TXRD2 felt more like you were actually a street racer than any modern racing game that I know of

These older racing games from the early 2000s make me feel very nostalgic in a way I can't explain, especially tracks based in Japan.

10:58 To be completely fair; the Japanese did use BBS a lot longer then us! There is also sites like FC2 that host web-based BBS servers that can be used for messaging. It's still really great for small local communities that prefer more control over how things are ran, and keeps things private if they self host. Still to this day you'll find a few Japanese BBSs that still get used frequently, they've always been a lot slower to let go of old tech; which I sort of really appreciate since it's made understanding, maintaining and implementing old systems a breeze in the modern day (since they still evolve in their own weird ways).

Fun fact: Manabu Orido and Mr. Taniguchi, from the Hot Version touge showdown videos with Keiichi Tsuchiya, helped advised both TXR3 & TXRD2.

I think the reason why Drift had that weird rear heavy feeling, was because the camera focused on the rear of the car, and had the front move around it, as supposed to what most games do. Focus on the front of the car and let the rear swing around the camera.

TXR will always be my favorite series. Kind of sad Import Tuner Challenge didn't make it into the video Q_Q The attention to detail, the car list, it's all so good! Each playthrough you can use completely different cars, it never ends! I also really enjoy reading the racers back stories, the wanderer requirements. I could go on all day!

It's funny, I read about these games in an on-and-off basis back in the day but I never saw any of them on sale until I found Zero at a "bring a game, take a game"-event about 10 years ago. Ever since, I've tried to find more of these, with not that good luck as Import Tuner Challenge is the only other one I have. TXRD2 especially is the elusive one.

actually, 2 and Zero are individually apart, Zero feels more a expanded version, more cars and more teams and bosses, I recommend playing 2 before Zero.

I love the intro. Especially the IGORS THEME cover and the syncronized downshift

15:08 I really agree with the points you said here! And the fact that they bothered to add flavor texts to every opponent's backstory is just right on the point for a world building enjoyer/sucker like me. Only kaido racer series do that sort of stuff

I'm happy to see these games slowly get a bit more exposure

My dad has this big shelf of PS2 games and Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 was one of them. I never played it, but it always stood out to me on the shelf (maybe it’s placement/box color did that). After watching this video, I’m now going to finally play it.

As a massive Japanese automotive lifestyle nerd now, this video makes me wish I had known these games existed when I was growing up. I went for the Need For Speed games around this period and absolutely loved the mountain battles in Carbon, which clearly drew some inspiration from these games. Also, loving these videos so far. It's a good style you're going for.

this was my favorite series as a teen and into my early 20's. I recently picked up "import tuner challenge" on xbox 360, as it turns out this is the last game in the series in north america. Its pretty cut down but it was nice to play some of my favorite highways on 1 generation newer of hardware.

Wow. I love this game and you do this video justice, and your editing skills are really on point!

You forgot to mention there's another Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift game that came out before Drift 2 which is Kaido Racer. Many people forgot about it maybe because it was only in Europe (Or I might call it Drift 1.7). Anyways, Drift 1.7 does a lot of improvement over the first Drift and car list is much more interesting because it has plenty of European and American car and some D1 cars too that somehow don't make it into Drift 2. Highly recommend to play Kaido Racer also known as Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction in Japan.

