Tokyo Xtreme Racer 03!! I hug it!!!

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just got my copy today, it actually tore me away from project gotham 2. haha. its MUCH better than the first one. SO many better improvements. i love how you can choose the material you want your body kits to be made out of. this lets you choose any stlye body kit you want and have it take off the same amount of weight, rather than choosing the lightest kit there is and having to use that design, like in txr0

racing in the rain is sweet, the car models look MUCH better in this game and have much better reflective properties, the foglights are actually a lightsource now instead of just looking pasted on like they did in txr0, SO many customizable options, window tint w/ color and transperancy, different color headlights, turn signals, tail lights, indiglo guages and reverse indiglo (on screen guages, they actually dont change in the car, its still cool tho) even license plate placement! center of bumper, right, left, on the dashboard, or not at all.

Engine sounds are much better as well, the cars sound ABOUT how they should, dont expect gt3 calibur, but they're a definite improvement over txr0. each muffler gives your car a different tone. there are oil and water temp guages now. ive been wondering about overheating myself, i havent really driven the car long enough to experience that. the temp does go up the longer you race tho. there are cooling upgrades you can get too which free up more hp, which i think is pretty cool. Music is still...blah. i turn that off.

you actually get 40,000cr to start off w/ but the car selection in the beginning isnt that great. ive got the old 300zx right now but its doin pretty good. i just unlocked the RX8 so im tryin to save up for that. Physics are a little better than txr0, but they're not perfect. but if i can play txr0 over and over again and not get tired of it, im sure i'll make it thru this one

Bottom line, if youre a fan of the TXR series, you will DEFINENTLY love this game, and for 20 bucks, it cant be beat

now thats 2 games im playing to tear me away from gt3 even more :( txr3 and PG2
 
how come toys r us is selling it for only 19.99?

I would expect new games to be a bit more expensive than that...
 
ok, i can in fact confirm that the car can and will overheat. i just found out that if you press the select button during a race, it increases your boost pressure so you can get more power, HOWEVER, this causes the water and oil temp to rise quite dramatically. haha. it can only be done for maybe one or 2 races in a row. if you keep trying to push the car w/ the boost increased, smoke starts coming out of the muffler, and it gradually just starts slowing down. haha

i do have a couple gripes about this game tho. for one, even an opponent challenges you, you still start out behind them. one of my main strategies to win against faster cars in txr0 was to let them challenge me so i could be in front of them when the race started, but not anymore...whats genki trying to do to me, actually make me race?? haha

secondly, the car prices in the game seem a bit.....steep. i just unlocked a wrx sti ver. vi or somthing, the one thats a couple gens old, and the damn thing costs 65,000 cr!!!!!! i mean come on!!! those things didnt even cost that NEW! If thats what an old outdated wrx costs i hate to see what a friggin R34 skyline is gonna cost :(

other than that im still very happy w/ this game :D
 
thanks for the good reviews guys, good thing i looked on here before i went to eb.
 
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get this game on Friday. $19.99 at Gamestop. :D
 
just picked up my copy from toys r us for 19.99

pretty awesome deal, i wonder how genki makes their profit :confused:

graphics and handling are MUCH better and all the tuning u can do to ur car is insane! gamespot gave this game a 9.7 so i suggest u pick ur copy up now!!!!!
 
Originally posted by fiend
Pretty awesome deal, i wonder how genki makes their profit :confused:

That's the point. They made the TXR series only 20 bucks so more and more people would pick it up instead of some 50 dollar game. :D Genki makes the best racers every! (To me, it rivals GT series, hehehe)

I give TXR3 and off the chart rating, it's so awesome, I just got me a 3rd stage engine and exhaust, heh.
 
I need this game.

Hey, is it me, or is this the year where street racing games take over christmas.
 
Tokyo Xtreme Racer is all about Wangan racing. (Highway racing)

NFS Underground is more of a "street race" game.

I agree though, automotive games will be a huge chunk of game sales this Christmas.
 
NFS:Underground will be the christmas sale out.
Im not sure if people know the TXR series much, May be not even know about it.
 
Why the hell are you giving us a shot of the box? Give us screens!



EDIT: BTW, why is it $20, new?
 
Originally posted by Giancarlo
EDIT: BTW, why is it $20, new?[/i]

So mroe people buy it, instead of spending 50 bucks on a game that might not be so good. :)
 
Originally posted by Gran Turismo7058
NFS:Underground will be the christmas sale out.
Im not sure if people know the TXR series much, May be not even know about it.
I agree, I didn't know this game was out until someone made a thread about it. I think most people don't know it's out. There wasn't any adds for it in any of the mags. I think NFSU is going to sell quite alot this Christmas. Personaly, I'm a little disapointed that there is no replay function in NFSU, and that there is no way to tell how much HP your car has, amongst other things. I can't wait till I get TXR3, I loved Zero, so this should be more my type of game. Let's see some ratings from you guys that have the game. ;)
 
Has anyone here bought this game from ebgames.com?

I put my order in Monday night, paid with a credit card, and opted for 1-day shipping;
and under order status it says "on hold". wtf?
 
I ordered mine on Sunday, with regular shipping, I expect that it should be in today. Even if it doesn't come in I will be okay, cuz my new computer came in yesterday, and NFS underground will still be able to keep me occupied for a few more days with the online mode.
 
I GOT IT!! I GOT IT!!!! I just picked up the last copy from my local EB! I'm sooo happy! I'm watching the intro mvoie right now. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
how much did you pay for it?
 
$19.99

What car should I start out with?
 
hey i got myne 2 day and you wont belive where i bought it i thought it would be like 50 bux but it was only 20.00 i got it at best buy!!:) :) :sly: :sly:
 
Okay I hope this is not a glitch but my traffic is all one car...some yellow van that says official on it...and thats it besides the other racers...is it like this for anyone else?
 
Originally posted by Dorifto
Okay I hope this is not a glitch but my traffic is all one car...some yellow van that says official on it...and thats it besides the other racers...is it like this for anyone else?


No, that my only traffic too.
 
my copy came in today, I can't wait to get out of work so I can play it. I have so many toys to play with right now, It's going to be a fun 4 day weekend.
 
Originally posted by Chaos Fire
So more people buy it, instead of spending 50 bucks on a game that might not be so good. :)

That doesn't make sense. At all.
 
I got my copy today, I haven't started playing yet. What is a good car to start out with? Also, I got mine on EB games, and it showed up at my house three days after I ordered it.:D ;)
 
IMO, the best car to start out with is the FC3S. :D
 
That's what I started out with, I was going to go with the silvia though
 
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