Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025: Everything You Need To Know

We were taken a little by surprise when we found out last year that Japanese developer Genki was rebooting Tokyo Xtreme Racer, a superbly underrated arcade series that swaps out racetracks and surface-level city streets for Tokyo’s sprawling network of expressways.

With the new game – simply titled Tokyo Xtreme Racer – now out in Steam Early Access, you can read our initial thoughts on the unexpected return of this cult classic series here. In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about TXR.

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

Japanese cars have long been the focus of TXR’s car rosters, and that’s no different with the 2025 reboot. The Early Access version features 48 cars, all from Japanese manufacturers and ranging from the 1980s to the present day. There’s currently one big absence, though, with no Hondas present in the game at this stage.

We’ve put together a full list of everything currently included here.

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
• Vertex
• Weds
• Work

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. Genki has said it's expecting the early access period to last around four months before a full release - meaning a mid-2025 arrival - although nothing is set in stone yet.

Genki has also confirmed the early access version of the game will cost $29.99 (no word on other currencies yet.). It hasn't stated how much the final version of TXR will cost, although those who buy in early access will receive it for no extra cost - implying some form of increase.

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, 48 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