MF Ghost Hakone REAL ROUTE

[@noriyaro]

Looks like rent's due on bitrate at KZbin...

[@6rnk]

Hehe

[@shadokitteh8523]

I wonder if it also shows a 1080p premium option if 1440p is available.

[@LaurenceJvdV]

1080p premium also shows up but it isn't particularly good, still a bit grainy. @@shadokitteh8523

[@fredd3.14]

if you upload in 4k they spare more bitrate crumbs for you (you can keep yout timeline in 1080p just final export in 2160p)

[@Lorijenken]

they had to put there entire engine to fight adblockers now everything runs at 360p even at 1080p 😅

[@Ironcan-kw9ls]

Fun fact: Hokane is also the location where Ryosuke and Shinigami aka The Grim Reaper battle on downhill variant in Initial D fifth stage.

[@SummonerArthur]

Yes, rock ane is the tofu where the speedy downhill happened

[@Ultra_64]

FC3S and 350Z are the best R32 brakes

[@Cheaty_Four]

*Hakone Sorry, I live near Hakone so I see the signs regularly and the typo is killing me

[@Bigbigpoopi]

Oh god his beer can is as beat up

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@Cheaty_FourHokage

[@Xem1822]

This will most likely be very useful for Assetto Corsa Map makers.

[@jrecio1948]

It's gonna be rough for whoever's going to combine the map models of Hakone Turnpike from WMMT, Odawara (short) from Initial D, and scratch model the rest.

[@Xem1822]

true goodluck map makers@@jrecio1948

[@MyRealName]

@@jrecio1948 If the new anime proves to be very popular, there are modders who might make everything from scratch. I wouldn't be too surprised.

[@SN4YZE]

that was literally my first thought: i need a asseto corsa map of this!

[@madtkboy]

It'd be interesting if someone can do a hakone map like the shotoku team did with the greater Tokyo highways. Nagao, Hakone outbound, tsubaki line, hakone turnpike, and odawara are all within very close driving distances of each other.

[@-a6833]

Just the fact that there isn't a speedbump every 2 meters is enough to make me want to move there... I'm writhing in jealousy

[@s70driver2005]

Bruh.... you have no idea. The roads in Japan are so nice!!!!

[@MyRealName]

It's mostly fast open road, nowhere in the world will you find speedbumps on such roads. Entering small towns/villages and intersections is a different story.

[@-a6833]

@@MyRealName except where I live, in the Netherlands, you do, if the open road is below 80 kmh like these roads you will find speedbumps everywhere, even outside of the cities and villages, even some of the 80kmh roads now have speedbumps

[@viktorlindeberg7363]

A lot of the famous mountain pass roads will have bumps between lanes to prevent street racing and drifting. but not many on the lanes themselves

[@s70driver2005]

@viktorlindeberg7363 there's a bunch around Hakone pass

[@Lamdoe]

Kanata said a movie was going through his head, but it was actually a Noriyaro video 😂

[@vail9087]

HAHAHAHAHHAA

[@9nineofdiamonds]

To think Kanata memorized the whole track in 2 days when this is basically Japan's Nurburgring in insane

[@RandomGuy37]

Exactly. It took me at least a few months of remembering and trying to learn Nurburgring while this mf remembered this entire course in 2 days.

[@jmagno5816]

Spoiler alert he used this video

[@SHIZURAKU]

I was reading manga and it felt like the course was much shorter, longer than the Assetto Corsa map version but not this long lol.

[@samuelquemecuentas]

But Nur have no speed limit.

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

The Nordschleife is also "only" just half as long as this

[@lingyouyan70]

The course is basically the combination of Mount Taikan, Hakone Touge and Ashinoko Skyline

[@matos2236]

Dude, that race with the bus got me on the edge of a seat, very nice overtake too!

[@yoghurrt1]

Didn't knew Noriyaro is into goa/psy and trance in general, extra thumbs up for that.

[@lgos44]

name of the track?

