The game is based on few stretches of real Tokyo motorways. Cars in the game include the likes of Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi and more. There are more than 200 opponents with their own customized cars, strengths and weaknesses.
GAMEPLAY
The game starts very slowly and is hard to ... Read review
Advantages: Lots of rivals, Customization Disadvantages: Not enough road, Online, Repetitive, Tedious, Sound
The game is based on few stretches of real Tokyo motorways. Cars in the game include the likes of Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi and more. There are more than 200 opponents with their own customized cars, strengths and weaknesses.
GAMEPLAY
The game starts very slowly and is hard to pass the first few hours of play. But once you do, you unlock more cars and more upgrades. There are a lot of rivals, so it feels that one section ... ...see up to 4 or 5 racers on a section of road. This means you have to enter your garage and leave again. This can become frustrating if you are only looking for 1 or 2 people that you need to beat in order to unlock a new area. The races can be very slow, particularly if you have similarly powered cars. The aim of a race, or SP (Spirit Points) Battle, is to drain your opponents SP by getting in front of them. The further you are in front, the quicker ... more
The game is based on few stretches of real Tokyo motorways. Cars in the game include the likes of Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi and more. There are more than 200 opponents with their own customized cars, strengths and weaknesses.
GAMEPLAY The game starts very slowly and is hard to pass the first few hours of play. But once you do, you unlock more cars and more upgrades. There are a lot of rivals, so it feels that one section of road isn't enough, especially as you will only ever see up to 4 or 5 racers on a section of road. This means you have to enter your garage and leave again. This can become frustrating if you are only looking for 1 or 2 people that you need to beat in order to unlock a new area. The races can be very slow, particularly if you have similarly powered cars. The aim of a race, or SP (Spirit Points) Battle, is to drain your opponents SP by getting in front of them. The further you are in front, the quicker their SP drains. Simple. Whilst you are driving around a certain area of motorway you can pull into a PA (Parking Area). From here you can challenge yet more opponents, to a Chain Battle where you have to beat a sequence of opponents one after another, or a Gang Battle where you are in a SP Battle, but with more than one opponent. In your garage there is a list of all your opponents. When you beat someone, they will be crossed off the list. The list also shows you what time of day your rivals drive and what area of road they drive on. The amount of traffic on the road is not significant, but then you are driving in the late/early hours of the day. The customization of the cars is realistic and not over the top. Prices for certain upgrades can be very expensive and drain you money, but by the time you have unlocked them you should be winning enough money from your races. As well as the Quest Mode, there is a Time Trial mode where you have to complete the area of specified road under the given time. There is another Time Trial mode which is meant for online and compares your time with the other people who set times.
GRAPHICS/SOUND The graphics are reasonable but could definitely be better. The scenery is bleak and dull. The sense of speed is only good in the faster cars but can still be improved. The sound of the cars is, let's say, benchmark and could have been worked on more than they have.
ONLINE PLAY The online side of things are very quiet. When you go online you will only stand a chance of just putting up a good fight if you have a well equipped car, as the only people who play online have completed Quest Mode and have fully upgraded cars. This means that, unless you have a friend to race with, you wont be able to win any races. Most of the time there is no one online anyway and a 'Unable to find session' notice comes up.
Overall, if you can get passed the early part of the game you will probably be able to finish the game. However it can be very repetitive.
Advantages: long lasting game for your money Disadvantages: can get boring and to much competition
Import Tuner Challenge is an authentic and extremely customizable street-racing game that challenges racers to immerse themselves in Tokyo's underground to take on the fastest street-racing teams. Players can customize and race licensed import sports cars using real tuner parts and tuning methods. Includes real Tokyo highways and regions, all the hottest licensed import sports cars and concept vehicles and the most prized import tuner part manufacturers. ... ...Import Tuner Challenge does few things right and faces stiff competition from other racing games, but if you sink enough time into it, it can grow on you aroun £10.00 from most major game stores ...
patchy8 19.11.2008
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Product details
Publisher
Ubisoft
Developer
Genki
Release Date
6th October 2006
Age
3+
Genre
Racing/Driving
Sub Genre
Arcade Racing
Max Number of Players Offline
2 Player
Max Number of Players Online
2 Player
Format
DVD-ROM
Platform
Xbox 360
EAN
3307210232403
Manufacturer's product description
Import Tuner Challenge is an authentic and extremely customisable street-racing game that challenges racers to immerse themselves in Tokyo's underground to take on the fastest street-racing teams.
Players can modify and race licensed import sports cars using real tuner parts and tuning techniques. More than five million combinations are possible in tailoring a car's interior, exterior and engine.
Features:
Authentic import street racing - Includes real Tokyo highways and regions, all the hottest licensed import sports cars and concept vehicles and the most prized import tuner part manufacturers.
More than 5 million customisations - Select from a vast warehouse of specialised parts to customise a car's interior, exterior and engine. Includes everything from authentic aero kits from Mazdaspeed, C-West and Veilside to racing seats from Recaro and Bride.
Tune your car like a mechanic - Install custom parts with the click of a button and hit the streets wheels spinning. Players can fine-tune their parts to suit a specific race.
Conquer the toughest and fastest street-racing teams - With more than 400 unique opponents with different strengths, weaknesses and custom cars, never play the same game twice.
Take your ride to the Xbox Live online gaming service - See how your custom tuner stacks up in head-to-head in Versus mode - take your most extreme mods straight to the streets to dominate all who challenge.
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