Unacceptable that the RX-7 on the video thumbnail is not pointing left. My immersion is now ruined and I will confiscate all your cevapi. If you think I have officially gone insane, feel free to search for this game and look at some of the top videos with this exact RX-7 on the thumbnail.

@DoVe_7

2 ай бұрын

Not the čevapi man 😢

@chrisjfinlay

2 ай бұрын

@@DoVe_7 I had to google what that was and now I'm hungry.

from the GT-R nerd: this is one of the very few games where the R34 GT-R Nismo Z-Tune appeared. This game honestly had an insanely impressive car roster to pick from, with heaps of JDM tuner culture cameos. at 2:35 you show a clip of the Top Secret 'V35 GT-R' demo car, where 'Smokey' Nagata built up an Infiniti G35/Nissan Skyline V35 into a proto-R35 GT-R, ahead of the R35's release.

Despite the janks and feeling of cheapness (it's Eutechnyx so it's expected), I love this game with all of my heart ❤ 1. The customization MOGGED everything sans modern NFS, but that mostly comes down to the UI design. 2. It combines BOTH TXR and TXR:Drift, even with the goofy ahh depiction of Shuto Express 3. Banger soundtrack (Hime is 🔥🔥) 4. As you mentioned, unicorn cars: Evo X and LF-A concepts ftw 5. It's fun to see one of the last remnants of F&F franchise before it turned into Riddick prequels.

@Matt_STS

2 ай бұрын

I really like this game too Also, Imo drift races worked a lot better if you dont fully upgrade your car

@Rockport1911

2 ай бұрын

" It combines BOTH TXR and TXR:Drift" Thats would have been the ultimate game: Tokyo Extreme Racer Highway battles on one night, daily sponsor and regualted races in daytime and the next night its Touge Racing and Drifting in the mountains. But Genki somehow never thought about is obvious idea :(

@frylucas

2 ай бұрын

​@@Rockport1911 It would be too ambitious for the time and way beyond their budget, Genki was already struggling by the mid 2000s and making a game with hundreds of kilometers from Tokyo's Shuto system + a bunch of recreations from the likes of Haruna, Akagi, Omote Rokko, Aso, etc would probably double ths size of the game. Don't get me wrong, I would've loved it as well, but the closest they could do to that happens in TXRD2/Kaido Battle 3 where the 13 Devils get to race in the Touge.

Only one thing I hate besides the physics is the lack of movie cars you can unlock. Some of them like Sean’s Evo or the Mustang is locked under “Multiplayer” which has been shut down since 2014.

Crazy how eutechnyx actually made a good racing game

@michaelskoomamacher5652

2 ай бұрын

Ewwwtechnyx is only one step above Davilex (or its successor, Team6) anyway. But to give them credits, their NASCAR games were better than Heat 4 onwards.

@thehwguy4293

2 ай бұрын

Tbf, they made the PS1 Test Drive Le Mans, and I've heard some good things about SRS.

@Antegggggggggg

2 ай бұрын

@@thehwguy4293 ive played srs and the handling is pretty bad

@FrozenDrone12

2 ай бұрын

The only decent eutechnyx racing games tbh

@thehwguy4293

2 ай бұрын

@@Antegggggggggg well, there's at least _videos_ to ogle at.

It's amazing how we never got a truly good Fast and Furious game despite how much easier it should have been compared to other games based on movie franchises. Even this game, despite all the things it does well, falls short of being as good as games like the Midnight Club games or the Need for Speed Underground games due to it's weird handling model. Kinda funny how other racing game franchises essentially made better Fast and Furious games than the actual Fast and Furious games. I do fully believe that Genki could have made this game even better but I think they still would have run into some problems (I think the reason why the actors from the F&F series don't appear in the game is probably due to a lack of money). Also I kinda see some similarities with this and NFS 2015: Both games had great customisation, nailed their vibes and featured good car lists and soundtracks but were ultimately let down by their weird handling models.

Even has a 4-Door R34 which I found much more cooler than the regular GTR. Felt like a rival to the Chaser in some aspects lol.

