Tokyo Xtreme Racer

Good game, lagged at times exiting PA areas while fighting rivals, other than that, no other glitches and game is entertaining.

review update in regards to master tune difficulty on update ver. 1.4.1: flying fish of shuto expressway is nearly unbeatable without cheese-ing him with dirty driving on master tune. his car is at 550 speed metric and you're locked to 500. this feels unintended because nothing else in the game is like that in master tune until this point. honestly, i think it would make more sense for this to be a quirk for the last bosses rather than this late game wanderer. i made a guide titled "Simple guide on how to beat Flying Fish of Shuto Expressway for Master-Tune Difficulty (game ver. 1.4.1)" if anyone needs a way to beat him. yet even with that, the core difficulty remains enjoyable and i honestly still suggest the game. this is just a rough bump in the road that i hope genki can fix if this is unintentional. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= main review: it's a fun arcade racer with driving that's responsive. there are some visual customization options for your car, but i wish there was much more body kit parts and the usage of company logos on the main body instead of just the windows. i can run it on my old rig thankfully, always good to see hardware accessibility. the little side stories and cast of characters is neat, are sometimes silly in a good way, and entertaining to see. it's much better than randomized names with default or mix-in-matched vehicles that you never get any scrap of info or history on. it reminds me of need for speed underground 1 and need for speed pro street where you would see a name or car and then can recognize or even just have an idea of who that was or could be. although this game isn't completely flawless, the audio for some of the cars is pretty low or have almost no sound. the ae86 i started with might as well had no sound. some cars suffer from having no sound in the lower rpm range, but then you finally hear it in the mid to high rpm range. the fd rx7 and '99 impreza had this issue. this game would feel and sound better with louder cars. (yes, exhaust upgrades increase volume, but the default exhaust of cars like the ae86 shouldn't have the volume of a hybrid) the end game is nothing but the r35 or LFA and engine swapping cars for an r35 engine. mid game vehicles need to officially be buffed to add more flavor. i made an hks drag 180sx inspired replica visually, but mechanically i have to use the r35 engine to get the 1000+ hp because the r34 engine in this game is nerfed. racing games like these are great and thrive because of the wide variety of viable vehicles. it's depressing and disappointing to know that i have a larger variety of competitive non-engine swapped cars in gran turismo 7 to race the wtc 600 tokyo expressway east than i do for cars in txr2025's end game. overall; i still believe this is a decent revival of a retro series and think people should give it a try.