What is Touge Racing ?

Touge (峠, tōge) Is a Japanese word literally meaning "pass?" It refers to a mountain pass or any of the narrow, winding roads that can be found in and around the mountains of Japan and other geographically similar areas.

There are 3 types of Touge battles.

Cat and Mouse

The lead car wins if the space between the cars increases considerably, while the following car wins if the gap between them stays the same, decreases from start to finish or the following car overtakes the lead car. If any car spins out or crashes, the other one wins the race.

This method is used when the road area isn’t wide enough to allow passing, but if the car in front does indeed SOMEHOW get passed, they automatically lose.

This genre of Touge Racing, is what Kinzuru will be following at the Bont. As it is narrow

Straight up

If the road is wide enough, this method comes into use. Instead of the lead and chase type of start. The cars are lined up next to each other. If there is a handicap in the horsepower, a rolling start would be used up until the 1st turn. Whoever is in front at the end of the "touge" road, is the winner.

Random battle

A challenge is communicated through the use of the hazard lights. Then according to the road, use one of the 2 prior types of battle.

Misconceptions

Stemming from this surge in popularity, the term has been pirated and misused by overzealous enthusiasts (often incorrectly as a verb) to erroneously describe almost any event involving street racing, even when there are no mountain passes involved.

Another common mistake is the association of drifting with touge, implying at times that the words share a common definition. While drift is considered a style or form of driving, touge does not necessarily have any binding relationship to motor sports. In most occasions, a touge driver only drifts his car to shake off excessive entry speeds. Another use of drifting on a touge is to prevent the chaser from his line or to mess up his line. For example if there was a chaser and one were to drift the drifter has now eliminated about 60 percent of the chaser's possible lines forcing him to choose lines that can be predicted. also in doing this one can cause the chaser to slow down in order not to crash into the drifting car in front, which might cause complications due to keeping rpm's high and traction and all other variables to consider in slowing down for a corner.