[@skylie_policecar]

Fits great with this kind of footage, just see all the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune OST made by Yuzo Koshiro, just masterpieces

[@skylie_policecar]

​@@lgos44multiple tracks in this video, tried to shazam some of them and it worked

[@st3v3nk3]

Wangan Midnight OST are awesome@@skylie_policecar

[@cynomyS]

@@lgos44Jerry Reed - Amos Moses

[@Stan99]

Nice! Drove most of this route myself a couple a weeks ago along with the Skyline drive, absolutely beautiful roads around there

[@s70driver2005]

Wasn't it so awesome!?!?! we rented a Kei car and it was still a blast to drive.

[@s70driver2005]

At 7:16 I started recognizing that road.... 7:56 the little road on the right is where our Air BnB was. the Tori gate at 8:00 is so awesome to drive under. The shops around there have some great things to buy!!!

[@Chocraze76]

18:13 "Oh! The 2 car takes the right way!" I loved this part

[@tr1h3r4]

episode 8 or 9

[@makimaki500]

I feel bad about myself knowing that I remember the route because of too many times playing Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune

[@MrVaqez]

Don’t feel bad as you aren’t the only one!

[@B3N0N4T0R]

It is also the road for the first 5 minutes until the top of the mountain where the battle between Rin Hojo, Ryuji Ikeda und Takahashi Ryosuke took place in Initial D.

[@LUMBERZ4CK]

Came for Noriyaro, stayed for music. Great set! 🔥

[@feenyx6394]

So lovely. Going on my "stuff to do in Japan" list for sure. Kudos for the beats too, they took me back!

[@s70driver2005]

If you want to do it I'd say take the Shinkansen to Mishima station and you can walk to the Toyota rent a car. Then from there the you can drive to the same area at 8:00 and from that area you can go all over the place. It's so worth it.

[@Leo_XVII]

Thank you for the video Alexi. It really goes to show how skinny the roads are compared to exaggerated version, in both the show and manga. Appreciate the content.

[@wittisy]

Stunning route that was hell to drive on during foggy weather! Was here a few months back and we were crawling through this stretch of road at what felt like

[@s70driver2005]

Isn't it so scary at night!?!? It was crazy!!!

[@alexhndr]

Oh man, seeing this track in slower motion than i usually do on WMMT6 is a refreshing sight xD

[@raedonvendetta]

Drove this exact route myself in an AE86 on a trip to Japan. It's a breathtaking road.

[@s70driver2005]

Seriously!?!?! We just rented a kei car so we could drive all over the place.

[@thefailxtreme]

initially I thought this video was quite boring, now coming back to it and actually watching it from start to finish - super cool & really interesting to see the route

[@dionjamin6545]

God bless Noriyaro for putting psytrance music on this video

[@joelgyongyosi9199]

The probox cameos like the one at 5:55 must've been hard to set up and is exceptional attention to detail I must say

[@arshia666]

Alexi keeps delivering videos we didn't know we needed. ❤

[@SHIZURAKU]

I tried the Odawara Pikes Peak in Assetto Corsa and it was so much shorter lol, hope someone will remake the map since MF Ghost is becoming more popular.

[@xbox70333]

Same lol

[@clarencepenas8406]

still waiting for someone to remake the whole odawara pikes peak

[@zPichu]

been waiting for a while until someone did a video about mf ghost. thanks

[@ankracing]

I still can´t believe, that I drove these roads in a GR86 a couple months ago and even saw the restaurant, where I had dinner, and the place at lake Ashi where I chilled quite a time in this video. Unforgettable memories for sure ❤

[@mazdaroadster-mx5]

I don't think the van makes good use of the grip to weight regulation Alexi

[@draco7694]

I was just in Hakone a few weeks ago! Only spent a night there but loved it, and I was just around Odawara station too I recognized the roads. Next time I go I am driving them myself for sure!

[@s70driver2005]

Isnt it awesome!?!?! If you want to do it I'd say take the Shinkansen to Mishima station and you can walk to the Toyota rent a car. Then from there the you can drive to the same area at 8:00 and from that area you can go all over the place. It's so worth it.

[@cyclonicleo]

Interestingly, the bus ride back from Lake Ashi to Hakone Station takes in some of that route, especially where you were following the bus. Its kinda trippy being in the back whilst the driver is throwing it into the corners!