I looked at the thumbnail and was interested in what you have to say about the series. What I didn't expect was the disappointment and inaccuracies presented in this video. I will present them in sections to make it more readable. 1:57 - The history of the series I think it's a shame you didn't go much in depth about the SFC or PS1 entries, but I would understand if you wanted to keep the NA focus. However, Tokyo Highway Battle was released in North America in 1996 for the PS1. Not mentioning this is a very weird choice to make. If you couldn't find footage of it, it's very similar gameplay wise to the JP SFC, PS1, and Saturn releases you skipped over in the video. The series would get rebooted to how most people who have heard of the series would know it as in 1999. 2:45 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer The first Dreamcast entry doesn't have any way to lose SP by colliding into walls or cars. There are 8 main bosses (not counting the team leaders) and you left out the 4 Devas which are a part of these bosses. I do agree that some races can be unfair but more for the fact that some rivals can drive like they are on rails which includes driving through the traffic cars more than anything. 4:29 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer(2) Zero This section frustrates me the most. Of course it has 2000's vibes, it's from 2001. This nitpick aside, TXR2 and TXR Zero are very different games that are played in very different consoles. Calling it a port is just insulting. TXR2 is when Genki got experimental to create features that either did return in later entries or never appeared again. For example, the sub-leaders in TXR2 would appear based on your losses with a team. It was removed in later entries for good reason. The handling and collisions are wildly different in these two games. TXR2 has what people consider the best handling because of how the grip works and the walls are very punishing due to them being sticky. TXR Zero on the other hand mostly has cars that grip and corner like crazy, and the ping-pong walls return from TXR1. There is also more detail in Zero's map in general which even includes, moving trains and airplanes in the sky. Calling either game "not a massive improvement" is insulting considering how quick Genki produced these games. The games don't need a massive change in its core gameplay to still be fun. ??? In both games do have insane acceleration, but they can be beatable with a good top speed or crashing into traffic in TXR2 and Zero respectively. Genki added more teams in Zero than the amount in TXR2. Edit: The video at 5:58 was not credited so I will do that for the video creator: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6uDp7NluLW6ZIU.html 6:30 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 Saying that there wasn't much improvement in this title is an understatement. This game is very ambitious with having 3 cities to drive in, not to mention the fact that it is all done using laser-scan to map it out accurately. The driving physics got a major change in how it grips and how the tires react with higher distances done throughout the night. The addition of 3 car SP battles and batting boss rivals in a row spice up the experience. The SP system changed so that if you have 1% SP, you could not lose SP until the rival goes far enough away from you. The car models changed with mixed results. 7:18 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift I felt really bad that you played this one and I unfortunately beat this game many times. No, the black Subaru isn't Takumi and he only appeared in Drift 2/Kaido Battle 3. I wouldn't consider this game to be a solid game to play because of the cars sliding everywhere or the brain-dead rivals. Drift 1 specifically has infamously long loading times compared to the versions in other regions. I think playing Kaido Racer / Kaido Battle 2 is better for someone to play for the first time than Drift 1 because the refined gameplay and the option of playing at 60 Hertz is worth a mention even if you only kept to NA releases. 9:25 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 I think the first half of this video was an appetizer for your retrospective on this game. The "starting money name cheat" is a complicated thing to explain, but Genki didn't intentionally want you to type your favorite character name. One thing you didn't mention was C-Level and getting prizes from rivals and the different kinds of categorizing events. Beating the Renault and GDB isn't the main story as you understand the reasons for the Kingdom Twelve and 13 Devils battling it out. I wouldn't consider the credits system balanced at all in this game because you can do as much races as you want compared to Drift 1 and Kaido Racer. In Hokkaido, Kaido President has a very powerful 4WD S2000 which is why they are faster and make it difficult. Final Thoughts I think you clearly have a passion for these games, more so especially for Drift 2. Unfortunately, the information that you got from the TXR Wiki is inaccurate and surface level at best. Your overviews of the other games give the impression that they were just made from a few hours of playtime even if shown otherwise with the ??? Battle in Zero. I think the focus on North American releases really hurt this video. This video seems to be not as polished or well-researched for what these games deserve.

I love this video. The editing was great, narration was on point and honestly i agree with you, tokyo xtreme racer series just has that little something new racing games lack. Can't wait for the new one, keep it up!

Never heard of this franchise before, now i want to play them

Love those games. I liked that they always had the replay feature, I've utilised it many times to create videos

Videos have came a long way, good job.

Ur channel is so underrated it's a crime. Man I wished people knew you more. U came to my recommended and absolutely slapped this video out the park. A great balance of memes and story telling. Keep up the work. Subscribed.

This is the racing game I loved and played the most as a kid. This is an underrated gem on the ps2, and I love that you unlocked that memory of this game.

About TXR: Drift 1 physics being weird when driving fwd cars, That is probably due to the stiff chase camera being centered around the rear of your car, i had this feeling too before I swap to the closer on that locked onto your roof. RWD and AWD feels fine even with the stiff chase camera. Another great video shining a limelight on Genki Racing Project's franchise.... I guess Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix and ITC is coming up next?

I randomly rented Extreme Racer Zero back in the day and absolutely fell in love with it. Definitely my favorite racing game of all time. Ended up buying it when the rental was up and still play it to this day.

This channel will be at 10k before june, keep up the good work

this video appear in my main youtube page, and my god your video is interesting to watch, keep up the good work, soon you'll be a famous youtuber

These games are literal hidden gems for people who don't know them ! my favorites are SB01 and KB3. Both of them i consider comparable to GT4. Edit: -Sorry i referred to them on their original titles, I meant TXR3 and TXRD2 -iirc, SP stands for Soul Points -There are 2 mores notable games, Import Tuner Challenge on the XBOX 360, and Street Supremacy on the PSP. I consider them pretty good, maybe you can review them for a follow up video ? Idk, that's up to you. -all in all, great video. I appreciate the effort you put into it. Good luck with your KZfaq journey Mister.

