Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 7, 7R, 7R-DX and 7R-DX+

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 7, 7R, 7R-DX, and 7R-DX+ (Galaga Universe) is the Galaga Universe's take on the hypothetical 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th installments in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Arcade game series, developed and published by Bandai Namco in Japan and Worldwide. Continuing to where Maxi 5DX+ and Maxi 6RR last left off, some new content are added to the games. Maxi7 launched on January 5th 2023. This game features a new kind of traffic car: 18-wheeler Semi-Trailer Trucks.

# Story Mode Upgrade

## Chapter Changes

In Chapters 1 and 4, the player races Ko-Chan and Ma as usual, but instead of the two in one car, Ko-Chan drives his Tornado Silver Metallic Mazda RX-7 GT-X FC while Ma drives a Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14).

In Chapter 34, due to an upgrade that allows 6-players to race at once (Which will be explained later), this story chapter has the player race against Akio and Reina in overcoming the R200 club, thus making the event of the anime coincide with the game's chapter. This makes the first chapter where the player races 5 opponents at once.

In Chapter 55, the Feeling Team/Racing Wannabes made their return, and the race now takes place back in Wangan. The chapter goes as Kijima begs Hayashi to give him the RX-7 FC, much to Akio's (And the player's) annoyance. Hayashi finally offered his FC for Kijima to test drive, and the race among Kijimi (With Hayashi onboard), Akio and the Player commence, but not before a Quadruplet of Racing Wannabes driving three cars: A white Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX AE86 (With Aero Parts set A, Carbon Stock Hood and GT-Wing Straight; driven by Racing Wannabe A), a yellow Mazda RX-7 Type R Bathurst FD (With Aero Parts set A, Carbon Hood Type A and GT-Wing 3D; driven by Racing Wannabe B) and a black Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 (With Aero Parts Set B, Carbon Hood Type A and GTWing Straight; driven by Racing Wannabe C with Racing Wannabe D as C's passenger) challenged Akio, Kijima and the player to a race, and just before 4 km remains, the Racing Wannabes crashed into each other because of 2 Semi-Trailer Trucks in their way.

## Feature Upgrade: 1000 HP

In Maxi7, 1000HP is now the highest Horsepower Limit, and to add to that, Tuning Levels 11-20 are treated like Tuning Levels 1-10 where both Power and Handling are fulfilled, and the Adjustable Tuning Steps are the Four Last Tuning Upgrades:

Basic Tuning Step-Upgrades

Fight Tuning Step-Upgrades

Hell Tuning (Story Mode Chapters 61-80)
 Power
 Handling

Hell Tuning (With an Example of Balanced Power and Handling of 900HP)

# Feature Upgrade: 6-Player Races

## VS Player

### Overall

6 Player Race is obviously, the capability to race 6 players at a time. As the name suggests, Maxi7 and onwards can have 6 cabinets linked together. In VS. Player, since there are 6 players, there are 9 additional battle stars added to award the top 5 winners.

Table Chart of VS. Player Race Finish Result

### New Feature: Last-Second Stretch

New to Maxi7 and onwards is a feature called: Last-Second Stretch. This feature means after a player crossed the finish line first, 30 seconds are given to the other players to give them a chance to cross the finish line. This new feature also allows players to still battle for higher place finishes. The players who already crossed the finish line are still allowed to drive with a "Waiting for others to finish". Once either all players crossed the finish line or the timer runs out, the results screen will play out.

### Returning Feature: EXTREME VS.

Returning from Maxi5, EXTREME VS. is reintroduced in Maxi7 and onwards. In EXTREME VS., the track directions are reversed, except for Hakone and Hakone Mt. Taikan. Taking into account is that All the Tracks have no known distance. In EXTREME VS., next-element indicators and advantage distance from opponents are censored with Question Marks. To make things more extreme, Traffic isn't reversed unlike in Maxi5, they are instead still going the right direction, making players going on the wrong direction more risky as they're trying to dodge oncoming traffic. And in Maxi7's EXTREME VS., the race ends when the timer expires as there is no finish line, and the timer is also censored with Question Marks, and the only indicator is a sudden "60 Seconds Remaining". But with that being said, EXTREME VS. doubles the Battle Star Reward, and the last place player will get a star upon the race finish.

Table Chart of EXTREME VS. Player Race Finish.

