Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift
by Crave Entertainment
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Brand: Crave EntertainmentRelease Date: 2006-04-18
Platform: PlayStation2
Model: P2SVGG 650008399509
Publisher: Crave Entertainment
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Customer Review: TXRD: A look back
Summary: 3 Stars
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift was a fantastic budget game published by Crave and Genki in 2006. The first real PS2 game to focus on touge racing, a downhill chase between two drivers. Capitalizing on the popular Initial D series, TXRD offered a fine racing package in an inexpensive price with just enough to give it a special niche in the already packed racing genre. Fans were willing to overlook the game's shortcomings, but looking back today some issues are now less forgivable. in 2006 this was a $15 game going up against $40 games such as Need for Speed Underground or the Gran Turismo series. When compared head to head, the $40 games simply had more polish and depth--but TXRD was a unique little bargain title, and perhaps worth a good look.
Yet today, when most any PS2 game can be picked up on the cheap, the flaws within TXRD seem all that more glaring. Frequent load screens make down time in between the already short bursts of action become longer than the racing itself. The aged graphics lack polish, and hold up poorly in comparison to the more refined PS2 offerings. Gameplay is repetitive, poorly balanced, and often frustrating. The splitting of sessions into "daytime" and "nighttime" causes unneeded cycles and grows the already mounting time you will spend with the game on, but not actually playing it. Computer racers often see no need to drift at all, and seem to offer either laughable or impossible competition. But despite all these shortcomings, from time to time I'll still boot up my copy and give it a go, if for no other reason than the unique flavor of racing Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift brings to the genre. If you absolutely must have a touge racing game for the PS2, TXRD is it. Sure, the Need for Speed Underground series gave drifting a passing nod, and even offered some downhill courses, but ultimately TXRD takes the cake. If you are looking for a well-polished total racing simulator, look elsewhere, if you want white-knuckle arcade action, keep on walking--but if what you want is Initial D on your PS2, give this title a whirl. Maybe like me you will find that every few months this little budget title will go out for a spin again and again.
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