Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025: Everything You Need To Know

One of the best surprises in 2024 was the unexpected announcement that cult favourite racing series Tokyo Xtreme Racer would be getting a reboot.

Now, developer Genki – the team behind the original games – has dropped another on us. We knew the game would be coming in 2025, but when was a mystery, until now. Tokyo Xtreme Racer will be released on Steam Early Access on 23 January.

Read on for everything we know so far about the title.

What is Tokyo Xtreme Racer?

In case you weren’t familiar, Tokyo Xtreme Racer was heavily inspired by the manga series Wangan Midnight, and as such trades on the illegal highway racing depicted in that series. That's something the new title will continue to focus on, although interestingly, the Steam page mentions that it'll be set in "a sealed-off future Tokyo."

At least for the Western world, the original Tokyo Xtreme Racer games never really went beyond the realm of being cult favourites, but for those in the know, it’s regarded as one of the best arcade racing series ever made. The series started out in 1994 in Japan as Shutokō Battle, and was eventually released around the world as Tokyo Xtreme Racer with a Dreamcast title in 1999.

We don’t know a great deal about the new game at the moment, save for the trailer, a handful of confirmed cars some screenshots of realistic-looking stretches of highway. 

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025 confirmed cars

Tokyo Xtreme Racer has long-featured licenced JDM machines like the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R, Honda NSX and err… Isuzu Vehicross. That looks set to continue.

Genki has begun drip-feeding cars coming to the game, with the 'hawkeye' GD Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C the latest confirmed for the game. Check out the full list of cars confirmed so far below.

Mazda

• BP 3
• FD RX-7 Type RZ
• RX-8

Nissan

• 370Z
• R34 Skyline GT-R V-Spec II

Subaru

• GD Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C
• VA WRX STI
• ZC6 BRZ

Suzuki

• ZC33S Swift Sport

Toyota

• A80 Supra RZ
• AE86 Levin GT-APEX
• GR86 RZ
• GT86

Tokyo Xtreme Racer car customisation

Unsurprisingly for a game so heavily inspired by Tokyo’s street racing heritage, it’s going to be rife with customisation options.

A plethora of bodywork options including new bonnets, wings, splitters, exhausts and wheels will be available from a load of JDM stalwart brands. We’ve listed every confirmed brand below.

• BBS
• BLITZ
• BN Sports
• Bomex
• C-WEST
• Do-Luck
• Enkei
• Fabulous
• Hot Stuff
• IMPUL
• ings
• Knight Sports
• Kuhl
• MID_WHEELS
• RAYS
• ResultJapan
• Rowen
• SSR
• Syms
• TOM’s
• Trial
• Trust
• Uras
• Varis

Will it be coming to consoles?

So far, Tokyo Xtreme Racer has only been confirmed as coming to PC, although previous titles have been synonymous with console releases.

In its early access announcement, Genki touched on ‘mobile and VR’ as other potential platforms, though did not outright state the game would be coming to those. We would assume Xbox and PlayStation are in consideration if the developer is serious about reaching out beyond PC.

When will Tokyo Xtreme Racer be released?

Tokyo Xtreme Racer will be released through Steam Early Access on 23 January. No word yet on a target for a full release of the game or on platforms beyond PC, however.

What will early access include?

Genki has confirmed some overview details of what to expect from the early access version of Tokyo Xtreme Racer. It'll feature a single player story mode which will be playable up to "roughly the halfway mark", with about 200 rival characters to race against, 50 cars to use and around 110 miles of roads to drive them on.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025 system requirements

Minimum system requirements:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i7-7700
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX4060
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 12 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD recommended

Recommended system requirements:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i7-13700
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 12 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD recommended