Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2
Also known as: Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu (JP), Kaido Racer 2 (EU) Developer: Genki Publishers: Genki (JP), Konami (EU), Crave Entertainment (US) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: July 28, 2005 Released in US: April 17, 2007 Released in EU: December 1, 2006 This game has regional differences.

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Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 is the latest entry in the Kaido Battle series. It also happens to be the only one released in both North America and Europe.

Regional Differences

Localization Changes

Every car manufacturer's name is written in all-caps (except for Honda) in the Japanese release, their names were capitalized correctly in non-Japanese releases.

Title Screen

The title screen's background was colored differently for each region, being green for the US release, blue for the Japanese release and red (as well as being derived from the first Kaido Racer) for the European release.

Japan	US	Europe

Carbon Trunklid Translation Error

In the original Japanese and European versions, Carbon Trunklid is wrongly misspelled as Carbon Trunkrid. This was corrected in the US release.

Car Changes

• In the export releases, Fiat's logo was changed from it's 1999-2003 logo to the 2003-2006 logo. The Fiat Coupé Fiat Turboplus (175A3) name was also simplified to just Fiat Coupé (175A3).
• The Peugeot cars' names were simplified in the Japanese release, but were changed in export release.
• The Honda Fit 1.3W (GD1)'s name was changed to Honda Fit in the North American release (but still with the Jazz plate), while the European release has the Fit renamed to Honda Jazz.
• Every Mazda car had their names changed for the export market. Their model logos were also changed with the Mazda logo also shown in the car model logo screen before the model name, as well as the license plate being updated accordingly:

Japan	US/Europe	Generation/Notes
Autozam AZ-1	Mazda AZ-1	PG6SA
Mazda Demio Sport	Mazda 2	DY5W
Mazda Axela 23S	Mazda 3	BK3P
Mazda Famila GT-R	Mazda 323	BG8Z
Eunos Roadster	Mazda MX-5 Miata	NA8C
Mazda Roadster Turbo	Mazda MX-5 Miata	NB8C (soft-top)
Mazda Roadster Coupe Type S	Mazda MX-5 Miata	NB8C (hardtop)
Mazda Atenza 23S	Mazda 6	GG3S
Mazda Savanna RX-7 Turbo GT	Mazda RX-7	SA22C
Mazda RX-7 1.3 GTX	Mazda RX-7	FC3S (pre-facelift)
Mazda RX-7 ∞ III	Mazda RX-7	FC3S (facelift)
Mazda éfini RX-7 Type RS	Mazda RX-7	FD3S (pre-facelift)
Mazda RX-7 Type RS	Mazda RX-7	FD3S (facelift)
Mazda RX-8 Type S	Mazda RX-8	SE3P

• The Gemballa Turbo R-GT 320, a tuned variant of the Porsche Boxster (986), was included in the Japanese version of the game and is unlocked by Dark Paladin (Masahiro Hiraue), who drives the said car. However, due to licensing issues, the car was removed in international releases, with the car's body being changed to that of an ASL Garaiya. Preset Gemballa cars, including that of the Dark Paladin's were changed to use an ASL Garaiya (the game's de facto "fallback" car) instead. Their body colors were changed from Speed Yellow to orange/red.

Removed Vinyls

The Art Category, which contains certain vinyls used by rival cars, such as 13 Devils, Slashers, Kingdom Twelve and other important rivals, as well as the numbers, course logos, six art vinyls, and number vinyls were hidden in overseas releases.

Removed Rims

Two rim brands, namely, Speedline Corse and Racing Sparco, had rims that are included in the Japanese version of the game. The rim brands, along with their associated rims, however, are removed in international versions due to licensing issues, but are still available as leftovers that can rarely be found in Used Cars, however, their design was changed to a slightly recolored/modified version of the ASL Garaiya's stock rims, which are essentially RAYS Volk Racing CE28N rims with an ASL logo on the center cap. along with their thumbnails being changed to being purely blacked out.

Rivals or sponsor test cars that used the rims listed below, had their rims changed in US/Europe versions, with presets that were equipped with Speedline Corse rims instead being equipped with light gray Yokohama AVS Model T7 rims, while presets that had Racing Sparco rims were instead equipped with white Yokohama AVS Model T6 rims. However, one rival, named Ryouka Seno aka Sakura Sprinter's Toyota MR2 1600 G-Limited Supercharger '86 (AW11) has stock front rims, but with the white AVS Model T6 rims at the rear view of her MR2.

This change also affected Ootsuka Demon's custom Honda S2000 Type V (AP2), whose stock rims used a model of silver Sparco NS-2 Python rims, which was changed to ASL Garaiya-styled RAYS Volk Racing CE28N rims in export releases.

Below are the list of removed rims.

Speedline Corse

• GT-oneR (gold/black/dark gray)
• Compe-2 (gold/silver/white)
• GT-one (gold/dark gray/silver/white)
• Chrono (gold/dark gray/silver/white)
• Type 2013 (gold)

Racing Sparco

• NS-2 Python (silver/white)
• NT-R (white/black/dark gold)
• Tarmac (silver/gold/white)
• Viper R (dark gray/white)