Hi. It's 2023. You can actually put the title of the game in the video's title. We ALREADY know it's Ridge Racer and Rage Racer and NOBODY forgot about it. I still play it.
Getting the DLC for RR7 requires jailbreaking your PS3, it's the easiest thing to do but takes hours to set it up properly. Yes, RR7 had DLC before it was taken down (USA wise). Also you didn't mention Supercruiser in the Music for RR7?! Something is wrong with you! It's the best music in the game! I'm not joking it's so good!
@@judahsoremy9857 I just got done downloading all the DLC for RR7 for my now jailbroken PS3. I am SO disappointed in the NET music selection compared to RR6 for the 360.
Same. It’s a blessing that it embraces 1999 so much as it is a soundtrack that speaks in 90s so hard I can smell my bottle of milk warming up in the microwave still xD
I'm extremely surprised Namco hasn't tried to chash in on the Ridge Racer again. Especially since Tekken 7 did so good, as well as Ace Combat. I really hope this franchise comes back at some point.
I hope not tbh. I don't want another Ridge Racer that has majority of the content locked behind a DLC paywall like the one on Vita. Also, arcade racing simply is a dying game genre, and Japanese business is known to really hate even a tiny bit of risk for loss. With games like Forza Horizon around, I don't think BN would even bother to compete.
@@Akira-kd6us Not really. If Ace Combat, Tekken can, then Ridge Racer can. Forza, I doubt it if that’s arcade. Surely the drift is good and almost realistic but not as satisfying as Ridge Racer. RR needs a consistent dev team like Project Aces in Ace Combat to keep the game on track. There was dispute of PA and Bana, but they did build Ace Combat 7 with highest copy sales in series.
Its a shame RR got abandoned but when you trying to compete in a dimishing market in arcade racing against NFS, GT , Forza, and Burnout, its hard to stick out
A technique I find helpful in Ridge Racer is to always keep to the centre of the road, even during the corners. Drifting in this game works with no loss of momentum and speed, so un-learning the racing line is essential.
R4 is still a gem to this day. The series was my go-to arcade racer in my elementary days and it's been too long since the last title. I miss it. It almost feels like I'm mourning someone who died.
The soundtrack, the drifting, the cars , the courses and scenery and the action movie driving physics. This game was peak arcade racing and I miss it something awful. It was a different kind of fun that no other racing series has brought me. Namco would have my whole wallet in a chokehold if they release Ridge Racer 8
Ridge Racer was such underrated arcade racing genre The amazing environment of tracks, really crazy looking machine with special sponsor based from Namco games, and ofc a lot amount of amazing soundtrack from many amazing composer from Namco Sound Team, one of my fav composer is Kohta Takahashi Such sad this game series was ended with "Slipstream", at least I still can enjoy in game call "Drift Spirits", that actually made by same developer, Namco itself!
Have to agree with the other comment here. Ridge Racer was never underrated. It was a massive series in the arcades and a big part of the Playstation success
*Points at the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series that they making that have similar physics as Ridge Racer but it's mostly in the arcade in Japan and Round1 locations*
Guess what it happened again this time with project cars bc of middling reception and poor sales of the third game and launch 2 months after disastrous fast and furious crossroads so we don't know what slightly mad studios have up to after project cars 3 Edit: nvm they been bought by codemasters before ea bought code masters can Bandai Namco bring back ridge racer after project cars series is dead
Ridge Racer also popular because Namco pushed the graphics and framerate into max for this franchise in every console. For distance, Ridge Racer 7 released as launch title on PS3 and it runs 1080P at 60FPS! At that time, none of the launch titles on the PS3 ran on resolution and framerate like RR7.
I'm mad that Ridge Racer is consider an abandoned series. First introduced to the series thanks to RR6's demo on the Xbox 360 racing on Harbor line 765. RR7 built upon that with good customization. Also what sucks is that even the director of Tekken, Harada-san is also upset too cause Bandai dismantled the team awhile ago.
FYI, online battle still raging in Japan. You need some friends from Japan because the room is locked, preventing rammers entering sessions. Fatalita, Totoofficial, those two are streaming RR7 online battles.
