Line #8 VideoGame/BattleGear


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3	Before ''Manga/InitialD'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing'', there was this.
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5	''Side by Side'' is the franchise for a popular 1990s touge racing game series whose name changed to ''Battle Gear'' in the 2000s. It was developed by Taito and was first released on arcade cabinets before being ported to the [=PlayStation=] home consoles. ''Battle Gear 2'' is known as ''Tokyo Road Race'' in Europe.
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7	See also ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing'', the series' rough Western equivalent.
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10	!!This work provides examples of:
11	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The ''Tuned'' version of 4 introduces braking assist for automatic transmission, where the car brakes automatically before a tight corner. Very handful for beginners who want to tackle the expert courses with ease.
12	* CreatorProvincialism: All the cars up to the third game (including the ''Side by Side'' games) were strictly Japanese. The fourth game broke this with foreign cars, although they were all hot hatches.
13	* DesignItYourselfEquipment: In ''3'', the cars can have visual customization, but in ''4'', the customization extends to performance modifications. Though this is restricted to players who have NESYS keys and in ''3'', players who bought the home port.
14	* DiegeticInterface: Hell, even the interiors are somewhat detailed, if not today's standards. But in early days of racing games, it was ''outstanding''.
15	* GrandFinale: WordOfGod has said the ''4'' is the final entry in the series.
16	* GratuitousEnglish: The Battle Gear 2 theme. BATERU GIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAH~
17	* NintendoHard: Obviously Drift Modes in the fourth game.
18	** Also, the more-complex ''Professional'' cabinets of the same game.
19	** Takumi Mode in ''3 Tuned'' is also this. (see VideoGameCrueltyPunishment)
20	** Well, the series was meant to emulate the real-life driving physics, so it can be hard for many gamers.
21	** Added in ''4 Tuned'' is a HarderThanHard version of manual transmission. Which now uses an H-Pattern gearbox and requiring the clutch to shift gears.
22	* NitroBoost: Available as an upgrade in ''4'' for cars with non-turbo engines. It is essentially the non-turbo counterpart to the turbocharged engine's over-boost function.
23	* ProductPlacement: Lots.
24	* RevenueEnhancingDevices: The NESYS keys. You can get one for free once you bought the Platform/PlayStation2 port of ''3''. Sadly, the keys designed for ''3'' [[NoBackwardsCompatibilityInTheFuture cannot be used on]] ''4'', prompting players to use different keys designed for that game instead.
25	* ShoutOut: In ''3'', you can select quite a few ''Manga/InitialD'' cars with all their appropriate colors.
26	** In ''4'', there are few racing tracks modeled after real-life race tracks, like [[ThatOneLevel Circuit de Monaco]].
27	* UpdatedRerelease: ''Tuned'' versions of 3 and 4. Before that, ''Side by Side 2'' had the ''Evoluzione'' and ''Evoluzione RR'' versions.
28	** The [=PlayStation=] exclusive ''Side by Side Special 2000'' is this to the original ''Side by Side Special'', which includes all tracks and cars from the two ''Side by Side'' games.
29	* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: The Takumi Mode in the ''3 Tuned'' forces you to stay off the walls. Even so much as touching it nets you a TIME PENALTY.

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