Jak X: Combat Racing - Plot

Plot

One year after the events of Jak 3, Haven City has been steadily rebuilt after the defeat of the Dark Maker menace, and has grown into a peaceful utopia. A new sport called "Combat Racing" has sprung up in Kras City, a dangerous city full of ruthless gang-banging mobsters. Jak, Daxter, Ashelin, Samos, Keira and Torn are invited to the reading of Krew's (one of the villains of Jak II) last will, where they meet Krew's daughter, Rayn. After offering a toast, Krew reveals in a recording that he always wanted to win the Combat Racing championship and demands that everyone present drive for him, revealing that the wine they toasted with was poisoned. Krew gives them an ultimatum: win the next Kras City Championship as his team, and receive the antidote when they win, or die. Divided into 4 rounds Jak and his friends must race and win each round of the race to gain entrance to the championship.

Jak, Ashelin, and Torn enter the first race, and there they find out that Kras City Championship is been hosted by G.T. Blitz, a famous TV speaker, with his new host being no other than Pecker (which enrages Daxter). The first race is held in Spargus City's downtown area, and Jak manages to win, defeating some of the goons who were also in the race. After the race Jak finds that the other drivers are racing for another crime syndicate led by the mysterious gang lord named Mizo, who wants Jak dead.

Jak progresses through races, and Sig, hearing of his friends situation, returns from Spargus and joins the group to help them. Jak meets Razer, a retired racer working for Mizo, who assembles new drivers race against Jak, including a KG Death Bot named UR-86 in the end of the first round. After the end of the first round, Jak's rival Kleiver returns from Spargus and enters the race on the neutral side, though Jak easily realizes that he is on Mizo's payroll. As Jak continues undefeated Razer comes out of retirement and enters the championship himself to kill Jak. Keira also wants to enter the race to help Jak, but Samos forbids her to race.

In the first race of the 4th round of the Kras City Championship, Jak's car is sabotages with explosives, jamming his weapons, and he barely manages to finish the race. G.T gives Jak a message left for him from Mizo, saying that he is willing to let Jak and his team walk away if he leaves the championship, however Jak refuses, much to G.T's surprise. Jak later visits G.T Blitz who reveals that his father used to race, and that a group of drivers killed him on the track, Jak informs him that the same explosives were used to sabotage his own car, G.T however remains uninterested. Rayn talks to Jak about his relationship with the team, when G.T reveals to Rayn that Jak left her father to die in the explosion that killed him, driving a wedge between her and Jak, and enraged, she enters the race.

Afterwards, Packer arrives and reveals that something is just not right about Blitz. Jak is curious why Mizo wants to win the championship, and he talks to Rayn, who reluctantly reveals that Krew and Mizo made a deal years ago; at the next Kras City Championship, Krew and Mizo will bring in their crew, and the loser of the championship will have to give all the business to the winner and leave Kras City for good. Rayn tells Jak that she didn't know about this, and she discovered it when they entered the championship, and that she doesn't know who will control Krew's business. As the competition enters the final rounds, Jak and his friends begin to feel sick and will die if they don't win and get the antidote soon. Keira snaps and decides to enter the race. Samos tries to forbid her again, but she yells at him, telling that her friends are also in danger and that she will drive to help them. Samos reluctantly agrees, but not before commenting; "She is just like her mother!"

Before the final race, Jak and his team learn on TV that a mysterious new driver has entered for the Mizo team. When Jak starts the final grand prix, he spots the driver and realizes that this driver is none other than Blitz himself. Jak wins the race, and Rayn arrives with the antidote, however the celebration is cut short when Blitz storms over to Rayn, accusing them of cheating. Blitz takes off his toupee and reveals himself to be none other than Mizo, and Pecker appears with a camera having broadcast his confession across Kras city. Mizo steals the antidote for the poison and drives off with Jak in hot pursuit. After a tense chase through Kras City, Jak manages to shoot down Mizo causing him to crash. As Jak retrieves the antidote, Mizo warns Jak that Rayn will betray him, Jak counters saying that Mizo killed his own father. Mizo says that his father abandoned his family for his "sick love of racing" and they swore to control all of it as revenge. Jak turns his back on Mizo and walks away leaving Mizo to die in his flaming car. Mizo comments on Jak's habit of leaving people to die, to which Jak says "You get used to it..." as Mizo's car explodes, killing him.

Back at the lounge, Rayn thanks her friends for their help, and Samos compliments Keira on her driving. As Rayn walks away, Daxter notices she left behind Krew's video diary. Daxter fools around with the diary and triggers a secret message to Rayn revealing that she knew about the poison before, and was never actually poisoned, confirming Mizo's earlier warning. As Rayn drives away, now in control of Mizo's gang and crime empire she organizes a meeting of the cities head gangsters, however she tells her people to spare Jak, Daxter, and their crew. Jak and his friends decide not to pursue Rayn, and Jak and Keira share their first unobstructed kiss. Daxter comments; "Oh yeah! This is what I call a photo finish!"

After the credits a secret video with Daxter and Tess plays.