I swear I’ll eventually make a retrospective on the series and dive headfirst into everything each game in the series has to offer. This series is criminally underrated.
It's weird how they got Bugbear to do Unbounded, they made the crazy Flatout games all about destruction and chaos, while Unbounded wasn't bad at all it just didn't feel like Ridge Racer It felt like another Flatout game which it should've been one.
I hope Namco made a Ridge Racer Type 4 Remake, 7 Remastered or New Ridge Racer. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ridge Racer. If did Klonoa, Pac-Man, Baten Kaitos, Why not Ridge Racer?
Some important details that could've been included in the video. The catastrophic Ridge Racer Unbounded situation was caused by the fact that the game wasn't even meant to be a Ridge Racer in the the first place. The devs behind RRU, which already had a lot of experience in making great fast-paced action racing games(Bugbear Entertainment) were looking for a publisher for their new unnamed racing game project, that's where Namco comes in and tells them to turn their already almost ready game into a Ridge Racer game. Definitely poor idea to start with and the fact that the devs probably didn't had much time to shift the whole theme of the game into a proper ridge racer ended up in a disaster. It also didn't helped that at that time, other titles were also trying to jump onto "Burnout Paradise" train (Split Second and Blur). It could have been a better release under different title. In the end, it ended up bad for both Namco and Bugbear, which almost went bankrupt.
The unnamed game was called 'Crash Club', unbounded was what was left of the cancelled game. Also Split/Second and Blur are as far as you can get from Burnout Paradise of all games
Split Second and Blur have their own style, doesn't tried to copy Burnout, Bugbear doesn't get bankrupt since during 2013-2014 they announced Next Car Game prototype which turned into Wreckfest in 2018.
@@Enders1 Actually, RRU was originally going to be another seperate IP. Crash Club was a different project that got cancelled according to the devs that I have contacted.
They basically knew that game was gonna be shit in sales and they thought that putting Ridge Racer as the title would help to increase the sales but at the end it just damaged the franchise, very bad move from Namco.
Man, Ridge Racer is fun. I love arcade racers. I started with RRDS. Then much more recently, I got Ridge Racer PSP, Ridge Racer 1, and V. I think I like PSP the most.
people always talk about f zero and wipeout when it comes to futuristic racing, because of gravity, but my favorite taste as always been ridge racer, for being the perfect balance between reality and fiction.
Man, I loved RR so much. I played from the PS1 upwards - I loved the overrall design/menu music/soundtracks, it was absolutely phenomenal game. I remember playing type 4 and it just felt so ahead of it's time, the tracks were so quirky! I smashed the heck out of 1 & 2 on the PSP and loved RR7 on the PS3
Ridge Racer Revolution has such a great soundtrack. If I recall, I think it was even possible to insert the disc and being able to playback the tracks that were in the game. It was a great time figuring this stuff out!
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi sequel is announced 16 years after BT3(2007), and so, I think that it's still possible for Ridge Racer to get a sequel after 17 years. Just make it happen, Bandai Namco.
R4 was phenomenal and beautiful work for the transition to y2k. R7 runs so well for such an early ps3 title, 1080p 60 fps (I mean it’s a racing game so not much is happening right?) R4’s Grand Prix mode was so fun for each team and the epilogue music is so nostalgic and memorable characters and story.
My first ever experience with this series was through a java game funnily enough, this is the only reason why I know about it. While I may not have been able to play the main titles, it is quite an interesting game overall. It's always a pleasure hearing more about obscure games likes this, great video as always Dove! Keep up the good work! 😉
My first experience was finding the soundtrack to rrt4 on TH-cam via algorithm recommendation, and i was like "damn this is amazing i gotta try the game" and i tried it on duckstation and it was incredibly fun and i became obsessed with it since
Looking at how notorious Bandai Namco currently kills any hope for a Ridge Racer 8 now-I thought IDOLM@STER was the culprit in the first place, yet seeing how va-liv virtual idol goes cleared my mind. Tales RPG, Ridge Racer, Mr Driller...guess how many Namco titles faded after the merge.
