The Best Racing Game You've Never Heard Of - Enthusia Professional Racing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2020
- Enthusia Professional Racing may well be one of the best racing games you have never heard of, with a fantastic progression system and a great driving physics it still holds up really well today.
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Honestly, the best thing about Enthusia is the inclusion of "boring, everyday commuters" like the Corolla, Polo, Chevy Astro, Saxo, Lexus LS430 (Toyota Celsior), Previa (Estima), Cadillac Seville and Mazda 6.
This is why FM4 was great, you could V8 swap a prius!
Better yet, you actually get to use them.
I think the TXR games had luxury sedans as playable vehicles as well, with some early to mid-game rivals specializing in them (hell some bosses even use them).
They give a real relatable feel.
That's one of the big things missing from the likes of Forza and NFS. Give me an Accord, Camry, and a regular Civic. It's not like the cars stay stock anyway.
I miss this era where Gran Turismo and the like featured all the obscure jdm cars
It's a bit overrated
@@arinb.756 Ye
Gran Turismo 5 had the best car list of all time. There was like four different versions of the Toyota Yaris/Vitz and that's awesome
not a jdm, but I one of my fondest gaming memories was playing gran turismo 5 split screen with the worst cars we could find (the swimmerwagen being a favorite of ours). Wish we could see more like that.
@@christofferthorsson607 The Top Gear driving challenge where you had to drive the Schwimmwagen and the Volkswagen type 2 drove me nuts.
This is the type of carlists we love, forza. Sure supercars are nice but how many games let you drive a 2003 Ford Excursion? One!
It's Ford VS Chevy, for anyone wondering
@@minoassal HOLY SHIT
I HAD THAT GAME!!! So nostalgic bruh. I completely forgot about it until you said the name, and the memories just flooded in
4x4 evolution 2 lets you trophy mod a rav4
2:52 "Has anybody seen a bright yellow evo somewhere"
*_G T 2 0 0 0 intensifies_*
Mirage intensifies
MISFIRINGU SYSTEM
*Bang BANG*
_dandellion yellow evo_
_BK4 wants to know your location_
For some reason I saw that as Euthanasia racing.... did not bat an eyelid, as that's how I race in GTA V
yeah no I read it exactly like that too lmfao
Same on both counts :D
For like a decade I always thought I was the only one reading the title that way. It always made me laugh
my disappointment when i realised i misread was palpable
Didn't realise it was wrong until I heard him say it lol, then I had to re read the title
This game's physics engine feels surprisingly mature when played with a steering wheel. It's glorious. Best I've felt in a PS2 game.
I got this as a birthday present and was disappointed because it wasn't GT4, but as soon as I got to playing, I was obsessed
This might be the only game to ever include my own car in it: a Land Cruiser 100 Series.
Sure, the one in the game might be a high end Japanese spec with a Turbo diesel rather than my low-mid range Gulf Spec FZJ100 but still, nice to see lol.
Haha yeah this game had so many unique cars that for some reason you don't see in other games. Only game I know to feature my saxo VTS.
Haha land Cruiser chassis R u S t y ,
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@@MozrowDropspajero more like rusty doors
Mitsubishi rust protection is no better than Toyota lol
The lift-off oversteer is REAL on most of these FWD cars, but I have nothing to complain against,wobblematic suspension is a feature on compact cars so just carry on.
This game is such a gem, amazing physics, amazing car selection, interesting but fun(yet frustrating sometimes) car acquiring system, but every time I play this I always hear someone speaking "Enthuuuuuuu points" from some video in the past. Anyway this is a very entertaining game.
Wow. Any single choice of vehicle in this game is more intriguing than the entirety of Forza Horizon 4.
I can understand why but i personally think forza's variety is better
@@markgeorge2200 Point taken, but the age of the game works in its favor here. There's a ton of obscure 1990's vehicles here that modern games pass up as blandmobiles - but that's what makes them entertaining if they were in current games.
