Tokyo Challenge

The Tokyo Challenge is a separate career experience part of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix that runs parallel to the main career.

Tokyo Challenge

Tokyo Map

One can select the Tokyo Challenge from the main menu at any stage in their career, and can use any unlocked cars in the career mode, or start the Tokyo Challenge without starting career mode in the first place. The player does not have to finish the Tokyo Challenge to enter career mode or vice versa, however, as tournaments are restricted by vehicle type or performance class, the player can only enter 6 of the 11 tournaments without career mode, and the player must win the Cadillac Cien from it's tournament, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R from the Original Riders Club Races or unlock the Class A Vehicles by winning several street races in Detroit to be able to finish the Tokyo Challenge, as those are required to enter the Imperial Palace Tournament and the By Invitation Only Tournament, as if the player simply completed the Original Riders bike club to win the Ninja ZX-12R, the player can simply win the Pagani Zonda C-12 S from the Class A tournament then use it to enter the By Invitation Only tournament.

Plot

Tomoya is a Japanese manager who works at the "Speedway" garage; and Toshi is a very imperfect mechanic. He tries to modify the heavily modified Infiniti G35, but Tomoya is seeing that the car is not looking good. Once the Imperial Palace Tournament begins accepting new entries, Tomoya tells the player that the said tournament is open, and the Tokyo City Races () become regular city races (). Once the player wins the said tournament, restricted to Class A vehicles, the player wins a Pagani Zonda C-12 S. Once the player wins all Tokyo tournaments, the Tokyo Patrol version of the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34) becomes available to drive. At the end of the story, Tomoya begins to go ballistic that Toshi is doing horrible equipments to the Infiniti G35. Tomoya kicked Toshi and Tomoya said to Toshi: "Get out! Never come back!", he says that this looks like crap. Before he heads to his office, he kicks violently to the Infiniti G35.

Club Tournaments

There is one tournament for each type of club, whether it is Luxury Rollers, By Invitation Only, or Choppers Of America Bike Club, there is a tournament for each. Each Club Tournament consists of 3-5 races, and winning the tournament awards a car of that type, being placed directly in the player's garage or if there no free slots in their garage, gets the vehicle's purchase price instead. For example if you win the By Invitation Only Tournament you will get the Gemballa F355, an Exotic car. These are marked as blue trophies on the Tokyo Free Roam Map, or grey if you are not driving the right car/bike of the club.

By Invitation Only Tournament (Exotics) - $25,000 + 1998 Gemballa F355
($200,000)

Unbeatable Street Racers Tournament - (Tuners; 8 Races) - $3,500 + Chevrolet Cobalt SS
($21,995)

Chopper of America Bike Club Tournament - (Choppers; 13 Races) - $5,000 + Hotmatch Chingon
($113,000)

American Royalty Car Club Tournament - (Muscle Cars; 20 Races) - $3,000 + Cadillac Coupe de Ville
($37,165)

Luxury Rollers Tournament - (Luxury Sedans; 22 Races) - $3,000 + Infiniti G35
($33,150)

Big Playas Tournament - (SUV/Trucks; 27 Races) - $5,000 + Hummer H3T
($52,000)

Original Riders Tournament - (Sport Bikes; 30 Races) - $10,000 + Ducati Paul Smart 1000)
($13,995)

Class Tournaments

There are 4 Class Tournaments in the Tokyo Challenge, one for each performance class of cars (Class D, Class C, Class B, Class A). If you win the tournament you will get the same class car as the tournament, for example, if you win the Imperial Palace Tournament, a Class A-restricted tournament, you will get the Pagani Zonda C-12 S, a Class A Exotic. These are marked as white trophies on the Tokyo Free Roam Map, or grey if you are not driving the right car class.

Unlike the Club Tournaments, opponents aren't restricted to driving the same car class as the player, for example, Cadillac Cien, Gemballa Turbo Coupe, Lamborghini Diablo VT or Gemballa F355, which are Class A Exotics, being spawned as opponents in the Asakusa Tournament, a tournament restricted to Class C vehicles, however, the opposition depends on the performance of the player's vehicle.

Although the vehicles won in the Class Tournaments are often inferior to other vehicles in their class, the Pagani Zonda C-12 S is among the fastest cars in the game, being in the top three along with the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve and McLaren F1 LM, though like the former, can be won before the Class A vehicles are unlocked.