I got drift 2 from a thrift store years ago as a kid and could never beat it. I ended up forgetting about it for a while until I found it collecting dust on the shelf. So I sat down and started playing it again. As of today I've completed everything except Import Tuner Challenge and I have loved it all the way through. I wish that the games were a lot more mainstream as the others as I say it had tons apon tons of care and thought into it. How they managed to weave the previous series' bosses into the mountains of Tokyo instead of the highway. The way leaves/blossoms kick up behind you while you drive by, email's talking about your progress throughout the game, and even just random conversations on the BBS made it feel alive in a way that I believe hasn't been matched by a racing game in a while. Thanks for making this video man

wasnt expecting to hear Tee Time by Vulfpeck! great selection of music

that is for real the most underrated channel I've ever seen lmao, keep with this kind of content, you are realy good on what you are doing

I can practically hear the announcer say "Action!" XD I grew up with this game and absolutely loved it to death, I've introduced a few friends to the series but it's the reason I bought a new in box PS2 in order to play it, I want to be able to sit down in 20 years and practice my drifts. Such a iconic and nostalgic game

great video finally some good Xtreme racer vids, wanted to mention as for the handling of cars in TXRD feeling weird its really down to the camera its horrid horrible i hate it makes the game totally worse imo, bc as soon as you switch to the bumper cam driving feels so much nicer drifting even tho weird is very more intuative

Great video! Although I think there's one big charm of the series that you forgot to mention, and that's the fact that the games are set in the real world, on real existing public roads; it might be surprising but there are not many game that lets you _street_ race in real world streets and just give you an imitation or something that's inspired by the real thing. In TXR3 they even laser scanned the real life Shuto Expressway of Tokyo to Yokohama (Hanshin in Osaka and Nagoya Expressway are possibly also laser scanned). The series tries to replicate these real life routes as accurate as possible and when you encounter them in other games (it's really just Wangan MaxiTune and Initial D Arcade along with other Japanese arcade games) or maybe even real life, you would recognize them and grow a familiarity with the likes of famous C1 route in Tokyo or Haruna touge (Akina from ID). This helps the game on immersing you in the "Japanese street racer life simulator" fantasy as you start from broke boy in a shitbox, into legendary street racer status. The progression, real life tracks, the unique nickname system that changes depending on what you do in the game, rivals with various backgrounds and history, and don't forget massive car count *with extensive customization and tuning option* (in the mid-2000s mind you), it's all to sell the core fantasy to the player. This is what I think most modern racing game lacks, they lack a central vision, a core fantasy for the player to be engaged in (Blackbox era NFS are a master of this craft).

Looks like the algorithm picked you up and your in my homepage now. Good luck, great video. Interesting to see that the battle mechanic incorperated into Need For Speed was first used in Tokyo Xtreme Racer

Dude a new teaser trailer just dropped for TXR reboot Let's fucking gooooooooo!!!

I absolutely loved this series. Never played the Drift games, but the original trio offered something that I haven't experienced in any racing game since. That would be the sense of danger and risk when you're flying down the highway, weaving through traffic as you set up for the next bend in the road. One mistake and your opponent would fly past you, and it was not easy to recover.

Really glad more people are becoming aware of this series, I found out about TXR kinda late, but it still played a major role in shaping my perception of cars and car culture.

Awesome to see my favorite racing series get some love. I was enamored with TXR0 when I was a kid. Probably why I ended up buying a 3000GT as my first car. Funny story, I remember reading how hard the last boss was on GameFAQs, and beating that final boss 1st try. Why? Because they ate absolute shit into the toll booth section of road. I remember being like, "NO WAY" Zoomed by, they never caught up. Ez. Gg.

TXR3 and TXRD2 are some of my favorite racing games ever! i genuinely love grabbing an odd, probably unreliable and unheard of car and turning it into the ultimate highway racing machine, or grabbing something like an AZ-1 or an AE92 FWD and turning it into a rally machine the amount of things you can do to these cars is incredible and many modern arcaderacers and simracers wish they could come close to these gems.

Man, I hope your channel blows up. Just discovered it and this is the first video I'm watching but it's like you've been doing content creation for a long time. Keep it up!

I feel like rewatching initial D for the 8th time. I recently bought a drift 2 physical copy but have emulated very other game. This is also why I hope nightrunners is a banger 90's street style game. If they manage to get highway, and touge racing with all the customization and cars from the 90's, oooh man.

