I Found The Naughtiest Gran Turismo Clone... 

The one game that adds a thing that matters more than racing & story, the BOOBA

More Booba = More Downforce Those alternate Routes in the Rally Events were actually super cool, I don't think I've seen that in a game before. Interesting game even without the cutscenes, that Camera is absolutely infuriating though.

The feeling of this game kind of reminds me of Ace Combat if it was a racing game. Not surprising since Ace Combat is also from Namco.

I can just imagine the amount of parents walking in just at the juiciest moments.

I actually really liked the race where you are forced to finish 2nd. It's very rare for sports games to focus on the corruption and greed aspect of competition. In an early story cutscene, Rena mentions that GVI was already being accused of fixing races long before she joined the team. The implications that this "client" bet AGAINST Rena winning that specific race at Suzuka and the pit chief ordering you to fall back and finish 2nd is damning proof of how GVI operates: The minute Rena proves her real talent and builds a reputation, the organization immediately abuses it to profit. It's the kind of drama that's really genius because it affects both gameplay (A racing game telling the player to lose on purpose!?) and story (A large, wealthy sports organization engaging in illegal betting and shady practices is 110% realistic and believable). I wouldn't mind a sequel, or at least another racing game that features the Ace Combat radio system and a similar "political" storyline that actually gives more to the racing than just getting 1st and winning all the time.

This feels like Ace Combat series but racing lmao I LOVE IT

R Racing Evolution is feels like the combination of Ridge Racer (but simulator) and Ace Combat especially the voice chatter has .

What i can tell about this Namco Sim Arcade racing is basically Ace Combat in Racing games. But instead of War Crimes and Fighter jet doing rad things (like flying trough the tunnel or flying a aircraft midair like a figget spinner) you get Cars and Boobas.

7:56 and 17:15 oh my God, that is probably the most unexpected moment from Dustin Eden i've ever seen, man i am shock to see this scene 👍😊😁. Congratulation Eden

2:38 That caught me off guard so bad xD

The cars in the garage/showroom (whatever) look really good, but once you enter a race, the downgrade of the models be hitting hard. Also, nice story mode ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

17:39 must say the editing is on point here

This game is actually pretty solid, and has a banging soundtrack, since it's made by the same guys that made Ridge Racer.

We need more Racing games with females as protagonist and we definitely need more microphone shots.

The OSTs of this game are absolute bangers. Wish they'd make an actual sequel of this game similar to that of Ace Combat

13:40 i dont want to break down in the middle of the stage* procceds to pick the subbie* head gasket left the chat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

For Namco's first attempt with real world cars and tracks, I actually find it rather amazing. Even some of the cars Namco put in the game aren't available in other car games. I can't help but think that Namco can easily make a new generation version with latest cars and tracks.

I really like how Dustin reddens every time when he sees some exposed bits of woman. 🤭 This is why I absolutely love japanese games nowadays. ❤

one story driven racing game I’ve been meaning to play is Racing Lagoon, especially now that the full game has received a full fan translation

For me, R: Racing Evolution is like Ace Combat on wheels. It's so funny listening to the radio comms of other drivers as if they got targeted by homing missile.

This game is a passion project of the Ridge Racer Project team, so much so that they wanted RR to go this direction when the former devs expressed interest in rebooting the RR IP long after the series was silently killed off. They wish to include real world car brands and real world locations, with closer to life physics. Which is very strange because many RR fans enjoyed the arcade and fictional content the series had, and the team responsible for a memorable series wasn't looking support that.

Never played this game, but damn those cutscenes take me back to that era. As cheesy as it is, it was a fun time, especially compared from the last gen of games.

You would be surprised that this was part of the Ridge Racer Series as a spinoff (and yeah, Namco's attempt to cash in on the Gran Turismo/Simcade trend at the time).

100% deserved a sequel. the shower scene was peak. this and srs both needs a sequel.

So basically to summarize it all, we have Asuka from Tekken ditching off her martial arts training, already graduated, become a paramedic, then become a race car driver... and more booba for mow powah lol

Rena's model strongly reminds me of Asuka Kazama of Tekken.

27:53 😂 the Michelin Man just walking thru

17:16 That is a certified Initial D Extra Stage moment

This truly is if Project Aces and Polyphony made a game together. From the menus, arcadish stats, OST, voice lines, even the name Rena (like Ridge Racer's Reiko) all being Ace Combat references, and then JGTC cars on Japanese tracks with all the GT vibe. Smh I never had this game.

1st female protagonist in a racing game: uh, put some respect on Princess Peach in Mario Cart!

