{"id":1107902,"date":"2026-01-28T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/L8EpzxT8MPmMURUBrN7FhU"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:40:18","slug":"im-not-even-a-car-guy-but-y2k-throwback-tokyo-xtreme-racer-25-looks-incredible-and-has-thousands-of-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews-after-4-days-of-early-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/im-not-even-a-car-guy-but-y2k-throwback-tokyo-xtreme-racer-25-looks-incredible-and-has-thousands-of-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews-after-4-days-of-early-access\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not even a car guy, but Y2K throwback Tokyo Xtreme Racer &#8217;25 looks incredible and has thousands of Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews after 4 days of early access"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>&#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2634950\/Tokyo_Xtreme_Racer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo Xtreme Racer<\/a>,&#8221; even the name has a delicious early-2000s flavor to it. Studio Genki&#8217;s latest is the first entry the long-running racing series in 20 years, taking advantage of the rabid Y2K nostalgia in the air with an early access Steam launch out of nowhere, one that&#8217;s gotten a ton of heat with 4,728 reviews at the time of writing and an &#8220;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8221; reception after just four days.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been much of a racing game guy, with the notable exception of a passionate dalliance with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JdkZaxGD4tY&#038;ab_channel=EnciclopediaLusa\" target=\"_blank\">Need For Speed: Most Wanted<\/a> on the Xbox 360. What I&#8217;m seeing from Tokyo Xtreme Racer &#8217;25\u2060\u2014technically the fourth mainline entry of the series, sixth if you count the Drift spinoffs\u2060\u2014scratches the same part of my brain as EA&#8217;s absurd 2005 racer. I&#8217;m used to photorealistic racing games with real-world cars being these dull, almost simulationist affairs, but Tokyo Xtreme Racer has so much <em>swagger<\/em>. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cBZfs4kqf_s&#038;ab_channel=IsuckAtDriving\" target=\"_blank\">Screaming down the highways of a near-future Tokyo<\/a> to the tune of an impossibly cool soundtrack that alternates between jazzy funk and delectably retro jungle\u2060\u2014<em>this is the future we were promised.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umlztIQ7HeE\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the thousands of positive Steam reviews, I&#8217;m seeing a lot of praise for TXR &#8217;25&#8217;s handling, atmosphere, and singleplayer-centric, throwback sense of value. That last one is something that particularly excites me: TXR is built around seeking out rivals to race against on the streets of Tokyo, and it seems to have the kind of structure and story context I really need in my games\u2060\u2014you can just make your own fun if you want, but there&#8217;s plenty of direction.<\/p>\n<p>That system of colorful rivals in this surreal, near-future, &#8220;blocked off&#8221; Tokyo is kind of giving Armored Core by way of The Fast and the Furious, its characters and human drama entirely mediated by the machines at the heart of the experience, with nary a human face in sight. I haven&#8217;t even played Tokyo Xtreme Racer yet, but I just keep thinking about it. You can try it out for yourself in early access over on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2634950\/Tokyo_Xtreme_Racer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"b1258eac-43aa-429d-b5e2-6ef4d75de13d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/im-not-even-a-car-guy-but-y2k-throwback-tokyo-xtreme-racer-25-looks-incredible-and-has-thousands-of-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews-after-4-days-of-early-access.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"b1258eac-43aa-429d-b5e2-6ef4d75de13d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/racing\/im-not-even-a-car-guy-but-y2k-throwback-tokyo-xtreme-racer-25-looks-incredible-and-has-thousands-of-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews-after-4-days-of-early-access\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tokyo Xtreme Racer,&#8221; even the name has a delicious early-2000s flavor to it. Studio Genki&#8217;s latest is the first entry the long-running racing series in 20 years, taking advantage of the rabid Y2K nostalgia in the air with an early access Steam launch out of nowhere, one that&#8217;s gotten a ton of heat with 4,728 reviews at the time of writing and an &#8220;Overwhelmingly Positive&#8221; reception after just four days. I&#8217;ve never been much of a racing game guy, with the notable exception of a passionate dalliance with Need For Speed: Most Wanted on the Xbox 360. What I&#8217;m seeing from Tokyo Xtreme Racer &#8217;25\u2060\u2014technically the fourth mainline entry of the series, sixth if you count the Drift spinoffs\u2060\u2014scratches the same part of my brain&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/im-not-even-a-car-guy-but-y2k-throwback-tokyo-xtreme-racer-25-looks-incredible-and-has-thousands-of-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews-after-4-days-of-early-access\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1107903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,168],"class_list":["post-1107902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I&#039;m not even a car guy, but Y2K throwback Tokyo Xtreme Racer &#039;25 looks incredible and has thousands of Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews after 4 days of early access | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Tokyo Xtreme Racer,&quot; even the name has a delicious early-2000s flavor to it. 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