Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift

Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	Genki
Publisher(s)	Crave Entertainment
Director(s)	Nobukazu Itabashi
Series	Kaido Battle
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release date(s)	^JP February 27, 2003 ^NA April 18, 2006
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift (known as Kaidō Battle: Nikko, Haruna, Rokko, Hakone in Japan) is the third racing game published by Crave Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth main installment in Shutokō Battle series. The game allows racing at both day and night. Day time offers the opportunity to enter competitions and gain money. Night time is where you can race against rivals to gain respect.

Gameplay

Setting

The game was set between Zero and 3, according to Japanese series timeline. For unknown reasons, the North American release was delayed till 2006, but the plot still set in 2003, due to car listing.

Cars

The game, like any in the series, included the Japanese and imported foreign cars. The foreign cars included Alfa Romeo, Mini, Lotus, DeTomaso and Volkswagen, depending on versions. Honda was licensed in this game but not available in its sequel, due to the licensing problems. Examples of the other licensed Japanese cars were Autobacs Seven. The Mitsubishi Starion 4WD rally car were available in this game, but has been converted to road-going versions.

Mountain Courses

The five mountain courses were featured in this game:

• Hakone
• Haruna
• Iroha

• Iroha B
• Iroha A

• Front Rokko

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 62%[1] Metacritic 59/100[2] Review scores Publication Score Game Informer 6/10[3] GamePro [4] GameSpot 5.8/10[5] IGN 4.5/10[6] OPM (US) [7] PSM 7/10[8] X-Play [9]

The game was met with mixed to negative reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 62%,^[1] while Metacritic gave it 59 out of 100.^[2]

References

1. "Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
2. "Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
3. "Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift". Game Informer (156): 124. April 2006.
4. Rice Burner (May 25, 2006). "Review: Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT". GamePro. Archived from the original on July 7, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
5. Navarro, Alex (May 3, 2006). "Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT Review". GameSpot. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
6. Roper, Chris (May 31, 2006). "Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT". IGN. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
7. "Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 80. April 2006.
8. "Review: Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift". PSM: 74. April 2006.
9. Leeper, Justin (April 5, 2006). "Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on April 9, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

External links

• Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift at MobyGames