The game was also released in North America, but unlike the series' previous entries, was not published in Europe.

The game is split into two parts, where the player must first defeat all bosses on the first sector in each city on a limited play area, consisting of only the surrounding highways and not the longer, more high-speed routes.

The premise of the game is identical to the previous variants of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series: the player cruises the highways of Japan at night, while challenging opponents to impromptu battles.

The vehicle trailing the leader will have its health slowly drained over time, increasing with the distance between the cars.

Furthermore, the player can encounter "Wanderer" drivers, who have no team affiliation and often drive completely unique cars, some of which are highly modified.

The North American version especially drew harsh criticism because of a currency conversion bug that prevented players from completing the game.

One of the wanderers, named "Whirlwind Fanfare", located in Osaka, requires the player to have amassed 100,000,000 CR in order to appear.