I wouldn’t actually count Ridge Racer 8 out completely since Namco is putting older games on the PS Plus service now, apparently trying to test to see if there’s still any interest from players before a legit comeback which it needs. And yes I’ve been wishing for years they would localize the Idolm@ster series. I mean they only fairly recently started putting the music albums on digital platforms worldwide, so maybe these are signs of things to come.
@@MGSDude01 Probably impossible for any IM@S game reaching Western market. If I recall correctly, there are laws restricting underage idols-e.g. Kaho Komiya, who appeared in Starlit Season is literally elementary school student, I'm afraid there's no hope.
As a huge fan of Ridge Racer since the first game on PS1, I will say that Ridge Racer 5 was the turning point in the series. R5 really changed up the whole feel of the game, all the cars felt more like a drift car, where before a grip car had nice grip and a drift car didn't. One thing you failed to talk about is the announcer. The series kept getting better and better with the DJ announcer. Yeah the series has some great sound tracks for sure. Also Ridge Racer on the PSP is really good. I tend to keep that game in my PSP for a few laps when I don't feel like hooking up the PS1.
I love those techno music as BGM .. Namco brought my childhood to techno party 🤣😂 .. I saved the pocket money from my parents to buy those CD sound track.
Damn I LOVED RR7 at ps3 launch! When I got my 360 I picked up 6 and enjoyed it too. I’d love for a remaster collection to come out with all the games and soundtracks!
I remember going to my mums friends place and her husband was playing ridge racer. That was the first time I saw the original playstation and he let me play it. So good.
This was the first playstation game i played and i was rly impressed from the GRAPHICS to the old Times... Today u laugh Hard but that Was other Times were the first 3d Title comes out...Nintendo64 too.
It's funny that with Gran Turismo 7 horrible cafe menu system and a bare bones career mode with a heavy focus on online only racing to survive, the original arcade franchises like Ridge Racer that were criticized for lacking deep carreer/story modes suddenly would feel right at home in 2023 with the quick plug and play nature of online racing and shorter gaming sessions in general. I am not sure if racing games have regressed or if the modern online and games as a service market feels like it would fit Ridge Racer more
Once i discovered the whole RR era was due to playing the PSP first game. The soundtracks (original, remastered and remixes) are totally great to hear, it was fun finishing the Ridge Racers PSP version (even if i almost broken the X and square button because of these MAX CUP lol) Today, i stills making collection of these games and mostly the soundtracks from the first Ridge Racer to their Anniversary versions. All bangers and worth the time to listen it 🎧🎶🎛️ Thank you Namco for making these masterpieces.
Honestly in the online focused games as a service market of today, Ridge Racer which was always fun to play in short stints because of its arcade roots could feel right at home. Gran Turismo today is mostly online racing focused anyway, the new career mode in GT7 just lost the old magic 😂
The two PSP titles were amazing, rather short races, but always fun and great for taking thwt tiny thing with you on the... Well, we all know what I mean...
I don't play Racing games that much, but Ridge Racer 5 (along with Gran Turismo 2) is still my favorite racing game after all these years. However, it is the only game in the franchise i have played. I'm considering getting RR6 and 7 though.
Oh Ridge Racer... I Miss You... I hope we eventually get a new entry to this franchise.. Funniest racing series of all time... Damn it just saddens me so much how Namco just had to just fuck it all up... Mismanaged andUnbounded is not a Ridge Racer game and shall never be recognized as one.. Regards, huge fan of Ridge Racer
I had the one for 3DS. I originally bought it under the assumption it would be something like NFS. I had a hard time getting use to the drifting and at first, I was annoyed by the voice over, but ended up keeping it on because it added something and made the game feel less empty. Eventually, I got very acquainted with the controls and beat the game, also unlocking the bonus cars although they gave me a run for my money. And if you wanna talk RR bangers, Move Me, Stream of Lights, and Phantasize were my go tos on that game. I lost it some time ago unfortunately. But man, what a first impression to a franchise I've never played before.
