I Found The Naughtiest Gran Turismo Clone...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2023
- One of many obscure PS2 racing games is R: Racing Evolution - a simcade racing game by Namco who were previously known for the Ridge Racer series. Does it stand the test of time?
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The one game that adds a thing that matters more than racing & story, the BOOBA
I love your videos
Booba = happyness
Suddenly, that one guy's spammy comment in Gran turismo videos putting Love Live characters and locations in makes more sense.
Srs also had Booba
Japanese devs.
More Booba = More Downforce
Those alternate Routes in the Rally Events were actually super cool, I don't think I've seen that in a game before.
Interesting game even without the cutscenes, that Camera is absolutely infuriating though.
That's the added ballast some racing series require lol
So: booba + no hair = perfect aero
@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious yup, Adrian Newey wasted his time studying Aerodynamics in University.
All he needed to do was read some Manga novels
@@kspectre21 source: trust me dood
@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious there is an actual study paper on the internet the aerodynamic properties of flat chests vs mega booba, the mega booba generated more vortices, and thus generated more downforce, as opposed to the flat wall generating more drag
The feeling of this game kind of reminds me of Ace Combat if it was a racing game.
Not surprising since Ace Combat is also from Namco.
YES THIS
Especially AC5 since cut scenes have same-ish feel
@@endjfcar Yup, my favorite Ace Combat game!
The cutscenes and the dialogues in the races are totally reminiscent from AC5.
@@endjfcar you know that Reiko Nagase, the icon of Ridge Racer is Kei's sister?
@@Jules-69lol Its Kei from AC2/AC4 not the one from AC5.
@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 there was no Kei in AC4 what? There's only one Kei Nagase, Edge. She also appears in the ending of Ace 7
I can just imagine the amount of parents walking in just at the juiciest moments.
They might say your game is racy. "Racy"
I'll see myself out....😊
And you quickly switch to porn, easier to explain... >_>
Srs moment
Play SRS.
Ok
I actually really liked the race where you are forced to finish 2nd. It's very rare for sports games to focus on the corruption and greed aspect of competition.
In an early story cutscene, Rena mentions that GVI was already being accused of fixing races long before she joined the team. The implications that this "client" bet AGAINST Rena winning that specific race at Suzuka and the pit chief ordering you to fall back and finish 2nd is damning proof of how GVI operates: The minute Rena proves her real talent and builds a reputation, the organization immediately abuses it to profit.
It's the kind of drama that's really genius because it affects both gameplay (A racing game telling the player to lose on purpose!?) and story (A large, wealthy sports organization engaging in illegal betting and shady practices is 110% realistic and believable).
I wouldn't mind a sequel, or at least another racing game that features the Ace Combat radio system and a similar "political" storyline that actually gives more to the racing than just getting 1st and winning all the time.
Oh yeah, I remember where I had this in the bag being first but I was so oblivious to the comms that took me many tries to finally understand the message to be in 2nd place.
R: Racing Evolution definitely should've had a sequel! It's a damn shame it never came to be.
Despite the *eye catching* cutscenes, this game is pretty enjoyable and deserves at least some remake or something (without all the booba things)
@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious You ordered Namco, Japanese game to not put booba？What the hell？！
I remember losing that race the 1st time around because I didn't understood the objective... I would love to get R:Racing Evolution on PS5 with updated everything.
What i can tell about this Namco Sim Arcade racing is basically Ace Combat in Racing games.
But instead of War Crimes and Fighter jet doing rad things (like flying trough the tunnel or flying a aircraft midair like a figget spinner) you get Cars and Boobas.
It's considered to be a spin-off title for Ridge Racer, but I can see some resemblance to Ace Combat.
Now i really want Eden to learn how to play Ace Combat and stream it (atleast between 4 - Zero)
@@M0rinkashi
Ridge Racer and Ace Combat are both set in the same universe, so I guess that makes sense.
This feels like Ace Combat series but racing lmao
I LOVE IT
kei nagase is similar to reiko nagase, so it kinda makes sense
@@HimeSiffie its confirmed that they are sisters
Can Dustin play Ace conbat at some point?
both were made by Namco as well :P
*Race Combat
2:38 That caught me off guard so bad xD
This game is actually pretty solid, and has a banging soundtrack, since it's made by the same guys that made Ridge Racer.
