Toyko Xtreme Racer
Graphics- The BEST grahpics for a racer I've ever seen. The game is blazing fast. High res., 60 FPS (frames per second), it is unbelievable! The cars look excellent. Superb lighting effects. The way the street lights hit the car is awesome. The environment (not plural) is detailed and very realistic. The graphics are top-notch, first-class, they kick!

Gameplay- Also very good. The cars handle nicely. They chose to go the arcade route, rather than real-life physics. You can also adjust your cars to fit your style. You want to make em drift, go a head, you want em to grip, you can do that to, as well as everything in between. The cars handle good, period.

A.I.- The Artificial Intelignce in this game is excellent. In the begging, the cars are slow, and esay, but the things they do seem realistic, when you pass them, the ram into the rear of your car in a last effort to spin you out. Then, as the game progresses, they get really smart, using other non-rival cars to try and cut yu off, ramming into you when ever they see you, stuff like that. Near the end, they rivals get really hard, they out manuever you in every way imaginable. Its really something to see. The A.I. is some of the best I've ever seen, period.

Ingenuity- The game is truly one-of-a-kind. Yes it is similar in some ways to other racers, but it is also very unique. This isn't a typical racing game where you racer around a track, no, this is street racing. You have to challange rival racers to a short little street race. You flash your brights, and the racer is on. This is where the game gets even more unique. You each have a health bar, whe you are in the lead, your rival's health bar starts to decreas. When you are really far a head of him, it decreases faster and vise versa. Also, the way you can upgrade you car is pretty cool too. You don't have o buy individual parts like in most racers, but you buy upgrades. Like an Engine Upgrade, or suspension upgrade. It is done in such a manner that anyone can understand what is going on. Thats not all you can upgrade however, ANYTHING can be upgraded. Yes, even rear spoilers, headlights, side panels, side mirrors, ANYTHING. Adjusting your car is just as easy as uprading too amking this game a fan for gamers who don't no much about cars (me).

Fun- This game is just pure racing fun. It is so simple, it is hard not to enjoy it. The A.I. is sweet, upgrading is a snap, graphx are kicking, there really isn't anyhting to complain about, except for it only has 2 tracks. But in the end, this game is extremely fun.

Overall

84%

Toyko Xtreme Racer
Developer: Genki
Publisher: Crave
Supports: VMU, Jump Pack, VGA Cord, Steering Wheel
Reviewer: Sonysbad