[@SHIZURAKU]

all fun and games until the bus driver starts blasting eurobeats

[@fruitydudexD]

honestly, I think a drive video like this where you talk to us about stuff, like car stuff or Japan stuff in general(or anything really, I thoroughly enjoy your storytelling), while you drive, would be pretty cool not saying this one isn't cool though :)

[@AlienTheWizard]

I can really appreciate this video, thanks for taking the time out to show everyone this

[@D0cSchneider]

What a view! I know Hakone from Wangan Midnight especially the Arcade game. One of the hardest Map to play and grind the best title, if you manage to master this map you essentialy able to play the rest of the map that available in the game that time! Ah good old days :D

[@cesariojpn]

SPOILER: This was done by the Prosucc.

[@s70driver2005]

Legally it had to be!¡

[@cktommyc3323]

Man, the downhill, and the bus in front is pulling away!

[@noriyaro]

Bus battle

[@swisscourthustle]

These bus drivers can steer I swear. Most of the busses we went in at/around Hakone were manual too! 😅

[@suketherurouni37]

Really appreciated this visual after just watching the 3rd ep of MF Ghost! Bonus was the excellent mid-90's electronica music. Took me straight back to high school anime parties in the 90's!

[@tomanderson6335]

Great roads and scenery. And the Jeep SJ at 16:25 was an amusing surprise!

[@NONo443]

Baby, wake up. Noriyaro dropped sone new fire on his channel.

[@Sj1bby]

And it's gravely disappointing. That's a first nor Noriyaro San.

[@s70driver2005]

​@@Sj1bby sorry bro have to disagree.

[@sambalzone94]

That's a long course. I'd imagine brake would be the number 1 modification just for it to last the entire run of hard driving before it starts to fade.

[@s70driver2005]

Brakes and tires do wonders.

[@jurtsa2996]

Alexi the downhill specialist. This route looks very chill irl 👍

[@IwandaGP99]

0:06 - 4:43 we all knew this road was appear in Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune game, and also in Initial D fifth stage where Ryosuke and red 350z was raced with a black 650 hp R32 (I forget the driver name's)

[@PropaneWP]

Very lush and pretty course. Reminds me of some of the Isle of Man routes.

[@nathanlaenen1396]

Beside the facts that this is a nice track, I'm really vibing on this soundtrack tough :p

[@xero256]

Beautiful drive. Getting stuck behind the bus must have been rough. Fantastic music too!

[@-PDW]

I genuinely thought the whole video is ganna be just driving and boy was I right but let’s go cool to see how this stuff looks

[@chrisberriman4925]

Such a great drive! Thanks for sharing the video. We are heading over from Brisbane in 3 weeks and this exact cruise is on the agenda. (In a WRX STI 2dr) Be mad to see some more car events that might be happening in November!

[@ryunekoyashiki]

uphill = hakone turnpike 0:00 - 4:48 downhill = hakone skyline 4:56 - 7:07 hakone skyline did make it appearance in wangan midnight anime (fc arc)....but both hakone turnpike and skyline are in the wangan midnight arcade game while in the initial d anime/arcade only hakone turnpike make it appearance....

[@ericgolub8589]

Whenever you post a new video my faith in this platform is restored

[@tanksplayer1]

Thanks Alexi gonna be playing this in my head on the course

[@jacksonevoX20S]

Thanks for the drive noriyaro, I just remember the part of tollgate up to some point, its in the game of wangan midnight maximum tune, just nostalgia trip to mt. hakone track there, I miss playing it

[@theflyingspud]

Seeing the huge tori gate at @7:59 put a smile on my face as I recalled driving through here in 2019 in my rental kei car.

[@Hakaisou]

I got to drive an S30 around Hakone this year, and seeing stuff I recognize in MF Ghost and this video is cool.

[@Olabruh]

This the video Kanata used to memorize the track, recorded by Keisuke and posted by noriyaro

[@yyams]

Excellent video, mainly because I had no idea this anime existed. And I'm rock hard for it. Thanks dude.

[@vzda123]

Definitely gotta rent a car drive this road when I eventually visit Japan

[@s70driver2005]

Try this! If you want to do it I'd say take the Shinkansen to Mishima station and you can walk to the Toyota rent a car. Then from there the you can drive to the same area at 8:00 and from that area you can go all over the place. It's so worth it.

