"I couldn't wrap my brain around cornering" *slams Lancer Evo into corner at 148mph*

Roman voice: “We Hongry”

This is like an entirely seperate racing game that just happened to be graced with the Fast and Furious license

The fact you could swap engines and change the body kits and liverys and separate modifications are actually noticeable instead of just boosting your speed. This game seemed quite ahead of the others for example Need for Speed.

This is the worst thumbnail yet. Keep going

The Min Miesel thumbnail will haunt my nightmares forever. Thank you.

Game located in Japan, with a lot of manga references, races in the mountain... Yeah it's just an Initial D game.

When the PS2 game looks better than the PS3 / 360 F&F: Showdown. **Shudder** Damn glorified mobile app.

That dry delivery of "ka-chow" after customizing your Corvette is top tier. Great video dude

This was my favourite PS2 racing game by far, so underrated. The drifting took some mastering but when you had that notion and the muscle memory, trying out different cars and tuning was a great section of the game.

This game was actually quite fun, especially the customization aspect.

I totally didn't realize the Cars paintjob until you said, "ka-chow."

One of the most underrated ps2 classics

WAIT MINIMME! There’s also the Fast and Furious Arcade Game, they ported it to the Wii and renamed it Cruis’N It’s the best Fast game you can play at home

“Driver don’t pick the car, car pick the driver” -Bernie Mac, Transformers 1

"this game takes inspiration from initial d". You want to know what funny? On the first touge mountain range, there is a crew with the most famous cars from initial d. Even the crew name is a reference to the kansei dorifto meme

ONCE AGAIN YOU TALK ABOUT A GAME THAT I UP UNTIL TODAY THOUGHT THAT ONLY I HAD PLAYED. THANK U. Perfect quarantine escapism

I always laughed at those thumbnails, but this one mentally scarred me

I still remember the race against O’Connor. The amount of times I lost it to him was astonishing

Loads of car culture references. Wait a minute. Is Minimme a car guy?

on a related note, you should do a video on “Wheelman”, which also has Vin Diesel in it.

Here are some games you could try that you might find interesting: Spartan total warrior (PS2/gc) Wild 9 (PS1) Apocalypse (PS1) Downhill domination (PS2) (beast) Found your channel through recommendations, and I always appreciate these videos showing games many haven't seen, or forgotten, feels like gaming archeology. Anyway, nice video, nice channel

It’s fundamentally broken in a lot of ways but I keep coming back to it. The car choice and licensed customization options are by far the strongest things about it

Dude, I love how you are now cornering the tie-video game space on youtube! Your videos inspired me to do a deep dive on all the Waterworld video games (with both released and unreleased titles). Love that vaperware!

I remember seeing the trailer for that Fast & Furious game on the special features for 2 Fast 2 Furious. Shame that it got cancelled, because I would've played that in a heartbeat.

Having a spiritual successor to this would be great. The driving sounds unorthodox but really interesting and I can see it being a good challenging thing especially in online racing with proper physics. Current-gen graphics, some polishing with the driving mechanics and further customization options and a beautiful rendition of Japanese roads and highways would be amazing.

>my girfriend wtf, how could you? literally crying and shaking rn, unscubscribing

You have to brake down significantly to take curves just like in reality.

Family

Is this the PS2 title they announced at the Game Awards?

This was my childhood! I remember all the anger and frustration with the final drift boss race, ah nostalgia

"Timless Racer" describes it perfectly, when I first got it back then when I was young I hated it but suddenly when I saw what that game has actually to offer besides the weird drifting and colision, I felt in love with it, it looks good, it has soo many rare cars und you get a perfect feel of that japanese racing scene, i love it till today.

Man, this game looks so nice from a visual standpoint! Driving through the sakura trees in the late evening looks gorgeous! Would be so nice if the physics weren't dodgy

Man, I remember this! Never played it, but I recall the damn thing looking unbelievably insane for a title released on PlayStation 2! Just look at all the dynamic shadow effectcs, all the light trails and the rest, game looks stupid good! Would love to give it a shot one day; Keep up the good stuff.

I like how this is less a review than it is your retelling your own little story with the game. Much more personal than a straight up review would be.

I remember playing this game in high school. It was super frustrating but for some reason i persevered with it. It certainly had character.

I saw the thumbnail, and my brain immediately wiped it from my memory because it couldn't comprehend what was going on in it. Until I saw it again an hour later and I realized it was a minime video.

3:22 wait... you guys have girlfriends?

Review the "Over The Hedge" tie-in game, the game have co-op you should play it with your girlfriend. The story in the game happened after the movie, just like a sequel. It's worth your time

“These mechanics are weird” *takes every single corner at full speed*

I recommend you playing TXR3 and TXRD2 also known as kaido racer 2, furthermore if you have x360 check import tuner challenge which also belongs to TXR series

This game is so inaccurate... selecting a Mazda doesn't come with a 20 minute dissertation on the virtues of a rotary.

