Ridge Racer PSP Review - PlayStation Portable

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Jan 21 2005 Ridge Racer Review
PSP Game Review | Racing

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1 world tour completed, all cars revealed
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2 Ridge Racer all tracks all cars
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4 All cars + tracks
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5 Lap 1:02.480 Replay Data
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1 1024 miles completed
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8 US Game Version 94% done
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1 Seaside Route 765 Class 4 Ghost
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5 US - Basic/PRO/EX Tours Finished.
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Summary: The best Ridge Racer to date

Reviewed by staxx

Well what can I say..this is the best Ridge Racer to date. The game goes back and redoes the old classic Ridge Racer games with courses and soundtrack. There are new tracks and new music to the game. There are cars to unlock. The graphics are very impressive and they are almost upto par with the PS2 Ridge Racer V.

For the controls of the game, it is very similar to Ridge Racer Type R4 and the game;s emphasis is on drifting. The loading time are not bad at all, say wait 7 secs before you start a race. If you like Ridge Racer esp R4 then you will 100% love this game. Now for GT fans who hate RR, you may as well wait for GT4 Mobile to come out.

The only thing I dislike with RR PSP is how easy the computer is in the first 6 tours. Other than that, it's worth buying.

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Comments

01/24/05 jcgamer60

im getting this game and lumines at launch

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01/24/05 Ablufia

Is it just me - or do the first two screen shots have a rear view mirror at the top ?
My PSP version doesn't have that...

01/24/05 Whistlre

It does if you press the R1 button...Changes your view to first person and gives you a rear view mirror....
Otherwise you are in Third person view

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01/24/05 Ablufia

Cool - top tip - never even bothered to look at first person view !

01/24/05 midnight

its the only way to play it, 3rd person always sucks on racing games

its the L button for change view, R is for nitrous

oh, and going back to the review, theres at least 39 tours, so the first 6 being very easy is definitely not a big problem, in fact, i'd argue they only start getting hard once you reach the pro series and you must do the head to heads ( the angelus ones are especially hard)

edited: Jan 24 2005

01/24/05 ShovelhEd

I love this game.. I notice, that as I drift, the Nitrous charges... Anybody use the brakes to advantage?

01/25/05 midnight

brakes????? theres brakes???? hehe

seriously though, you dont need to use brakes

simply turn in, lift off, car will start sliding and accelerate again (judging the amount of slide takes practice, but easy once you get used to it), good drifts boost your nitrous bars, but bad drifts (slide too far/erratic etc) wont.

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