Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero: Legacy of Shutokou | Video Essay
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Taking a trip to Japan for the unorthodox sight of the Shuto Expressway and the local street racing scene
EDIT: Had to mute the section where ???/Unknown appears due to copyright, the rest of the video is untouched
Timestamps for Chapters:
0:00 Our Concept of Street Racing
2:28 Introduction
5:06 Merry Go Round
8:52 Rainbow Bridge
12:25 Show Must Go On
15:52 Top of The World
24:56 Endgame: Zodiacs
31:25 Epilogue/Gameplay
33:58 UNKNOWN/The S30Z
36:27 Conclusion - Hry
Personally, I much prefer TXR2 over Zero which I initially thought were just the same game. It is considerably harder because of the sticky walls, which further encourage clean driving and learning how to drive properly. The cars are a tad more balanced and many cars are a lot more viable to use, for example you can beat the game in an FC RX-7 (a class B car) which is nigh impossible to do in Zero; the AWD are as strong as ever but the rear wheel drive cars are more competent and is closer the AWDs in terms of performance compared to the later games.
The cityscape in TXR2 is also darker, along with TXR3/SB01, both immaculately present an atmosphere fitting of midnight legends; of street racers venturing into the night to make a name of themselves, to enjoy the thrill of racing, to experience fated encounters.
The home menu presentation is, in my disgustingly humble opinion, is the best the series has ever had, with your car dashing through the highway and lights reflects off of it revealing the curves and contours of the car. It just adds to the atmosphere in comparison to the usual void garages that most racing game use.
Gameplay wise the handling is a bit more precise, it feels like you have more control over the vehicle (the Dreamcast's controllers having triggers definitely helps). The gears doesn't go crazy shifting all over the place in auto, and the crisper less muted engine sounds helps with shift timing when you use manual. You can drive to Shinkanjou straight from the beginning in case you got bored of looping C1 too many times, it helps break the monotony. You also don't need to beat all Wanderers to go into new game plus, and there are "secret" team members in the regular teams to encourage multiple playthroughs which no other game in the series even attempts to emulate. The secret green HUD also got one of the nicest looking tachometer, with high visibility and clarity which the TXR Zero HUD lacks.
All in all, love the video and wish you luck. I hope I convinced some people to try TXR2 since it has been written off as an "inferior" TXR Zero in the eyes of many.
Reading your comment you might have at least convinced me to try it, though after working on this video I'll need a break from all things Tokyo Xtreme Racer related, I also pinned this comment for everyone to read, since overall it is a good read and might make people consider TXR 2 too, especially since I was of the belief that TXR Zero is just an improved and expanded TXR 2.
@@TheDaeNIEL I really appreciate for taking the time to read it and for the pin. Looking forward for your next video.
For playing these games for 20+ years I agree.
Usually i play it like woooow...THAT WAS SO COOL!!!!!
MOOOORE!!!!!!
MOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I ending up consumming even drift series including europian exclusive drift 2
Txr2 u need to ply with diff class to battle with class boss let say u used b cars all bosses will be b only so it need 3 time to complete all bosses unlock
All tokyo xtreme racer games are a love letter to the real world of highway racing
It's a shame that this series didn't get truly appreciated until the past few years when people started making content on it. I remember picking this up back in 2014 and absolutely loving it.
I'm happy that it's enjoying its time in the limelight now. Thank you for putting together this great essay.
I remember finding a copy of this game at the thrift store for only five bucks. No manual was in the case, but I just said “Eh, fuck it, I’ll learn” and coughed em up.
To say that this game changed everything about how I perceive cars, and car culture as a whole, would be a great understatement. I’m happy you made a video essay about this game, man, I really am :)
I love the Yakuza style Chapter screen you did
Hearing both Yakuza and Ace Combat music in a video about Tokyo Xtreme Racer felt really wild as I love these franchises to death
nice video, i found these hidden gems in 2020, txr 0, 3 and import challenge i completed during lockdowns, now im doing txr drift 2. damn these games are really good in what they are trying to achieve, race games really need to specialise more instead of being jack of all trades
Jintei is supposedly the player from TXR2
That's interesting, I never really considered that Zero as more than just an expanded PS2 port of 2, but upon doing some basic research it is interesting to see Jintei/SpeedKing missing only to have his potential place taken by Purple Meteor, since according to Fandom wiki Meteor is in the same category of bosses as White Charisma, which adds more depth to his bio, as he's not just some good racer, but he's one of the best 2 racers on the Shutokou BEFORE Jintei arrives.
@@TheDaeNIEL in street supremacy it is said that purple meteor returned just so he can teach Jintei a lesson. Which is why you can only recruit him if you beat him with Jintei's car. If I remember correctly he was one of the final bosses of TXR 2
Also, I don't think that ??? is supposed to be a ghost or an illusion like the final boss of TXR3.
I know that Purple Meteor is heavily implied to be the player character from TXR1.
it's a fun thing that genki does in the entire battle/txr series, add previous player characters as rivals in the next game(s)
My all time favorite racing game ever made.
The biggest pleasnt suprise in my history of gaming. I bought it 2 years ago, expecting just shitty quirky title to add to my ps2 collection. Ended up loving it to death. The living proof for a concept of something more than the sum of it's parts. Taken apart the game should be mediocre at best. But it's just incredible. Magical. By far my favourite "arcade" racer, even surpassing NFS Underground 2. It's an experience not a racing game.