I loved that game, I had it for my PSP!

I remember wanting to get this game so badly when I was 12. When I got it, it was one of the coolest racing games I've ever played. I had it on the PSP since I didn't have a PS2.

Props for giving these obscure games a chance, it’s awesome to hear about stuff that I’d never have come across myself.

Surprised you didnt cover the classic "Wheelman" staring Vin Diesel

When I see gameplay to this Fast & Furious game, it seriously reminds me of Midnight Club 3 & Midnight Club: Los Angeles 😜

That Thumbnail tho of Vin Diesel hanging out the civic holding the game had me weak 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

we here familia

The only drive physics I've ever truly enjoyed in a game were Ridge Racer's. Possibly Crazy Taxi when they simplified them in the later ports. But you might want to check out Felony 11-79/Runabout too, no racing at all, but a fan heavily overlooked series in the West.

The camera behaves and feels like a modern racing game, which is actually impressive that it was far ahead of its time for when it came out

"If they just got the physics right..." Welcome to racing games lol

The Fast and The Furious is pretty good tho, 2 is my personal favourite due to me being a simp for Monica (Eva Mendes’ character) and also because I watched it a ton as a kid. Also that PS2 TFATF game doesn’t look too bad.

I suggest trying the game Auto Modellista, it's one of of my favorites of this type.

Your Corvette made me laugh out loud. Great work as always.

I feel like midnight club series is the unofficial fast n furious game adaptation. That game captures perfectly the spirit of the movie lol.

I have never heard of anyone confusing The Fast and the Furious and Need for Speed Underground

People: "The NFS Carbon Corvette is OP" F&F Rusteze Corvette:*KACHOW!!!*

THANK YOU for bringing more attention to this game, I got it from a garage sale when I was like 7 and I didn’t have a save card for my ps2 so I would restart everyday and on vacations I would beat it completely and restart the next day

Was sent to a detention center for hospitalizing a bully in middle school. My brother bought me this for the PSP while I was in there. This game was my life line for those 2 years.

ARE YOU DISSING POP PUNK?! 😡

I'm still trying to digest this thumbnail. Am I the only one that thinks it looks almost like CG, but also looks like a movie screengrab at the same time? (I know the face is edited. I mean everything else, like the arms and the inside of the Civic.)

i grew up with that game even playing online was fun but learning how to properly drift with all the diferent styles that give you more points was really hard. It suprises me that some people still remember this great game. (in my opinion it might be nostalgia too)

The fact that a lot of the ideas in this game reflect in Need For Speed 2015 is a testament to how ahead of its time this game is.

Love those thumbnails. I guess your videos are aight too

The ending scene in Tokyo drift should’ve had Brian O’Connor because he was into the import cars .

I've hoarded copies of this game for years. One of my favorite racers ever.

“It’s all about family, Tom” - Sonic The Hedgehog

I really loved this game. I had the PSP version. I spent hours painting and tuning cars. It's a shame it got such poor reviews when it came out. This game is a hidden gem much like the TXR series.

When I first played the game I would spent like 30 minutes to an hour after races learning the drift mechanics and I found out when you do the drift races clutch kicking was the way to go clutch kicking and and manual gears with a small Japanese car or a mustang (like no seriously a Ford mustang is a good drift car for this game) and just practice clutch kicking with those cars then go to each race and just get the feels for them in the first race then clutch kick to victory. In the race against DK I just spin him out then just drift like it was a normal race against the other drifters

I'm so glad you found this game! I loved the in depth mechanics and customization with the cars in it, and the only complaint I've ever had was the lack of punishment with damages on the vehicles. But overall, this and the arcade cabinet game of the same name are some of my favorite racers.

I played this back in the day, it's pretty decent! Feels like a NFSU game with Genki energy. Shocked me as an adult to see namco's logo on the cover since I'm a big fan of arcade racing machines.

I absolutely love this game. One of my favorite ps2 racing games. While the physics were always weird, what made the game great was the replicas of real life custom cars, real drivers, and aftermarket parts. Name a game that has more and or better customization on ps2. Honestly it may have some of the best import tuning parts of ANY GAME. It's makes a jdm fan nerd alllll the way out.

Y'know the game is really good tbh, but the bg flaw has to be yeah, the drift physics, or just crash physics aswell. Many times when i hit the outer walls my car ended up being a guardrail eating magnet, like it was a torturous experience, but i did all the events besides this one i forgot where, beat all the guys and leave Team Top Secret the last, to make the legend Smoky feel like the Final Boss of the game.

