The Best Touge Racing Game You Have Never Played 

The thing is, drifting isn’t really the core thing in this series despite what the name might suggest. The Western publisher probably only put drift in the name to attract the Tokyo Drift/Initial D crowd.

Fun fact: the series was originally known as Kaido Battle. The first Kaido Battle, Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift was localized for US only, while the English version of Kaido Battle 2 (Kaido Racer) was released for EU/AU market but not US

13:35 The funniest part of that truck is that it has a black background/yellow text plate, meaning that it's a company car. That guy is racing his work truck.

Oh God. I remember popping this in my PS2 in the middle of the night and having _that_ opening cutscene play out was one of the most memorable moments I've had. Game's bloody immersive af when you play it at 1 am.

This last Kaido Battle is particular great because of the amount of contents it had and the details they included, it's the first Kaido Battle game that actually had the real parking lot of every track modelled. To normal people it's probably a bit meaningless, but for us hardcore fan of the series and the whole japanese street racing culture...it's details like these that made it absolutely legendary.

This game is great for a budget game and slowly become my favourite PS2 racing game. The intro of this game itself already got me into this series. Worth noting that some cutscenes are quite broken of emulation. This game not only have JDM and European car but also has some D1 drift and WRC cars as well! Also Midget too. In previous Kaido Battle game has a lot of D1, European and American cars. Worth checking out.

Fun fact: When Genki was developing the US version of TXR3, they were also developing a Fast & Furious game which was going to be released at November 2003 alongside TXR3 but they cancelled it. No reason or information about the cancellation was revealed but a possibility is that they were focusing more on TXR3.

Finally someone talks about this gem in the rough! This game is very good and when it comes to drifting it requires skill and the amount of ''stages'' it has is amazing and the amount of cars ranging from work truck to a golf which is pretty bizarre but most certainly welcome! All and all great video!

What a bold statement. of course I have played it, and I absolutely love every bit of it. Especially the soundtrack. It's a shame you have muted it in your playthrough, especially that Daiki Kasho, the composer of many songs from Gran Turismo has composed some tracks for this game too. Never got to finish it tho. I have to do so someday cuz I already unlocked pretty much all the cars + bought some rare ones like the sileighty, ae86 2door, and the onevia.

I really love all racing games made by Genki, the lore and cars and all the references they make to Wangan Midnight and other media.

Played through this game several times, and I must say, this has to be one of the best racers on the PS2, and within its genre, its probably the best of the bunch. Huge number of cars and tracks, a cool upgrade system, many events and rivals to race, a pretty damn good soundtrack (especially the boss intros), customization, sponsors, and so on! If you want a touge racer, this is it.

God, this game is truly an underrated gem. Played the hell out of it and managed to beat every single rivals.

Another great touge racer that not many people know about is Battle Gear 3, originally an arcade title but was ported to ps2 exclusively in japan

I barely heard about Genki, and much less played their games, but they seem really really solid. At most I played this spin-off game on the 360, Import Tuner Challenge, and while it didn't have many cars you could turn your car into an absolute rice field, letting you change almost everything the car had Edit: Turns out ITC was actually a sequel and Ubisoft just gave it that name just because

I get depression remembering the intro song only exists in the intro. Neither the band or anyone else can find the original recording.

A true masterpiece! I was too young to grasp it when i had it for PS2, i replayed it to 100% and i had a blast. I had to use a guide for all the wanderers tho, but i loved every second of it

The thing i really like about this game are the forums, it makes the world feel much more immersive

I bought my first wheel for this game, a DFGT. I used that wheel for 10 years. TXRD2 with a wheel is the best thing ever. It feels really good. I was surprised how the handling felt a lot more realistic than the mainline TXR series. One of my favorite things was the pseudo online system they had in it. It was a really nice touch to the game.

Of note - this game handles SURPRISINGLY well with a steering wheel. I’d had this since it first released (always loved it!), but never got to race it with a wheel until a few years ago. Well worth the investment. REALLY cool game.

This was one I got when I was in my preteen years, and now, in my mid 20s, I still LOVE this game and HATE this game at the same time. But I only hate it because it's SO challenging at times, you can figure out how to work the mild grind, (signing on sponsors, lvl 10 gymkhana ca attack in late game nets like 4m+ CP a win), but you still need to be a good player to actually BEAT the slashers. If you figured out the critical engine and turbo part sets for each engine type, you can make some crazy horsepower. Thanks Dustin for showing the world this GEM of a game.

dude i picked up a copy of this from amazon, with only TXR3 as my reference, and i was blown away. such intricate car customization, amazing touge physics, satisfying learning curve and a really funny and refreshing in-game social networking system. i was hoping someone would make a video and i'm so glad you did!

Dude I’d honestly love to see a full play through of you playing this tbh, I’d do anything to play it but watching you satisfies the urge

Brutally underrated game that deserves more attention than it usually is. I’d love to see more content from ya with this game

These games is actually some of my favorite racing games The entire series is awesome

For those of you that haven't played this game, I suggest you should get it and give it a go. It's simple, easy to learn, but the races can get intense, especially at the higher levels. This game is an absolute gem of a game! It's really captures what a game can/should be!

