Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift (known as Kaidō Battle in Japan) is the third racing game published by Crave Entertainment

Crave Entertainment

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 for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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. During the game you race at both day and night. Day time offers the opportunity to enter competitions and gain money. Night time is where you can race against rivals to gain respect.

Setting

The game was set between Zero

Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero is a racing game developed by Genki for PlayStation 2. Despite its name, it is an interquel between Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 and Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift, and has enhanced sound and graphics. The game was released in Japan but was also a limited release in North America...

 and 3, according to Japanese series timeline. For unknown reasons, the North American release was delayed till 2006, but the plot still set in 2003, due to car listing.

Cars

The game, like any in the series, included the Japanese and imported foreign cars. The foreign cars included Alfa Romeo, Mini and Volkswagen. Honda was licensed in this game but not available in its sequel, due to the licensing problems. Examples of the other licensed Japanese cars were Autobacs Seven. The Mitsubishi Starion 4WD rally car were available in this game, but has been converted to road-going versions.

Mountain Courses

The five mountain courses were featured in this game:

• Hakone
• Haruna
• Iroha
• Iroha B
• Iroha A
• Front Rokko

External links

• GameSpot - Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift
• Kaido Battle Review (Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift) at Bordersdown (previously NTSC-uk.co.uk)