When you're not trying to uncover the mystery of your missing friend, you can kick back with a few rounds of poker, stop for a snack at the local sushi or burger joint or try out something a touch more titillating at a 'bikini bar'. Excuse me while I go call my parents.If you've ever played Dreamcast classic Shenmue, then you'll likely find Yakuza a kind of similar game, in as much as it's a story-driven adventure set in a vibrant city with dozens of things to do. I'd build a shelf for it and put it on the wall right now. I need to talk to my folks and find where they have that car. Watching my lovingly crafted red demon majestically blaze across the finish line was incredible. I'd taken both 3rd and 2nd previously, having been frustratingly nosed out in a photo finish the prior year. To this day, one of my happiest childhood memories is winning that bitch. Still, I legitimately learned some things about aerodynamics/physics and had a blast doing it. Building it with my Dad was awesome, and he actually didn't take it over and build it for me like most of the other kids' dads did, instead just helping by offering way-too-in-depth engineering tips for my kid mind. I spent WAY too much time each year on mine, meticulously hand-painting and crafting each car. Basically, you and all the other kids bought this same kit of a wood block, some wheels, and some weights, and you carved/painted/decal-ed your car the way you wanted, ultimately to send it down a giant ramp against the other kids' cars. In real life, there was a kinda similar thing the Boy Scouts did called the Pinewood Derby. Were I playing Yakuza 0, I'd probably dump an unhealthy amount of time into this minigame, and I'd definitely have the sweetest car I could get.
I always loved R/C shit as a kid (I still kinda do). Ha, I find myself wishing they'd do more of this on the Yakuza ER. (Edit: seems to still be a thing in Japan, found a youtube video of last year's Japan Cup) Did a quick search on amiami/Hobby Link Japan and none of them carry any of mini 4wd cars in stock :( Unfortunately, it seems like the popularity of mini 4wd racing seems to have dwindled quite a bit. I remember seeing people who had to use gloves to stop their racer to prevent getting hand injuries due to the speed of the racers. One of the things about mini 4wd that stuck in my mind is how fast these racers actually are. People who were really into it did a bunch of crazy thing to their racers: Building their own bodykit/chassis or even spooling their own dynamo. The costumizing thing is a real thing as well! I remember having to do chores for my parents so that I can buy a new motor/dynamo and wheels for my racer. It used to be quite popular in (south)east asia back in the 90s, at least that was when I jumped into the bandwagon as a kid. Tamiya (also known for their scale models) is probably one of the biggest manufacturer for these mini 4wd cars and their tune-up parts.
Oh man I totally remember this! There is indeed a real life counterpart to Yakuza's pocket racing which is called Mini 4WD. But that's my own guesswork, for what it's worth. When you factor the age part in, I think what you have is a hobby that would still be somewhat present in Japan MAYBE, and present in very small, very nerdy circles anywhere else. Add to that the fact that Pocket Circuit's draw is buying very specific novelty items to put into your slot car to make it go 0.5 times faster means that specialty manufacturers/dealers would need to exist for all of this. All the odd games and hobbies that are well known in Japan might be super low key and underground in North America if you're lucky. However, if it were, the issue wouldn't just be that it was presumably most popular about 25-30 years ago, but that it was so in Japan.
POCKET CIRCUIT RACER JAPAN PC
This is all stuff I inferred from info - or rather, the lack thereof - I dug up not becuase I was interested in real life PC racing, but because I didn't believe it was actually a thing.įirst, I don't think the in-depth nature of customizing your mini-car with special wheels and motors was ever a real thing.
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