I just become your 600th subscriber, love the content keep it up my guy

I don't even want to admit how much time I spent dominating TXR:Zero back in my early teens. Also, a lot of the car codes were their engine models: K20A, RB26DET/T, 2JZ etc

i am thankful i have come across this channel, i love seeing people cover old racing games that hold a place in my memory

Thanks for introducing me to Tokyo Xtreme Racer! Love it!

Always makes my day when I see these games pop up anywhere, used to race my dad all the time on drift 2, and I still play most of em every now and again :D

12:10 RIP Ken Block 😭

The TXRD series really cemented my absolute LOVE for jdm cars and the racing scene, I feel like txrd2 really was the best all around, the physics where awesome even for todays standard. I remember revisiting the game with a wheel and pedals and it felt even better. The character storylines and the boss intros were so next level. Modern racing games miss such simple details, if txrd was to be re-released with legit just modern graphics and a few physics tweaks im sure it would do well! Great video

4:30 goosebump replay button, those drum and bass synths man also what an intro... and Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero (2)... the real childhood NFS of the motoring connoisseur.

good video man, The Takanaka made me pog

beautiful video about one of my favourite games of all time im so glad many more good people enjoyed it, the aesthetic of kaido racer 2 is unbeatable its easily what makes the game so beautiful to look at

i knew this video was gonna be a banger after seeing the title + thumbnail

That was a good video! I liked it from the beginning to the end 👌 The flow of the storytelling was great and your voice is on point for this type of documentaries. Also, if you like the touge atmosphere and vibe, check out the Kaido Net by Touge Union, which is a community that keeps alive and grows more and more content that is about touge racing. It's just on a sim engine, so there is also quite high entry level of knowledge and experience to get the fun from it. There is a preview on my channel of what it can looks like when you spend most of your high school days grinding the sim-based touge driving 😆

i stumbled across your decline of racing game video, and i love the work you've put in the video, keep up the amazing work man!

Yessss finally some one gets me I started with txrz as the first fully customize a whole car different color lipthan the wheel chrome color regular color then make ur sticker I had all initial D in 2 but driving fun txrd2 all time goat I still have ghost replays I can't get no we're that fast now it bonkers how fast I was till dis day I play it wen I'm bored thank u for giving the series the flowers it deserves

Amazing video, loved the intro. Will definitely try out the franchise as soon as I get my hands on a copy !

Hot take, but I think undercover slapped too, I love the at the time different color tone of that game, and how big it feels if you don’t open the map screen and break the illusion

I don't mind Tokyo Xtreme Racer I found out about this game through playing the Arcade racing game series Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune it would be awesome to see the developers revisit this game but unsure if they will have time considering they are assistant developers for the Maximum tune series of games

TXRD2 is a fantastic game and I'm happy that I have it in my collection. I love the presentation of the video

TXRD2 is one of my all time favorite racing games, i'll never forget the it and when i saw u video i felt, OMFG i have to play it again. as u mentioned, there are so many references to inital d in this game, if u are looking for it ;) the physics of the cars, the tuning and upgrade options and the wonderful soundtrack of this game are on point. thx alot for reminding me for one of the greatest games if ever played so far

Good to see some coverage of some of my favorite racing games from the 6th console generation. I recently discovered that Genki came back on Twitter and it looks like they've got an office and everything from their recent tweets.

Zero/2 is my absolute favorite game of all time. The best car list of all the games.

this is one of the few games (txrd2) that i can literally just play over and over. Never actually beaten the game but whenever i have gone as far as i can i just start a new game. I get closer to beating it every time.

You're seriously underrated

Great video, mate, I definitely got subscribed. Btw, should make a video about Racing Lagoon, it's a unique game in his class, RPG mixed up with racing games. It's funny and addictive to play even nowadays. And in it's pure irony the story is actually good and not cringie.

SO MUCH NOSTALGIA! I absolute remember Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero. Classic and very fun. what a wave

Absolutely love TXRD2. My favorite game as a kid and still is in my top 5. I just started another playthrough using an emulator on pc yesterday so I'm glad this video popped up for me!

I bought Drift 2 at a salvation army years ago, looked it up and saw abysmal reviews, and its been rotting in my backlog ever since. I definitely want to check it out after seeing this!

incredible production quality for a channel of this size, i am honestly impressed. loved the video all the way through, i look forward to watching more of your content :). it's nice to see someone recognise this game series

Great Video! but i think you miss Kaido Battle 2 : Chain Reaction. It is only available in Europe (correct me if im wrong) and its release after Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift and before Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift 2. in Kaido Battle series, the release sequence will be : Kaido Battle (TXRD), Kaido Battle 2 : Chain Reaction, Kaido Battle 3 : Mountain Legends (TXRD2). Keep it going mate! Love your video!

