Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5

December 17, 2014 (Indonesia)

January 25, 2017 (North America)

**Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5** (*Also known as Maximum Tune 5 in North America)* was an arcade game that was part of the Wangan Midnight franchise and a successor to **Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4**

## Game History

Japan was first to obtain the game in local arcades on March 12, 2014 before the rest of Asia (Except Indonesia) obtained it on October 22, 2014 along with North America 3 years after the release for the Japanese and Asia Market to get their hands on.

## Versions

### **December 2014 (1.17)**

* The game system problem had been repaired

### January 2015

* Extreme VS Course added: **Nagoya Speed Ring**
* New Makers & Models available: **Audi** (R8), **Dodge** (Viper SRT-10)

### April 2015 (1.19)

* There was a change in the System. (There is no change to the game content.）

### May 2015 (1.20)

* Change for the graphics of "Mt.Taikan area".

### June 2015 (1.18 - 1.21)

* Extreme VS Course added: **New Belt Line**
* Fixed "Aura Motifs" problem
* "Online Ghost" default settings have been changed
* "Level" evaluations have been changed.
* ･Change for the graphics of "BANA PASSPORT CARD sold out".

### July 2015 (1.22)

* Fix for the system of Extreme Versus Mode “New Belt Line area“

### September 2015

* Extreme VS Course added: **Fukuoka Urban Expressway**
* New models available: Subaru BRZ (*Unmodifiable*), Toyota 86 (*Unmodifiable*)

### November 2015

* Fix for the system of Local arcade challenge
* Fix for the Car data.

## Emulator Scene

The dump was surfaced to the public by people at the emulator community at the year of 2019 and is noted to be as one of the games that can be modified by modders using specific applications to run the game like jconfig or TeknoParrot.

## Discoveries

According to multiple data miners, the game files provided by people in the emulating community had unreleased vehicles that were supposed to be in the game but wasn't added due to lack of codes (related to hitboxes, customizations, geometry files, etc.)

### Unadded Cars

* Audi R8 (No Hitbox + Customization))
* Audi RS4 Avant (No Hitbox + Customization)
* BMW M1 (No Hitbox + Customization)
* BMW M3 CSL (No Hitbox + Customization)
* Dodge Viper (No Hitbox + Customization)
* Mercedes Benz 190E (No Hitbox + Customization)
* Mercedes Benz 500E
* Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT (No Hitbox + Customization)
* Nissan Stagea (No Hitbox)
* Toyota Soarer
* Subaru GVB

### Unadded Courses

* Hakone (Mt. Taikan) - Both Uphill and Downhill

## Controversies

* Due to licensing issues, Bandai Namco removed both the Toyota Soarer and Toyota Aristo were removed in the NA version

## References

1. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/141202.html
2. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150114.html
3. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150319.html
4. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150501.html
5. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150601.html
6. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150604.html
7. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150106.html
8. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150701.html
9. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/150917.html
10. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/151111.html
11. ↑ https://wanganmaxi-official.com/wanganmaxi5/en/update/151202.html