Ginza Tournament (Class "D - 3 Races) - $2,500 + 2005 Dodge Magnum R/T DUB Edition
($52,000)

Wharf Tournament (Class "B"; 6 Races) - $9,000 + 2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8 DUB Edition
($55,995)

Asakusa Tournament - (Class "C"; 16 Races) - $5,500 + Nissan Sport Concept
($28,000)

Imperial Palace Tournament - (Class "A"; 34 Races) - $25,000 + Pagani Zonda C-12 S)
($325,000)

Races

Tournaments are unlocked by completing Tokyo Challenge Races, marked as purple diamonds on the Tokyo Free Roam Map. The more Tokyo Challenge Races you win, the more tournaments you will unlock. When you unlock all the tournaments in Tokyo, upon winning 34 Tokyo Races, Tokyo Challenge Races will turn into regular City Races. The races can be Ordered Races, Circuit Races or Unordered Races.

Prize Vehicles

Values listed below are given out if the player has a full garage upon winning the tournament or hacked their save to obtain the prize before the tournament was legitimately won.

Club Tournaments

1966 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(American Royalty Car Club Tournament)
($37,165)

1998 Gemballa F355 (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(By Invitation Only Tournament)
($200,000)

2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Unbeatable Street Racers Tournament)
($21,995)

2005 Infiniti G35 (V35) (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Luxury Rollers Tournament)
($33,150)

2003 Hummer H3T Concept (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Big Playas Tournament)
($52,000)

2004 Ducati Paul Smart 1000 (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)(Original Riders Tournament)
($13,995)

Hotmatch Chingon (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Chopper of America Bike Club Tournament
($113,000)

Class Tournaments

2005 Nissan Sport Concept (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Asakusa Tournament)
($28,000)

2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8 (LX) (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Wharf Tournament)
($35,995)

2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8 (LX) DUB Edition (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Wharf Tournament)
($55,995)

2005 Dodge Magnum R/T (LX) (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Ginza Tournament)
($32,070)

2005 Dodge Magnum R/T (LX) DUB Edition (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Ginza Tournament)
($52,000)

Pagani Zonda C-12 S (REMIX)
(Rear quarter view)
(Imperial Palace Tournament)
($325,000)

Reward

The following car is unlocked after winning all Tokyo Challenge tournaments. A cutscene will be triggered afterwards.

2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34) (Tokyo Police) (Rear quarter view)

Trivia

• Assuming the player never started Career mode, and entered Tokyo Challenge before attempting Career Mode, the player can enter six of the eleven tournaments.
  • These are: Ginza Tournament (Class D), Asakusa Tournament (Class C), Unbeatable Street Racers Tournament, American Royalty Car Club Tournament, Luxury Rollers Tournament and Big Playas Tournament.
  • However, the Big Playas tournament will be difficult to enter before unlocking Class C vehicles, as the Hummer H1 costs $117,508, which would require one to sell some of the cars they won from the Tokyo Challenge tournaments.
  • The player can enter the Asakusa Tournament after the player wins the Cadillac Coupe de Ville from the American Royalty Car Club Tournament or Hummer H3T from the Big Playas Tournament.
  • The player cannot enter the Chopper of America Bike Club Tournament until the player unlocks the Class C vehicles or wins the Hotmatch Cuevito by defeating Phil.
  • The player cannot enter the Original Riders Tournament and Wharf Tournament until the player unlocks the Class B vehicles or wins the Ducati SS1000 from the Hotlanta Tournament.
  • The player cannot enter the Imperial Palace Tournament until the player wins the Cadillac Cien from the City Tournament or the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R from completing the Original Riders Club Races, or unlocks the Class A vehicles.
    • Likewise, the player cannot enter the By Invitation Only Tournament until the player wins the Imperial Palace Tournament to earn the Pagani Zonda C-12 S (if the player won the Kawasaki from the Original Riders before an exotic car is unlocked), or wins the Cien/unlocks the Class A vehicles.
• Without attempting the Career Mode, the player can achieve up to 82% Tokyo completion.
  • The player must complete at least 20% of Career Mode to be able to complete Tokyo Challenge, as the player must obtain a Class A vehicle to be able to attempt the Imperial Palace and By Invitation Only tournaments, with the Cadillac Cien from the City Tournament (Detroit) requiring the fewest races from opening Detroit to be able to obtain a Class A vehicle required for the Imperial Palace Tournament.
  • This would result in 38% total game completion, with 20% on Career and 100% on Tokyo Challenge, as winning the Cien would require 9 races from opening Detroit, as the player must defeat Leo to be able to reach Ceasar's first encounter, then beating Ceasar's first encounter will open the City Tournament in Detroit, which is set up by By Invitation Only to get the player started in their club races.
• The player can unlock the Tokyo Police car before unlocking it's racer counterpart, if the player won all Tokyo Tournaments before winning the Unbeatable Street Racers club races.