History YMMV / WanganMidnight

** A milder example is the Lancer Evolution VIII and IX, two of the most popular cars among players, as well as the RX-7 FD and RX-8 (both of which currently dominate time attack records, ESPECIALLY the former). The Skyline GT-R R32 and [=AE86=] Trueno are also not uncommon in VS play.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Maximum Tune 4'' added Toyota Sprinter Trueno [=AE86=] a.k.a Takumi Fujiwara's car in ''Initial D'' to the car roster. It's the other way around in 2021 when Sega added Nissan Fairlady Z [=S30=] as a selectable car in [[{{'VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage''}} Initial D: The Arcade]]. Makes it more hilarious that it was a part of "Wangan Midnight" collaboration.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Maximum Tune 4'' introduced Toyota Sprinter Trueno [=AE86=], the hero car of "Initial D", to the base car roster. It's the other way around in 2021, with ''Initial D: The Arcade" put Nissan Fairlady Z S30, the hero car of ''Manga/WanganMidnight'', as a selectable car.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Maximum Tune 4'' introduced Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86, the hero car of "Manga/Initial D", to its base car roster. It's the other way around in 2021, with ''Initial D: The Arcade" put Nissan Fairlady Z S30, the hero car of "Manga/WanganMidnight" as a selectable car.

* HillariousInHindsight: ''Maximum Tune 4'' introduced Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86, the hero car of "Manga/Initial D", to its base car roster. It's the other way around in 2021, with ''Initial D: The Arcade" put Nissan Fairlady Z S30, the hero car of "Manga/WanganMidnight" as a selectable car.

** The Devil Z itself, [[spoiler: since the previous drivers were killed in fatal accidents that are involved with the said car]]. Even Eriko [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by mentioning that this particular [=S30Z=] is "[[DemonicPossession possessed by a Devil]]".

** The Devil Z itself, [[spoiler: since the previous drivers were killed in fatal accidents that are involved with the said car]]. Even Eriko [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by mentioning that this particular [=S30Z=] is "[[DemonicPossession possessed by a Devil]]".

*** [[TrueFinalBoss Tatsuya Shima]] in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port [[FromBadToWorse isn't anything better]], as the Blackbird not only has its top-speed par with the former mentioned above, [[LightningBruiser it's also tougher and more resilient by a margin]]. Trying to overtake and block him at 340 KHM with the precious Devil Z? '''Think again''', he'll immediately rubberband and start rear-ending you while eating your SP bar from every single hit while your only hope will be the said timer flashing and kick in or his AI starting to lose the pace. Like the Devil Z above, he is nerfed in ''Maximum Tune'' games to avoid repeating such issues.

** The hidden "maintenance zone" barricades in later parts of the Story Mode in ''Maximum Tune 2'' is what caused its difficulty spike (possibly to mitigate the difficulty of the considerably-easier predecessor), and became a source of contention amongst some players, as unwary players could crash on them and lose the races rather easily. ''Maximum Tune 3'' removed this to alleviate the difficulty.

*** Slamming the wheel or gear stick[[labelnote:Explanation]]Errors are often caused by a player slamming the wheel ''hard'' to either of its limits; making such abrupt and sharp turns of the wheel is never necessary in high-level play, but it still happens amongst angry players, as well as ill-mannered arcade patrons who don't quite understand the game physics just yet. The same principle applies with slamming the gear stick while shifting gears.[[/labelnote]]

** Apart from 1v1 battle, the 2-on-2 battle format (also called team battle or tag battle) has also been quite common especially among decent players.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Among hardcore racers as of [=WMMT4=], the Mazda RX-7 FD and RX-8, which as seen on the online rankings, dominate most of the courses in Time Attack runs. This translates into their frequent usage in VS Battles by the same players.

* FriendlyFandoms: Despite the FandomRivalry, the chance is, you can find a Maximum Tune player who also plays ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage'' and vice versa.

* FriendlyFandoms: Despite the FandomRivalry, the chance is, you can find a Maximum Tune player who also plays ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage'' and vice versa.

* FriendlyFandom: Despite the [[FandomRivalry]], the chance is, you can find a Maximum Tune player who also plays ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage''.

** The original games before ''Maximum Tune'' (and that includes [=PS2=] ports) were nerfarious games where ''everyone'' is a SpitefulAI that pits you at total disadvantage. The first ''Maximum Tune''? Even considering the severe RubberBandAI, the opponents were seriously nerfed to the point as long as you're not making serious mistakes, you have already crossed the finish line.

** [[BonusBoss Player-generated King/Top player ghosts]]. For some players, they are [[SNKBoss outright cheaters,]] [[LightningBruiser because they can easily pushing away traffic cars (whereas you tend to get slowed down for trying the same thing), and if you and it collide, it will most certainly get away scot free while you are get slowed down, even when the king itself is]] [[JokeCharacter one of the slowest car]].

* CultSoundtrack: The ''Maximum Tune'' series is perhaps best-known for its mostly-trance soundtrack by Creator/YuzoKoshiro, to the point where many gamers who haven't actually played the games (often due to being arcade-exclusives that might not be available in their areas) listen to them.