Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT (Sony PlayStation 2, 2006)

Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT is without a doubt, one of the greater racing games out there if not the best. Of course there are some aspects it doesn't have that other games have, but the same can be said the other way around. When I first got the game, I didn't know what to expect other than another racing game that focuses on drifting. But after the first ten minutes of play, I became entranced and came to see what made the game so unique and special.

First off, the driving physics are seamless and fun. No irregular motion or movement of any sort. The physics allow the player to incorporate real-life drift techniques such as feint-drift or power over. Another note is the mechanics and tuning. Your car's performance changes, dramatically or subtly, depending on what you put into your car as well as the car's engine/wheel drive and turbo. This allows the player to fine-tune his/her car to suit said person's driving style, whether they drive fast and crazy or with style.

Next, theres the plethora of cars available. Just as you would expect, the player is able purchase as many cars as they want, as long as they have a big enough budget of course. You can select from New or Used car dealers, with older cars from Used(such as the RX-7 FC3S) and newer cars from New(such as the Audi TT). Each has their own performance perks, from turbo to FR drive.

Okay, now the soundtrack. The music is actually lacking. Caught in between Initial D and Dance Dance Revolution. Not award-winning.

Now, as I said before, this game IS the best DRIFTing game out there. But don't nex-gen graphics. Personally, I find the graphics to be satisfactory. But definitely, this game... is the Real DRIFT King.

This game is not bad. There are a few good things and a few bad. The good things are the nice cars, pretty chill graphics, car parts etc.... Though there are many bad things. The music gets annoying, always the same map at the beggining for a long time before the game progresses, too many loading pages that take a decent amount of time and the cars don't go that fast. I don't blam it, it's a drift game anyways.

The game is pretty hard to beat and takes a lot of time and practice. What I love about this game though is that you can modify the hell out of your car and then get sponsors that pay for everything you want for a good performance in return. Honestly, this game is not worth buying for over 15$.

If you like a good realistic game, and also a fantastic to the point drift game, then a little investment for this game will be worth it

I decided to buy this game because I own all of the other Tokyo Extreme Racer games. This game is awesome, graphics are very clear and clean, the I own a 1987 rx-7 an have to say that the handling and characteristics are up to par with actual cars.
However, there are some drawbacks to this game that sway from the original games. Such as: Bodykits are available to purchase, but are not fully customizable.(Example- The fc3s has abodykit option you can buy but you cannot choose different pieces such as front bumper, rear bumper, hoods, etc.)
Also, when you are racing opponents you cannot win money unless specified in the race conditions menu. Large amounts of money, however, are available at the sanctioned events.
I feel that an online option should have been applied, and you aren't able to load a second memory card during multiplayer modes. So for example you have a friend with this game and would like to race against the cars in your garage, you can't.
Overall this gamre was definitely worth buying. If your a drift fan you have to play this game.

this is the third game in the tokyo extreme racer series graphics wise it is about the same as the other two games the main difference is that they take you away from the highways on into the mountains customizing your car is on par with gt4 over all if you liked the other 2 tokyo extreme games or are into drifting you will enjoy this game

Ok i am a big tokyo racer fan because its big on the import cars basically... but this game is pretty hard I'm not gonna lie... I'm not really a fan of drifting but I had to check it out.. when playing the game it has the nightime and daytime concept... where as in the night you race like the old Tokyo racer games but you earn no CP for winning.... In the daytime you race in events to get you CP to hook up the car...
As with most tokyo racer series you start off with a little hoopty and hook it up and then as you get more money and unlock more cars then the game starts to be really fun... I must say you have to be a really good drift person to conquer this game.. as for me I had a hard time because I'm used to the traffic and highway racing which i thought this game would have but did not...
Overall I would recommend this game for those who like drifting but as for it to be like the other previous versions it definitely is not...

VP!!