I'd love to see you cover midtown madness, those games were so cool I sunk an unbelievable amount of time into them but I never see anyone talk about them anymore

Around this era, everyone tried to clone a popular game genre and simply add boobs hoping to sell. Tony Hawk = BMX XXX, WWF Smackdown = Rumble Roses, You Don't Know Jack = The Guy Game, Gran Turismo = R:RE, and so on.

2:50 this is exactly how Yuji Ide got his FIA Super License.

Considering Namco's track record of "bringing your siblings to another game to do other jobs" (e.g. Kei and Reiko), I'm beginning to connect this Hayami Rena to Hayami Kanade from Cinderella Girls lol. Especially considering they do look alike!

Seeing Rumble Racing mentioned in the vid made me so happy, that game was my entire childhood!

Ah yes, the racing game that is set in the Ace Combat universe

19:45 Editor completely missed an opportunity to put UG2 intro music as player flies to bayview.

THIS!!!! THIS GAMMMEEEEE!!!! I have been searching for this for years. I played it as a kid a long long long time back and absolutely loved it. There was a point in the main story line where you're about to win and the big boss guy tells you to lose it on purpose. Finally found it. THANK YOU!

Street Racing Syndicate would be a good early 2000’s racing game to play.

Meanwhile the Juiced series in the west: "Finally, A Worthy Opponent, Our Battle Will Be Legendary!" Seriously what the heck was this game. Quite a interesting "Plot" especially for a racing game and I just love seeing Eden's reaction. 🤣

A third of the way through the video, and I'm kind of stuck on the fact that they gave a Fiat 500 more grip around the corners than purpose-built sports cars with wings. And I absolutely adore the Peugeot 206! Though that's because it's the best starter car for Need for Speed Underground, at least in my opinion. I like that you brought up the TOCA series toward the end. This whole video reminded me a lot of the game called "Pro Race Driver" in the US, which according to Wikipedia is actually TOCA Race Driver. Driving for a team and getting into petty arguments with rival drivers was the name of the game. I have very good memories of that game, even if I couldn't finish it because I was just that bad at driving Australian V8 Supercars around Philip Island.

R:Racing evolution was quite good, it was also one of the few decent racing games available on the gamecube, despite all. Also, this had nothing in common with gran turismo, considering how much it was into the arcade side of things. It could be more of a clone of an other ps2 game called "S.C.A.R."

I loved this game growing up! I really loved how there was a story centered around racing, and you had a rival to fight against. It will always hold a place in my heart

I had this for the Gamecube and I played it with a Logitech Speed Force Feedback steering wheel. I played for so many hours; one of my favorite racing games.The OST is *chef's kiss*

DustinEden Has a Master Roshi Nose Bleed Moment at 7:57 Those caught me off guard as well.

I loved Ridge Racer back in the PS1 era. That intro for Ridge Racer 4 probably made me a petrolhead through and through.

"I remember Gina for her...plot." - Raycevick at 7:56

28:54 "SHOWER SCENE INCLUDED" has a similar vibe to "VERY DANGEROUS" from nfs undercover.

When you got Jimmy Broadbent blessing you on your playthrough man... I'd be ecstatic!

Late 90s and early 2000s Namco knew how to make music.

>I don't wanna break down in the middle of the stage >Picks the Subaru

Well Namco published another spicy racing title called SRS: Street Racing Syndicate in 2005 Guess Namco was Hormy for the those 2-3 years

This was one of my favorite games of my childhood so I'm glad to see you play it

9:42 I love this, great edit.

holy shit ace combat meets gran turismo Namco in the 90s and early 2000s was amazing damn 21:51 that's an F1 GTR!

I want to argue for Choro Q's case AKA Gadget Racers, there were a TON of Choro Q games made during the 5th & 6th gen console era's, but they were never under a unified name when released outside of Japan and died off after 6th gen, thus a "full fledged franchise" maybe not?

Man, I miss the PS2-PS3 era of racing games. No BS, just pure racing fun & dandy.

20:46 I'm almost feeling attacked, in the same way as back when I played _Juiced 2._

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero, 3, Drift & Drift 2 were the ULTIMATE racing games for the PS2!

18:31 Yo! That's my cameo! By the way the game is definitely a 28/37 out of 10. Heaps better than most Racing game stories. I'll take some E-cup over "On god! I'm no LeBron, bro. fr fr no cap" anyday.

a weird obscure racing game I played a lot back in the playstation 2 era is Drive To Survive, really fun game, has some pretty cool power up mechanics, at it was fun both as multiplayer, and single player

Is this Namco's attempt at "Ace Combat with cars"? The radio messages have the exact format as Ace Combat lol. When qualifying starts:

OMG Gadget Racers and Juiced!! Oooooh you hit a deep nostalgic spot in me right at the start there! 2 of my favorite games ever...especially Gagdet Racers

the Mercedes-Benz World Racing's cover at the beginning made me smile ngl, i love Synetic games so much

Dude I REMEMBER HAVING THIS GAME. They also have the correct engine displacement for the Supra, as it used the 3S-GTE because it weighed less than the 2JZ, and could still make the max power for its class.

