If Need for Speed Underground was set in Japan...

Turns out I still have a lot of incredible PS2 era games to check out...
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[@demon-x3250]

This game's attention to detail is quite insane for the time. Like how there's actual tire degradation which is affected by the tires you choose for the car or how when your engine starts to get hot it loses power or how even visual parts affects the car's weight and that all rivals have their own unique stories and that they also sometimes wont challenge you unless you meet certain conditions or that they only appear on specific days. I miss when racing games had all these unique ideas and takes on the genre and that they actually stick

[@tinystar3010]

There's even secret features most people don't know about. Like, if you put enough miles on a single car, you can unlock engine swaps for it. I think it might be 700 miles driven? Or 1000? I don't remember exactly, I'd have to check my old PS2 save file, but I drove my Supra so much I was able to swap in an RB26 into it. Wild fun game.

[@jrecio1948]

It's very J-RPG inspired. Especially with the C1 Battle and TXR Drift spinoffs

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@tinystar3010yep. Unlike Forza Motorsport 8 awfully strict upgrade system where you need to level up until level 26 for even unlocking basic fearures!

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@jrecio1948agree.

[@Ezmeon]

This has spawned the need for a Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift 2 video 🗿

[@justanotherghost4589]

My first thought lol, really hoping he tries it too.

[@Millenium-Mige]

Hopefully it'll happen also.

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Yess

[@alan64047]

Real

[@jorgesalgado5389]

If he tries it out he should also try Import tuner challenge and Street supremacy.

[@TomokoxKuroki]

theres actually like 600 rivals in the game total with about half of them being in tokyo, they just arent all revealed until you progress a certain way into the game. every single rival and team all have their own bio/backstory if you look at them in the rival list too. theres a lot to learn about this game (and the series in general) that it doesnt make immediately obvious, but figuring it out is part of the charm. the ae86 is one of the more difficult cars to start with but you can manage once you get familiar with the game. hope you keep playing this one, dont sleep on that body reinforcement upgrade

[@tinystar3010]

There's even secret racers that appear in specific areas of the wangan like a nod to Max Orido. You'll see a boss car appear called Ridux Supra, iirc the name correctly, and it's meant to be him driving in his prefecture.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Coco Hayashi also loves Tokyo Xtreme Racer games bro.

[@rotarydude9737]

Just so you know, the plates DO matter for some bosses, the attention to detail in this game is insane.

[@tinystar3010]

Yeah some absolutely hate certain prefectures and will want to "attack" (race) them to drive them out of the city

[@Kingzgamingandrealtalk]

I remember struggling trying to get one of the wanderers guess what I had to do??!😂🤣 miss this series so much ifkyk

[@MasonAK.1]

Yup, and I forgot the combo that was necessary 😅

[@mugenmaniac1598]

You mean wanderers?

[@mugenmaniac1598]

@@Kingzgamingandrealtalk Lmaooooo

[@SwaroopSekharNaik]

PLEASE PLAY MORE OF TXR3!!!!!!!!

[@RaWmE723]

Man I loved the TXR series. Zero was my first PS2 game. I loved how in order to race every possible racer on there you had to do certain things or race on a certain night.

[@michaelmichael2915]

Discovered the series last year myself, one of my favourites. Drift 2 is also nice, and it kinda did the NFS Heat day/night thing before that. Good handling too.

[@BlackPanthaa]

Oh nice!

[@michaelmichael2915]

@@BlackPanthaa Also the Skylines in TXR3 are indeed unlocked later. From memory you have to find and beat one of certain rivals driving an R34.

[@tinystar3010]

There's also some American cars in this. A couple of corvettes pop up later on because importing cars is popular in Japan too

[@michaelmichael2915]

@@tinystar3010 Yep. A Ford GT and a Viper are available as well.

[@tinystar3010]

I don't remember many of the imported cars in TXR because I was so in love with Japanese cars then. TXR was even before I discovered Initial D.

[@rossmperkins]

For the most modern experience of the series, play Import Tuner Challenge on Xbox 360. Different name, same game & still made by Genki. It can be emulated & will run with a few tricks- you have to increase the gameplay speed when loading up the game & anytime there is a load screen between the garage, parking area, and highway. Other than that- runs great & looks decent if you play it in a small enough window. I’ve fully played through it 3 times in the last few years. This was my favorite series as a kid - makes sense why I was so obsessed with JDM cars by high school!