Keep up the good work man What a channel u got here Subscribed with the bell on I liked ur speech about the games And u actually introduced me to Tokyo Extrem racer am definitely gonna start with drift 2 I like everything u said about it

Remember me when your famous legend, amazing video

This video is fantastic and I was surprised that u didn't have like 70k subs

Really enjoyed this man, great video!

GT2-3 and the Tokyo Extreme Racer Games are such a major part of my life. I became a Toyota technician with the goal of becoming a rally tech and eventually driver. I wanted to be a Carlos Sainz Sr. I wanted to slide my GT-Four through tight uphill Hairpins while the 3SGTE roared. I loved racing games where I was a nameless Wanker with a shit box car and a dream of becoming the ruler of the streets and track. If I was a Toky XR character they’d call me something like “Big Dream Wanker Laser Bullet King” (Game has the best nicknames I swear!) The drifting games I didn’t know about until years later when I actually had an entry level technician job with Toyota Racing Development A fellow tech loaned me his copy of TXR Drift. I was hooked and he would come over to hang out and we’d play that game for hours and hours after work while taking breaks to play Forza 2. Now I’ve got a few cool cars, and my youngest son loves cars. He wants me to slide every corner in my GT Four when we go for drives. He just recently found my copy of the last TXR game that came to the states. Import Tuner Challenge. He’s hooked and loves it as much as I did. I’ve gotta find a way to play PS2 games and make them not look like a visual dumpster fire on modern TV’s. He’d love the vehicle list of the older games and especially the technical skill of TXR drift. I still call 6Th Gen Celicas “Steel a dinosaurs” because of the cool naming of the TXR cars before the were licensed. I can’t believe how old this all makes me feel, while also loving how fun and also how young these old games make me feel. I don’t know if the roads are accurate to real life but I know the C1 Kanjyo and Yaesu route like the back of my hand, despite never having seen them in real life. There was a game on mobile about 10 years ago by Bandai ( I think) called Spirit Racing or something like that. It was an awesome Japanese Touge style racer. But something happened and now it’s only available in Japan. It was like a mobile TXR game and super fun. Wish the series would make a comeback.

The weird part of the physics of Drift 1 was mainly the camera angle actually. It wouldn't really follow the car as it turns so it would have that mid engine feel to it. But if you play exclusively in bumper camera, then the physics feel so much better. Night and day difference.

holy shit, i thought u had like AT LEAST 500k subs great video, i just recently started playing kaido racer 2 and i absolutely love every single part of it, especially the different characters that are present in the game

Great content! The TXR series was slept on by many. Thoughts on Assetto Corsa? Amazing graphics aside, I think AC does a great job to provide that TXR game experience; especially with Shutoko Revival Project and Touge Union's "Kaido Battle Tour".

crazy high quality video man! keep it up!

Let's gooo. Glad to see the video dropped!

Just got this video in my recommended, really well made and well narrated on top of that, great music choice, I would love to know what the song is on the tokyo xtreme racer drift part in the intro!

I love the fact that naming yourself Takumi in TXRD2 gives you more credits than normal; that's such a funny but adorable nod to Initial D (but I wonder if you could win even more if you name yourself *Bunta*... For obvious reasons)

Ah yes, Shutokou Battle series are my favorite racing games on the PS2 back in the day, especially my favorite was Xtreme Racer Zero, Street Supremacy, and Drift 2.

ridin round town they gon feel this one

Childhood games 🥲

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Series forever is one of the BEST racing game series of all time. Especially the first one on Sega Dreamcast.

this video earned my sub. i have every one of these games including import tuner challenge for 360.

one of the best video's i have ever seen greatly underated vid

TXRD2 is a classic, I put so many hours into it when I was kid.

I play kaido battle drift (the first one) every day on the PS2! Such a fun game

You’ve earned a sub. Keep up the content like this!

Kids I was there for the start of all of this. Last one Genki made for a console was IMPORT TUNER CHALLENGE... basically TXR with a different name badge. The concept of the FIGHTING GAME BAR that was infused in racing games was so unreal. Only thing they were missing was Open Freeway 2player Split screen. They had a 2player but it wasn't like it should of been just test strip I believe there might of been the oval test track but anyhoo!!

I loved the original Tokyo extreme racer a lot I played it on my Dreamcast with my huge CRT all the time!

I am glad I never got rid of my copies

That intro was hardasf

Hokkaido will haunt me in my sleep

That intro was so good I had to rewatch this game has so much potential for edits

Love this series, you got this bro🤝

great selection of background tracks