@@purwantiallan5089 and alot of those cars are just duplicates with different liveries and slight power and weight upgrades
Yeah fr,the Intro OST really stuck in my head for a while back then
There's a reason it's called R: Racing Evolution
R Racing Evolution is feels like the combination of Ridge Racer (but simulator) and Ace Combat especially the voice chatter has .
That's because it is ridge racer
R Racing Evolution is a Ridge Racer spin off. It's meant to be less arcadey but it's still miles different Gran Turismo.
it is a ridge racer spinoff, contrary to what daddy namco want you to believe
Honestly it kinda feels like they wanted to test the waters with a story driven racing game (As Ridge Racer Type 4 did that stuff as one of the first). But at the same time wanted in on that sweet GT money. So rather then slap a story mode over RRV physics and cars, stuffed it into their GT clone. Was probably the better idea as they clearly didn't have the physics to be even a GT CLONE competitor, let alone stand next to GT. But the story and PLOT made the game memorable enough that it's still talked about. Certainly brought up more then RR64, which Gina shows up in the DS remake.
17:39 must say the editing is on point here
ofc the shower scene is the most replayed
7:56 and 17:15 oh my God, that is probably the most unexpected moment from Dustin Eden i've ever seen, man i am shock to see this scene 👍😊😁. Congratulation Eden
Poor guy, he sees tits and, oh my God, naked woman for the first time in his life obviously :) Grow up man! Get out and meet some girls...
Mate, what are you doing here, go back to GadgetIn lmao.
But coming back to your point, indeed I was duly shocked too. I'm quite familiar with the Ridge Racer series but even I didn't expect it to have those kind of moments.
17:17 Eden is best Eden
Ye, 7:56 was a neuron activation moment lmao
Also 20:45
The OSTs of this game are absolute bangers. Wish they'd make an actual sequel of this game similar to that of Ace Combat
I mean, it's by the Namco sound team who pretty much never miss. Even in Unbounded.
Lowkey I use some of these songs in my sets as a DJ. People come up to me askin where I pulled these out
For Namco's first attempt with real world cars and tracks, I actually find it rather amazing. Even some of the cars Namco put in the game aren't available in other car games. I can't help but think that Namco can easily make a new generation version with latest cars and tracks.
The cars in the garage/showroom (whatever) look really good, but once you enter a race, the downgrade of the models be hitting hard.
Also, nice story mode ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Not to mention you can mess around with the pop up headlights of the Pantera, RX-7, Charger and the plate removal of the C5.R
@@elrinconcuriosodesally3528 Wow, didn't knew about that, very cool
@@purwantiallan5089 the Fiat 500 apeears in GT2, no?
The older versions
@@Tavares0709it also appears in gt4 onwards
but not the race modified version present here
The Xbox and GameCube versions are much, much better.
We need more Racing games with females as protagonist and we definitely need more microphone shots.
Bandai Namco would happily make one if asked.
>female
W O M A N
@@SwiftJustice I t i s t h e s a m e
Didn't the new need for speed has a female protag
@@Chi-Chi-Fy male or female with the worst character writing in the franchise
one story driven racing game I’ve been meaning to play is Racing Lagoon, especially now that the full game has received a full fan translation
100% do it. That game is simply unlike anything else. Plus, the soundtrack is AWESOME.
There's also Ridge Racer Type 4. But Racing Lagoon would be neat for Eden to be baffled at.
For me, R: Racing Evolution is like Ace Combat on wheels. It's so funny listening to the radio comms of other drivers as if they got targeted by homing missile.
This game is a passion project of the Ridge Racer Project team, so much so that they wanted RR to go this direction when the former devs expressed interest in rebooting the RR IP long after the series was silently killed off. They wish to include real world car brands and real world locations, with closer to life physics. Which is very strange because many RR fans enjoyed the arcade and fictional content the series had, and the team responsible for a memorable series wasn't looking support that.
13:40 i dont want to break down in the middle of the stage* procceds to pick the subbie* head gasket left the chat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
>I don't wanna break down in the middle of the stage
>Picks the Subaru
Rena's model strongly reminds me of Asuka Kazama of Tekken.
You would be surprised that this was part of the Ridge Racer Series as a spinoff (and yeah, Namco's attempt to cash in on the Gran Turismo/Simcade trend at the time).
Never played this game, but damn those cutscenes take me back to that era. As cheesy as it is, it was a fun time, especially compared from the last gen of games.
100% deserved a sequel. the shower scene was peak. this and srs both needs a sequel.