[@iiTsFaded_]

This, street racing syndicate and ridge racer made up my entire racing game childhood

[@juancardona3170]

Gosh this game was so amazing, the handling was so frustrating, but I loved reading the bios on all the racers, and then it was heart pounding when the Wanderers show up unexpectedly

[@takuminightcore1886]

So fun fact about this game the company was supposed to make the first fast and the furious game, but it got canceled and worked with somebody else

[@albertovasquez5152]

The creators of this game actually went to Japan and filmed the highway to get all the details and interviewed real Tokyo Street racers to get the profiles for the rivals that is why you need certain criteria to race some of the rivals

[@tokiomiller9896]

Definitely do a stream of this. The game opens up way more as you progress. You unlock more cars and more rivals. There’s a lot of bosses as well and if you drive a certain distance with a car you unlock engine swaps.

[@xraider927]

2:22 That my friend is you need to choose which issuing office location in Kanji writings (where you register your license plate) i.e. for example 品川 which means Shingawa (which is a Ward or City in the Tokyo Metropolis)(In out of country, it will be replaced with Roman letters, for example TKS means Tokyo Shingawa).

[@xemnasxiii3992]

It's surprising how i just learned of the series and now you're talking about it. I think these games deserves the spotlight they definitely scratch an itch people love

[@justanotherghost4589]

So glad to see you cover this, it's a great series, if maybe a little niche lol, and sorta repetitive, otherwise it has lots of unique cars and a ton of poorly translated charm, but I love it for that, really hoping you cover Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 as well, it's to be my favorite in the series. This one is just a little confusing and maybe challenging to progress through, and very grindy, but if it's something you love to play and look into, I think it's worth it!

[@MasonAK.1]

Fun fact: Driving an AE86 and putting a Rolling Guy sticker on your car will make your name show up as "Rolling Guy No. 0" Also, a "cheat" was to eject the game disk while in auto-pilot so the car cruises around on its own racking up mileage so you can do an engine swap 💪

[@Wlekwwl]

Your should defitnly make a series of this game, the amount content is insane for its time 114 freaking cars compared to Nfs undergrounds 20. 3 Medium sized open circuits to drive around and challnge OVER 600 RIVALS whit their own unique back stories. And if you decide to ”main” or drive an certain car long enough youll unlock the following engine swaps for that specific car: l4, l6, V6, V8, F4, F6, and an Rotary engine, and all can be both NA and turboed. Everytime i play this im just amazed over how much more content it has then the NFS games from that era, sure nfs was more polished but it didnt even have a fifth the content. Great game anyhow, coming from someone who plays it daily along whit TXRD2

[@Balc0ra]

This series of games was fun at the time, tho I never played the orginal on dreamcast. Tho the last good one they made was Import Tuner Challenge for 360. Still holds up well today.

[@leonunesss]

The ending theme is so depressing, it was made by Dakota Star, the band who worked with the legendary daiki kasho in GT4

[@raheem300]

Honestly games like these are gems ...the story's are interesting to follow the cars models are well done ...and the overall customizations and tuning are very well detailed ...thank you street supremecy and my old 3000GT 😂

[@texashammer777]

3:25 lol yeah theres a lot of settings you got to mess with for TXR3 to get into it, I beat it before I started to play TXRD2. You can adjust your sensitivity up in settings (just pause in game) I recommend MrSmashBoy28's txr3 top speed video just for the transmission tuning he shows every car. Save your money dont buy a bunch of cars, stick to 1 car or 2 being a 4wd or FR. But yall will find yalls own groove in this game, its like relearning to ride a bike playing this game after playing newer racing games. It honestly takes little bit of dedication and trying different things AND SAVE BEFORE GOING OUT LOL

[@thepigeon3595]

This game so goofy but bloody awesome. Also the car shop music is absolute fire

[@justinsoszynski43]

Makes me miss Street Supremacy for the psp. I played that game into the ground along with Fast and Furious Tokyo drift. Such a great handheld❤

[@Makini90]

Kaido Battle 3 (Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2) was my favorite racing game of last year. I love their career mode structure of hunting down and beating all 300 rivals. I love the day and night system of going around the different PA's to see any new opponents would show up. I also loved that the story and lore was told through checking out the BBS messages. Its career mode structure is what I think a lot of racing games nowadays should try to adopt.

[@LegendHusky]

Fun fact, the Tokyo Extreme Racer games. Uses similar features for Wangan Midnight on PS2 and PS3. Wangan Midnight on PS2, was also Wangan Midnight R on arcade systems. Wangan Midnight R, evolved into the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series. Which plays much differently, but has been around for twenty years now.

