Even in its incomplete Early Access form, the 2025 reboot of Tokyo Xtreme Racer has been one of our surprise gaming hits of the year. Its gameplay may be a little simplistic and repetitive, but it taps right into our brains’ nostalgia centres and has a real character that’s missing from so many racing games these days.
It’s been a quiet few months for the title, but if developer Genki is sticking by its revised timeline for a late September v1.0 release, then we’re only a matter of weeks away from getting our hands on the finished game. As such, we’re expecting the content teasers to start ramping up again, and that’s just kicked off with a new trailer along with confirmation of a new car and brand coming to the game.
That brand is Lexus, and the car is the RC F Track Edition. That’s the lighter, harder version of Lexus’ flawed but massively loveable V8-powered coupe, which saw stiffer suspension, more aggressive aero and around 80kg binned out of the standard car. Because Genki’s likely using the Japanese market version, its 5.0-litre V8 should come with the full complement of 470bhp too, rather than the 447bhp made by the emissions-strangled European version.
There’s no word yet on whether the RC F will be a late Early Access addition or one of the new cars set to arrive with v1.0, but it won’t be alone. In a Reddit Q&A in March, Genki teased that it was working on a licensing agreement with Honda, the only big Japanese manufacturer currently absent, as well as with various unspecified non-Japanese brands.
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