Menu Book 10
Japanese FR Sports Car Collection
Your mission here is to collect three cars, the Nissan Silvia Q’s (S13) ‘88, the Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA) ‘89, and the Toyota Corolla Levin 1600GT APEX (AE86) ‘83. You should have just been awarded one of these from the end of Menu Book 9, but we’ll cover all three events in this guide anyway. If you want to earn a few extra credits, consider doing all three too.
The three events take place at Tsukuba events Circuit., the High Speed Ring, and Tokyo Expressway. These circuits should all be familiar as we have been there frequently in the recent Menu Books.
All of these events require you to be driving a Japanese FR car, so head to the garage. You should switch to whichever of the three cars mentioned above you just won, for us its the Nissan Silvia. While in your garage you might want to claim the roulette ticket you won at the end of the previous Menu book. We also had a ticket from completing the daily driving marathon, so claim any of those too.
Once you’ve done this, and switched to your FR car, head to the Tuning Shop. It is possible to win these events without any modifications, however, we aren’t going to spend much and it will make life considerably easier if you do. In the Tuning Shop, buy a set of Sports Soft tyres for 3,000 credits, and that’s all you need. The PP of our Nissan Silvia is now 436, easily enough to cruise through the events we need to. Tsukuba Circuit, and enter the Japanese FR Challenge 450.
Japanese FR Challenge 450 Tsukuba Circuit
Our old pal Kevelham chats about the Toyota GT86, a car which he is driving and the game recommends you drive here, but our trusty Silvia proved to be enough. Ryan Derrouiche also pops up and tells us we’ll be at this circuit for license tests too.
The race should be fairly straightforward if you purchased the tyres upgrade. You should be able to ease your way past most cars and into 3rd position by the end of the first lap. This is likely the first RWD car you’ll have driven in the game and it much more susceptible to spinning than the other $WD or FWD cars we’ve driven until this point. Finish first here and you should walk away with 10,000 credits, plus another 5,000 if you managed to get the clean race bonus. You will also win the gift car, a Nissan Silvia.
Japanese FR Challenge 450 Tokyo Expressway
So the next race we are going to do is at the Tokyo Expressway Central Clockwise Circuit. Here you can win the Mazda Roadster, and again we will be tackling the event in our Nissan Silvia. Derrouiche pops up again here, but doesn’t offer any advice, instead choosing to share his birthday date… I hope he isn’t expecting a gift…
This race should also be straightforward. Utilise drafting everywhere you can, and try not to get stuck behind any of your opponents for too long. It’s easy in the corners to bump against the rear of the car ahead, but it’s usually quicker to hang back slightly through most of the corner and then accelerate past them on the exit.
Winning this event will get you 10,000 credits (plus 5,000 clean race bonus, but we missed out on that), and the Mazda Roadster ‘89.
Japanese FR Challenge 450 High Speed Ring
The third race in the Japanese FR Challenge 450 is at the High Speed Ring Reverse Circuit, and here a top three finish will earn you the Toyota Corolla AE86. On arrival to the event, it will be raining, and you will be greeted by Matthew Simmons, who is racing against you in a Nissan Silvia.
It will be raining when you start the race, although it won’t last long! Just ignore the rain, and focus on catching your opponents. You don’t need to brake in turn one, just lift off slightly, shift into 4th, and power out of the corner and around turn two. As you come towards the exit of the tunnel before turn 3, start braking at around 70m, using the boards on the left for reference. Try to stay tight here, as your turn 3 exit sets up the entrance to turn 4. Get the power down over the bridge and move all the way over to the left hand side of the circuit for turn 5, the final braking zone of the lap. A touch of brakes on the way in, carrying as much speed as possible through this corner, as the final banked corner essentially acts as a straight, and your car is not as powerful as many others in this race. Take a gentle line through this turn, keeping on the gas from here into the new lap.
Finish this event in the top 3 to win the Toyota Corolla Levin 1600GT APEX (AE86), 10,000 credits (plus 5,000 clean race bonus), and finish off this menu book.