[@jorek7538]

how cool is this with the psytrance music. loved it

[@KayDat]

I was lucky enough to do a solo bike trip across Japan last year just as it opened up, and rode across the northern half of the route from East to West. Watching MF Ghost and this video brought back so many memories!

[@WilCraft624]

20:26 GTR missed kissed from Angel number 7 here

[@oscarrodriguez654]

Drove this route when I was in Japan in April. Absolutely amazing. The anest Iwata sky lounge also has incredible views of lake ashinoko, Mount Fuji, as well as delicious matcha ice cream and ramen inside the lounge. I wish I was back in Japan again. I will go back soon.

[@tylertheotaku9270]

The start of this course looks like (from Initial D) where Ryouske's FC & the red 350z pulled infront of the Grim Reaper R32 to stop it after the brakes gave out.

[@tokyohunter1119]

Because it is the same course

[@anthonyestevez118]

Makes me want to go for a drive!

[@diegocipriani]

Dude you will not believe this, but just this afternoon I was in Shibuya searching for a copy of MF Ghost number 1 !!!

[@s70driver2005]

Lucky brooooo!!! I miss 日本

[@yanberg2467]

So this is the reason why the MC got a video flowing in his mind of the whole track.

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

Looks like a fun drive, especially in a S chassis or mid 90s Civic.

[@xGStars]

Thanks to this video someone somewhere is gonna make a carbon copy of Hakone in Assetto Corsa now.

[@NickGarux]

The song that plays from 4:46 to 12:44 is called T-Back, by Bobboz I'll make sure to update this comment with any other songs that I find, but it might take a while, so any help is super welcome!

[@modthesol]

that 2 door jeep wagoneer at 16:25 though!! 😍

[@Hdx64]

Shigeno did us dirty. There was so much more to the touge than what he portrayed... Now i'm mad and impressed of how beautiful it really is.

[@_bird.of.passage]

If I want to go get sleepy I will go back on this video, this is like those therapeutic driving POV videos for people who wants to get sleepy, just with a groovy music 😎

[@hk20000]

Just the beginning part where there are miles of uphill straight with minimum curvature would render the 86 completely uncompetitive against the likes of a hurican STO or a mercedes GTR, hell or even a nissan gtr would be beyond the horizon by the end of that stretch in a time attack.

[@TimMyles]

Got to drive around Hakone in my dream car recently, such a beautiful area.

[@drchiefnska]

Isn't this also the location of the Fifth Stage race FC3S vs. R32 (Takahashi vs Rin)?, the end scene seems the same as this begin scene. Maybe thats why this track?

[@fsega3669]

Now that I’ve memorized the course, I’m flying over to attack it!

[@DJLani]

Hakone Uphill from Maxi tune!

[@onetiremedia]

Japan bucket list item unlocked. Thanks for showing this route 🙌🏾

[@s70driver2005]

If you want to do it I'd say take the Shinkansen to Mishima station and you can walk to the Toyota rent a car. Then from there the you can drive to the same area at 8:00 and from that area you can go all over the place. It's so worth it.

[@onetiremedia]

@@s70driver2005 thank you. I’ll give this a shot on my next trip to Japan🤙🏾

[@flanflanjp_]

really love your content

[@ophbmystik]

look at those corners, works of art. this NEEEDS to be in assetto in its entirety, it could rival nurburgring fame on the game.

[@SHIZURAKU]

Absolutely, the Odawara Pikes Peak in AC is way too short compared to this.

[@Tayeedz1]

I've never seen a Probox go so fast.

[@lukas_2701]

in the mf ghost world there is a demo of the track published on the official site, i guess this could count as a real-life counterpart😁

[@ytbeusr]

My god, serious nostalgia, this is pretty much the exact route I took on a morning drive in a (both hired in hakone) 240z g nose, and then a '32 GTR in a foggy November evening, back in 2015. I have to come back!! Thankyou for this, I still have the videos of the drives in which I'm giggling like a school girl all the way, might dub over them like you have here so they're watchable and not quite so embarrassing 😅

[@simonkampfer33]

I guess you rented from Fun2Drive ? This video takes me back to 2015 too : on my first trip to Japan, i was fortunate enough to drive all the amazing roads around Hakone in a stock NSX and a heavily modified S2000 with ITBs and to this day those are some of my best memories as a petrolhead !