This video genuinely makes me wonder what Genki would have been able to do with this, I would have been down for a TXR inspired F&F game. That aside this game is a bit simple in terms of gameplay but it does give you the freedom to play around a bit, more than I can say for F&F Showdown lol. Great video as always Dove!

@adlibbed2138

2 ай бұрын

there's this cancelled F&F game Genki's been cooking a while back in 2003, and to why it was being cancelled is anyone's guess

@Drift4Drifters

2 ай бұрын

Would be the pinnacle of Genki, because this game has content for Wangan and Touge enthusiasts.

I miss games that dive deep into the car customization lore. We don't see anymore brands like C-West, Veilside, Bomex, Chargespeed, BN Sports. That game was perfect for car customization nerds

@bansheebwoi5056

2 ай бұрын

This game is the reason I’m trying to get a bozz speed front bumper and a charge speed hood for my 3000gt

Play the PSP version on PPSSPP on ur pc or android device It has no graphical issues

@KikuraKun

2 ай бұрын

But no traffic density.

@RiC3R69

2 ай бұрын

@@KikuraKun better

This game could have been the absolute bomb if the physics weren't atrocious ngl 😭

Just going through the oppenent description alone, in turn discovering JDM Insiders, Grip Video and GT NET as media partners picked out by Toshi ( one of the Technical advisor of FnF: Tokyo Drift, current Liberty Walk CEO, he was working under APEXi Engineering during that time) is worth your time emulating this game.

4:25 Certain parts also work better in combination other mods on your car. Like if you install an exhaust on a stock car, it'll not give you a significant hp increase but if you install that same exhaust with like a Level 4 Turbo, you'll get a major horsepower boost from the exhaust

I played this game before when I was still a child. The only thing I remember about extreme levels of tuning options and customization. The song on this game although limited music those songs still hits me hard

I remember this game wherein you can earn more credits by buying pre-tuned cars and sell it right away. Still one of underrated racing games at that time.

oh btw, idk if you care about that but you're correct, there's some strange/interesting unicorn cars like the Mitsubishi Sport Concept (Lancer Hatchback Concept) and 2005 Lexus LFA concept etc.

this game may be the best f&f game but playing this game has never been more painful just because of the weird physics and handling model alone 😭

the only Fast and Furious game that matters, really.

@obeseperson

2 ай бұрын

Hey you’re forgetting the Tokyo drift arcade game, true kino

I'd like to see an F&F game made by Genki! Imagine a crossover between NFS Underground and TXR

@adlibbed2138

2 ай бұрын

I mean there was this Fast & Furious game made by these guys that's somehow got ditched in favor of TXR3/SB01, a lot of gameplay elements in that game definitely reeks Racing Battle C1 GP's when you go at the high speeds

@GT_Meria

2 ай бұрын

@@adlibbed2138 I know, it's literally said in the beginning of the video

This game brings me back to the days when I couldn't understand how to play TXRD2's Quest Mode 😂 didn't even know what TXR was back then, so F&F seemed super cool, but now that I replayed it fresh after my first playthrough of TXR3 it definitely doesn't hit like it did as a kid. I still love it, the customization is awesome and so is the music, the carlist, the cameos of people from the automotive world, the whole vibe in general. I can forgive the dreadful handling and the fact it cheats on some drift events and forces you to cheat by doing endless donuts, the only real let down for me is the fact there's isn't much to do at all apart from customising and collecting. You can do a full playthrough in a few hours

fun fact: Eutechnyx was originally called Zeppelin Games in the late 1980s then renamed to Merit Studios Europe in 1994 and then renamed again to Eutechnyx in 1997. And apparently you're right, they have been releasing so many garbage or shovelware look-alike game as shown in wikipedia page.

6:07 aint no way that i'm finding the title of exactly my long age favorite song of the game that i've heard and loved a decade ago in a youtube review video without any searching attempt... Thanks!

Dafuq? This looked good! 😂 I like the effects when the NOS hit and when the camera tilted a bit during high speed, really adds to the immersion. How the hell did I miss this game.