The voice actress for the main character sounds an awful lot like the voice actress for Nancy drew in those old click adventure games lmao

17:52 bro is enjoying watching the cut scene 💀

I can remember playing this when it came out as an 8 year old. I used to just do the night drag races with the muscle cars trying to unlock the others or something. Back then I would buy a game just for the cars on the front or back cover, hopefully a Shelby cobra. I remember using the GT500 (blue color?) and dodge charger drag cars and I think they might've only been available in that mode. I learned on the internet when I was like 10 about one of my other favorite cars, a hummer H1, being in the game and maybe even in the licensing in the credits but I never could figure out how to get it, I found years later it's Xbox only and a promotional car I believe

Friendly reminder that this was originally planned to be a mainline Ridge Racer game

Haven't played this game in years. In hindsight it's just Ace Combat but a racing game visually lol

Damn son, i'll almost forget this title man, one glance at your thumbnail and i suddenly been transported back to 2000

Grew up playing this game on GameCube, beaten it at least 3 times. Deserved a sequel in my book.

ofc the shower scene is the most replayed

I played this game a lot on the ps2, I remember some cars being very tricky indeed. The challenges and time trials are a good way to stretch the game some more and you can unlock some special cars with them as well

0:08 the fact he mentioned WR here is awesome

2:37 meme worthy lmao "Don't you know any shortcuts?" "You want shortcuts?" **proceeds to slam on the gas**

you know this in a different universe would be the ace combat of the racing genre

Happy to see random Rumble Racing, my fave game on ps2.

Omg!!! Immersion Racing was amazing! Thank you so much for reminding me!

Driving Emotion Type S - Now that´s a classic to check out!

I bought this game for like 10 bucks in 2020 because I saw some random gameplay and was like "bro that's just Ace Combat if it was a racing game" 😆

Oh man I remember this game. My parents got me the Xbox as a late Christmas gift. they didn't know what games I liked at the time, but they grabbed this and like two other games xD

The radio comms and the panic meter are fun. The whole OST is fantastic.

Good to see you finally picking this game.

fun fact: the Saleen S7 was toned down in the racing version because it was too much to compete(if i remember it right) Also fun fact: the 206 isn't as unreliable as people think. my 206 is still running with barely any broken part since 2007. The "shifting stick" desintegrated and i needed to buy an aftermarket shifter, but this was the only broken part of the car

2:46 Now that's MY kind of paramedic.

"I don't want to break down in the middle of the stage" *chooses Subaru*

for a ridge racer spin off, I had so much fun with this game as a kid.

I completely forgot this game existed . I remember loving it when I was a kid

I swear that Integra sounds just like Ridge Racer cars on PSP. Now that I think about it, race start flyby is the same as in Ridge.

R racing evolution. Back then was nanco. Now currently name is Bandai Nanco Entertainment on 2006. Bandai Nanco Entertainment mostly focused on Sword Art Online game recently. Fun fact is I played couple of games from Bandai Nanco Entertainment. Actually R Racing evolution came out on 2003 and now this game is 20 years old.

Oh man, I remember how back in the day professional racing teams used games like this to help in researching and studying vehicle performance.

Wow what a throwback, I never heard of this until I found it at a car boot sale in Stratford-upon-Avon when I was first becoming obsessed with cars around age 12 😂 pretty much the only reason I picked it up was because of the Mclaren on the front cover, but when I seen the back cover and discovered the DeTomaso Pantera for the first time it convinced me I needed to buy it 😂 I wish it appeared in more games, the only other game I've drove one is Forza Motorsport 4 (and GTA V's Viseris if you wanna count that)

25:08 "Yeah! That'll make the engineers happy." Somehow I don't think they'll be all that happy after barrelling straight into that wall.

Love your video bro keep up the good work my dude and your the best

your reactions to this game had me dying of laughter and I sure as hell needed one during my sickness

17:16 this reminds me of the game that sponsored kuru, i think it was called ace racers, it had/has a shower scene in the intro 😭

Still got this game in my cupboard with a a bunch of other legendary OG Xbox games that I haven’t played since like 2010 when my OG Xbox decided to finally leave this world…I gotta get another Xbox and play these games again.

Gadget Racers is part of a franchise - the Penny Racers/ChoroQ series - Seek and Destroy, ChoroQ, Penny Racers 64, Penny Racers Party, Road Trip etc

No freakin' way, I still got this game on me now! It was handed down from my dad and I can see why he can be very cultured.🧐