C1 Circuit

C1 Circuit is a Japan-only street racing video game developed and released by Invex; it was released on October 4, 1996 for PlayStation.

C1 Circuit features street racing through the C1 route of the Shuto Expressway, featuring an all-Japanese car roster, albeit unlicensed.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The menu sound effects (and some of the in-race music) sounds unfitting for a racing game, with selection tones sounding like a bubble; additionally, the user interface and experience appears to be lifelessly boring.
 * 2) The game's graphics and engine sounds are poor, even by 1996 PlayStation standards.
 * 3) The game's physics are generally poor. Any collisions results in the car bouncing back and forth, while drifting feels tedious and causes the engine to over-rev (at least on lower class cars).
 * 4) Continuing from physics issues above, there appears to be no sense of speed; you feel like you're driving half of the speed that's on the speedometer.
 * 5) The AI (both opponent and traffic) appears to be irresponsive and slow.
 * 6) Changing cars will result in all tuning parts/status being reset. (This is also an issue in Tokyo Highway Battle.)

Good Qualities

 * 1) The game features an accurate C1 Route by PlayStation standards, compared to, say, Tokyo Highway Battle (Shutokou Battle: Drift King in Japan).
 * 2) The game's inclusion of the Ginza section of C1 is a rarity amongst racing games themed about Japanese highway street racing, considering it's not part of the highway.
 * 3) The intro CG is decent, although it may want you wonder if the developers spent more on that.
 * 4) There are many mechanical tuning options, as with typical JDM racing games of that era.

Trivia

 * The game features advertisements for Bridgestone tires, Elf lubricants, and Carboy, a Japanese car magazine.
 * Articles for the game appeared in the aforementioned Carboy magazine in the 9/1995, 10/1995, and 11/1995 issues of the magazine. One of these issues include pictures for a special Nissan March/Micra (K11) in collaboration with the publication, which was cut from the final game.

Videos
nv6xCIsLF7U RpOkG_ymlSQ