Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best]

PlayStation · 1998

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About this game

Option Tuning Car Battle is a street racing game featuring a license from the popular Japanese car tuning magazine Option, supervised by Option editor-in-chief Daijiro Inada and racing driver Tarzan Yamada .

The game is very similar to Tokyo Highway Battle , and was in fact developed by some of the same staff.

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There is a story mode with branching paths where the player must earn money to upgrade their car and defeat each opponent, as well as an arcade mode.

As the license would suggest, the game has a heavy emphasis on car modification and tuning; the game includes 11 real-life tuning shops and over 1200 parts.

There are four different courses in total, including a recreation of the famous Tsukuba Circuit.

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About PlayStation

The original PlayStation (1994) brought CD-based gaming and 3D graphics to the mainstream, ending Nintendo's console dominance of the previous two generations. It's now firmly in "retro collecting" territory: original jewel cases with intact manuals command a real premium over disc-only copies, and several RPGs from its later years (when Sony deliberately courted the genre) are among the most expensive commonly-collected games from the era.

Gamevaro tracks Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best] for PlayStation with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.

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Market values by condition

NTSC-J

Loose / Item only

€15.16

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Recent sales

Date	Type	Region	Price	Source
2026-08-13	Loose / Item only	NTSC-J	€15.16	eBay US

Rarity & condition

Only a handful of market sales have been tracked for Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best], suggesting it doesn't trade hands very often — a sign of relative scarcity compared to more common PlayStation titles.

Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best] worth?

Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best] for PlayStation is currently worth €15.16 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Is Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best] rare?

Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best] has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common PlayStation titles.

What's the difference between loose, CIB and sealed for Option Tuning Car Battle [Playstation The Best]?

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.