I love the early days of the 360, so many niche and random Japanese games came out at that time.

Man... If I had tons of money I'd make a tokyo extreme racing game. Hundreds of miles of highway. More than 40 tuners and muscle cars. over 20 exotic cars. tons of customization. Easy to understand. tons of bosses. adding the old gangs and making new ones while bringing back old bosses for vengeance while adding more bosses. keep the game simple just like others in the series. dont over do it too much. I just wish more people could push for a game like this to be created for todays modern consoles. even though keeping the same old driving physics

love that classic classic game room intro

This is actually the best handling game of the series. The others are like controlling tireless cars on ice. Though all are fun for the same reasons that he said: an RPG for cars. Grind, grind, grind.

This was my go to game to just chill with when i used to be a heavy smoker... just blaze, melt into the chair and grind it out, sometimes forgetting to challenge racers and doing circuit after circuit of the highways. Good times, good memories.

I really loved the "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" series. My favorites were Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 on Dreamcast and Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 on PS2. I own and love Import Tuner Challenge on the 360 and put many hours in the game but the game lacks all of the cars and highway areas (mainly the long straightaway tunnel at the bottom of the map) of 2 and 3. Had they included all of that in Import Tuner Challenge, it would have been the definitive version of the game. Oh well, I would've also preferred that they had called the game Tokyo Xtreme Racer 4 instead of Import Tuner Challenge as well. I wished for years that a sequel would be made for the 360 or PS3. And for an entire year the game existed and I didn't know it even though I had seen the game sitting in the case at work. I had figured that the $20 price indicated a cheap horrid racing game until one day I happened to check out the back of the game case and realized what it was.... The very sequel I had waited so long for.

This game was so much freaking fun. So rewarding. So very hard and frustrating.

Another classic Classic Game Room intro? Hell yes!

Get the AE86, turn up the eurobeat = Game of the year every year.

4:33 Puppy does not have a back-pack. That's its tail.

I loved Tokyo Extreme Racer on Dreamcast. There's always that mystique about the Boss cars. You never know what tuning they have. Just like in real life really. The most well known tuned cars in the tuning community are well surrounded by hype and mystique. A lot of the time the owners refuse to release data on their performance to build myth. That part of it is excellent to expose in a game.

I wanna see Mark review "C1 Grand Prix Racing Battle" for the Import PS2. It takes TXR, add in the Tsukuba Circuit for circuit racing plus a drift mode, more cars and custom parts than any other TXR title as well. Shameful thing it stayed over in Japan so there's abit of Japanese menus/text to hurdle over but a translation guide will help that out. Graphically still holds up pretty well too. Highly Recommended for TXR & Racing game fans.

What happened to the red eyed squirrel?

I don't know why when you said turn your car into a missile it had me on the floor

I love this game. Such a shame that it is the last installment in the Tokyo Highway Challenge/Tokyo Xtreme Racer series.

Haha the vectrex licence plate ;)

If this ever gets on the xbox one compatibility list, Mark has once again spent my money.

I loved this game. So wacky :) They need to bring back the series.

i love this dude just plays the game wont hate on anything . and then recommends everything !

I had this. and Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero and Three. loved these games they're so bad and so good.

I've fired the ol 360 up to play this game a few days ago, I've been a Forza fan so I have forza 1 to 4 on 360 as well. Import Tuner challenge is by no means a sim, it's just pure fun. PS: looking at Ebay and Amazon prices for this game recently, and it's upwards of $50 and up lol!

I really liked this game :)

It should be called "Tokyo Import Extreme Tuner Racing Challenge"

From what little I've played of Tyoko Xtreme Racer Drift, it was fun. Might have to pick this game up.

I'm glad you made these type of videos. Otherwise I probably would have never played a fair number of these games. These videos helped me play some games outside of my usual comfort zone.

do a review on srs street racing

I like how you dusted off the old intros and mixed them up. Brings me back.

86s against Skylines, Zs, RX-series, and Aristos in what's basically a drag race? Talk about bringing a knife to a gun fight.

The classic introduction! Now to binge on old CGR including several epic 3 part reviews.

Funny you put this up the day after I ordered one of the few remaining new copies of this off Amazon.

Great review, I used to be so addicted to the Tokyo Extreme Racer games!

I'm liking this newer format with the comment, then the classical classic game room intro.

Review Auto-Modelista PLS

I love the Tokyo Xetreme Racer games, so how the fuck did I miss this entry in the series?! Maybe because it's on the XBOX 360. Dammit. -_-

Mark is God's gift to all us men.

I've been waiting for you to review this game for years! Now I must get this game soon.

Very good and humorous reviews dude! - gamer since Pong days...Wow, I am old.

i love this game i play this a lot THUMBS UP FOR THIS GAME!!!!!!

Rolling guy and Garage Door...Awesome gaming memories.

Bought this when I got my 360 back in the day along with a few other titles. Found it "meh" and rather boring back then. Found it again a few months ago at the back of my collection, and 100% it in a few days. I found it rather strange, but good in it's own way. Tuning aspect was rather good tbh. You see it's an early 360 game. As many "elements" form the PS2 era still lingers in it in terms of gameplay and "exploration".

Damn, today in 2021, it's going for 70-80 USD

I liked Tokyo Highway battle, which I believe was the first game of the series. It had a realistic sensation of speed due to the sound effects. The first title on Dreamcast was also good with it's music and graphics of the time.

