Less than two months later, the GRP released the touge-based drifting/racing game "Kaido Battle", which was a rather stark departure from the Tokyo-highway-based "Shutokou Battle" series. "Kaido Battle" was followed by Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction in 2004 and ' in 2005. All three titles were released for the PS2. "Kaido Battle" and "Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu" were both released in North America, under the titles ' and "", respectively. By comparison, European markets received "Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction" and "Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu", under the names "Kaido Racer" and "Kaido Racer 2".