If there is one influence that has to be credited for the recent boy racer and car customisation trend, it has to be the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious starring Vin Diesel. The film inspired chart topping games such as the Need for Speed: Underground series and Burnout. So it was the responsibility of Namco Bandai to retreive the boy racer crown back for the Fast and Furious brand.

This game is based mainly on the latest film: Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and as you can expect all the driving takes place in Tokyo. There are cameos and mentions of characters from the other films but you take the role of an nameless street racer out to make a name and money by beating other racers to buy new cars and upgrades.

The races take place in either the Tokyo freeway or the winding hills around Tokyo and the location influences your racing style. For example the hills are filled with corners and twists while the freeway is mainly focused on speed and traffic. There are hotsopts around the streets where other racers are. From here you challenge these racers on one on one races.

For a game with a title Fast and Furious, the game is amazing slow and sluggish from the start. The game encourages you to maintain two cars, one for speed and one for drifting but is very easy to get away with just one car suited for both which takes any challenge away from the game.

This game will appeal to fans of the film but is not as good as the competition such as Burnout and Need for Speed. The game has a permanant setting of nighttime and the cars look blocky and bland. You can customise your car in all manner of ways but the game still looks bland and fails to capture the imagination of the film. Overall a very average racing game and only recommended to fans of the film.