Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 Asia/Japan North America
Developer	Bandai Namco
Publisher	Bandai Namco
Composer	Yuzo Koshiro
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release Date(s)	Japan: March 12, 2014 Asia: October 22, 2014 North America: March 8, 2017
Genre(s)	Arcade racing
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Input Methods	Steering wheel, gear shift, pedals

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 (also known as Maximum Tune 5 in North America, or simply Maxi 5 or Maxitune 5) is an arcade racing video game developed and published by Namco and based on the Wangan Midnight manga. It is the fifth game in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series and the eighth entry of the Wangan Midnight arcade series. This is also the first game in the Wangan Midnight series to be officially relased in North America since Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX+. Just like Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 in North America, this is the first game in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series to be skipped in Mainland China until the next update of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5.

New Features

• Extreme VS
• Maxi G and Maxi Shop Additions! (Japan)

New Course

• Mt Taikan (Asia and U.S., Japan via Update 10)
• Kobe Area 'Hanshin Expressway R3/Harbor road' (Japan)
• Sub-center Area 'Shibuya/Shinjuku Line' (Japan)
• 'Ikebukuro Line/Yamate Tunnel' (Japan)

New Brand Manufacter (Asia and U.S.)

• Mercedes Benz
• Audi
• BMW
• Dodge

New Car

• Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 EVO2  (Asia)
• Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (Asia)
• Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 (Japan)
• BMW M3 Coupe (E92) (Japan)
• Mercedes - Benz 500E (Japan)
• Mercedes - Benz SLK 350 BlueEFFICIENCY (Japan)
• BMW Z4 sDrive 35is (E89) (Japan)
• Mazda Savanna GT RX-3 (Japan)
• Chevrolet Corvette C2 (Japan)
• Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (E39A) (Japan)
• Nissan Stagea Autech Version 260 RS (Japan)
• Nissan Gloria Granturismo ULTIMA (Japan)
• Nissan Skyline RS-X (R30) (Japan)
• RUF RT-35 (Japan)
• Audi RS4 Avant (Asia) June Update
• Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro (Asia) January Update
• BMW M1 (Asia)
• BMW M3 CSL (Asia)
• Dodge Charger SRT8 (Asia) June Update
• Dodge Viper SRT-10 (Asia) January Update
• Subaru LEVORG (Japan)
• Subaru BRZ (Japan), (Asia) September Update
• Toyota 86 (Japan), (Asia) September Update
• Subaru WRX STI (GVB) (Japan) October Update
• Mazda EUNOS Roadster (NA6CE) (Japan) October Update
• RUF RCT (Japan)
• Toyota Soarer 2.5GT Twin Turbo (JZZ30) (Japan) October Update

Trivia

• The North American version of this game was vastly different from Asia and Japan regions. Due to the lack of Wangan Midnight name in the title, all of the previous games' soundtrack whose logos represented in the game were edited and given retronyms. All the previous Maximum Tune games were edited to remove the "Wangan Midnight" part of the title, with the exception of Wangan Midnight R, which was simply renamed to just Midnight R in the style of edited Maximum Tune logos (generic white text). In opposite of Gemballa vehicles being removed from the International versions of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune until 3DX+, Toyota Celsior and Aristo were removed and as a result, Gatchan and Mrs. Sasaki's car were replaced by Crown Athlete and Chaser Tourer V respectively.