I had this game as a kid, i remember my mom bought it from a videogame stand in an almost dead mall, i even have a picture of a mini me (pun intended) with the game's loading screen

Ah this game was my childhood thx for giving it some mainstream attention

Fun Fact : An Original Xbox Version For This Game Was Also Planned But Cancelled

Probably the only good Fast & Furious game imo.

Too Heavy Too Unresponsive will be the name of the franchise revival in twenty years time.

Seems like the mechanics are spot on. If I entered a corner at 138 mph in a corvette, it would drift right into a tree. Try using the brakes and then initiating a drift.

I highly recommend Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero, I consider it to be the best in the main series as a whole. Even though TXR3 may look better and has more tracks, Zero has more cars, better physics and better opponents (partly due to the physics in 3 also negatively affecting the opponent racers as they can't handle it) I also recommend Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2, part of the Drift sub series. If the main series is Shuto Expressway racing, then the Drift series is Touge racing. All those games above have really indepth customisation and even tuning mechanics that allows you to finetune the car mechanics which is uncommon for an arcade.

Thank you for reviewing this game! When I first picked it up over a decade ago, I couldn't wrap my head around the physics either. However, there are definitely more skilled examples of drifting and driving that I found helped me learn to play: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f55zkrmb2ZuziKc.html as an example of what fairly good drifting looked like back when people actively pursued being good at it. I helped guide some people into drifting this game back when it had a bit of a following. Common issues were the following: People attempting to drift AWD vehicles, using solely the brakes and ignoring the handbrake to keep drifts going, and also putting too much power into their vehicles. Part of this was people choosing cars that were popular in the scene at the time (the Lancer and Skyline being the biggest suspects) and also fruitlessly buying up in an attempt to overtake their hurdles with the game's drift model. Traditionally, drifting in the mountains used lower-power light cars that didn't exactly need a ton of persuasion to get them sideways (and stay there), and I found that the game's physics attempted to emulate this. Driving that AE86 with middle-tier power upgrades works far better than maxing out an expensive highway racer - the part descriptions often recommend horsepower limits for each set of tires, and what limit they have before being uncontrollable. In some cases, when using vehicles like the Corvette to drift, we found it more beneficial to actually wear grip tires because of how easy it is to break traction without any tire upgrades at all. Choosing the right gearbox was also important, as often people would skip over the transmission upgrade descriptions and keep "buying up" - they too, note which ones have shorter and longer gears, helping you choose the one that will get you to the highest speed VS the one that will get you the best acceleration between drifts. So, despite what comments you found - I would go out on a limb here and say that the physics are as bad as players aren't willing to be curious about them. The drift model that the game uses was something very new at the time, and attempted to be very un-arcadey for what the game was. It is very important to understand the difference between the brakes and the handbrake. One will slow you, the other will help you keep your drift going. You can, after a lot of practice and time, become quite consistently great at drifting. The first time I drifted the full half-circle at the base of the damn in the first touge was probably one of the most validating experiences I have had playing any racing game. This is a great review, and I love that you shed some light on a game that my friends and I hold quite dearly. Keep up the great work!

I have pretty good memories of this growing up, great to see it get some attention

This game was SO fun to me as a kid! I loved this game! The Pontiac GTO was my favorite

This is why i want Forza horizon 5 to be in Japan , this roads are so good

I like to see the DRIVER 2 box case in the background when you show the Fast and Furious box case.

I loved this game. Kept me and the cousins busy for hours

We really need another racing game set in Tokyo!!

I came here because of that thumbnail. 🌚💀 Damn.. I missed this game so much tho, u make me wanna play it tonight. 🙌🏻🔥🔥

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I could not stop laughing at the thumbnail 😂😂😂

Damn, the customisation in this game is just spot on!

The racer bios remind me a lot of the arena bios for the armored core games I love those fun little details

I'm just here because I wanted to say that the thumbnail made me laugh so I felt that I had to share this.

This was my favorite game in the PSP ❤ Loads of references. Near the end of the highway battles and drift battles, you encounter the crew and their villains: Brian O Connor, Dom toretto, etc Drift Battles in difficult touges with Sean Boswell, Takashi and his crew The customization is epic. I made special liveries, and I copied liveries of the AI cars by memory I miss this game

Hey, thank you for this. Just wanted to say I appreciate the work you put in these videos and I enjoy them a lot (more when I am stuck home with no work thanks to COVID19). Your videos are just always so chill and I really enjoy the games you choose as they are less represented on this KZfaq space.

Love your videos man. Good job, its a new concept in video games for me.

I looooved that game growing up! Especially that you could get cars in different trims

Your thumbnails are horrifyingly awesome

If you're after an interesting Japanese Racing game, I recommend checking out "Racing Lagoon". Apparently unlike other racing games, it has RPG elements and the open world aspect of it where you flash your lights to start races does show it helped inspire the Midnight Club series