Mark,I would like to thank you for this. I love the TXR series but I've never seen this Game before so I would like to thank you for bringing it to my attention.

A lot less cars, no Nagoya or Osaka, less roads in Tokyo, and way less rivals than TXR3. Still enjoyable if you're a fan, but definitely not the best in the series.

funfact.. the OG Tokyo xtreme Racer had this "Import Tuner Challegne" in the Loding screen

Just bought it for sale for my Xbox 360 thanks for review. I used to love SRS racing game on my Xbox 360 ages ago.

Wow. I never thought Mark would ever review this.

Like the 2008/2015 style.

Tokyo Xtreme 2 for the Dreamcast and Xtreme 3 for PS2 were the best. So fun forcing guys onto Wangan and smoking them. Loved how clever the AI was and how aggressive they were. I don't like the look of this latest version. It's missing some of the charm, but its still *Tokyo Highway Battle* (original PS1 title) at its core for sure.

finally you reviewed it lol i remember years ago asking you to play this game !

TOKYO XTREME RACER!!! I had it pirate version) for DC! What a blast! Thanks LORD FRIEND!

Yes, that looks amazing! Mark, thank you for just reviewing this game with an open mind. This is why I love your reviews. Even terrible games you give a chance and can see the good in them. It's a rare occassion when you have nothing good to say about a game, ahem Total Recall for the Sega Genesis lmao.

My grandma and I would always play this before she was murdered. Excellent game!

Honestly if nothing else is graphically impressive, the lighting in this game is really good

My favorite game ever! :D

Easy and cheap to find and add to your collection. Well that statement aged like milk on the counter in the sun during summer

I've been playing Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 on PCSX2 and I love it. It looks decent at 8x native resolution too.

oh yeah I've played a ton of TXR3 on PS2, so I recognize some of the teams from that, like team Rolling Guy that all drive Toyota Corolla GTSes (aka the AE86) ... I do love games that have a real interior cockpit view, Need For Speed did that originally but they don't do that anymore in recent games for whatever reason, that's always a nice touch.

fun fact original tokyo xtreme racer (for the dreamcast) was sponsored by import tuner

Bringing back that classic cgr omg

Import Tuner Challenge - The Reasoning of the title name is based on the fact that you customize the cars with a variety of parts (Performance & visual), straight / inspired from the "IMPORT TUNING CULTURE". See: The Fast & The Furious series (Until Tokyo Drift), NFS: Underground 1 & 2, Juiced Series, Street Racing Syndicate. See Magazines: Import Tuner (not endorsed BTW), Import Racer, Super Street, NOPI, Speed Hunters, Performance Tuner. Japanese cars are always the top favorites. ;) I'm kinda sad that this game got no PC release. :(

Import tuna challenge... humm yummo!

I play the 2 Tokyos on Dreamcast. great to know that they have a 360 game.

Loved the original on the Dreamcast, 2nd was pretty cool too. Didn't even know about this one!

I miss this game

Great game, its known as Tokyo Xtreme Racer X in Japan for Xbox 360. 240mph R32 skyline for me.

This goes back to the Dreamcast as Tokyo Highway Challenge.

I still have this game, i love it.

The Rolling Guys sucked ass in every game.

Looks like a Gran Turismo at night tracks.

I remember the inport tuner magazine covers in Nfs underground 1 and 2 xD

i played this on ps2 at my bros house when i was way younger i ont remember much of it

thats the intro from back in 2006

nice, cus a puppy with a backpack makes it faster. subbed

I think this was the last actual Tokyo Xtreme Racer made by Genki

Does this version need you to drive around and flash your headlights in order to start a challenge?? That was one of the best bits or Xtreme racer

Gahh.. I wish they make a remake of this with more content!! Simple driving, awesome game.

Man I would have bought this game when it came out if I knew it was Tokyo xtreme racer with a different name!

Toyota Tofu up in dis, whaaaat!

Miss you mark

Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero is the same as part 2 on the Dreamcast but with slightly netter graphics and more content than '2"

its funny how this full game is just a minigame in Need For Speed Underground 2. (I know EA copied from them, but you got much bigger game for the same price)

Awesome review never heard of the series but the game looks awesome so I'll definitely be picking up a copy

Wonder what happened to this series. It seems to have vanished.

tokyo xtreme racer zero is my favorite and most complete game in the series i must say (ps2)

Great game but it needed more cars like the previous games. I loved TXR Zero on the PS2

Going to pick this up and use the Maximum Tune series BGM. Let the good times roll lol.

This was all they had before Midnight Club series. So no its not all that bad dated maybe, yes but Tokyo Extreme Racer 2 on DC or Zero on PS2 (same game with some new content and different title) are probably the best.

reminds me of Racing Lagoon on the ps1

wow, never knew the series made it to the 360... I'm sad that I missed this.

Man I've missed that intro!

Keep the old intro in the video it looks good.

Wangan midnight MaXimuM TunE on Arcade, & pC GaMeS, still the best for me,,😄

Awesome!

So we’re in agreement that we just call this Tokyo Extreme Racer 4?

Shout out to Rolling Guy. Best Team.

This looks almost exactly like Street Supremacy on the psp.

Miss CGR 😔

You, sir, are correct.

is this game better then the dreamcast titles? because I want to get one of the games but I am not sure on what I should go with