The thing is, drifting isn’t really the core thing in this series despite what the name might suggest. The Western publisher probably only put drift in the name to attract the Tokyo Drift/Initial D crowd.

Fun fact: the series was originally known as Kaido Battle. The first Kaido Battle, Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift was localized for US only, while the English version of Kaido Battle 2 (Kaido Racer) was released for EU/AU market but not US

Oh God. I remember popping this in my PS2 in the middle of the night and having _that_ opening cutscene play out was one of the most memorable moments I've had. Game's bloody immersive af when you play it at 1 am.

This game is great for a budget game and slowly become my favourite PS2 racing game. The intro of this game itself already got me into this series. Worth noting that some cutscenes are quite broken of emulation. This game not only have JDM and European car but also has some D1 drift and WRC cars as well! Also Midget too. In previous Kaido Battle game has a lot of D1, European and American cars. Worth checking out.

13:35 The funniest part of that truck is that it has a black background/yellow text plate, meaning that it's a company car. That guy is racing his work truck.

Finally someone talks about this gem in the rough! This game is very good and when it comes to drifting it requires skill and the amount of ''stages'' it has is amazing and the amount of cars ranging from work truck to a golf which is pretty bizarre but most certainly welcome! All and all great video!

This last Kaido Battle is particular great because of the amount of contents it had and the details they included, it's the first Kaido Battle game that actually had the real parking lot of every track modelled. To normal people it's probably a bit meaningless, but for us hardcore fan of the series and the whole japanese street racing culture...it's details like these that made it absolutely legendary.

Fun fact: When Genki was developing the US version of TXR3, they were also developing a Fast & Furious game which was going to be released at November 2003 alongside TXR3 but they cancelled it. No reason or information about the cancellation was revealed but a possibility is that they were focusing more on TXR3.

What a bold statement. of course I have played it, and I absolutely love every bit of it. Especially the soundtrack. It's a shame you have muted it in your playthrough, especially that Daiki Kasho, the composer of many songs from Gran Turismo has composed some tracks for this game too. Never got to finish it tho. I have to do so someday cuz I already unlocked pretty much all the cars + bought some rare ones like the sileighty, ae86 2door, and the onevia.

Another great touge racer that not many people know about is Battle Gear 3, originally an arcade title but was ported to ps2 exclusively in japan

I really love all racing games made by Genki, the lore and cars and all the references they make to Wangan Midnight and other media.

A true masterpiece! I was too young to grasp it when i had it for PS2, i replayed it to 100% and i had a blast. I had to use a guide for all the wanderers tho, but i loved every second of it

God, this game is truly an underrated gem. Played the hell out of it and managed to beat every single rivals.

Played through this game several times, and I must say, this has to be one of the best racers on the PS2, and within its genre, its probably the best of the bunch. Huge number of cars and tracks, a cool upgrade system, many events and rivals to race, a pretty damn good soundtrack (especially the boss intros), customization, sponsors, and so on! If you want a touge racer, this is it.

I barely heard about Genki, and much less played their games, but they seem really really solid. At most I played this spin-off game on the 360, Import Tuner Challenge, and while it didn't have many cars you could turn your car into an absolute rice field, letting you change almost everything the car had Edit: Turns out ITC was actually a sequel and Ubisoft just gave it that name just because

The thing i really like about this game are the forums, it makes the world feel much more immersive

I get depression remembering the intro song only exists in the intro. Neither the band or anyone else can find the original recording.

Dude I’d honestly love to see a full play through of you playing this tbh, I’d do anything to play it but watching you satisfies the urge

I bought my first wheel for this game, a DFGT. I used that wheel for 10 years. TXRD2 with a wheel is the best thing ever. It feels really good. I was surprised how the handling felt a lot more realistic than the mainline TXR series. One of my favorite things was the pseudo online system they had in it. It was a really nice touch to the game.

Nice to see you playing one of my favorite racers! I remember almost reaching the penultimate arc (Zao and Aso) and had a hell of fun in this game!

I love the Midnight club 3 garage music in the background as you are customizing the car in the beginning haha

Brutally underrated game that deserves more attention than it usually is. I’d love to see more content from ya with this game

I remember playing this game as a kid. Would love to see you play this game more!

dude i picked up a copy of this from amazon, with only TXR3 as my reference, and i was blown away. such intricate car customization, amazing touge physics, satisfying learning curve and a really funny and refreshing in-game social networking system. i was hoping someone would make a video and i'm so glad you did!