## Ghost Battle

### Overall

Just like VS. Player, Ghost Battle is also affected with being ale to race against 5 Ghost cars. Aside from that, the Dress-Up Part point achievements are also arranged to be more easier for players to gain Dress-Up Parts, even bringing back Stickers and Standard & Spot Neon Dress-Up Parts.

#### Points Required to Level Up by Category

* LV01 -> LV10: 100 pts.
* LV11 -> LV20: 200 pts.
* LV21 -> LV30: 250 pts.
* LV31 -> LV40: 500 pts.
* LV41 -> LV50: 750 pts.
* LV51 -> LV60: 1000 pts.
* LV61 -> LV67: 2500 pts.

#### Ghost Battle Difficulty

##### Easy & Medium/Your Level/Your Ghost

Basic Difficulty. When beating an opponent of your level or lower, or beating your own ghost, you gain 100 points per defeated opponent.

##### Hard & Revenge

Advanced Difficulty. When beating an opponent of higher level or a ghost that has beaten you prompting a Revenge, you gain double the amount of points per defeated opponent.

Results Table of VS Ghost Battle (Easy and Medium)

Results Table of VS Ghost Battle (Hard and Revenge)

### Feature Change: Your Ghost only applies to the ghost of the car you are CURRENTLY driving

The "Your Ghost" function only refers to the ghost of the car you're driving. So if you have a ghost from your BANAPASSPORT card that is a Different Car registration, that/those cars won't be treated as "Your Ghost" anymore.

### Feature Change: Stamps are removed and the term Revenge is re-applied

It turns out that the stamps are pointless, and the "Return Stamp to Friend" term is way too family friendly, so the term "Get Revenge" is reused.

### Feature Upgrade: Crowned Ghost Battles have been upgraded to Three Classifications

The Crowned Ghost Battles in Maxi7 and onwards have been upgraded. There are now Three Crowns, representing the Top Three crowned ghosts: Gold, Silver and Bronze.

### Feature Upgrade: Registered players will have 3 Ghosts instead of just One

New to Maxi7, You will generate THREE Ghosts of your car, and it's always 100% Possible to find all three of them when searching for ghost cars to battle against.

### Game Modes

#### Choose Randomly

You will be given 5 random ghosts, but in Maxi7, you can choose the difficulty first before given your opponents: Easy, Medium or Hard.

#### Select by Level

You can select any ghost car(s) on level groups.

#### Choose Specific Ghosts

You can select a specific ghost or ghost car

##### Select In-Store

You can challenge Ghost Cars that were played n the venue you're in.

##### Select by Name

You can input user names to find a specific user(s) you want to challenge.

##### Select by Car

You can challenge ghosts in specific cars.

##### Select from Registered Ghosts

You can challenge ghosts you have registered in your BANAPASSPORT card.

#### Get Revenge

You can race a ghost that has previously defeated you. This mode at one point was renamed "Return Stamp to Friend", which gives the wrong impression that strangers who raced your ghost became your friend when you had no knowledge of each other IRL. However, Shuttle as a feature (To award you with Animal Auras) returns, and it will only work if the ghost who defeated you is the SAME ghost which/whom YOU have defeated prior.

#### Crowned Ghost Challenge

You battle the Top Three Ghost cars in specific tracks.

Crowned Ghost Challenge (Only limited to Three)
 2nd
 3rd

Result table of Crowned Ghost Battles

If you defeated ALL crowned ghosts, you will be awarded 10000 pts (Only ONCE per Arcade Venue). And speaking of Crowned Ghosts, if you finished first, Your Three Ghosts will be crowned based on the previous Crowned Ghosts you defeated.

### New Feature: Track Distance of Ghost Battles are the SAME Track Distance from Time Attack mode

Instead of just 12 km, Ghost Battles use the SAME distance as Time Attack mode distances, like Wangan Eastbound's 21.6km, Osaka's 18.7km, Kobe's 19.1km, Hiroshima's 16.6km, Fukuoka's and Hakone's 16.8km (Full Trip choice). After all, if Ghost Battle awards are eased, the risks should be higher to compensate.

### Dress-Up Parts (With returning Stickers and Standard Neons, added with New Roof Accessories, Overlay Decals and New Stickers)

After fan demand, Stickers and Standard Neon (Straight variants & Spot variants) make their return. In addition, Roof Accessories made their debut, as well as new Sticker Livery Styles. Overlay Decals are also a new addition, but can only be applied if the car uses no sticker or Basic Sticker styles.