First RR game for me was Ridge Racer (OG). Favorite soundtrack is a toss up between RRV and R4. I know a lot of people fanboi over R4 because it's great (Pearl Blue Soul and Move Me...oh la la!) but RRV was so 2000's and an entire jam. Even the Official Bootleg + DVD remixes (I have it, unopened...don't think i'll ever open it lol). RRV is the last soundtrack that's full of bangers. From 6 and beyond, personally, there's good ones here and there but I don't love the entire soundtracks. Favorite gameplay goes to RRV, then Ridge Racer 7. Rage Racer was a complete game changer though. For it's gameplay, the opening cinematics, the "story"/prologue, the looks, the car mechanics, and Okubo getting on board added dynamic and a positive change for the series.
Oh man, you really made me want to buy Ridge Racer 7 just to make my little child self happy I have such good memories playing Ridge Racer 2 when i was like 6 or 8
Most of my experience with the series is in RR Type 4, amazing stuff and i was lucky to get it as one of my first few racing games on the PS1 alongside stuff like Gran Turismo 2 and Nascar Rumble
the battle system used in R: Racing Evolution an easier version of the one present in Wangan Midnight R. both games required you to keep in close distance with your rivals in order to reduce their health bar, but failure to do so in the latter will reduce your own and result in game over. the former's implementation makes it seem more like a pressure gauge, where filling the meter will make rivals commit mistakes.
Huh, i didn't really know all that much about the later Ridge Racer games, Cool video! P.S. Trust me bro, those cutscenes were ESSENTIAL to the R:Racing story
RR4 loved the sound track and the level design. RR7 is by far my favorite game I've ever played and racing online is amaaaaaazing! ( def111 😅 ) If they are going to start RR again they should study RR7 and start from there. 👌
IIRC namco abandoned the series due to it not being more commercially viable, a bit like capcom abandoned megaman for a while. we can hope that they'd release a new game which is as good as R4.
I remember my first Ridge Racer was on the PS1. Me and my Dad went everywhere around town and finally found a PS1 to rent from a Blockbuster a few towns over. Got Ridge Racer and Destruction Derby. From there I loved the franchise, the graphics and gameplay were always impressive for their respective times. Its a shame the state its left in though, now the best aspects are locked in purgatory.... right next to Virtua Racing
My first one was Rage racer (a little spin off of Ridge Racer in ps1) Also don't forget that Namco make too the "Wangan Midnight" games but arcade only, at least the closer things of Japan highways that we had was Tokyo Xtreme racer series by genki, and also PROJECT CARS Sadly that Namco games prefers rpgs (monster hunter) and fighting games like tekken and dragon ball, (at least still have gundam)
I'm not into track racing but ridge racer 7 just had a vibe to it that I enjoy. I had 6 on demo a long with ace combat 6 and them and man oh man it's beautiful.
A lot of the ridge racer team has been working on wangan midnight maximum tune. Maximum tune feels like ridge racer crossed with outrun and it's pretty awesome. I didn't draw the connections until I played the story mode and the first car you race is a red car #76 and then it all clicked...
in 90s consoles were launch featuring racing games, f-zero, wipeout. nowadays players only wants fps, consoles don't features racing games, as namco abandonned all its racing licences.
I always think of how much of a missed opportunity it was not bringing this back to the Switch. The Switch is in desperate need of a racing game (without karts), and it would sell like hotcakes. The competition of the past has gone. I would at least want for them to test things out with an R4 remake.
Still hoping for a sequel of R Evo, and RR8. Both should get better gameplay in their respective genre + a better Ace Combat style plot + the same kinda PLOT! good video man, got me nostalgic
If they would do real racing roots again, maybe have the inertial drift style drift stick for realistic physics and the iconic ridge racer slide, then, the last thing id suggest would be a final lap dominating lead exclusive girl to pull over and pick up to win with, you would have a unique game with the vibe of r4's iconic intro.