[@zombie4034]

Goated game

[@LeonardoBruno54]

Watching Empty Box streaming this game was so much fun.

[@blackrose5535]

Man I miss u bro keep up the good work plz never give up

[@romanzuev2105]

Pants, that's so cool. I really hope we get a series of you playing this game!

[@GrantZaitchick]

These early Genki games are what really make me wish that there was a continuation of Import Tuner Challenge from the Xbox 360. Yes, I realize that was basically a re-make of this game, and I realize that the game already included most of the car content and story, but I enjoyed this style of game so much, and I was sad to see it die off. It would be nice to see some of the newer cars, the Toyota GT86, modern Nissan GTR, or some others included in a Japanese Highway racer, even if some of that culture has waned.

[@Millenium-Mige]

About the moment at 1:40 : "13 ogre military officers" is a rather wonky translation from Japanese to English. It refers to a recurring boss team in this series, "13 Devils".

[@therunawaykid6523]

Oh that makes much more sense I was imagining green monsters wearing police uniforms at first 🤣🤣🤣

[@-thebatman-]

Tokyo xtreme racer zero was my fav and still is. Should also check out srs street racing syndicate was a great game too.

[@wavefile1674]

Glad to see this game getting featured on a huge channel.

[@NJDJ1986]

looks like Theo has found another legendary JDM racing game! it reminds me of Wangan Midnight racing since 2 racers are only racing at the highway, kinda like point to point race!

[@diethersantos6404]

Yeah

[@thehwguy4293]

The console Wangan Midnight games were made by Genki as well, so there's that.

[@hunterjones6784]

a racing game a wanna see you play is split second. Its a gem on the Xbox 360/PS3

[@ItzTakurazz]

Toyota Chaser is a fastest starter car you can pick at the start and use it to the end, especially in engine swap will unlock after the vehicle reached 2,500 miles make it more OP especially in turbocharged does have boost mode by selecting "Select" button after you upgraded the engine however it will overheat the engine very quick. The more progress the game, racers are becoming more difficult but wanderers are built different because it will need a requirement to challenge them to race but 1 or 2 wanderer racer requirements are completed BS the only way to get it by modding the game

[@HeartbrokenHeartshooter]

This entire series is goated. Tokyo extreme racer Zero is a must play.

[@nolahahnshouse3389]

Just bought this a few weeks ago from a friend putting me on to it and I absolutely love it!

[@iceboy1053]

Genki made so many good racing games, especially Shutoko Battle series(Tokyo Xtreme Racer series), and Kaido Battle series(Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift series), and Wangan Midnight games.

[@MrMonkeyBalls1]

Does the intro remind anyone else of the ending credits for 2 fast 2 furious? The part where the animated cars are racing?

[@-superben-2]

One of m'y favorite old racing game franchise

[@alrodriguez5346]

You'll enjoy this game and its challenges i sure did when it came out...have fun

[@jammaschan]

I remember playing this as my very very first racing game at a friend's house (because my parents did not allow me to play games at home). This is a big hit of nostalgia.

[@rorroryusoul]

Very cool video black panthaa

[@JustinDaProdigy]

Also you can unlock the skyline and Supra and beating the game is satisfying if you see this BlackPanthaa you should definitely keep playing to unlock those cars. There’s a lot more JDM legends to unlock throughout the game.

[@alexandersousa1114]

I miss this game so much. It was SO GOOD.

[@ghostybroyo]

This was my second ever teaching games and it absolutely captivated me

[@Pepets2292]

Finally!!! Been asking the speedy pants man to play this game for a few years now!!!

[@FaridFauzan2405]

I played Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 for a few reasons. Soundtrack, cool cars and tuning parts as well.

[@gbalao8885]

You should try more games in the Shutokou Battle series such as Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero and Import Tuner Challenge.

[@texashammer777]

4:17 the rubber banding is ridiculous in this game lol

[@applewillance3276]

If you ever want to play the Touge spinoff of the series, play the Japan release. They have way more feature and wheel option (some of it is in Japanese but the crucial stuff is mostly and English)

[@seanj7236]

Miss this game wish I could still play I really enjoyed it. Glad you got to play because this game was so good. Import tuner challenge was also a great game as well miss that one too.

[@CharizardMaster69]

Bought TXR 0 on a whim at a second hand video game store, loved it and bought Drift 2, then 3, and bought the first drift.