Dress-Up Parts List (Not perfect but still great nonetheless.)

# Playable Cars

## Audi

* Audi R8 Coupe 5.2 FSI quattro
* Audi RS 4 Avant [B8]
* Audi TT RS

## BMW

* BMW M6 Gran Coupe [6C44M]
* BMW M3 coupe [E92]
* BMW M3 GTR [E46] (Replaces CSL)
* BMW M1 [E26]
* BMW 2002 Turbo [E20]
* BMW Z4 sDrive35is [E89]

## Chevrolet

* Chevrolet Camaro [Z28]
* Chevrolet CORVETTE Sting Ray [C2]
* Chevrolet CORVETTE Stingray [C3]
* Chevrolet CORVETTE ZR1 [C6]
* Chevrolet CAMARO SS RS
* Chevrolet CORVETTE ZR1 [C7]

## Dodge

* Dodge Viper SRT-10
* Dodge Charger SRT-8
* Dodge Viper GTS-R Concept 2000
* Dodge Charger R/T 1970

## Ferrari

* Ferrari 599XX EVO (Cannot be Equipped with Dress-Up Parts)
* Ferrari FXX-K EVO (Cannot be Equipped with Dress-Up Parts)
* Ferrari Enzo GTC 2005 (Cannot be Equipped with Dress-Up Parts)
* Ferrari 458 GT3 (Cannot be Equipped with Dress-Up Parts)
* Ferrari F430 GT2 (Cannot be Equipped with Dress-Up Parts)
* Ferrari Testarossa 512TR

## Ford

* Ford MUSTANG GT 2005
* Ford GT 2006
* Ford Crown Victoria
* Ford Focus RS 2009

## Honda

* Honda Civic Type R [FD2]
* Honda S2000
* Honda NSX [NA1]
* Honda NSX [NC1]

## Lamborghini

* Lamborghini Gallardo
* Lamborghini Murcielago
* Lamborghini Countach
* Lamborghini Aventador

## Mazda

* Mazda RX-8 Type S [SE3P]
* Mazda RX-7 Type R [FD3S]
* Mazda RX-7 GT-X [FC3S]
* Mazda RX-7 TURBO SE-Limited [SA22C]
* Mazda RX-3 [S124A]
* Mazda EUNOS Cosmo TYPE-S [JCESE]
* Mazda 110S [L10B]
* Mazda MAZDA6 MPS [GG3P]
* Mazda MX-5 [NCEC]
* Mazda MX-5 [NA6CE]

## Mercedes-Benz

* Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT
* Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 BlueEFFICIENCY
* Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
* Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
* Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG
* Mercedes-Benz 500E
* Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

## Mitsubishi

* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution X GSR [CZ4A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution IX MR GSR [CT9A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution VIII MR [CT9A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution VII GSR [CT9A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution VI [CP9A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution V [CP9A]
* Mitsubishi LANCER Evolution III [CE9A]
* Mitsubishi GALANT VR-4 [E39A]
* Mitsubishi STARION GSR-VR [A187A]
* Mitsubishi GTO TWIN TURBO [Z16A]
* Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 1998

## Nissan

* Nissan SKYLINE GT-R Vspec II [BNR34]
* Nissan SKYLINE GT-R Vspec [BCNR33]
* Nissan SKYLINE GT-R [BNR32]
* Nissan SKYLINE GT-R [KPGC10]
* Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign
* Nissan GT-R [R35] (Can finally be equipped with Dress-Up Parts after approval by Nissan)
* Nissan Silvia specR [S15]
* Nissan 180SX TYPE-III [RPS13]
* Nissan 370Z/FAIRLADY Z Version ST [Z34]
* Nissan 350Z/FAIRLADY Z Version S [Z33]
* Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX [Z32]
* Nissan FAIRLADY Z 300ZX [Z31]
* Nissan Fairlady Z [S30]
* Nissan STAGEA Autech Version 260RS [WGNC34]
* Nissan SKYLINE Coupe 370GT Type S [CKV36]
* Nissan SKYLINE RS-X [R30]
* Nissan FUGA 370GT Type S [KY51]
* Nissan GLORIA Gran turismo ULTIMA [Y33]
* Nissan LAUREL 25 CLUB-S TURBO Type X [GC35]