What games have the licencing to the de tomaso??
@@legopika Point?
@@legopika Not true - have two in the garage (one S1 class) and wouldn't mind picking up another. They're a riot. But they fall into the same "so uncool they're cool" category as the rest of Forza's "bland" vehicles. It's not the same as having a Honda City Turbo and a Toyota Estima to play with.
Granted, I may be blaming the game for a problem that stems from something completely different: Not having equal-class open lobbies. It's no fun to fart around in anything "fun" when the rest of the lobby is all S1 and X class.
The Toyota FunCargo was sold as a Yaris over here in the UK, I believe
And as the Vits in other areas if I remember correctly
I believe Jeremy Clarkson reviewed one once if I'm not wrong.
it was sold as the Yaris Verso to be specific, the Yaris was the UK name for the Vitz
Yep. It was the Yaris in North America, too. Or, as I like to call it, the YARK!
(the Yaris name badge used to look like an underlined Y-A-R-K, because the "S" was weird.)
Thomas Fletcher similar but not the same as a Yaris. The Yaris and Vitz were small compact hatchbacks while the Funcargo was more van styled with a taller rear. I believe it was only sold New In japan. A common import in nz
I used to love the way you unlocked cars on this, was like a lottery if I remember
Love these retro re-visits... beat to see games before my time
You just made me feel sooo oooold 😂
the arrows just tell you how many g's the car is doing, you can disable those and the circle thing at the bottom in the options I think.
That's good because I find it rather annoying that half of the screen is full of that stuff.
Yea you don't even have to go to options, it's actually a button on the controller to toggle through the hud layouts
Dang this car list is cool
Here is an idea for a thing to do in Forza:
First, randomly build 12 different cars with varying levels of Pi.
Next, all 12 racers race in identical cars with identical upgrades to determine the order.
After the 1st race, the person in 1st place chooses a car from the selection of randomly built cars provided to run. 2nd place will go next, all until last place gets the last car available. Everyone then goes racing in said cars and gets points based on how well they did.
After the 2nd race, all the cars go back into the "deck", and this time, last place goes first in picking their car. Then 2nd to last, and so on till 1st place goes last. Race again. Do this as many times as you like and then tally the points.
According to the Japanese manual, the “Arrows” are the level of gravitational force, the yellow circle is the centre of balance, the tire squares signify grip used with the more grey filled meaning the less available grip, with red indicating maximum load and tire scrub at that corner of the car.
The part you chose not to focus on with the crashes/smooth driving/hard braking was created to promote clean/smooth driving. The less often you crash, brake fully and go off the road, the more points you’ll accumulate and the quicker you’ll progress through the game.
That’s how far ahead of other games this games driving dynamics were in 2004.
HD remaster and this would sell like hot cakes
no, it wouldn't.
it's an obscure PS2 racing game.
@@emilkozak4012 yes it would
@@ANDRESLOPEZ_24 yeah it would, to the couple thousand people (at most) taht played this on PS2 and enjoyed it enough to buy the remaster.
I'm not saying the game is bad, it's just too obscure and unknown to warrant making a remaster.
@@ANDRESLOPEZ_24 no it wouldn't
Ought to give Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero a go! Had lots of fun burning up the wangan years and years ago!
I downloaded this last night , chose an R32 , didn't crash. Happy
Tokyo xtream racer was awesome I still have them for the ps2, the first one I ever played was on the dreamcast.
The whole TXR series was fun as hell even the xbox version. Import tuner. Best one was part 2 on dreamcast, zero on ps2 and part 3 had a couple of lamdmark cars especially the west C4 corvette.
@@MozrowDrops opposite of 🅱️akazato
@@Saikousoku Yes but most days the 🅱️azakato energy gets me good
The idea of that massive Cadillac trying pass that little Fwd frenchie
The Toyota FunCargo is actually pretty cool! I own a MK1 Yaris alongside my IS200 and the amount of passion in the Yaris owners club is crazy! (Mainly for the T-sport).You see some FunCargos in the mix and the modified ones look very good when done right!