Ridge Racer 7 is probably the only game I have ever tried to beat world records in. There is sooo much to do in the game. Even after the Career mode, there is the extreme events mode and the UFRA Special events (Which can get really difficult). It is and will forever be my favorite racing game. I did dabble amongst Ridge Racer 2 on PSP although I'm still trying to finish up the opus events on it. I will admit, it is very sad to see the series practically dead. Also, the last console version (Not release, I'm pretty sure it stayed on beta) was Ridge Racer Driftopia in 2014 for PC and PS3 (Also not sure if there was an Xbox version of it), but it never left beta. I do understand why most people never really hit it off with Ridge Racer, especially since later versions of the game didn't really have a proper tutorial mode, but the game just feels so smooth and consistent, Heck, it ran at 1080p at 60fps on the PlayStation 3 IN 2006! Also, regarding Unbounded, it had the same problem as NFS MW 2012, the game was good (Although Unbounded was okay at best), but it was given the wrong name. Just like NFS Most Wanted 2012 should have just been called Burnout Fairhaven or something like that, RR Unbounded should have been given the name of one of the Flatout games. I would probably give Unbound a 5/10 disregarding the name.
I have played only the PSP version but it was my favorite game on that console. And yea it's sad that there is no diverse racing game. Project Gotham Racing 4 was awesome too.
Have to say, that the Calm OST seems like something that could be in a Gran Turismo game, will say from the looks of it Ridge Racer is really leaning into ''Arcade'' Arcade if that makes sense, not for me but nice to have learned of yet another game. Cheers.
Also don't forget Ridge Racer 64 as well. After abandoning Ridge Racer series, they went into Project CARS as game publisher. But soon after EA take over Codemasters and also Slightly Mad Studios and then killed Project CARS franchise, Bandai Namco now already have nothing left in racing game genre.
Good news, for the advent of the 30th anniversary of the saga, they will do a live show called Ridge Racer Night 2024, the bad news is that it is possibly the last event related to the series, leaving it to die...
although we had Ridge Racer OSTs releases on Spotify and TH-cam from Bandai Namco official Music channel that we can use for streaming, I can give it a plus. tbh my prediction for possibly next Ridge Racer OST release in a months of June/July would be Ridge Racer 7 and 3D since on Feb/March they released Ridge Racers 1 and 2 PSP games, in April Ridge 6 and Vita.
actually there's another ridge racer game on an android/ios which was called Ridge Racer Slipstream, it's a reskin of RR7 but without special vehicles and no lawnmower sounds
Namco should do a collection for current Gen systems, pack one containing the Ridge Racer games from PlayStation and N64 with HD upgrade and original mode. Pack 2, the Playstation 2 game include R Racing and, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. Include all downloadeble content. If they sell well enough make a new Ridge Racer game.
Online does still work , my mistake on that part thanks for correcting me in the comments 👍
Hi. It's 2023. You can actually put the title of the game in the video's title. We ALREADY know it's Ridge Racer and Rage Racer and NOBODY forgot about it. I still play it.
Getting the DLC for RR7 requires jailbreaking your PS3, it's the easiest thing to do but takes hours to set it up properly. Yes, RR7 had DLC before it was taken down (USA wise).
Also you didn't mention Supercruiser in the Music for RR7?! Something is wrong with you! It's the best music in the game! I'm not joking it's so good!
@@judahsoremy9857 I just got done downloading all the DLC for RR7 for my now jailbroken PS3. I am SO disappointed in the NET music selection compared to RR6 for the 360.
I hope it does not abandon Online Battle... It is fun for all legends of Ridge Racer 7.
It will be devastating if it is not available, anymore.
ill watch as many "what happened to ridge racer" video essays as it takes to get *RIDGE RACER 8!*
The first Ridge Racer game i've played was R4 and it was not bad but the soundtracks of that game was phenomenal.
It’s on PlayStation if you have a ps4/5. And yes that game overall is one of the most goated games of all time. True classic
My first was Rage racer
The whole presentation of rr4 with the visual novel like cutscenes is also noteworthy
As far as racing games go, R4 has the best aesthetics and presentation ever made and hasn't been topped.