## Porsche

* Porsche 911 GT2
* Porsche 928 GT
* Porsche 911(991) Turbo S [991MA171]
* Porsche 718 Cayman S [982H2]
* Porsche 911(964) Turbo 3.6
* Porsche 911(930) Turbo S

## RUF

* RUF RGT
* RUF CTR3
* RUF CTR

## Subaru

* Subaru WRX STI [GVB]
* Subaru WRX STI [GRB]
* Subaru WRX STI [GDB-F]
* Subaru WRX STI [GDB-C]
* Subaru WRX STI Prodrive Style [GDB]
* Subaru WRX STI Version VI [GC8]
* Subaru WRX 22b STI [GC8]
* Subaru ALCYONE SVX Version L [CXD]
* Subaru BRZ S [ZC6]
* Subaru LEVORG 2.0GT-S [VMG]
* Subaru LEGACY B4 2.0GT spec.B [BL5]
* Subaru LEGACY B4 2.5GT S Package [BM9]

## Toyota

* Toyota GR Supra [A90]
* Toyota Supra RZ [JZA80]
* Toyota SUPRA 2.5GT TWIN TURBO R [JZA70]
* Toyota MR2 GT-S [SW20]
* Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT APEX [AE86]
* Toyota Celica GT-S [ZZT231]
* Toyota 86 GT [ZN6]
* Toyota 2000GT [MF10]
* Toyota CELICA SUPRA [MA61L]
* Toyota CROWN ATHLETE [GRS204]
* Toyota CHASER Tourer V [JZX100]
* Toyota MARKII TOURER V [JZX100]
* Toyota ARISTO V300 VERTEX EDITION [JZS161]
* Toyota CELSIOR [UCF10]
* Toyota SOARER 2.5GT TWIN TURBO [JZZ30]
* Toyota ALTEZZA RS200 [XE10]

## Secret Cars

### Toyota Corolla [E120]

Highlight *Toyota Supra 2.5GT [JZA70]* and move the shifter to 4-1-2-6

### Subaru R2 [RC2]

Highlight *Subaru Alcyone SVX [CXD]* and move the shifter to 6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4

### Toyota HiAce Van [H200]

Highlight *Toyota Chaser [JZX100]* and move the shifter to 3-3-4-4-3-3-4-4-2-6-2-6-2-6

### Toyota HiAce Wagon [KZH100G]

Highlight *Toyota MR2 [SW20]* and move the shifter to 3-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-2

### Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution [V55W]

Highlight *Mitsubishi Starion [A187A]* and move the shifter to 4-6-3-6-5-5-4-6-3-6

### Mack Superliner (18-Wheeler Semi Truck with Trailer)

Highlight *Subaru WRX STI [GDB-C]* and move the shifter to 3-2-2-4-1-1-6-5-5

# Race Courses

* C1
* New Belt Line
* Wangan Area
* Yokohane Area
* Yaesu Area
* Yoohama Area
* Shinjuku-Shibuya Subcenter Area
* Ikebukuro Area
* Nagoya Area
* Osaka Area
* Kobe Area
* Hiroshima Area
* Fukuoka Area
* Hakone Area
* Hakone Mt. Taikan Area
* Lake Akina Area
* Metro Tokyo Highway Area
* Metro Kanagawa Highway Area
* Metro Tokyo-Kanagawa Highway Area

# Trivia

* The Mack Superliner is a Joke car as it's a Semi-Trailer Truck, and it's the ONLY playable Semi-Trailer Truck in-game, as the Traffic Semi-Trucks are not by default. The Traffic Semi-Trailer Truck in question is the Hino 500 series. As for the Mack Superliner, when choosing the Aero Parts Set, it's the Trailer style that was changed. The Default Trailer is a Flatbed trailer. The Mack Superliner uses 6-Speed Transmission in game. Also unique to the Mack Superliner, this vehicle can plow any traffic vehicle with ease and no slowing down, only hard to accelerate as it hauls a heavy trailer that's presumably folly loaded.
* Wangan Midnight Maxi7, 7R, 7R-DX, 7R-DX+ and onwards are the first installment in the series to include Front Wheel Drive cars, and as a Crossover bonus with Initial D with the addition of Subaru WRX STI Prodrive Style and Subaru WRX 22b STI, Lake Akina was added as a track.