Wangan Midnight is a racing game based on the Wangan Midnight manga. In the main Story mode the game weaves together races based on the manga's plot. It follows the life of the young racer Akio Asakura, his rivals and his love interest who is also a model but also a street racer at night. All the street races take place in Tokyo with licensed cars from Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, RUF, Subaru and Toyota. Akio's story is only one of the ten available scenarios. Two are available at the start and the other eight are unlocked gradually, featuring characters Harada, Keiichiro Azawa, Kouichi Hiramoto, Masaki, Reina Akikawa, Takayuki Kuroki, Tatsuya Shima, Yamanaka, and Yasu-san. They each have their signature car.
The other game modes are Time Attack with time trials and Free Run where it is possible to drive anywhere on the Shuto Expressway. In the One Match mode another character can be challenged for a quick race and Wangan Connection is the online multiplayer mode for up to four players. Two additional modes can be unlocked later on: Maximum Speed (drive any car on the Yatabe Test Course and go as fast as possible without blowing up the engine) and Survival (beat a designated amount of rivals without losing). The survival mode can three classes with 20, 50 and 99 rivals respectively, and not a single race can be lost.
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