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The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift is headed to the small screen
April 23, 2007 | 1:23 PM PSTWritten By: AJ McDaniel
Originally, The Fast & the Furious was released last September for the PS2. The console version, while solid, was overshadowed by the next generation racers. Publisher Namco-Bandai has taken the past few months to polish things and aims to deliver a solid handheld racer for the PlayStation Portable handheld.
Developed by Eutechnyx, best known for Street Racing Syndicate and the Big Mutha Truckers franchises, the racer is loosely based upon last year’s film: The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Like several other street racers, you get to participate in various race events in the mountains and streets of a free-roaming Tokyo. While you are able to compete in tradition point to point races, where The Fast & the Furious stands out is in the combined emphasis on drift racing.
Most racing games use drift as an additional racing technique, or as a tacked-on feature that is usually not very well fleshed out. The Fast & the Furious allows you to also concentrate on perfecting your drifting skills in drift competitions, where the goal is to score points for your drifting abilities and not just crossing the finish line first. The drift mechanics are given more attention and thusly tuning your vehicle will become more important as well. You will be able to race in over 100 Tuner, Muscle, and Concept cars. The 300-plus available body kits will give fans of customization plenty of options to pour over.
The PSP version has several unique modes that set it apart from the console version. Swap Meet allows you to broadcast your custom tuned vehicles to other players wirelessly. Your friends will be able to use your car in any mode outside of career mode. Road Sweeper lets up to four players take aim at using their drifting corner techniques. The player who scores the most drift points per turn gains control of that corner. The racer that tags the most corners in the end wins. Oil Change is a new mechanic that you can use to give your car a temporary performance boost. Finally, the PSP version of The Fast & the Furious offers up new extras giving you access to both unlocked movie and real world content.
The Fast & the Furious is set to be released for PSP later this April. When Namco finishes polishing up the game, drift racing fans will find a new way to conquer the Tokyo racing scene while on the go.
Originally, The Fast & the Furious was released last September for the PS2. The console version, while solid, was overshadowed by the next generation racers. Publisher Namco-Bandai has taken the past few months to polish things and aims to deliver a solid handheld racer for the PlayStation Portable handheld.
Developed by Eutechnyx, best known for Street Racing Syndicate and the Big Mutha Truckers franchises, the racer is loosely based upon last year’s film: The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Like several other street racers, you get to participate in various race events in the mountains and streets of a free-roaming Tokyo. While you are able to compete in tradition point to point races, where The Fast & the Furious stands out is in the combined emphasis on drift racing.
Most racing games use drift as an additional racing technique, or as a tacked-on feature that is usually not very well fleshed out. The Fast & the Furious allows you to also concentrate on perfecting your drifting skills in drift competitions, where the goal is to score points for your drifting abilities and not just crossing the finish line first. The drift mechanics are given more attention and thusly tuning your vehicle will become more important as well. You will be able to race in over 100 Tuner, Muscle, and Concept cars. The 300-plus available body kits will give fans of customization plenty of options to pour over.
The PSP version has several unique modes that set it apart from the console version. Swap Meet allows you to broadcast your custom tuned vehicles to other players wirelessly. Your friends will be able to use your car in any mode outside of career mode. Road Sweeper lets up to four players take aim at using their drifting corner techniques. The player who scores the most drift points per turn gains control of that corner. The racer that tags the most corners in the end wins. Oil Change is a new mechanic that you can use to give your car a temporary performance boost. Finally, the PSP version of The Fast & the Furious offers up new extras giving you access to both unlocked movie and real world content.
The Fast & the Furious is set to be released for PSP later this April. When Namco finishes polishing up the game, drift racing fans will find a new way to conquer the Tokyo racing scene while on the go.
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