[@Kingzgamingandrealtalk]

I miss this game so much, the entire series actually

[@therunawaykid6523]

Just glanced over at my ps2 collection - I have Tokyo road race. Also highly recommend a little known ps2 game called speed kings it’s pretty much burnout but with motorbikes

[@DejectedAngel]

Personally this is my favorite racing game ever made. Yes, I prefer this over Underground/2, and even Midnight Club. The Ridox Supra, MCR skyline, West Corvette. This game is great. The handling and insane difficulty spikes might turn some people off, I think it add to the character of the game.

[@abrahammendoza7620]

Game was a step backwards in a few ways but I love it nonetheless. Import tuner challenge was Genki's final console game on the 360, I suggest you look at that was well.

[@ahenwithatie69]

POG!!!! this game is on my Top 5 fave PS2 Games

[@totaleclipse05]

This was one of my favorite games for the ps2, attention to detail was great. As you get faster cars, temperature of fluids play a factor in performance. More cars and rivals unlock as you progress. Don’t know if you noticed when you played that when you hit a wall, your “life” bar went down against you. Same for your rivals, if they hit a wall, you need less time ahead of them to beat them as it takes a chunk of their life down. You have to drive cleanly in the game (no hitting walls or other cars) to keep your life bar higher.

[@SlowV6Mustang]

TXR3! I loved playing through this gem a couple of years ago, beat the main story, great game if you want a highway racer to play. If you like this I'd totally recommend TXR0 or Import Tuner Challenge for the 360, which are all made by the same dev. I'm also pretty sure that theo played TXRD2 awhile ago which is a mountain racer also made by the same dev.

[@nima6761]

I loved the game it would be great to have more parts of it and BTW new stream about buick in NFS ??

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

I think the reason why the handling feels weird (if you think so) was because the game are more focused on highway duel (2nd part of the game basically), and you'll mostly race on the highways. However, if you can get the handling right, you can actually use it as an advantage against your rivals (because they're suck at corners).

[@volkte37]

Good to see this series covered, ive enjoyed it since the PS1 days! Ive beaten them all multiple times, so enjoyable. Try Zero on PS1. It came before this abd despite the cars not having real names and less locations, its a better overall game. Tons of cars, body kits and the AI is better for sure.

[@endlessfable]

The bestttt of the series. They also had one called import tuner for the xbox 360, its really good only downside was the amount of cars, but customization is beyond what we find in games today

[@Sapizanza]

Remember if you paint your car on a rainy day and install a carbon fibre spoiler on 3rd Friday in a months,a challenger will appear

[@elwinderzoid]

i loved these games

[@matheustoledo948]

This game is insane, one of best Racing games for PS2 (Drift 2 too)

[@therunawaykid6523]

Wish he would play the runabout games they were really fun and had many varied missions

[@dasleepykay]

oh hell yeahhh this my childhood here 🔥

[@Zefruz]

I finished this game 100% for 5 times and i still am willing to play this

[@K3ntucky123]

The fact that people who beat this without internet is mind boggling

[@eligijusnicys1414]

Great game I wish I had played it I was young at that time, can make it into series would love to see full playthrough

[@heizerval]

reminds me of wangan midnight maximum tune, i think you can play it on pc just some steps. it's normally a arcade game

[@michaelmichael2915]

I think they've got the same developers, Genki. I watched the anime, and remember some of the ads being the same as TXR3. Searched more on this and it turns out Genki also had the license for Wangan Midnight.

[@heizerval]

@@michaelmichael2915 thats new to me

[@michaelmichael2915]

@@heizerval There also is a PS2 version of Maximum Tune, but I've never played it.

[@TomokoxKuroki]

@@michaelmichael2915 not the same developers. genki made wangan midnight games for the ps2, psp, and ps3 (separate games, although the ps2 and psp ones are fairly similar), but those games are technically unrelated to the WMMT games which were developed by bandai namco. genki are apparently credited for something on the WMMT games so they may have helped in some way but theyre definitely not the main devs.

[@michaelmichael2915]

@@TomokoxKuroki Perhaps they used some assets made by Genki? I am indeed wrong on WMMT, seems I mixed it up with just "Wangan Midnight" which was made by Genki. Thanks for clearing this out.

[@brianpagan9689]

I loved that game, wish i could play it again, i wanna play that great game, i really want to know if its in the classic games on the catalog

[@perfectlap9379]

absolute classic

[@John_Lesion]

Pants you should really play the game make it a "Lets Play" like Most Wanted....its a real challenge but also fun ASF, i recently finished it with a 3000GT its hard but it has so many things about it i cant really explain...and that comes from a guy that was a pure Glory Days NFS Child.

