As you guessed it, downhill is at higher speeds, rain is more slippery, and night time is more difficult to see. Other than each track having their own level of difficulty and terrain traits, you race one-way uphill or downhill, rain or shine, and night or day. Even during the loading screens, they teach you how to do this. Trying to overtake your opponent on the corners (while in mid-drift) is the milk and cookies of this game. Sounds easy enough, but know that in real life, touge racing does not work this way due to its extreme level of danger. In this game, a “race” is defined as just beating your opponent to the finish line. It is important to know that people don’t talk like this in real life, so those of you studying Japanese…do not talk like this to people! The more mature characters rub it in your face but offer you useless advice on how to improve your skill on their home touge. If they beat you they rub it in your face. If you defeat them they are humbled (but still arrogant) and tell you that it's unbelievable that they lost. You are sometimes given the option to accept their offer, sometimes you are not. Is he like that in the manga/anime? Before each battle the character taunts you and tells you how great they are. Most people meet you with arrogance which does get annoying after a while. You confront various characters from the Initial D franchise and they want to battle you to see if you are a worthy hashiriya. So you play a stranger to the touge (TOW-GEH), which means 'mountain road'. You must purchase episodes/chapters from the Playstation Network Store. Other options include a Replay Mode where you can watch the battles you are most proud of, an option menu to adjust the game to your preferences, and the comic mode where you can read the Initial D manga. Network mode is the online battle portion of the game. This is a good way to practice tracks while still earning points for car modification. In the Time Attack mode, you race the clock and ghosts of your older track times. Koudou Saisoku mode is the story mode of the game where you can choose who and where to battle. There are 3 ways to play this game, Koudou Saisoku Densetsu (Directly translates to “Public Road’s Fastest Legend), which is the story mode, Time Attack, and Network (online multiplayer). Front-wheel drive cars have a lot of understeer, rear-wheel drive cars have oversteer, and all-wheel drive cars will have a lesser degree or oversteer (in this game). Instead of choosing which car you like the best, it may be better to choose the car whose handling you are most at ease with. ![]() I've owned an Impreza WRX, too, but not the STi version which is the only version of the Impreza in the game. The car I chose to review and play this game is a black BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R since it is the only car in the game that I've owned in the past. I just made my plate identical to the last car I owned while I lived in Japan. In Japan, people take this very seriously. I guess they didn't want to be responsible for any liabilities if somebody's real plate is duplicated. Real plates in Japan have a maximum of 4 main numbers, but for the game's sake they made it 5. Next you choose the main 5-digit number for the license plate. The "Y" is designated to US servicemen so that it's easier for the police to profile them. Just don't choose a "RE" or a "WA" as those are designated for rental cars in real life. After that you are to choose the hiragana identifier that goes to the left of the main identification number. If you want to be realistic, then enter the correct number which the chosen car is classified under. If you don't' care about this, enter a random number. All cars are classified by their size, weight, and engine displacement. After that you have to choose the classification number. After you choose your car you create a license plate to your liking. Suzuki? Yeah, they had to add a Cappuccino in there for good measure. After this, you are asked to choose a car. ![]() Just skip this part by using defaults unless you really care how your character looks. ![]() If you're not Japanese, or even Asian, it may be a bit difficult to make your character look like you. You can do minor modifications to your character to make them look like you. After choosing your gender, you choose a name for yourself. Upon starting the game on mode you are asked to choose if you're a male or female. Think of it as The Fast and the Furious movies, which are thought of as an abomination to the tuning culture by tuning purists. The franchise is not nicely received by people who are really into the scene in which the franchise represents, which is why I never bothered with it. Keep in mind as you read this review that I have never read the manga or seen the anime. This review will have two parts one through the eyes of a gamer, and the other through the eyes of a car enthusiast.
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