Drive around an open town, play challenges and record your in-game daily life
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Joshi ji: open-world car game with a town and a home
By Mei-Lin Chua
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- Town streets to drive, with several vehicles to choose from
- Circuit races plus badminton and basketball courts
- In-game phone and camera for recording clips of your day
- Refuelling, garage visits and vehicle recovery when a car breaks down
- Rewarded video ads for coins, vehicle access and publishing
- Touch controls with adjustable graphics quality and frame rate
What Joshi ji is and who it suits
Joshi ji is a 3D open-world car game set in one connected town. You start on foot inside a house, walk out, take a vehicle and drive to whatever activity area you want. The listing presents driving, challenges and time at home as parts of the same world rather than separate modes.
The game suits people who enjoy wandering a map without a fixed goal. Some sessions are a drive around the neighbourhood, others are a race or a game on a court, and others are spent at home dressing a character or recording clips. It is rated PEGI 3 on the listing.
Because everything shares one map, a trip to the circuit and a trip back home are both part of the same journey. Nothing in the description suggests a story or a set of levels to finish.
Driving, the map and vehicle upkeep
You travel through residential streets and can take different vehicles out for a drive. An in-game map lets you plan the next stop before you set off, which matters in a town this size.
Cars need looking after in the game. You can refuel when the tank runs low, visit the garage, and call for vehicle recovery if a car gets stuck or stops working. These are the main reasons the listing gives for heading to the garage.
Vehicle access can also come from watching an ad. The listing says temporary vehicle access is one of the things tied to rewarded video.
Races, badminton and basketball for coins
The circuit hosts races, and the court areas offer badminton and basketball when you want a break from driving. Each activity is a separate place to go, so the challenges double as a reason to return to parts of the town you have already seen.
Completing activities earns in-game coins. You then decide which area of the town to explore next, so the coins feed back into where you go.
When a challenge is completed, the game can offer an ad that doubles the coin reward. Watching it is optional in the sense that you choose whether to accept the offer.
Home life and outfits
The house is a playable space, not just a menu. You move between its rooms and can interact with the family characters who live there.
The wardrobe lets you change your character's outfit before you go back outside. The home, roads and activity areas all sit in the same world, so moving between them does not involve a loading screen as far as the description says.
Time at home is presented as the quiet counterpart to driving. You can go inside whenever you want a change of pace.
Recording and publishing clips
An in-game phone and camera let you record moments from your adventures. You can then review the clips and publish them to a simulated video channel inside the game.
The listing is clear that this channel is not linked to a real social media account. Recording and publishing are gameplay features only.
Publishing a video can involve watching an ad, according to the listing.
Controls and display settings
You move your character with touch controls on foot, then switch to vehicle controls when you get in a car. Camera sensitivity is adjustable, so you can change how quickly the view turns.
Brightness, graphics quality and frame rate can also be changed to suit your device. The listing notes that the quality and frame-rate options available depend on what your device can handle.
Ads, coins and vehicle access all need an internet connection, and ad availability can vary. Coins, rewards and vehicle access can only be used inside this game and have no real-world cash value.
What's new
• Enjoy day/night mode with real-time clock sync.
• Try the G-Wagon G-Turn feature.
• More family and NPC dialogues.
• Improved lighting, fireworks ignition, vehicle wheels and phone UI.
About this APK
The build we hold is Joshi ji - Open World Car Game 7 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 7
- 7
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Size
- 366 MB
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.joshi.openworld.game
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 14 declared · 1 sensitive
- Microphone
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 4e4b508c75ccba63c43151da8dd0c255a9ec2143de7f2e0ab0c4d8035cf6f192
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