Back then people probably will just buy a game based on the title or the cover art at a store in the mall

@k_crazy_

2 ай бұрын

But this was worthed

The physics are terrible but the modification is 🔥🔥🔥the fact that they use real kits and spoilers from real tuners which are catered differently for each cars are thousand times better than NFS of its era

I'm stuck at 99% completion in this game because the last wanderer just wont spawn.

@Matt_STS

2 ай бұрын

Oh, just reached the part of the video that says its a known bug. Well.. guess thats it then...

At least this game impressed me and I do love F&F. But later years however, the other later games are kinda bad enough. With the controversial 2013 F&F game that got labelled as an NFS The Run ripoff and the 2020 game entirely pissed off the F&F fans or etc., this game at least are being an almost true F&F game, but still taking some elements from TXR and Street Racing Syndicate. And another thing is I am going to try this game out some day bcuz I don't mind planning on playing too much live service racing games for now...

Loved this game all the way back in 2006. I was so pleasantly surprised!

This game is underrated..yes the loading times are LOOOONG but dam did I enjoy this game on PS2, still have it somewhere too, yes the handling is a bit out there but when you get it, it's very satisfying

The art direction and mechanics almost feels like a spiritual successor to Auto Modellista and OMG i wish we had a new Auto Modellista .

I played this game like no tomorrow back then. Once you almost get the idea of how the handling works, it's fun. If you crash just laugh it out. I'd always came back to drift race against that blue rx7, both of us drifting at 90 degree angle going downhill.

Good old times when all I needed to have fun with a game was to just drive around and do nothing.

I honestly thought the F&F mobile games were alright, might be childhood bias tho

@CyanRooper

2 ай бұрын

I loved the Tokyo Drift mobile game. I used to play it on my older brother's Sony Ericsson K550i back when I was 8 years old. I remember it having a surprisingly deep livery editor for a mobile game and I would spend over an hour trying to recreate liveries from other racing games like Eddie's Skyline, Ryan Cooper's 240SX etc. They still looked very pixelated while racing but I had fun making them.

I have such great memories of this game.

The funniest part is that the drifting techniques tuttorial is highly detailed and true to real life, but the application in game is completly inconsistent and random.

I played this game on the PSP growing up and it honestly was a lot easier to drift than probably on the emulator.

My wise word of advice if you want to try this game. Love the Wangan, avoid the Drifting like a Plague...

@adlibbed2138

2 ай бұрын

this, at least I can watch Chuunibyou, Oshi No Ko, and Yumemiru Danshi English dubs while reciting SpongeBob edited lines just fine, but one has to lost the will to live when they managed to get through the final touge stage in this game on their first try

@RosyMiranto

2 ай бұрын

@@adlibbed2138 that's uh... A verry funny way to phrase that honestly xD

@adlibbed2138

2 ай бұрын

​@@RosyMirantouhh yeah, at least not without having to figure out which car you should use & what tunes you should use to overcome the godawful drift handling

@RosyMiranto

2 ай бұрын

@@adlibbed2138 Indeed it is, but it's not a good sign when you literally need the Tuning and Car Choice of a God to figure it out.

Underrated ahh video ‼️

I'm still not over the fast and furious game getting cancelled in 2003. The trailer on the 2 fast 2 furious DVD got me so hyped

hey dove, i wondered, can you do a 5 car playthough?? it's alright if you dont, its just a suggestion

You gotta check out Crash N Burn next. Underrated imo. Even Full Auto. But maybe try checking out Gran Turismo 2 Project A Spec mod next

God man I remember my mom would be telling me I thought I was playing that unreleased game from Genki for The Fast and The Furious :( It looked so dope, I think the only close thing I found at the time was the arcade game for it Would always be replaying that trailer on the 2Fast2Furious DVD, I'd kill for that to release properly or have some kind of leak for what was built

I played this on pcsx2 but its randomly frozen when i customize a car. I like the wangan session, great moment when i played with wmmt ost but drifting sucks. I imagine drifting with a lot of crash in front of Keisuke from initial d

I enjoyed this so much on psp

Ah yes I love this game. Absolutely janky and frustrating, but it has so much heart, car customization to this day is on another level, seeing so many real aftermarket brands and real parts was a *dream* for me, and one that I sadly think we're never going to see it again.

