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- |
-
PAL
Stricter times overall
A license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- |
-
PAL
Stricter times overall
IB license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- |
Harder IB-6 gold time requirement
PAL
-
IA license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- |
Harder IA-4 gold time requirement
PAL
Stricter times overall
S license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- |
-
PAL
Stricter times overall
R license
| Region |
Differences |
| NTSC- |
-
PAL
Easier times overall
Time trials
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.