I love Kaido Racer 2 so much. I'm currently doing a Suzuki Carry only playthrough.

The TXR games are the real definition of underrated games. These never got good marketing in the US and a lot of people who got into these games was by word of mouth mainly. I got TXR Zero because I spotted it at GameStop at a deep discount and this game I got it because a friend of mine that loves to play obscure games gifted it to me and before that day I didn’t even know that game existed even though I had played some of the older games by that point.

I’ve literally been playing Xtreme racer 3 and drift 2 for the passed month. Love the series and wish they’d bring it back. Then after came import tuner challenge.

I like how the game says "Prepare For Struggle" in the race start and then Eden passes the rival in less than 20 seconds with a Turbo Box

Quite a pity the Shutokou/Kaido Battle saga ended up in a short-lived smartphone game. Please also do the Japanese-only C1 Grand Prix-it's more like colliding Shutokou and Kaido Battle together, but stages are set in not just expressway but also circuits like Tsukuba.

This is still my favorite racing game, just absolutely nails everything I ever asked for. So grateful this got a localization, however rough it may be. I remember nabbing it on release back in college. Huge love for all of the Genki Racing Project games, Racing Battle might be my #2 pick.

Nice to see you playing one of my favorite racers! I remember almost reaching the penultimate arc (Zao and Aso) and had a hell of fun in this game!

I love the Midnight club 3 garage music in the background as you are customizing the car in the beginning haha

The fact that I JUST find your channel and then a day later you play one of my favorite racing games ever from childhood is absolutely wild lmao

seeing videos like this show up on my feed makes me feel old, all these young youtubers finding out about these "hidden gems" that literally EVERYBODY I knew in school was playing when they released. But hey, at least they are getting some attention still.

I bout to say, I can't be the only one old enough to remember this series. I had all the drift and xtreme racer series including recently import racer

This is still my absolute favorite racing game on PS2, and would be my favorite racing game of all time were it not for Ridge Racer Type 4. All I'd need for a remaster would be: - Better translation for menus - Better UI - remove the gravel sections on the tracks

Genki teased Tokyo Xtreme Racer coming out in 2025 THEY'RE MAKING A NEW ONE LETS GOOOOOO

Eden: It's a drift game, why should we start with a fwd car?? Sounds like a terrible idea! 😂 Also Eden: *gets a fwd car anyway*

Using a wheel completely changes this game its absolutely amazing.

I've played hundreds of hours on these genki games. Absolutely loved them back in the day!

I remember playing this game as a kid. Would love to see you play this game more!

I played all of these. Was introduced to the first Tokyo Xtreme Racer in the early 00's on Sega Dreamcast

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero is still to this day one of my favorite (and most played) racing games of all time. I can't even remember how many PS2's I killed letting them run on autopilot to get miles up to unlock the last level engines for cars to see how fast they'd go. Goddamn... good times.

The opening is named Call Me now by South Dakota Star and is currently a lost media.

Auto Modelista is also a very fun touge game. It has engine swaps, great car selection and tuning. Definitely recommended

The Station Square track on my favorite car.. you're a man after my own heart

Was loving the Sonic adventure station square music towards the end LMAO

I like that you used a Ridge Racer song for the drift racing!

this title is misleading for me as I've been playing this game since around launch and I've loved it so much the whole time. criminally underrated

Kaido Racer 2 is quite possibly the best racing game on PS2. The graphics were unreal with a component cable

I guess the racing game community is going to start a journey on finding racing games they've never heard before.

Racing Battle: C1GP was made by Genki RP too, it was based on best motoring, and feature circuit and wangan racing, both Kaido Battle 3 and C1GP are my favorite PS2 racing games, KB3 physics are just too good, better than GT4 were

The Coffee Breaks in GT4 took place on a track that's named Gymkhana in the files. That's why :P

Genki also made D1GP ps2 game its like the most accurate drift game like in real life

This was a childhood game of mine! Never beat it but I always loved to play it. Finally someone talks about this hidden gem.

18:18 **Gran Turismo 1 Flashbacks**

One of my favorites for the PS2, my dad had a copy and I gave it a try after watching inital D, and fell in love. Bought a couple of games from this series when i bought a refurbished ps2 and I love all of them

Kaido racer 2 was my childhood weekend touge racing simulation for such a long time

i actually finished this game once. 100%. all opponents, bosses, events. but seeing you dominate opponents with just a city turbo, beautiful. you became takumi

Games like this Aare what make the 6th console gen so much fun to revisit. absolutely the biggest generation for budget racing games

I remember the opening cutscene was used as a trailer on a demo disc I had but could never find it in stores. Honestly thought the game never came out here in Australia. Spent years trying to figure out the name of the game again.

This game looks pretty awesome, gotta try it out for myself someday! Love how the progression seems to work here. Also gotta love Edens very powerful pogging at 11:13 and 22:41 Jimmy Broadbent would definitely have approved of those car choices, both with the turbo box and mx5.