The fact that I JUST find your channel and then a day later you play one of my favorite racing games ever from childhood is absolutely wild lmao

This was one I got when I was in my preteen years, and now, in my mid 20s, I still LOVE this game and HATE this game at the same time. But I only hate it because it's SO challenging at times, you can figure out how to work the mild grind, (signing on sponsors, lvl 10 gymkhana ca attack in late game nets like 4m+ CP a win), but you still need to be a good player to actually BEAT the slashers. If you figured out the critical engine and turbo part sets for each engine type, you can make some crazy horsepower. Thanks Dustin for showing the world this GEM of a game.

Of note - this game handles SURPRISINGLY well with a steering wheel. I’d had this since it first released (always loved it!), but never got to race it with a wheel until a few years ago. Well worth the investment. REALLY cool game.

These games is actually some of my favorite racing games The entire series is awesome

Was loving the Sonic adventure station square music towards the end LMAO

I like that you used a Ridge Racer song for the drift racing!

I love Kaido Racer 2 so much. I'm currently doing a Suzuki Carry only playthrough.

Please do a part 2 of this Eden loved the game!!

For those of you that haven't played this game, I suggest you should get it and give it a go. It's simple, easy to learn, but the races can get intense, especially at the higher levels. This game is an absolute gem of a game! It's really captures what a game can/should be!

I’ve literally been playing Xtreme racer 3 and drift 2 for the passed month. Love the series and wish they’d bring it back. Then after came import tuner challenge.

Glad you discovered this, it's an absolute masterpiece I love the forum feature it really makes the world feel alive

Station square music! I love the music you use in your videos so much man.

This was a childhood game of mine! Never beat it but I always loved to play it. Finally someone talks about this hidden gem.

The Station Square track on my favorite car.. you're a man after my own heart

The TXR games are the real definition of underrated games. These never got good marketing in the US and a lot of people who got into these games was by word of mouth mainly. I got TXR Zero because I spotted it at GameStop at a deep discount and this game I got it because a friend of mine that loves to play obscure games gifted it to me and before that day I didn’t even know that game existed even though I had played some of the older games by that point.

Awwww persona 5 music at the end ! Thanks for the video ! And i can't wait for Royal to be release again hehe

I played all of these. Was introduced to the first Tokyo Xtreme Racer in the early 00's on Sega Dreamcast

I'd love to see more of this game, really hoping for another episode. If it doesn't happen, Ill play it myself

I like how the game says "Prepare For Struggle" in the race start and then Eden passes the rival in less than 20 seconds with a Turbo Box

This game looks pretty awesome, gotta try it out for myself someday! Love how the progression seems to work here. Also gotta love Edens very powerful pogging at 11:13 and 22:41 Jimmy Broadbent would definitely have approved of those car choices, both with the turbo box and mx5.

I've been waiting for someone to play this legendary game!

Kaido racer 2 was my childhood weekend touge racing simulation for such a long time

I have this game and now I’m gonna play it from scratch all over again!

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero is still to this day one of my favorite (and most played) racing games of all time. I can't even remember how many PS2's I killed letting them run on autopilot to get miles up to unlock the last level engines for cars to see how fast they'd go. Goddamn... good times.

This is still my favorite racing game, just absolutely nails everything I ever asked for. So grateful this got a localization, however rough it may be. I remember nabbing it on release back in college. Huge love for all of the Genki Racing Project games, Racing Battle might be my #2 pick.

I've played hundreds of hours on these genki games. Absolutely loved them back in the day!

I bout to say, I can't be the only one old enough to remember this series. I had all the drift and xtreme racer series including recently import racer

Oh hell yeah, so happy to see this franchise getting some love for once

That *_Ridge Racer OST Slaps!_*

Would love to see more of this game!

Its been 15 years and I still play this and Chain Reaction

Definitely need more of this

seeing videos like this show up on my feed makes me feel old, all these young youtubers finding out about these "hidden gems" that literally EVERYBODY I knew in school was playing when they released. But hey, at least they are getting some attention still.

aaand now i need to play it, thanks :D great video

take a shot everytime Eden says "turbo box"

I'd love to see some more content for this it looks like an absolute blast and I'm gonna have to try it for myself

Ive always been a fan of touge and genki and all that jazz, so txrd2 was one of the first ever genki games i played, but thanks to my pc's specs it only ever ran at 30% speed, glad to see you covrering it Dustin!