[@simonkampfer33]

Yes, you have to go back even though i read on some forums that renting has gotten more difficult because so many people have crashed their cars ! In 2017 i went back and rented the exact cars you drove ! The 240z and the R32 Godzilla !

[@scionkai]

what a beautiful route to drive at

[@snapsbylan]

No wonder it took 2 episodes to finish the circuit. Jokes, jokes.

[@flyinHI808]

TIP: In the Settings, speed up the video to 2x and you'll get a close approximation "real feel" speed of actually racing the circuit in the GT86! (For the other cars we need to have 3x speed. LOL) 😁

[@yama3276]

new noriyaro uploads!❤

[@Vash_28]

15:33 "You can see the Ohiradai hairpin up ahead of the 86 car, clear as day!" bbbrrrrrrmm!!! "Im getting flashbacks. For a second, i saw that Panda Trueno; thats Takumi's high speed four-wheel drift!"

[@ariessantos12]

Anyone notice that the start of MF Ghost's race is exactly at the same place where Ryosuke had his last battle ended. The battle with Shinigami.

[@KeumJooMinzhy]

Yah, even on 0:46 its a last escape Zone that should be used for Hojo Rin, but he skipped it and ikeda said "Baka yaro"

[@skylie_policecar]

Hello Alexi, I think some of us would love to know all the musics used in this video (I would add them to my playlist by my side 😎)

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Fun Fact : this Course among Pretty much ALL the others famous in japan / street roads in japan. Have also been featured in an older game series. Tokyo Xtreme Racer / Shutokou Battle! Amazing games for their time. The series was originally subtitled "Drift King", after the trademark nickname of street racing and professional racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya who is featured in the first Shuto Kousoku Trial episodes and endorsed the game with, then team manager, Masaki Bandoh of Bandoh Racing Project. Takami Fujiwara makes an appearance in a few of the games as a super hidden hard mode boss. As well as some other lesser known Japanese Street racing Legends (or their cars). Cannot believe with the rise in popularity in Japanese culture anime and the Car world that these games are still so slept on. Forza and NFS eat your heart out. These features REAL roads... as far back as THE DREAM CAST with the wangan highway and inner/outer c1 loop.

[@Bronyfur05]

I believe you even had NOB in some of the TXR games, and keiichi tsuchiya in TXR3/Shutoko 01 Which is amazing tbh along with a lot of demo cars from tuner shops like west No.5 or ridox

[@NerfMaster000]

What bullshit are you talking about, the Hakone Turnpike was never in a Genki game, nor was Takumi Fujiwara ever a boss (much less a hidden one). I’ve played every game in the series so I know exactly what I’m talking about

[@2POWERFUL]

Forza, NFS - Well, they are western made, While Japanese developers have known those roads like at the back of their hands. So much apples & oranges.

[@swagchickensc]

Im gonna memorize the layout

[@s.r.893]

Man, this road looks like so much fun, I’ve got to take a sportbike up there!

[@sidecharacter3449]

the road is so empty, a really nice place to just drive around.

[@Mefdash2]

@noriyaro It's too hard to compare these 2 videos. 1 is your own footage in this video. And the other, is the WMMT6RR Arcade game. The Car in Mt. Taikan Uphill course, slows down and drifts trough corners hairpins and chicanes. But in this video, you drive slow but in fast forward, zooming ahead. So your video with fast forward can take the cake.

[@KuRo88]

Great video! Little suggestion: A map with position marker would have made it even more awesome

[@xLKxStealthA]

Hey noriyaro! You got the song set for this video? Its good stuff!

[@brizzblue2180]

most of you will know this from mfghost but i know some of us know this road from wanganmidnight arcade especially that toll booth at the beginning

[@taylorbrown3892]

If you could please post more it would save me a ton of money on therapy.

[@Rizky4443]

Looks like Hakone (Mt Taikan) track on wmmt...

[@oni8337]

because it is

[@SilentCiel]

Odawara Pikes Peak is such a pretty location. Would definitely need to visit some day~

[@deathtdow]

YAY new Noriyaro videos 🎉

[@Dr3aMz1982]

thanks for sharing. awesome take..