Same. It’s a blessing that it embraces 1999 so much as it is a soundtrack that speaks in 90s so hard I can smell my bottle of milk warming up in the microwave still xD
FR!!! I've been meaning to make hotwheels replicas of R4 cars
I'm extremely surprised Namco hasn't tried to chash in on the Ridge Racer again. Especially since Tekken 7 did so good, as well as Ace Combat. I really hope this franchise comes back at some point.
Oh yeah, Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. Ridge Racer, Ace Combat, Tekken, and Soul Calibur.
They actually made a remaster on playstation 5
I hope not tbh. I don't want another Ridge Racer that has majority of the content locked behind a DLC paywall like the one on Vita. Also, arcade racing simply is a dying game genre, and Japanese business is known to really hate even a tiny bit of risk for loss. With games like Forza Horizon around, I don't think BN would even bother to compete.
@@Akira-kd6us Not really. If Ace Combat, Tekken can, then Ridge Racer can. Forza, I doubt it if that’s arcade. Surely the drift is good and almost realistic but not as satisfying as Ridge Racer. RR needs a consistent dev team like Project Aces in Ace Combat to keep the game on track. There was dispute of PA and Bana, but they did build Ace Combat 7 with highest copy sales in series.
@@Akira-kd6us Arcade racing doesn't are dying, they get weak during the last 13 years.
Its a shame RR got abandoned but when you trying to compete in a dimishing market in arcade racing against NFS, GT , Forza, and Burnout, its hard to stick out
Well Burnout is non-existent at this point lol.
Burnout is just as dead, if not more dead than RR
1:11 Legend says Dustin is still screaming to this day.
A technique I find helpful in Ridge Racer is to always keep to the centre of the road, even during the corners. Drifting in this game works with no loss of momentum and speed, so un-learning the racing line is essential.
R4 is still a gem to this day. The series was my go-to arcade racer in my elementary days and it's been too long since the last title. I miss it. It almost feels like I'm mourning someone who died.
The soundtrack, the drifting, the cars , the courses and scenery and the action movie driving physics. This game was peak arcade racing and I miss it something awful. It was a different kind of fun that no other racing series has brought me. Namco would have my whole wallet in a chokehold if they release Ridge Racer 8
You should get the arcade1up ridge racer.
Ridge Racer was such underrated arcade racing genre
The amazing environment of tracks, really crazy looking machine with special sponsor based from Namco games, and ofc a lot amount of amazing soundtrack from many amazing composer from Namco Sound Team, one of my fav composer is Kohta Takahashi
Such sad this game series was ended with "Slipstream", at least I still can enjoy in game call "Drift Spirits", that actually made by same developer, Namco itself!
underrated by who, exactly? It was so influential that can find traces of its dna in most arcade-ish games even today.
Have to agree with the other comment here. Ridge Racer was never underrated. It was a massive series in the arcades and a big part of the Playstation success
I remembered at December 2020 grinding for Kamata RC410. And it’s worth it.
*Points at the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series that they making that have similar physics as Ridge Racer but it's mostly in the arcade in Japan and Round1 locations*
My first introduction to the series was Ridge Racer PSP. Played a bit of 6 and 7.
Shame the series got abandoned.
Guess what it happened again this time with project cars bc of middling reception and poor sales of the third game and launch 2 months after disastrous fast and furious crossroads so we don't know what slightly mad studios have up to after project cars 3
Edit: nvm they been bought by codemasters before ea bought code masters can Bandai Namco bring back ridge racer after project cars series is dead
I love how good the music was implemented into the game. Such an awesome arcadey feel for how brutal the games were on the extreme battles.
Ridge Racer also popular because Namco pushed the graphics and framerate into max for this franchise in every console. For distance, Ridge Racer 7 released as launch title on PS3 and it runs 1080P at 60FPS! At that time, none of the launch titles on the PS3 ran on resolution and framerate like RR7.
I'm mad that Ridge Racer is consider an abandoned series. First introduced to the series thanks to RR6's demo on the Xbox 360 racing on Harbor line 765. RR7 built upon that with good customization.
