So I decided to see if WA's 06 RX-8 inventory ever changes (looking for a MT base, but the inventory never changes!?) and lo and behold...

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=RX8

... RX-8 Drifting game. Drift the streets of Tokyo! (WTF?!)

"RX-8 Drift Battle RC"

Now we can't complain about the lack of "adverstising" since the release of Tokyo Drift and the spin off launch of this mini game.

I guess any PR is good PR??

This summer has offically kicked off to a great start!!

 

wow i suck at that game.

and wow it is horribly designed. that flash intro was unbearable.

 

Oh yeah I love the exact reference (although horribly pixelated) to the blue RX-8 from Tokyo Drift. LOL!!

And yes the game is just plain hard unless you really want to master it.

I'd rather go play PGR3 on the 360 (why no rotary!?! arggg...).

Now did Mazda internally really waste their time on this app or did they outsource it... and for how much?

 

that is really hard on a laptop.

 

Its really hard on any computer

 

tell me about it!! there are better flash drift games than that..thats a bit crap that you have to use the mouse to play that one..rating.....1.5/10....i would have given it 0.5 but it has the 8 in it so it gets 1 extra

 

If you guys want to download this for your RX-8 collection...eventhough it is pretty crap here is the direct link (plus you can play it as big as you want :P:

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/flas...tle/loader.swf

 

they had the same thing, or something similar for the mx-5

 

O RLY?!

 

i second this as well....

 

i played this one as well! i think its the same except for now, its an rx8 and on a different stage.

 

Try doing it through a VNC session. I was doing alright till I found the 8 in the twisties...

 

rly

 

teh rx-8 can nevar lose in teh twisties!!1!

 

That game is really easy on a Tablet PC you jsut use your pen haha.

I havnt figured out the drifting yet, I jsut drive a line >_>

 

just discovered this thing... it's freakin' hard!

 

I'm using a TabletPC here as well. The game is pretty easy, at least for basic control.

Drifting is done by 'left click' on a mouse, so for us you can control speed & steering by 'hovering' the pen to control the dot, and then touch the screen while steering to create the 'left-click' to drift.

Chris...

 

Jeez that game is harder to steer than a Mustang GT

 

The cost of this crap was offset by putting POS Potenza 040's on many of our 8s.