Tokyo Xtreme Racer update adds photo mode and new customisation options

Over two months after its initial early access launch, a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer update has rolled out, introducing new features and improvements.

Headlining Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s latest update is the addition of a photo mode. Added by “popular demand,” the photo mode lets you photograph your car in the garage selection screen, parking area or in-game, whether you’re cruising the Shuto Expressway or racing a rival in a highway SP Battle.

Additionally, the update adds new customisation options. The livery editor now lets you apply logo stickers to windows or decorate your car with vinyl designs from defeated rivals. If you want to make your car look outlandish, tyres can also be stretched to the wheel rim width, but this doesn’t affect performance.

There’s also a minor graphical update, where scraping a wall or hitting other vehicles produces spark effects.

Currently out on Steam Early Access, a release date for the final version of Tokyo Xtreme Racer is yet to be confirmed. In January, developer Genki said it expects Tokyo Xtreme Racer to stay in early access for around four months, implying we can expect the full game to arrive in May at the earliest.

As for a console release, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions are “to be determined”, according to Genki.  

Full patch notes for Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s latest update can be found below.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Photo Mode Update Ver.0.11.0 patch notes

Added Features

The following features have been added:

Photo Mode

Photo mode has been added by popular demand.
Photo mode can be used for taking pictures in the garage, in the reference screen, on the in-game course, and in PAs.
For where the taken pictures are saved, please refer to the Remarks section below.

Logo Sticker

After a long time of preparation, now the sticker feature within Livery becomes available.
It is now possible to put logo stickers on windows, in accordance with the regulations of each manufacturer.

Rival Sticker

Vinyl now has a feature that allows you to cut out a part of a design from a rival vehicle and stick it on your own car.
This feature becomes available by defeating specific rivals.

Stretch Tires

A UI has been added that allows you to use the stretch tire effect that was previously applied to some rival cars only.
You will be able to adjust the tire width to the wheel rim width.
There is no effect on the vehicle behavior.

The following settings will allow you to create stretch tires:
1. On the Tune screen, tune the tires to level 1 or higher.
2. Change the tire width on the settings screen.

Silhouette

The rival’s silhouette is now displayed on the reference details screen.

New Effect

Spark effects will be displayed when hitting walls or vehicles.

Clutch operation

Regarding clutch operation.

Clutch operation can be made required by making the following settings:
1. In the options screen, set Gear Shift to manual.
2. Turn off the auto clutch option.

Added Options

Added controller options related to clutch operation and the ability to fine-tune controller vibration.

Various Adjustments

Various adjustments include:

Vehicle behavior

• Parameters related to vehicle behavior have been adjusted.
  • Differential parameter adjustments
  • Tire parameter adjustments
  • Slipstream parameter adjustments
• When “JUST ACCELE” is successful, you will now gain slight acceleration.
• The height restriction on the driving course has been removed and now it is the same height as the garage.
  *However, if you lower it too much, it will scrape the bottom face of the car and decrease the speed.

Vehicle AI

• If your car collides with another car, the other car will now be more likely to move away.
• Improved the issue where AI cars could keep hitting walls at branching points.

UI

• Revised the formula for speed metric.
• The button shortcuts that were different on each screen have been unified.
• The layout of the UI on the settings screen has been revised to make tire adjustments easier.
• On the Aero screen, you can now change the tire (rim) width when changing wheels.
• On the Livery screen, added the ability to “flip the mirror side” when attaching vinyl.
• Revised some of the UI sound effects.
• Improved UI usability.

Vehicle Model

• Adjusted the appearance of some rival vehicles.

Fixes

The following fixes have been made:

• Fixed an issue where nearby rivals would change position when entering PA.
• Fixed some bugs with some vehicle models.
• Fixed some UI bugs.
• Fixed some translation issues.
• Other minor bugs have been fixed.

Remarks

Pictures taken in photo mode are saved in the following location:

Windows

<UserFolder>\Pictures\TokyoXtremeRacer

SteamDeck

/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2634950/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Pictures/TokyoXtremeRacer