For those who want to enjoy the game chronologically : Title Genki Universe Timeline: TXR:Drift (NTSC) / Kaido Battle ~Nikko・Haruna・Rokko・Hakone~ (NTSC-J) 2003 TXR 2 ( DreamCast) 2003, Summer TXR ZERO (NTSC) / Shutokou Battle 0 (NTSC-J) 2004 TXR 3 (NTSC) / Shutokou Battle Shutokou Battle 01 (NTSC-J) 2005 Street Supermercy (PAL Only) 2005 Kaido Racer (PAL) / Kaido Battle: Chain Reaction 2005 (taking place in parallel with events of Street Supermercy) Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix (NTSC-J Only) 2006 TXR: Drift 2 (NTSC)/ Kaido Racer 2 (PAL)/ Kaido Battle: Touge No Densetsu (NTSC-J) 2007 Import Tuner Challenge (PAL) / Shutokou Battle X (NTSC-J) 2008

Actually Im old enough to have put many hours into TXR Zero. Its really that game that got me into the JDM scene and Tokyo underground racing scene in Japan. Me and My bayside blue R34 GTR were wangan legends haha

Please do a part 2 of this Eden loved the game!!

I've seen the Tokyo Drift and Initial D series in arcades, but barely on consoles. And that's a shame, because they deserve so much more, especially Initial D. We haven't really seen any home versions since perhaps the Ubisoft reskin: Import Tuner Challenge on Xbox 360. I mean, if Cruis'n Blast can get a home port on Switch in the 2020s with decent success, why not also show some love for the Japanese arcade racers?

I would definetly see more videos of this game on your channel.

That *_Ridge Racer OST Slaps!_*

I have this game and now I’m gonna play it from scratch all over again!

Oh hell yeah, so happy to see this franchise getting some love for once

Finally, some racing game with a fine collection of small city cars. I'm sooo over all these games throwing super- and hypercars at you! (I'd gladly hear some other titles filled with predominantly common cars)

Hakone has always been my favorite map from battle gear. I had the course memorized at one point lol.

I've never played??? Lol I been playing since 2019. It's an amazing game and I still can't stop playing. As soon as I beat it, I delete my save file and I dive in all over again. It feels new everytime. A true gem if you enjoy JDM and realistic sim racing.

To anyone who wants to play this, starting with a fwd is a good idea, the crx is a really great fast option that can even do drift events, the ae85 really sucks, any rival is faster in a straight line.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer one and two were one of my most favorite games on Playstation growing up. These games got me into cars.

Honda City that you used at first is considered an "Office Lady car", just so you know.

I wish they would bring back the tokyo xtreme racer series.

Nobody's gonna talk about the Sonic generations sound track playing during the video, specifically sonic vs metal sonic

I just love how Kaido Racer Chain Reaction had cars like DeTomaso Vallelunga and Renault 21

Oh yes...! That Midnight Club 3 garage music in the background.

My favorite game of all time, and feels fantastic on a wheel. This is one game every touge fan must play.

I remember playing this in high school. Now I'm 33 Good times!

Fun fact: I’ve played this series and both of those games. I have an Asian family and love arcades, so I am so glad I had the privilege to play those games.

The latest game they made is Import Tuner Challenge on I think the Xbox 360 only, its AMAZING man

Awwww persona 5 music at the end ! Thanks for the video ! And i can't wait for Royal to be release again hehe

That Nitepinkeve22 guy kind of triggers me by calling nanamagari an “Lidl Irohazaka”

Wish they would bring this back, remember playing on dreamcast, ps2, and Xbox 360

Learning to drift in this game is a huge fucking curve

Played the game most of my time in winter break during my time in uni, maining the yellow Cyborg until I have enough to main the RX7 FD while using the C35 Laurel to drift. Till this day, I still remember there was a driver who prefers Galants to Lancers with other characters here and the damn drift physics to cause my thumbs to sore after multiple gymkhana farming and speed drifting attempts on ShigaKu touge

Its been 15 years and I still play this and Chain Reaction

I still play TXR3 to this day. It’s my favourite racing game of all time. Just got a copy of TXR0, excited to try it out for the first time.

Im glad this game is not easy to drift, what makes it more rewarding. Respect the game and the game will respect you back.

take a shot everytime Eden says "turbo box"

Also fun fact this game supports 900 degree steering. I used my Logitech G27 on this in the past.

I have so many playthroughs in this game. It was and still is my most played game ever. It's still in my PS2 right now. I've always been an Initial D fan and this game was a great alternative to spending money playing the Initial D arcade machines.

Hardly anyone knows about the Kaido games made by Genki. Very nice vid man

I died laughing seeing that one of the sponsors was “yours” instead of mines

I knew from the thumbnail it was TXRD2. I've played it so much its up there with ACE COMBAT 04 and the PS2 NFS games.

I played this game a lot. I still own my original PS2 copy of the game. Best racing game ever. Lots of fun. I also played it a lot with a logitech G25.