To summarise my first 90-odd minutes;

1. Audio is a tad inconsistent, my ears got blasted on the intro sequence so that was my first settings tweak. One random cutscene later on was abnormally louder than the rest but otherwise everything is balanced.
2. Graphics defaulted to Ultra on everything and 1080p upscaled (windowed borderless), which resulted in 30-odd FPS at the dealership screen. Dropped everything down to High with DLSS and it ran at a smooth 60fps thereafter. (Ryzen 7-5800X/RTX3070 @1440p)
3. Picked the Suzuki as my first car, it initially felt very floaty and the sudden snap back to straight steering resulted in some minor fish-tailing. I made another couple of tweaks to the controller settings to help get the feel of it and/or the game, I was definitely being a lot smoother with the stick by the end of the session.
4. I generally prefer a hood/dash cam these days but for this I was happy enough with the near chase cam, it also had the best sense of speed.
5. There doesn't seem to be any major rubber-banding with the AI (at least so far), the only rival I've had difficulty with was one that was deliberately side-swiping me... that said it does seem like all these introductory rivals cap out around 80/90mph, so depending where you are on the loop you can pull away quite easily... as was the case for me despite only installing a handful of upgrades.
6. I'm not sure what the damage is like in this game (if there is anything substantial in that department) but a couple of times I got too greedy and bounced off the barrier, with the only ill-effect being a small reduction in stamina. It's not something I've deliberately tested as yet (e.g wall-riding) but I would hope there would be at least some physical penalties for being too gung-ho in the turns (damaged aero/minor power drops e.t.c).
7. As @Suzuki-Cara mentioned, the story interludes are a smidge melodramatic but I'll allow it.
8. Generally the BGM is fine... but IMO there needs to be more. Having the same track play over 6 consecutive battles was getting a bit tiring.
9. There's no quit game/quit to desktop button... a slight oversight if you ask me.

Overall this is something I can definitely see myself popping in and out (I've barely looked at the customisation on offer), especially if there's going to be a continuous drip-feed of content over the year. Looking forward to playing more of this.

 

[McLaren]

To summarise my first 90-odd minutes;

1. Audio is a tad inconsistent, my ears got blasted on the intro sequence so that was my first settings tweak. One random cutscene later on was abnormally louder than the rest but otherwise everything is balanced.
2. Graphics defaulted to Ultra on everything and 1080p upscaled (windowed borderless), which resulted in 30-odd FPS at the dealership screen. Dropped everything down to High with DLSS and it ran at a smooth 60fps thereafter. (Ryzen 7-5800X/RTX3070 @1440p)
3. Picked the Suzuki as my first car, it initially felt very floaty and the sudden snap back to straight steering resulted in some minor fish-tailing. I made another couple of tweaks to the controller settings to help get the feel of it and/or the game, I was definitely being a lot smoother with the stick by the end of the session.
4. I generally prefer a hood/dash cam these days but for this I was happy enough with the near chase cam, it also had the best sense of speed.
5. There doesn't seem to be any major rubber-banding with the AI (at least so far), the only rival I've had difficulty with was one that was deliberately side-swiping me... that said it does seem like all these introductory rivals cap out around 80/90mph, so depending where you are on the loop you can pull away quite easily... as was the case for me despite only installing a handful of upgrades.
6. I'm not sure what the damage is like in this game (if there is anything substantial in that department) but a couple of times I got too greedy and bounced off the barrier, with the only ill-effect being a small reduction in stamina. It's not something I've deliberately tested as yet (e.g wall-riding) but I would hope there would be at least some physical penalties for being too gung-ho in the turns (damaged aero/minor power drops e.t.c).
7. As @Suzuki-Cara mentioned, the story interludes are a smidge melodramatic but I'll allow it.
8. Generally the BGM is fine... but IMO there needs to be more. Having the same track play over 6 consecutive battles was getting a bit tiring.
9. There's no quit game/quit to desktop button... a slight oversight if you ask me.

Overall this is something I can definitely see myself popping in and out (I've barely looked at the customisation on offer), especially if there's going to be a continuous drip-feed of content over the year. Looking forward to playing more of this.

TXR:Zero had around 30-40 songs not counting some of the theme music if my YouTube Playlist is correct, & since TXR2025 seems to be original songs remixed, I wonder if the full game's OST will grow with more. Because, I do agree with this point despite loving the music.

 

[EngieDiesel]

There's no quit game/quit to desktop button... a slight oversight if you ask me.

This has been tripping people up as it's not obvious, but you have to press Start at the garage screen to get to the save/quit menu. They really should just add that to the root menu as that's where everyone naturally goes to look, but I suspect it may change after the initial feedback gets to the developers.

 

[o000o]

The DualSense support is very neat as well.

Man, if this game is not proof that graphics isn’t everything I don’t know what is. Other devs should take note, PD in particular. The vibe, the art design, the music and the simple yet fun and rewarding gameplay is spot on, and something that’s usually missing in modern games.

Developers can take note... but not in the way that people'd want.

For example, making other racing franchises festival-themed to cash in the casual Forza Horizon fans.