I really like how Dustin reddens every time when he sees some exposed bits of woman. 🤭 This is why I absolutely love japanese games nowadays. ❤
DustinEden has become ReddinEden
The moment he saw them and turned red I broke
Funny guy
@@m4tth3w12 Dustin Redden
I wonder if Dustin still a virgin?
He's baby, leave him alone 🥺
This truly is if Project Aces and Polyphony made a game together. From the menus, arcadish stats, OST, voice lines, even the name Rena (like Ridge Racer's Reiko) all being Ace Combat references, and then JGTC cars on Japanese tracks with all the GT vibe. Smh I never had this game.
I'd love to see you cover midtown madness, those games were so cool I sunk an unbelievable amount of time into them but I never see anyone talk about them anymore
They where superseeded by Midnight Club, same driving style and map design, with a more appealing visual presentation and features, made by the same studio too.
The midtown madness series was class on Xbox I remember doing the missions in a taxi 😂
@@YOEL_44 maybe by the 3rd one, because the first couple midnight club games aren’t that good. Midtown Madness 1 and 2 far surpass it in detail and content. Midtown madness 3 is more similar to Midnight Club LA in terms of graphics.
I loved midtown madness 2 , I really wanted to finish all the missions and get all the cars but never could as a child.
@@scottoleson1997 I'm not talking about graphics, but about visual presentation.
Night driving with tricked out cars and over the top characters looks more interesting to the kind of public that would have played it back in the day.
17:16
That is a certified Initial D Extra Stage moment
I watched that shi when I was 11 😭 I got scared
27:53 😂 the Michelin Man just walking thru
So basically to summarize it all, we have Asuka from Tekken ditching off her martial arts training, already graduated, become a paramedic, then become a race car driver... and more booba for mow powah lol
It's come before Tekken 5
Namco has a thing for short hair tomboy girls
1st female protagonist in a racing game: uh, put some respect on Princess Peach in Mario Cart!
Seeing Rumble Racing mentioned in the vid made me so happy, that game was my entire childhood!
A third of the way through the video, and I'm kind of stuck on the fact that they gave a Fiat 500 more grip around the corners than purpose-built sports cars with wings. And I absolutely adore the Peugeot 206! Though that's because it's the best starter car for Need for Speed Underground, at least in my opinion.
I like that you brought up the TOCA series toward the end. This whole video reminded me a lot of the game called "Pro Race Driver" in the US, which according to Wikipedia is actually TOCA Race Driver. Driving for a team and getting into petty arguments with rival drivers was the name of the game. I have very good memories of that game, even if I couldn't finish it because I was just that bad at driving Australian V8 Supercars around Philip Island.
19:45 Editor completely missed an opportunity to put UG2 intro music as player flies to bayview.
Is this Namco's attempt at "Ace Combat with cars"? The radio messages have the exact format as Ace Combat lol.
When qualifying starts:
Really that was ridge racer, as it takes place in Strangereal and features Nagase's sister (AC2/AC4 Nagase I think).
Yeah felt same especially with cut scenes!
Can you see any track limits from up here? What has track limits given us?
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@@suntannedduck2388 hey, try hearing motogp psp menu sounds, might sound familliar
Street Racing Syndicate would be a good early 2000’s racing game to play.
I had this for the Gamecube and I played it with a Logitech Speed Force Feedback steering wheel. I played for so many hours; one of my favorite racing games.The OST is *chef's kiss*
I loved this game growing up! I really loved how there was a story centered around racing, and you had a rival to fight against. It will always hold a place in my heart
2:50 this is exactly how Yuji Ide got his FIA Super License.
THIS!!!! THIS GAMMMEEEEE!!!!
I have been searching for this for years. I played it as a kid a long long long time back and absolutely loved it. There was a point in the main story line where you're about to win and the big boss guy tells you to lose it on purpose. Finally found it.
THANK YOU!
I remember playing this back in the day and i also remember winning that race and i don't think there were any consequences to not listening to the dude.
Meanwhile the Juiced series in the west: "Finally, A Worthy Opponent, Our Battle Will Be Legendary!"
Seriously what the heck was this game. Quite a interesting "Plot" especially for a racing game and I just love seeing Eden's reaction. 🤣
Juiced didn't go all the way tho', Street Racing Syndicate still one ups it.
@@YOEL_44 I completely forgot that one mainly because how bizarre of a game that was tbh lol
Juiced isn't similar to this in any way.
@@p0werfu11 Juiced 2 specifically
@@b.1570 eh, it has different spirit though. I mean, in Juiced 2 they kinda just slapped all these promo posters because they can and because they it was related to HIN.
