Yuke's of America goes drifting

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 7, 2006 1:36 pm PT

New subsidiary announces first title, D1 Grand Prix, due out next month.

D1 Grand Prix

Yesterday, noted developer of THQ's wrestling games Yuke's Co., Ltd. announced that it was setting up publishing operations in North America. The company isn't wasting any time getting started, as today it announced its first product, D1 Grand Prix for the PlayStation 2, set to hit stores next month. Yuke's Co., Ltd. has already released a pair of D1 Grand Prix games in Japan.

D1 Grand Prix is a professional federation for drift racing, an autosport based more on style than speed. Drivers must race around tracks, sliding their cars sideways through turns to demonstrate their skill to scrutinizing judges. Drifting is becoming increasingly high profile in US pop culture, serving as the basis of the upcoming film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

In D1 Grand Prix, players will be able to choose from 39 real-life American and Japanese drift drivers and more than 40 licensed vehicles from manufacturers including Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Pontiac, and Subaru. The game includes 13 circuits from real D1 competitions, a D1 Series mode, time attack, survival, battle, and "X-treme" modes, as well as real-time judges' commentary and variable time-of-day and weather conditions.

16 Comments

  • saulabi

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 10:15 pm PT

    ok found the link to formula D on G4tv the show is cool everyone watch it so they keep showing it every year

    http://www.g4tv.com/formulad/index.html

  • dotppY

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 1:21 pm PT

    txr-drift was a half-completed game, even if it's the ONLY DRIFT GAME it doesn't deserve an 8... more like a 5 or 6.5 at top...

  • streetrallyacer

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 8:10 pm PT

    G4 TV has a formula D episode coming on sometime between june 11-13. that was for saulabi

  • Firebird682

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 12:34 pm PT

    this game looks awesome, i just hope that its better than TXR. TXR was a lame game that destroyed the already good series. now that the movie (fast and furious drift) and two games are gonna be out...drivers beware of stupid ricers trying to pull the hand brake on public corners....

  • 1337knight

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:28 am PT

    Any one know if this is similar to Xtreme Tokyo Drift..(BTW a great drifting game)
    (aka kaido battle) or to Initial D???

    (oh and 5.8 rating gspot gave for xtreme tokyo drfit is a tad bit low...I think 8.0 is more accurate because this is the only "drifting" game in the U.S. and although its a bit dated..it was the closes game to actually drift..)

  • saulabi

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 6:34 pm PT

    someone please please please put formula D back on tv

  • trancejeremy

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 6:30 pm PT

    Pontiac? Seems an odd inclusion. AFAIK, the only halfway decent performance car they have was the GTO, and those were just re-branded Holdens...

  • ff7cloudking

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 5:03 pm PT

    that was really fast.

  • LordGamer0001

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 3:34 pm PT

    probably wont get this game.

  • SNKrock

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 3:09 pm PT

    that was quick, they didnt even let the paint dry O_O

  • halomastaman

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 2:44 pm PT

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  • jasonmacrillo

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    drifting is cool!!

  • hirushubi2

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 2:16 pm PT

    I will buy it if it is good.

  • metalsonicgc2k4

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:52 pm PT

    Drifting is pretty cool

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:49 pm PT

    Neat this is good news I can't wait to see more on this game drift racing is pretty hard to do in real life I wonder how it will play on the PS2.

  • protoroll

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:48 pm PT

    good news nice to see them getting hard at work

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