Wangan Midnight Supremacy

I believe most of you are familiar with the arcade racing game Initial D. But, I think all of you do not know the game Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune, especially WMMT3 and 3DX. Anyway, these are also arcade racing games that is, for me, cooler than Initial D. Not all racers like the mountains, and one of them is me.

Maximum Tune is not all about skillful racing, meaning you SOMETIMES (just sometimes, not always) do not have to rely on your skills in driving. Sometimes it is about the settings of the car. Unlike Initial D, Maximum tune is all about tuning, perfectly designing your car so that it can reach the maximum speed possible (hence, the name Maximum tune).

The trick in Maximum tune's success is it gives you the ability to create a cool car in a virtual world without it costing to much.

Maximum Tune started as an arcade game released by SEGA on 2003. Named WMMT1(Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune). That game had only 2 modes: Story mode and Time Attack.

On 2004, because of the popularity of the game, SEGA released WMMT2. WMMT2 added another mode of play: 10-Outrun mode. In this mode you have to overtake 10 opponent racers consecutively in order to win.

 The next installment, WMMT3, is the most common of all the WMMT games. Created by NAMCO, the game features the ghost battle mode. In this mode, you battle against a ghost car, which is the recorded drive of the other players. Once you play in this mode, your drive will be recorded as your ghost.

There are other versions of WMMT3: the WMMT3DX and WMMT3DX+. They are basically the same, except that WMMT3DX and WMMT3DX+ feature new cars, tracks, and dress-up parts.

But why did I include pics of the Devil Z and the Blackbird? The story of the arcade is based on the Wangan Midnight, a manga about racing. For the whole story, just click on the link below the pics on the right.

So, after all this, I believe that WMMT is the better than Initial D, and if not, the best of the arcade racing games.