Road Rage 3 = Intial D?

[superkully]

Saw this in Tesco this evening. Looked damn same as Initial D (although never played the game).

http://www.phoenixgamesgroup.com/games/roadrage/roadrage.html

Is it Intial D? Has anyone played it?

There was no price on it and I was with my bird, so I left it. But the website says the RRP is ?8.99 so I'll pick it up tomorrow morning and give it a whizz

[mingo]

thats definatly not Initial D, and them screenshots look like PSone graphics when enlarged

[?pint]

That is, actually, the PSone version of Initial D. It's... not very good . True, the drifting is more like what it would actually be like than in later games (eg. you constantly just spin out) but it's pretty ropey and uninspired.

[superkully]

Cheers, you've saved me a few pounds.

Looking at those screenshots again... ugh.. yes PSX V-Rally springs to mind.

[Chadruharazzeb]

Why in the name of sanity would anyone want to pretend it *wasn't* ID?? How much more credibility can "Road Rage 3" possibly have??

[Kron]

Its not the PSone version of Initial D, It looks like a Japanese PS2 game called Touge Max 3.

[mid]

Why in the name of sanity would anyone want to pretend it *wasn't* ID??

For the same reason PS2 Shikigami No Shiro is called Mobile Light Force 2 in the UK?

[Chadruharazzeb]

Yeah, but Shikigami No Shiro is very much a Japanese title in every sense. Initial D is not only an English-language title (in a literal sense), it's obviously affiliated with the anime series/ mangas - how can the game disassociate itself with them by changing the title??

If indeed, this *is* the PS1 ID... I've played it and this game doesn't look quite as bad as that.