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Jak X for PlayStation 2
Jak X for PlayStation 2 is an action racer with armed cars from Jak and Daxter’s world. After being poisoned, the group must win the Kras City Grand Championship to obtain an antidote. You are therefore racing for more than a trophy. During events you collect Eco for weapons, protection and turbo. Taking corners, hitting opponents and choosing the right moment to accelerate constantly overlap.
Power slides and long jumps provide blue Eco for extra speed. Yellow Eco supplies forward offensive weapons, while red Eco gives defensive tools. Not every event is an ordinary lap race: you also destroy target vehicles or race against the clock. In the garage, earned Precursor Orbs buy improvements to the engine, acceleration, armour and turbo. You thus adapt the car to an event’s demands rather than merely choosing another colour.
You play the story campaign alone. You can also race against another player locally in split-screen. The PS2 edition therefore does not offer four simultaneous couch players. Weapons, elevation changes and turbo use make you reconsider tracks. A fast lap requires steering and attacking without losing your own line. A different garage setup can help when an event calls more for speed or endurance.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Jak X for PlayStation 2. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Jak X
Naughty Dog developed Jak X, released by Sony for PlayStation 2 in 2005. Outside Europe, the full name Jak X: Combat Racing is generally used. After three platform adventures, the series received a game almost entirely about vehicles and competition. Jak 3 already featured extensive desert driving, but Jak X made driving itself the main activity. Familiar characters now became participants in the same dangerous contest.
The poisoning story provided a reason to tackle varied events in succession. Eco colours from the adventures became speed and weapons, while Precursor Orbs found a place in the garage. The world thus remained recognisable without requiring constant exits from the car. The original manual covers event rules and technical upgrades separately: a different task sometimes calls for another driving style and vehicle choice.
Network play was also announced at the original introduction. That is historical information, not a promise that old online services work today. This product page describes the PS2 disc and solo and local events. Modern rereleases on other PlayStation systems received their own features, which do not belong to this version. Jak X thus has its own place in the series: the same heroes and resources, but a combat-racing career rather than another platform chapter.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Jak 3 shares heroes, vehicles and weapons, but combines desert driving with platform action, city tasks and Jak’s powers. Jak X keeps you behind the wheel much longer and makes vehicle control central to progress. The world is familiar, but the goal shifts from solving an adventure to winning events and improving the car for them.
Crash Nitro Kart also uses weapons and a story forcing familiar characters to race. Karts, colourful planets and items give driving another tone. Jak X uses heavier combat cars, Eco and a garage with technical upgrades. Both involve learning routes and attack timing, but steering feel and competition structure differ.
Burnout Revenge shares speed, boost and aggressive contact with other cars. Crashes and taking down rivals belong to racing there, alongside road traffic. Jak X adds mounted weapons and Eco. Both demand risks, but choosing a missile or defence differs from eliminating a rival through a collision.
Twisted Metal: Black also concerns armed vehicles, but centres on arena combat. Surviving and destroying opponents matter more than driving an ideal lap. Jak X uses weapons within a career of races and other events. Twisted Metal’s dark stories also create a very different atmosphere from Jak and Daxter’s conversations and rivalry.
Ratchet: Gladiator, like Jak X, lets a familiar PlayStation hero try another format. Weapons, upgrades and dangerous competition remain familiar. Ratchet fights mainly on foot in televised arenas and can play the story campaign locally with a second player. Jak X focuses controls on cars; its local second player is a racing rival, not the same kind of campaign partner.
