Regional differences [WIP]
The game has been released in 3 different regions, NTSC-U, NTSC-J and PAL. All of them have their own differences between themselves, and we will compare all regions in the instances where any game version differs from the rest.
License tests
B license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
- |
| PAL |
Stricter times overall |
A license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
- |
| PAL |
Stricter times overall |
IB license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
Harder IB-6 gold time requirement |
| PAL |
- |
IA license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
Harder IA-4 gold time requirement |
| PAL |
Stricter times overall |
S license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
- |
| PAL |
Stricter times overall |
R license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- | |
| U/NTSC-J |
- |
| PAL |
Easier times overall |
Time trials
| Circuit |
NTSC-U/NTSC-J |
PAL |
| Midfield Raceway | 1:25.533 | 1:24.993 |
| Trial Mountain | 1:47.968 | 1:49.025 |
| Tokyo Route 246 | 2:02.270 | 2:02.330 |
| Deep Forest Raceway | 1:25.350 | 1:26.360 |
| Laguna Seca | 1:22.716 | 1:23.178 |
| Apricot Hill Raceway | 1:17.447 | 1:18.558 |
| Grand Valley Speedway | 1:48.795 | 1:49.453 |
| Swiss Alps | 1:23.104 | 1:23.703 |
| Tahiti Maze | 1:59.459 | 1:59.964 |
| Complex String |
4:52.716 | 4:49.869 |
As we can see, for the most part, PAL times tend to be easier than the NTSC counterpart, with a big exception, Complex String. This actually makes the time trials way easier to complete in NTSC, since the last time trial is considered to be the harder one to beat by a long stretch.