''Street Supremacy'' is a

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developed by Genki and published by

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in North America, Europe and Australia. It is part of the ''

Tokyo Xtreme Racer ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' is an arcade racing video game series created by Genki and inspired by street racing on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo. Its first installment, ''Shutokō Battle '94: Drift King'', released in 1994 for the Super Famicom. In ...

'' series, despite not being named as such. It was released on April 21, 2005, in Japan, February 28, 2006, in North America, September 2006 in France and Oct 6, 2006 in Australia for the

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. It received poor reviews from critics, primarily citing its loading times and driving mechanics.

Reception

The game received an aggregate score of 41/100 on

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, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Alex Navarro of ''

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'' rated the game 4.5/10, praising the game's team battle mode but criticizing the loading times, driving gameplay and "broken" ad-hoc multiplayer mode, as well as the game's lack of free roam. ''

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'' gave the game a D+ rating, calling the game's life bar mechanic "pretty intense", but saying that the racing mechanics feel "like ice racing most of the time". Chris Roper of '' IGN'' rated the game 2.5/10, calling it "easily one of the worst racing games I've ever laid my hands on, bar none", and noting that the ad-hoc multiplayer was "completely and entirely nonfunctional", and that both racers became more and more out of sync as the race progressed.

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