Seeing this game, i immediately got the urge to dig out Tokyo Xtreme Racer again.
I still play Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2, I love this game man
I'd watch a series of Alex having fun with this game, looks like fun
1:00 Oh, a Yaris verso, how interesting, wait What-
Yes, running with old and new city cars, this is what I miss in this generation of racing games
Why can't I run with my Fiat Panda, or my 2000's Opel Corsa? What about the Dacia Sandero?
I mean, I'll prefer these cars instead to 100 versions of LP2/GT
I started racing with Midtown Madness, Midnight Club 2 and also my favorite Flatout.
Midtown Madness 2 was my favourite game 20 years ago!
I don't know if you noticed but there's a grey square around the screen that simulates the G force you'd experience with the movement of the car and also simulates peripheric vision on the sides. That's a really impressive feature for a PS2 game. You truly uncovered a gem I never heard about, the concept of it all is great and execution even better. Waw good game I might fire up my PS2 if I get my hands on a copy of this game
Didn't even notice, good catch
I remember when this game came out and I have always wanted to try it!!!! Great review.
I remember playing this game as a kid, by brothers hated it, but I loved it. Big game!
10:24 Just something to note, real Dualshock 2 controllers had a variable pressure buttons that could register different levels of input. Not many games used it but GT4 did, meaning you could modulate your throttle and braking. Having never played Enthusia myself (although now keen!) I wouldn't know if the feature was used in this game, but it definitely would've made a difference if it was.
I have the hand brake assigned to R1 and it's also variable pressure. Pretty neat detail.
It's interesting that the GTA San Andreas for PS2 had 2 levels of car acceleration if you cared for cruising in the game, you just had to press X button gently and you would get a much smoother acceleration and braking (square button). Many people don't know this.
I love the car list and how you get rewards based on the car you drive. Imagine this game with these cars and new cheap cars like fiesta, 308, mazda 3, swift sport, etc. and driving physics that are more like gran turismo!!!
This game is amazing! I played it back in the day when my friends thought it was a cheap Gran Turismo knockoff.
Yassss finally back on enthusia!
nice too see the Clio 172 ius in this game! believe its only in this game and one of the early gran turismo games, may have to invest in this game just for the novelty!
Sega GT for the Dreamcast has it too
@@Freezorgium i thought it only had the clio V6 and R5-T2 in sega GT! may have to have another look see if the 172 is in there too lol
Man I remember when I was a kid and playing Gran Turismo on the ps1 and the fact you could change the colour of the car blew my mind , black was always fastest , well thats what I was told as a kid 🤣
Really good game.. Love that there's clutch and so on..
Finaly someone done a a video on this
Loved this game as a kid!
We knew from stream that Daihatsu 4x4 was a beast XD
Amazing fun and drivability with a wheel to this day this game, love it
Duude! This was my jam back in the day!
Just got the PS2 out this week and have been having great fun with this and GT4 (with the Driving Force Pro wheel too!)
Keep up the good work
Gran Turismo 2, Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero, Enthusia Professional Racing and Auto Modellista were my faves coming up.
Known about this game for a bit over a decade now, fun fun game as well, with a good selection of vehicles, from your standard everyday types (which i always enjoy using in games) to high end ones & race cars too, something for everyone pretty much.
One of my favourites!!
really nice play. I also play many crazy games. love it
How and why have I never heard of this game? I've put hours into GT4 but this looks every bit as good, and better in some aspects. Love the quirky car lists older racing games had as well. Need to track down a copy and fire up the PS2 again I think! Great video.
A racing game I loved when I was younger that no ones heard of is total immersion racing. Its had a cool car list and I remember really liking it at the time but it's been about 15 years since I played it so could be rose tinted glasses
I had this game back in the early days!
One thing that frustrated me back then was the way to acquire new cars: hoping that the rivals show up in desired cars; trying hard to beat them in a clean run; begging the roulette not to screw me over.