Also what sucks is that even the director of Tekken, Harada-san is also upset too cause Bandai dismantled the team awhile ago.
FYI, online battle still raging in Japan. You need some friends from Japan because the room is locked, preventing rammers entering sessions.
Fatalita, Totoofficial, those two are streaming RR7 online battles.
RR and RRR might be my most played games on PS1. I spent a lot of time with R4 and RRV as well.
I swear I’ll eventually make a retrospective on the series and dive headfirst into everything each game in the series has to offer. This series is criminally underrated.
Definitely underrated
It's weird how they got Bugbear to do Unbounded, they made the crazy Flatout games all about destruction and chaos, while Unbounded wasn't bad at all it just didn't feel like Ridge Racer It felt like another Flatout game which it should've been one.
I always trust japanese games with the soundtrack they are undefeated in that field
I hope Namco made a Ridge Racer Type 4 Remake, 7 Remastered or New Ridge Racer. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ridge Racer. If did Klonoa, Pac-Man, Baten Kaitos, Why not Ridge Racer?
Some important details that could've been included in the video. The catastrophic Ridge Racer Unbounded situation was caused by the fact that the game wasn't even meant to be a Ridge Racer in the the first place. The devs behind RRU, which already had a lot of experience in making great fast-paced action racing games(Bugbear Entertainment) were looking for a publisher for their new unnamed racing game project, that's where Namco comes in and tells them to turn their already almost ready game into a Ridge Racer game. Definitely poor idea to start with and the fact that the devs probably didn't had much time to shift the whole theme of the game into a proper ridge racer ended up in a disaster. It also didn't helped that at that time, other titles were also trying to jump onto "Burnout Paradise" train (Split Second and Blur). It could have been a better release under different title. In the end, it ended up bad for both Namco and Bugbear, which almost went bankrupt.
The unnamed game was called 'Crash Club', unbounded was what was left of the cancelled game. Also Split/Second and Blur are as far as you can get from Burnout Paradise of all games
Split Second and Blur have their own style, doesn't tried to copy Burnout, Bugbear doesn't get bankrupt since during 2013-2014 they announced Next Car Game prototype which turned into Wreckfest in 2018.
@@Enders1 Actually, RRU was originally going to be another seperate IP. Crash Club was a different project that got cancelled according to the devs that I have contacted.
They basically knew that game was gonna be shit in sales and they thought that putting Ridge Racer as the title would help to increase the sales but at the end it just damaged the franchise, very bad move from Namco.
I never heard on Ridge racer until now . This game has been lost forgotten by many. Very rare 💎🙂
Man, Ridge Racer is fun. I love arcade racers. I started with RRDS. Then much more recently, I got Ridge Racer PSP, Ridge Racer 1, and V. I think I like PSP the most.
The PSP one is great, but you need to play Rage Racer and Ridge Racer type 4.
people always talk about f zero and wipeout when it comes to futuristic racing, because of gravity, but my favorite taste as always been ridge racer, for being the perfect balance between reality and fiction.
Man, I loved RR so much. I played from the PS1 upwards - I loved the overrall design/menu music/soundtracks, it was absolutely phenomenal game. I remember playing type 4 and it just felt so ahead of it's time, the tracks were so quirky! I smashed the heck out of 1 & 2 on the PSP and loved RR7 on the PS3
Ahead of it's time is an understatement, i still prefer type 4 to any newer game in the series, it's perfectly crafted
@@roilo8560 hawww dude, great to see someone with the same input 👍
Ridge Racer Revolution has such a great soundtrack. If I recall, I think it was even possible to insert the disc and being able to playback the tracks that were in the game. It was a great time figuring this stuff out!
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi sequel is announced 16 years after BT3(2007), and so, I think that it's still possible for Ridge Racer to get a sequel after 17 years. Just make it happen, Bandai Namco.
R4 was phenomenal and beautiful work for the transition to y2k. R7 runs so well for such an early ps3 title, 1080p 60 fps (I mean it’s a racing game so not much is happening right?) R4’s Grand Prix mode was so fun for each team and the epilogue music is so nostalgic and memorable characters and story.