[@crimsonshadow1140]

tokyo xtreme racer is such an awesome hidden gem, glad to see it’s getting more love

[@unfractured_]

THEO PLAYED TOKYO XTREME RACER! MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!!

[@haitotogima]

One of the best PS2 games of all time personally my favorite is TXR Zero beaten that game over 10+ times

[@saifalsuwaidi3901]

You are extremely lucky if you just discovered this game😍😍😍, it’s my favorite racing series of all time, you will unlock a lot of cool cars 🚗 🚕🚙 all rivals have story and personality

[@JustinDaProdigy]

This was my favorite game on PS2! I remember calling the gamestops in urgency and the people like “what you so excited for?”😅 This game was the game I played before and after school every day. It was so good. Even better was the next one they came out with ℹ forget the platform but it was more detailed. Graphics were awesome too. Both platforms I thought had great graphics for an indie racing project. They should remake something like this in open world on all platforms. Or this title directly lol.

[@reshaylennaidoo92]

It's Friday in South Africa

[@BlackPanthaa]

Happy Friday

[@xraider927]

2:38 Theo, that's not hard to say Nagoya, here I'll teach you: NA-GO-YA. It's too easy to pronounce, and Nagoya is only inches away from Toyota's hometown (hope you pin this)

[@chr15t50lder]

The same game developer (Genki) made both this game and The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift

[@blackflip23]

That game had potential the cars and their customizations were great but the world just felt so empty but I’ve spent many of hours cruising in that fast and furious game

[@TomokoxKuroki]

the tokyo drift game was by eutechnyx actually. genki were originally developing a fast and furious game based on the first 2 movies that was meant to be released in 2003, but it got cancelled

[@SJ-su1ki]

If you have the patience then try out Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero. It’s older and way more weighty but still a good game. But start off with the CE9A it’s the best starter car. The replay camera angles are some of the best in the series too.

[@HardflipTheHorse]

Mate if you want more of a Touge feel please give Tokyo Xtreme Racer : Drift 2 !!! Theres even cars you wouldnt even expect to race with or what machines you can make them become

[@ImBlackIvy]

ive been playing this everyday lately, and i also got Tokyo Extreme Drift 2.

[@Arexion5293]

Still to this day might be the only racing game where you can make every part of the car carbon. And it even has an adorable attempt at an MS Paint inspired livery editor. And one of the best parts of the game is its rival profiles. Some of those are pretty funny, with amusing connections between different characters and one of them like the J tribute makes you question how that team even functions. Also you can throw a rotary engine into any car.. once it has 1256 total mileage that is. Why are the engine swaps locked behind total mileage per car...

[@Osh_93]

it's Friday Theo... but I'll accept that lol

[@FiendishlyDelightedSefto]

This reminds me of carbon canyon duels a little bit

[@Brett_murray14]

I 100% completed this game some cars will only spawn with certain cars certain plate numbers etc lol might wanna look up a guide I probably put 2-300 hours in this game back in the day

[@Ragefrost28]

Literally this game has a vibe like nfsu + wangan midnight maximum tune

[@kylersaunders4777]

Favorite series of all time we've all gotta start a thread and get a reboot 😂😂😂 would be amazing next gen

[@lolssj8letplay]

Do a serie of this game 🔥

[@Gaming_withnemo]

Bro I loved this game

[@texashammer777]

I discovered this game series not long ago TXR3 and TXRD2, and its the best racing games ever. I sold my ps4 cause I got so tired of the state of new games and pay walls, and don't get me started on how bad new racing games are. Even though theres a few things I can pick out of what I like about new ones. But the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series FEELS SO ALIVE!! all the racers have a story and have interaction. They even perfectly mimic people in the real life racing scene from A-Z lol. So glad to see this game regaining popularity, for a while I thought I was the only one dumping out TXR yt shorts lol (their mediocre shorts) But I've being seeing just within this WEEK its been blowing up. I honestly will give credit to NFS, The Crew, GT7 and Forza for BEING SO BAD lol that it's attracted a big following for TXR. Many who desire a truly alive and actually challenging game will love this game!! and its not challenging do to poor mechanics, the mechanics blow every racing game I've personally played out the water! Hope to see yall racers on the BBS board lol (if only modders made a online lobby for this series)

[@gabrielsobrosa]

Undrrated franchise. We need a remaster or a modern version of this game

[@ceilinggang1910]

WE NEED AN F&F TOKYO DRIFT SERIES!!!!

[@diethersantos6404]

🗿

[@lennencollado7259]

That was my favorite racing game