@gathel8574

28 күн бұрын

Well juiced 2 have real brand too

Genki should have made a game like this with the TXR underpinnings: Tokyo Extreme Racer Highway battles on one night, daily sponsor and regualted races in daytime and the next night its Touge Racing and Drifting in the mountains. But Genki somehow never thought about is obvious idea :( But I dont really care for the FnF content even tho TokyoDrift is a cool movie. Maybe Night Runners will also offer some additional good Touge content...

I've been saying since 2007 its the only fast and furious game I'll ever play

I enjoy the game for what it is but I feel like this game was rushed due to the amount of unused roads you can see all over the game; there is one part of the map where it looks like an entire highway was cut from the game.

YEEESSSS FINALLY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE RACING GAME. I love the simplicity of the game, the soundtracks are fire as well 🔥🔥👌👌

Best fast and furious psp game I learn drift from this I'm good in it

Weird, i've played it on steamdeck at 2x res and had no graphical issues

Ok I'm gonna be honest I tried this game because of these type of videos and after 3 togue races I gave up. And it's not like the highway racing is good either, it's just that with highways the jank is less noticeable

you have already disappointed xbas for mirrored video thumbnail (meant to be a joke) but I'd love to try that game which is better than Crossroads.

The only downside to this game is the PSP version... I've broke mine while trying to get past DK on the last round

One of my favorite PS2 games

Randomly thought about this game lol

This game was my childhood lol, I didn't have a memory card for my ps2 so i had to beat it from the beginning every time I wanted to play it..... Eh, good times

Probably the only "good" Fast and Furious game and definitely better than Crossroad or any other F&F game afterwards. It such a shame this game had so much potential but too bad it was made by Eutechnyx who always making a racing/driving game with bad physics and also infamously known for the guy who made Ride To Hell: Retribution 1%.

most likely

You should stream more on KZread

I feel like this game was almost good but the driving is just way too jank, I couldn't really enjoy it that much when the core gameplay feels wrong

This fast and furious game is too good and it is based on the best movie tokyo drift

Or just run the psp version. It's basically the same game

I am the KING of this game!!

The handling truly ruined this game for me. 😔

@juwanhowardhll8019

2 ай бұрын

Somehow I can maintain the handling at 7 years old back then

@familialgameaholics7618

2 ай бұрын

@juwanhowardhll8019 Well, I'd like to say that you're in the top 3 most skilled racers of all time. Lol. I also encountered a guy who mastered Gran Turismo 5 using a controller, but steering ONLY with the D-pad. Imagine that.

Good? No, physics are awful, graphics bad, many bugs, but really cool music, cars, and many visual tuning not do this game good(

@FrozenDrone12

2 ай бұрын

Overall quality of course isn't good but when you compared a console games adaptation of Fast and Furious then this game is the only decent one, at least it's still captured what FAF movie was meant to be especially the Tokyo Drift

@user-rx3sd3ih6d

2 ай бұрын

@@FrozenDrone12 ок, best F&F game. Just REALLY bad game(

@Antegggggggggg

2 ай бұрын

Physics are not awful, just pretty bad, the graphics are pretty good and i didnt find many bugs in my time playing it

@user-rx3sd3ih6d

2 ай бұрын

@@Antegggggggggg Physics are not awful, just pretty bad, nice. Game is bad. Try to find in this crap somethng is not bad. I beat this game in 2006 and i find this, BUT game sucks. Physics are awful. This is fact.

Absolutely hated this game. Rough graphics, filled with frame rate drops and hideous loading times on top of a mediocre game really let me down. It's a good idea, it just doesn't work. Handling is just bad. I like the developer though. Total Drivin' and Le Mans on PS1 were good games.

.......My dude, what about the Fast & Furious games by Raw Thrills? Those are fun and MASSIVELY successful. Outside of the weird wii port that was renamed to Cruisn', they made a ton of money and were good enough to get like 6+ games made. You can still find at least one in any random arcade here in the states.

Don't know if I hate more this game or what it could be if Genki didn't dropped from the development. The handling is terrible, even dominating the gameplay, the fun is zero.