Hi all,
Just got this game. For those of you who don't know basically it's basically a decision making game. You start working at the ESSO garage in Akina (Gunma Prefecture) alongside Takumi, Itsuki and the others. When you start you name your character and choose a car (either AE86, FD3S or the other main cars in the series S14 etc).
You talk to the people at the garage and have to race people from the series. The difference is you dont control the race. To begin you set your RPM to start off. Then at every straightway you control the car to allow blocking / good positioning. Finally in the corners you select a series of options e.g. how hard to brake, when to brake and type of cornering etc. This is followed by animations showing how you have done. With good positioning and choices you can even gutter-run etc.
During the race you have 3 stats: Spirit - Racer spirit
Brakes - Brake efficency
Tyres - Grip
These start at max (100) and with every corner etc get lower with the exception of spirit which when you do something well goes up.
During the game you earn points so you can level up and become a better driver and also other points that are like money, in that they allow you to upgrade your car. Also once you race someone you generally get their phone number so you can challenge them and they can challange you.
Apparently it is possible to Unlock Ryosuke and Bunta, whether its just their Cars (FC3S, GCV8) or actually them as playable characters I can't say as of yet.
The game itself seems like an innovative idea and plays well. The upgrading of a car is simple enough, choose the part you want to upgrade e.g. Engine and pay the points so it is not as complex as Gran Turismo etc (thank god!). The only drawback with this game is that it's obviously all in Japanese which makes life rather difficult to make your choices especially in the short time (usually 3-4 Seconds) that you have. Still i'm enjoying it.
If anyone else has this and wants to pass their comments feel free, also if someone could elaborate on the usual choices asked it would be nice. Heres hoping for a U.S release.
Thanks,
Luke.
Just got this game. For those of you who don't know basically it's basically a decision making game. You start working at the ESSO garage in Akina (Gunma Prefecture) alongside Takumi, Itsuki and the others. When you start you name your character and choose a car (either AE86, FD3S or the other main cars in the series S14 etc).
You talk to the people at the garage and have to race people from the series. The difference is you dont control the race. To begin you set your RPM to start off. Then at every straightway you control the car to allow blocking / good positioning. Finally in the corners you select a series of options e.g. how hard to brake, when to brake and type of cornering etc. This is followed by animations showing how you have done. With good positioning and choices you can even gutter-run etc.
During the race you have 3 stats: Spirit - Racer spirit
Brakes - Brake efficency
Tyres - Grip
These start at max (100) and with every corner etc get lower with the exception of spirit which when you do something well goes up.
During the game you earn points so you can level up and become a better driver and also other points that are like money, in that they allow you to upgrade your car. Also once you race someone you generally get their phone number so you can challenge them and they can challange you.
Apparently it is possible to Unlock Ryosuke and Bunta, whether its just their Cars (FC3S, GCV8) or actually them as playable characters I can't say as of yet.
The game itself seems like an innovative idea and plays well. The upgrading of a car is simple enough, choose the part you want to upgrade e.g. Engine and pay the points so it is not as complex as Gran Turismo etc (thank god!). The only drawback with this game is that it's obviously all in Japanese which makes life rather difficult to make your choices especially in the short time (usually 3-4 Seconds) that you have. Still i'm enjoying it.
If anyone else has this and wants to pass their comments feel free, also if someone could elaborate on the usual choices asked it would be nice. Heres hoping for a U.S release.
Thanks,
Luke.
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