There are modes beyond Quest Mode - Time Attack, Quick Race, Free Run - but these modes are so typical that they resist description. In addition, beating special rivals opens up new sections of highway. When the race ends, we simply return to speeding around freely on the darkened Tokyo highways, looking for more rivals to race.īeating rivals unlocks cars which can be purchased, and earns the player money which can be spent on upgraded parts, paintwork, stickers, and more. When the health bar of one of the cars reaches zero, the other car wins the race. The further behind the car is, the faster the bar depletes. The health bar of the car which is behind (ie.
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Two gauges appear at the top of the screen similar to the health bars found in most fighting games.
When we come upon a rival racer, a quick flash of the high beams tells them we’re ready to race (the inverse can happen as well - we might be flashed by a rival at any moment). We speed across this massive open highway indefinitely, choosing our own path through on-ramps and off-ramps seeking other street racers.īut instead of the usual race system, where we must lead the pack and be the first to cross the line, races in TXR2 are high speed endurance battles. This rather lowly street racer is then unleashed on the darkened highways of Tokyo (there’s no daytime in Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 and the “tracks” are modeled after real Tokyo highways). The player begins the main game, Quest Mode, with a small amount of cash with which we can buy our first car. What differentiated TXR2 from other racers are the places where races take place, and the way that races are won. But Tokyo Xtreme Racer (the original and its sequel) dared to be different. That’s not to imply that they’re bad - some are excellent - but a racing game is a racing game, right? Race on race tracks, first to cross the checkered flag wins. The Sega Dreamcast had no shortage of racing games, and most of them are pretty standard. Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 is beautiful and peaceful and meditative and relaxing.
As the asphalt slips by at 150 miles per hour and the city lights glimmer on the horizon, as we rip across Tokyo Bay Bridge illuminated only by sparse streetlamps and the brilliant headlights of other midnight travelers, as we speed through a city of never-ending energy amidst perpetual midnight, we find calm. There’s something mesmerizing about Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2.
Publisher - Genki (Japan) Ubi Soft (Europe) Crave Entertainment (North America)ĭreamcast Release Dates - J(Japan) Septem(North America) Decem(Europe)Īdditional Releases - Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero (Sony Playstation 2) Alternate Titles - Shutokō Battle 2 (Japan) Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 (Europe)
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