Considering Namco's track record of "bringing your siblings to another game to do other jobs" (e.g. Kei and Reiko), I'm beginning to connect this Hayami Rena to Hayami Kanade from Cinderella Girls lol.
Especially considering they do look alike!
Ah yes, the racing game that is set in the Ace Combat universe
More like Assault Horizon/Joint Assault universe since tracks and brands are based on real life. Strangereal would be Ridge Racer with the Reiko Nagase thing
All going well...
Until the roads starts singing in latim
Man, I miss the PS2-PS3 era of racing games. No BS, just pure racing fun & dandy.
"I remember Gina for her...plot." - Raycevick at 7:56
Well Namco published another spicy racing title called SRS: Street Racing Syndicate in 2005
Guess Namco was Hormy for the those 2-3 years
R:Racing evolution was quite good, it was also one of the few decent racing games available on the gamecube, despite all. Also, this had nothing in common with gran turismo, considering how much it was into the arcade side of things. It could be more of a clone of an other ps2 game called "S.C.A.R."
Yea all we had on GC was this and Auto Modelista.
@@socksonfeet8125 oh, true. The gamecube's version of auto modellista was the best, as it also had some off road event too. What a game, I wish someone would make a new game with that art style.
@@midorifox NFS unbound is basically a copy of that. Not 100% accurate but it's there
@@osopena3979 just because it has some flashy ui elements and random doodles doesn't mean it's similar to auto modellista's art style.
@@midorifox I guess. Its similar to me even if it's not 100% exact replica.
I loved Ridge Racer back in the PS1 era. That intro for Ridge Racer 4 probably made me a petrolhead through and through.
Around this era, everyone tried to clone a popular game genre and simply add boobs hoping to sell. Tony Hawk = BMX XXX, WWF Smackdown = Rumble Roses, You Don't Know Jack = The Guy Game, Gran Turismo = R:RE, and so on.
When you got Jimmy Broadbent blessing you on your playthrough man... I'd be ecstatic!
PLS NO PUNTERINO, JIMMER!
DustinEden Has a Master Roshi Nose Bleed Moment at 7:57 Those caught me off guard as well.
This was one of my favorite games of my childhood so I'm glad to see you play it
28:54
"SHOWER SCENE INCLUDED" has a similar vibe to "VERY DANGEROUS" from nfs undercover.
9:42 I love this, great edit.
I want to argue for Choro Q's case AKA Gadget Racers, there were a TON of Choro Q games made during the 5th & 6th gen console era's, but they were never under a unified name when released outside of Japan and died off after 6th gen, thus a "full fledged franchise" maybe not?
holy shit ace combat meets gran turismo
Namco in the 90s and early 2000s was amazing damn
21:51 that's an F1 GTR!
18:31 Yo! That's my cameo!
By the way the game is definitely a 28/37 out of 10. Heaps better than most Racing game stories. I'll take some E-cup over "On god! I'm no LeBron, bro. fr fr no cap" anyday.
The voice actress for the main character sounds an awful lot like the voice actress for Nancy drew in those old click adventure games lmao
a weird obscure racing game I played a lot back in the playstation 2 era is Drive To Survive, really fun game, has some pretty cool power up mechanics, at it was fun both as multiplayer, and single player
Late 90s and early 2000s Namco knew how to make music.
Haven't played this game in years. In hindsight it's just Ace Combat but a racing game visually lol
"I don't want to break down in the middle of the stage"
*chooses Subaru*
the shower scene 😭
2:37 meme worthy lmao
"Don't you know any shortcuts?"
"You want shortcuts?"
**proceeds to slam on the gas**
hardly surprising since it's Namco but the cutscene style reminds me of Ace Combat 04 and Zero. Hell, the radio subtitle style is the same as AC04 and I'm pretty sure that the guy talking to you from the pit is the same VA as Skyeye, also from 4
Huh i thought the cutscenes are more to AC5.
I swear that Integra sounds just like Ridge Racer cars on PSP. Now that I think about it, race start flyby is the same as in Ridge.
Dude I REMEMBER HAVING THIS GAME. They also have the correct engine displacement for the Supra, as it used the 3S-GTE because it weighed less than the 2JZ, and could still make the max power for its class.
Grew up playing this game on GameCube, beaten it at least 3 times. Deserved a sequel in my book.