I remember this game from when it first came out. I had rented it. Cool game.
"you've also got the little cake arse"
O_o
...
Ohhhh, k-cars xD
He said kei cars
Yes, had this and played it hard! Will still put it on when I fire up the PS2, with my wireless controllers !!
Feels. Still remember when i got the EB110
This game has more accurate driving than GT4.
@untitled. Um, yes. The suspension and gears, and also the handling to an extent in GT4 were very off. Sure it was realistic and challenging but it was far from accurate.
Hopefully another episode comes out from this game!
The almighty Saxo is back!
Woohoo, Enthusia is back!
Browsed ebay and bought this while watching. Been revisiting GT4, this looks more engaging. Never heard of it back in the day.
I remember playing this and GT3 on the PS2... Good times man.
Yes I did. I saw it on this very channel :vv
Holy shit the weight transfer and general weightyness of the cars seems so realistic in this, wow!! I haven't seen that in any games other than BeamNG and Live for Speed! I assume other hardcore sims have it too but haven't played many of them.
Your comment gave me aids
I rented this game once or twice when I was a kid, kinda want to play it again
I wish games still had minivans and cars like that
FM7 got the Odyssey then they banned it smh
These are the types of cars we want in Forza games.
Yes we need more Japanese shitboxes instead of classic and modern sports cars
Maaaan, this is soo nostalgic, i've played for hours i'm PS2, never win, but i'm was happing playing :-)
looks like an interesting game i might have tried on an emulator but the wonky camera angles completely puts me of it
I’m actually surprised you didn’t try the Automatic gearbox on this game. As far as i know this game has the exact replica of how an AT with a torque converter feels. When i tried cruising it actually upshift at pretty low speed but when i pushed the throttle hard i was completely blown away... this game can actually simulates a kickdown!
Proof: th-cam.com/video/BLkz9yaqIcg/w-d-xo.html
Haha!!! This afternoon just rewatched the almighty Saxo!!!
I NEED A COPY OF THIS RIGHT NOW!!!
Makes me miss the old Genko games like Tokyo Extreme Racer. Also I really loved Auto Modelista, such a beautiful game.
Wow for an old game this has a crazy car list and cars you actually kinda want to drive and are fun to drive. I maintain that the reason games like forza 4 were so popular is because a lot of tbe cars were everyday cars you actually wanted to drive/grew up with and recognised
Very good car list
Saxo😍😍
I think old racing games are so much better than the new ones
For some reason that Saxo has VTR alloys on it as the facelift VTS used different alloys, funnily enough my dad had a VTR years ago in that same gold colour with aftermarket alloys on it we both assumed a young lad had it beforehand judging by the state of it.
Boi i played every game on ps2 this brings back some good memories
The physics on this are much better than GT4. In GT4 you literally can't spin a car if you give it too much throttle.
Really? I don't remember that
RUF rear engine rear wheel drive will spin if noob
@@dappernat rt12 or yellowbird?
@Paul Carmi i have the yellowbird in gran turismo psp and it is a beast to handle
@@dappernat Gran Turismo on the PSP handles differently from GT4. In fact the PSP game is harder.
I would go back to the early 2 thousands in a heartbeat.
For anyone wondering the Toyota FunCargo is the Yaris Verso
Love the 480p of the PS2 emulator😆
I always used to love racing games that would allow you take a small car like a Saxo and tune it up to be able to compete against the 'big boys' of that game. I remember on NFS Underground 2 I had a fire-spitting little Peugoet 106 that was fast as hell and could destroy Skylines and Supras without breaking a sweat lol. That thing was great fun, and I still remember it fondly to this day!
Games these days don't seem to allow that kind of stuff to happen anymore. Cars are often sectioned off into 'classes' now, so your little car always ends up being outclassed as it levels up (if it's even allowed to level up to compete in other classes)
Peter Badger Underground was boss, completely agree with how good it was to take your car all the way through and see it morph from nothing special into a complete beast.