I'd definitly love to see more !

One of my favorites for the PS2, my dad had a copy and I gave it a try after watching inital D, and fell in love. Bought a couple of games from this series when i bought a refurbished ps2 and I love all of them

Spoilers about the game down here: Btw that Emotional *Damage* King you mentioned is actually the First game's (Drift 1) protagonist, like Kaido President is used to be the King, until we beat him in the first game, the protagonist ended up driving a mostly pitch black and red Evo 3 CE9A, he disappeared due to having nobody to battle again. Well until you came up and beat Miracles Summit. So essentially the true final boss is the first protagonist, you do need some fans and prizes (like trophies) in order to challenge him. Edit: There is a secret rival called #000 Ground Zero. He kinda acts like a secret rival rather than a final boss. Edit2: btw you should try Kaido Racer (Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction aka the second game of the series.) Kaido Racer is only in PAL, the game had a ticket system?? So you can't just grind the hell out of category races.

Hakone has always been my favorite map from battle gear. I had the course memorized at one point lol.

Ahh man this is a nostalgia trip right here

Oh yes...! That Midnight Club 3 garage music in the background.

The Coffee Breaks in GT4 took place on a track that's named Gymkhana in the files. That's why :P

I still have this game after all these years

Yes a video on tokyo xtreme racer let's go

The opening is named Call Me now by South Dakota Star and is currently a lost media.

Id love to see more of this absolute banger

Using a wheel completely changes this game its absolutely amazing.

I died laughing seeing that one of the sponsors was “yours” instead of mines

I remember the opening cutscene was used as a trailer on a demo disc I had but could never find it in stores. Honestly thought the game never came out here in Australia. Spent years trying to figure out the name of the game again.

18:18 **Gran Turismo 1 Flashbacks**

Please do more of this.

Auto Modelista is also a very fun touge game. It has engine swaps, great car selection and tuning. Definitely recommended

For those who want to enjoy the game chronologically : Title Genki Universe Timeline: TXR:Drift (NTSC) / Kaido Battle ~Nikko・Haruna・Rokko・Hakone~ (NTSC-J) 2003 TXR 2 ( DreamCast) 2003, Summer TXR ZERO (NTSC) / Shutokou Battle 0 (NTSC-J) 2004 TXR 3 (NTSC) / Shutokou Battle Shutokou Battle 01 (NTSC-J) 2005 Street Supermercy (PAL Only) 2005 Kaido Racer (PAL) / Kaido Battle: Chain Reaction 2005 (taking place in parallel with events of Street Supermercy) Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix (NTSC-J Only) 2006 TXR: Drift 2 (NTSC)/ Kaido Racer 2 (PAL)/ Kaido Battle: Touge No Densetsu (NTSC-J) 2007 Import Tuner Challenge (PAL) / Shutokou Battle X (NTSC-J) 2008

I miss these old Kaid Battle games. Still have part 1 and 2 in my PS2 hard drive. Great OST in both of them too

This is one of my favorite driving games of all time, especially TXR Zero and 3, incredible amounts of fun!

This games awesome. I have all of them and 1 of them was on dreamcast.awesome video

Short and simple: please make more videos about this game

Please continue the series

So glad to see videos like this, this game doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves

I just love how Kaido Racer Chain Reaction had cars like DeTomaso Vallelunga and Renault 21

I loved this game as a kid, the tuning was insane, cool euro cars too.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer one and two were one of my most favorite games on Playstation growing up. These games got me into cars.

7:49 if you go back out to the main menu you can adjust the handling and also brakes and one other thing i forgot, to make it more or less "realistic" idk if thats the right word....

Hardly anyone knows about the Kaido games made by Genki. Very nice vid man

Genki also made D1GP ps2 game its like the most accurate drift game like in real life

My favorite game of all time, and feels fantastic on a wheel. This is one game every touge fan must play.

i would want to watch another video of this, like a walkthrough of the career mode

Need to see more I love this game so much

I knew from the thumbnail it was TXRD2. I've played it so much its up there with ACE COMBAT 04 and the PS2 NFS games.

8:11, ahh, Illmerica by Wolfgang Gartner I see. You sir have good taste in music.

"Prepare for struggle" lmao

Oh hey it's JakeMG

Omg I was just thinking about this Tokyo Xtreme racing zero the other day Such a good game way ahead of its time

Games like this Aare what make the 6th console gen so much fun to revisit. absolutely the biggest generation for budget racing games