Most games deserve more games. Imagine if Namco acquired Cardinal Syn.
the Mercedes-Benz World Racing's cover at the beginning made me smile ngl, i love Synetic games so much
Damn son, i'll almost forget this title man, one glance at your thumbnail and i suddenly been transported back to 2000
I can remember playing this when it came out as an 8 year old. I used to just do the night drag races with the muscle cars trying to unlock the others or something. Back then I would buy a game just for the cars on the front or back cover, hopefully a Shelby cobra. I remember using the GT500 (blue color?) and dodge charger drag cars and I think they might've only been available in that mode.
I learned on the internet when I was like 10 about one of my other favorite cars, a hummer H1, being in the game and maybe even in the licensing in the credits but I never could figure out how to get it,
I found years later it's Xbox only and a promotional car I believe
you know this in a different universe would be the ace combat of the racing genre
17:52 bro is enjoying watching the cut scene 💀
ah yes the racing game with a Shower Scene™
Those booba cutscenes getting us all off guard 😅 gotta love early 2000s japanese games
Driving Emotion Type S - Now that´s a classic to check out!
Still got this game in my cupboard with a a bunch of other legendary OG Xbox games that I haven’t played since like 2010 when my OG Xbox decided to finally leave this world…I gotta get another Xbox and play these games again.
I played this game a lot on the ps2, I remember some cars being very tricky indeed. The challenges and time trials are a good way to stretch the game some more and you can unlock some special cars with them as well
Friendly reminder that this was originally planned to be a mainline Ridge Racer game
Ah yes, the rACE COMBAT
R racing evolution. Back then was nanco. Now currently name is Bandai Nanco Entertainment on 2006. Bandai Nanco Entertainment mostly focused on Sword Art Online game recently. Fun fact is I played couple of games from Bandai Nanco Entertainment.
Actually R Racing evolution came out on 2003 and now this game is 20 years old.
Omg!!! Immersion Racing was amazing! Thank you so much for reminding me!
fun fact: the Saleen S7 was toned down in the racing version because it was too much to compete(if i remember it right)
Also fun fact: the 206 isn't as unreliable as people think. my 206 is still running with barely any broken part since 2007. The "shifting stick" desintegrated and i needed to buy an aftermarket shifter, but this was the only broken part of the car
17:16 this reminds me of the game that sponsored kuru, i think it was called ace racers, it had/has a shower scene in the intro 😭
OMG Gadget Racers and Juiced!! Oooooh you hit a deep nostalgic spot in me right at the start there! 2 of my favorite games ever...especially Gagdet Racers
I actually played the PC version of Total Immersion Racing, and idk about u guys, it's maybe nostalgia that's talking from me, but I really liked that game a lot, and it's a title that I really want to experience more than 15 years later, unfortunately I couldn't find a single copy of the game, and it's windows Xp only, I tried it with ps2 emulator, but it didn't felt right
Ridge Racer made it into the PS3 then died out.
By the way it's a mix of Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport.
Good to see you finally picking this game.
Happy to see random Rumble Racing, my fave game on ps2.
0:08 the fact he mentioned WR here is awesome
Let's be honest, if it wasn't for Rena and Gina , this game would have faded into obscurity and nobody would remember it today 😂
Saw the thumbnail. And was omg I remember this game. No way. I totally forgot. Crazy. Great game. No joke.
Gadget Racers is part of a franchise - the Penny Racers/ChoroQ series - Seek and Destroy, ChoroQ, Penny Racers 64, Penny Racers Party, Road Trip etc
Oh man, I remember how back in the day professional racing teams used games like this to help in researching and studying vehicle performance.
This game was actually amazing. I bought it for the GameCube just after it released in the UK and the storyline of Rena working her way up to be a professional driver against Gina was fun and the driving still doesn't feel too bad for an old game today but it is dated. This game as a 15 year old was one of the reasons I got into racing sims, well this and NFSU2 along with PGR and Forza (mostly the last 2 for obvious reasons)
Analogue triggers definitely help with this game
These types of games were out long before Gran Turismo was thought of. Ridge Racer and Rage racer to name a couple.
Part of me wishes Namco would do another game like this again instead of “insert 900th SAO game here”. Sure they published the Project Cars games but now those are in EA and Codemasters’ F1 and WRC filled hands, and we don’t talk about Project Cars 3 with how bad that career mode was.
I bought this game for like 10 bucks in 2020 because I saw some random gameplay and was like "bro that's just Ace Combat if it was a racing game" 😆