Genki announced Thursday a new entry in its long-running racing series, Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
Simply called “Tokyo Xtreme Racer” and set for release sometime in 2025, it’s the first entry in the franchise in nearly 20 years.
“Your rivals await to drag you back into the ultimate challenge!” said a social media post announcing the game. “Thrilling races that unfold on the Tokyo Expressway, a return to the Tokyo Xtreme Racer roots.”
It was accompanied by a short teaser trailer showing tracks but no cars, making the game look very early in development.
It was only announced for PC on Steam with no other platforms mentioned.
The Steam page says that players will be able to “drive real cars on meticulously recreated courses, compete against powerful rivals, slip through other cars and engage in spirit-wracking battles.”
The Tokyo Extreme Racer franchise began in 1994 with the Japan-only Super Famicom racer Shutokou Battle ’94. It continued in the Saturn with Shutokou Battle ’97: Tsuchiya Keiichi & Bandou Masaaki — also known as Drift King ’97, which got an English fan localization in 2022.
The Saturn also had a spinoff of the series, Wangan Dead Heat (called Highway 2000 in the West) and its Japan-only Real Arrange update.
Genki developed or assisted in developing eight games on the Saturn, five of which involved racing: Hang-On GP, Wangan Dead Heat and its Real Arrange update, Shutokou Battle ’97 and Initial D: Koudou Saisoku Densetsu.
The series became known as Tokyo Xtreme Racer with its localized names in the West starting with the first Dreamcast entry in 1999.
The last game in the series released on PS2 in 2005 — 2006 in Europe and 2007 in North America.
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