

Then, as you race, there are two bars on the top of the screen, indicating both your's and your opponent's 'health'. To challenge another racer, you must flash your headlights at them, where then a count-down timer shows up and the race begins. As you drive around, you come up on other tuner cars. The game is different from most of the other tuner racing games out there in that you drive your car around a loop of highways in Tokyo. It feels more like an arcade racer, especially if you hook up a racing wheel and sit a few feet from your television screen. Tokyo Extreme Racer: Zero is an excellent street racing game. There is also a Versus mode where players can challenge a friend, choosing between an assortment of modified cars and then flooring the pedal to determine the most "Xtreme" driver.įor authentic street racing, accept no substitutes.
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In addition to the Quest mode, the game offers a Time Attack mode, a Free Run, and a Quick Race that takes players right into the action. The first car to have its power drained loses the race. The second place car gradually loses power, and both cars can lose power by slamming into walls, other cars, or each other. Each car has a power bar as in a fighting game. Instead, players challenge rival cars by flickering their headlights before racing them on the highway. The heart of Tokyo Xtreme Racer is the Quest mode, which is different from other racing games in that there are no traditional start or finish lines. A car's fine-tuning can be adjusted in the areas of gear ratios, turbo power, and other minutia. Players can drop in a new engine or transmission, or use the money to buy trim parts like spoilers, hoods, fenders, and the like. Cars can be purchased and upgraded using money earned from winning races. Over 100 cars are also available and, although they possess generic names, they all bear more than a passing resemblance to real cars, both domestic and import. Genki has re-created over 100 miles of authentic Tokyo highway for realism. The goals are to improve one's car, beat the gangs on their home turf, and show the Thirteen Devils who is the true king of the road. The player belongs to no such group, and drives simply for the thrill of victory. With names like Twister, Top Level, and Driving Force, the gangs all bow to the superiority of the one group who rules the night: The Thirteen Devils.

In the world of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, dark highways are ruled by gangs in command of modified cars. As developer Genki's third entry in the underground world of Japanese street racing, Xtreme Racer Zero makes its PlayStation 2 debut by utilizing the extra power offered by the system in an attempt to improve the gameplay and scope of its midnight racing predecessors.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero has players racing the highways of Tokyo to become king of the midnight road.