The best racing game you've never heard of : South Park Rally
DontBeStupid Stupid Loved that on the PS1
TheNo1n00b it was on Ps1 too!! I only had it on N64 😂 might have to get an emulator for it tbh
Ooooooooh thank you
It would never be that one game without a Racing Saxo.
Best Racing Game You've Never Heard Of: Auto Modelista
I've been playing it on emulator and i love the style but the handling is so weird and floaty
@@TheRogueAdventurers The North American version had more drifty physics in comparison to the Japanese and European release that had more Grippy handling
I liked that game. Earlier this year I saw Automobilista 2 being released, went to look at it and was like "fuck yeah, wait, WTF?, not cel shaded?, wait mobilista, gotcha." I still own that game on PS2, as with this game Enthusia. To me, they were both good, but I still preferred Sega GT 2002 on the Xbox. Buy a cheap used exhaust for that boost of power, then it breaks halfway through a race.
Saxo VTS such a cool car! Don't understand why he is not on the today's racing games car list.
One hidden gem i know is SCAR (Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo) (sold as Racing Italiano in the US), i'm a big fan of brand specific racing games and this is one of the best
Spent ages during the first race trying to work out what London landmarks were along the side of the track. It clearly goes along The Mall towards Admiralty Arch, sort of down Horse Guards, past the Houses of Parliament across Westminster Bridge around the IMAX at Waterloo back across Waterloo Bridge - then it drops into the tunnel and I lose my bearings...
I remember playing this a while back... wasn't too bad tbh, tho I played it for about a week before I got tired of it...
absolutely love this game so far - been playing it for the first time today on my Series X . it’s extremely difficult at first to come to grips with a digital button input for gas and breaking, when I’m so spoiled by analog triggers these days. Lot of varied speed tapping, especially on gas to keep it at precise speeds.
The game and/or pcsx2 could certainly use a hack/script that could map the face button input to analog trigger, varying the speed of auto taps based on how far you press in the trigger.
Though I wonder if this simulator supported PS2 controller’s pressure sensitive face buttons? I understand very few games did, but I seem to remember at least one of the GT games supporting it , either on PSX or ps2.
I loved this game!
Even as a 5 year old!
Oh my god the only racing game with my Alfa in it!!!
There was a Japanese drifting game for the PS2, Hokkaido Extreme Drift something-or-other I think, that had a Daihatsu kei truck as an early vehicle. I never got very far in the campaign, but it had a bunch of smaller JDM cars from the 90s. That was pretty cool.
That Daihatsu was my baby, though. His name was Bob, the Happy Little Truck.
I remember seeing a stream a while back where you killed everything with that white Storia. Such a shame Daihatsus are rare in the US!
The game DOES HAVE throttle and brake management,not all people know that but ps2 had pressure sensitive buttons,the the X and the Square button were pressure sensitive when you put less or more force into them (also think the Circle and triangle also were,but they not apply here).On emulators you can only recreate that with triggers and adjusting the trigger sensibility to match the buttons pressure.I absolutely love this game and it's my favorite racing game of all time in ps2.
It also let's you use the right stick for acceleration and braking
funny how the EVO3 is rare for games
yet its actually a popular 4WD car
I played this as a child, glad to have found it as it’s been a repressed memory, lol.
Growing up on PS1 and early PC racing games/sims, rear wheel drive means teaching your throttle finger, or thumb, pulse width modulation. PC, I generally set throttle to either space or enter as they had a return spring so better off throttle response
That and keeping your third eye on the map always helps
I picked up a ps2 last month and I’m buying a bunch of ps2 racing games for it and this game is one one them , I can’t wait😜
Only reason i know of this game is because i bought a copy on whim at the local video rental store when it was closing permanently, picked it up for 5 bucks. surprisingly good driving physics.
You can also accelerate and brake with the right stick like in gt4, just gotta go to settings