I love the way you covered it, easy sub.
got this game when i was 6. Still playing it as a 29 year old man
A actually decent video over TXR in general and it's focused more or less than the less clickbait ones. I will commend you on that one. Though you got some stuff wrong in the gameplay section mostly relating to Aerodynamic tuning at 33:01. They can reduce weight, but there are DragCoefs that add onto the default drag coefs the car has by default, the more drag the less speed / cornering grip. The same tricks sorta work with TXR2 in this front as both games internally handle aero the same with minor differences. So it's really a visual thing as it is a performance thing.
Other than that great video about the game and it's truly concise. I wish more videos about this series actually went in depth just as much as this video did.
One of the best video out there concerning the game Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero, big kudos to the writing !
Thanks a lot, It was upon stumbling onto your remaster of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 intro, that I got into this series
Still the best racing game imo. This is what got me into cars
It's so good I bought a ps2 last week just to play it again
Been enjoying it this past month too. But goddamn the rubberbanding is insane lol
Man playing this game and watching initial d and playing initial d arcade and then watching wangan midnight it got me into the car game
I'm replaying it on My phone with NetherSX2. This Game is so much better than I remember
Gawd we need updated remake of TXR
I never thought someone would do deep dive on txr zero as you sir have managed to get me thinking of long hours were spent making highways monsters that went faster than rivals ( like say my mitsubishi gto mr was insane beast tuned to over 280 m.p.h. but not in battle so there goes unofficial record if i had recorded on camera back then) so much nostalgia in this video its overflowing 🥹🥹 anyway thanks sir for making me feel good times so have a nice day bye now.
Honda eurobeat is crazy 😂 but txr0 my favorite game of all time fr
fantastic in-depth video! love this series. earned a sub too :)
Thanks for making this
Man I beat the whole game with my 1JZ MK3 Supra fully upgraded its fun to race in corners made 890 Horsepower my lord my thumb hurts playing TXR 0 and TXR 3 and I love the reference of Wangan Midnight with the S30Z 240z
Dude this video is amazing, i always love these deep dive essays into TXR series
Fantastic video! Your chapter explanations gave me huge Ace Combat vibes.
I thoroughly enjoyed the ace combat music being used in the background
Dont think i didnt notice that ace combat 4 music in the beginning. Props
Cool video, im a big midnight club fan so ill try this out.
Cool detail, Purple Meteor is allegedlythe player from the first TXR, while Speed King is the player from TXR2
Ooooo i had this game and thought i was a in the minority that enjoyed it
Damn, I was recommended 3 TXR videos including this one today. Seems like I'll have to set up the emulator and give these babies another playthrough. I never played Zero before. I miss this type of games, hopefully Night Runners will come out some day and scratch that itch
Glad to hear that, I too found Tokyo Xtreme Racer from random youtube recommendations, and I've been keeping track of the development progress of Night Runners, which, after an eventual release I could cover in a video, if they release a public demo than I could probably cover the demo as a sort of post scriptum for this video essay.
Pretty decent video essay, although I'd recommend a tad more editing at parts. And maybe a bit of restructuring might help, since I feel like stuff about the gameplay should be talked about first before delving into the rest of the game. Also, defeat Speed King and White Charisma on the Wangan you pansy. Nah, I kid, I challenged both on the C1 Loop as well. Always glad that there's more people talking about this game, it and the series in general has a place in my heart.
I guess I could experiment with the structure a bit, and as for challenging the bosses on the wangan, I sort of did that in my original playthrough where I was driving a Skyline, but I challenged them on the Yokohane, and would only win because they crashed into something, which whilst more fair, sort of would kill the entertainment factor a bit
@@TheDaeNIEL Also I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention the secret car upgrades you can get for driving your car for an absurd amount of miles.
@@theunchosendude5446 Yeah, a mistake on my part, since some wanderers can only be challenged with those secret parts, guess I forgot, since I simply left the game running on an emulator while I was away at uni.
This ae86 appeared in initial d as well as far as i know
Should have started with the older Evo
I wonder if I could make a mod to recreate the gameplay at least in beam NG
This was my 1st racing game for the PS2. Before that it was 32bit and 64bit racing games. This game was ahead of its time. The cars, style, gameplay mechanics etc super different and exiting. I never met anyone who played this game, or owned it. What's weird is that we bought it at Fred Meyers (I'm from Oregon) and u never saw it at any store, or even Hollywood video or Blockbuster. It's a true hidden gem.
Rip to the rx7 in the beginning
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Wasn't this released in Europe as import tuner??
Not really, as in Europe the series was mostly released as Tokyo Highway Challenge, but Import Tuner Challenge is the XBOX360 exclusive 4th/5th game (if we count Zero as a separate entry from 2), which in Japan is called Shutokou Battle X
what tv do you think is bettet to play this on? i played it on 480p crt few years ago but i think your recording is much cleaner and i can see further into the road, should i try and get a 720p lcd tv or that might wash off the image in your opinion?
I played on emulator on my pc that upscaled the image quality to that of a 4k monitor, you would be unable to replicate that on an actual console, so it should be up to you.
@@TheDaeNIEL alright thanks
you missed Zero.