R4 is the peak of racing games for me
The launch of every new console should be accompanied by the cry of “rrrrRIDGE RACERRRRRR”
My first ever experience with this series was through a java game funnily enough, this is the only reason why I know about it. While I may not have been able to play the main titles, it is quite an interesting game overall. It's always a pleasure hearing more about obscure games likes this, great video as always Dove! Keep up the good work! 😉
Yeah, I did play the Java as well
It's pretty slumpy in my Mom Sony Ericson phone, really nice experience there
My first experience was finding the soundtrack to rrt4 on TH-cam via algorithm recommendation, and i was like "damn this is amazing i gotta try the game" and i tried it on duckstation and it was incredibly fun and i became obsessed with it since
The first ridge racer got me into racing games. Nostalgia...
Looking at how notorious Bandai Namco currently kills any hope for a Ridge Racer 8 now-I thought IDOLM@STER was the culprit in the first place, yet seeing how va-liv virtual idol goes cleared my mind. Tales RPG, Ridge Racer, Mr Driller...guess how many Namco titles faded after the merge.
I wouldn’t actually count Ridge Racer 8 out completely since Namco is putting older games on the PS Plus service now, apparently trying to test to see if there’s still any interest from players before a legit comeback which it needs. And yes I’ve been wishing for years they would localize the Idolm@ster series. I mean they only fairly recently started putting the music albums on digital platforms worldwide, so maybe these are signs of things to come.
I think the game that killed the RR series was RR:Unbounded. The game played nothing like the previous RR games.
@@MGSDude01 Probably impossible for any IM@S game reaching Western market. If I recall correctly, there are laws restricting underage idols-e.g. Kaho Komiya, who appeared in Starlit Season is literally elementary school student, I'm afraid there's no hope.
Ace Combat 7 wasn't bad so i have hope
As a huge fan of Ridge Racer since the first game on PS1, I will say that Ridge Racer 5 was the turning point in the series. R5 really changed up the whole feel of the game, all the cars felt more like a drift car, where before a grip car had nice grip and a drift car didn't.
One thing you failed to talk about is the announcer. The series kept getting better and better with the DJ announcer.
Yeah the series has some great sound tracks for sure.
Also Ridge Racer on the PSP is really good. I tend to keep that game in my PSP for a few laps when I don't feel like hooking up the PS1.
I love those techno music as BGM .. Namco brought my childhood to techno party 🤣😂 .. I saved the pocket money from my parents to buy those CD sound track.
Damn I LOVED RR7 at ps3 launch! When I got my 360 I picked up 6 and enjoyed it too. I’d love for a remaster collection to come out with all the games and soundtracks!
what i miss about the Ridge racer series is the CGI models and breathtaking race courses
What would I give for a proper RR sequel...
I remember going to my mums friends place and her husband was playing ridge racer. That was the first time I saw the original playstation and he let me play it. So good.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrrrrrrrrr
Riiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrrrrrrrrr
This was the first playstation game i played and i was rly impressed from the GRAPHICS to the old Times... Today u laugh Hard but that Was other Times were the first 3d Title comes out...Nintendo64 too.
It still hurts. Don't think I'm ready to talk about it yet 😢
It's funny that with Gran Turismo 7 horrible cafe menu system and a bare bones career mode with a heavy focus on online only racing to survive, the original arcade franchises like Ridge Racer that were criticized for lacking deep carreer/story modes suddenly would feel right at home in 2023 with the quick plug and play nature of online racing and shorter gaming sessions in general.
I am not sure if racing games have regressed or if the modern online and games as a service market feels like it would fit Ridge Racer more
Once i discovered the whole RR era was due to playing the PSP first game. The soundtracks (original, remastered and remixes) are totally great to hear, it was fun finishing the Ridge Racers PSP version (even if i almost broken the X and square button because of these MAX CUP lol)
Today, i stills making collection of these games and mostly the soundtracks from the first Ridge Racer to their Anniversary versions. All bangers and worth the time to listen it 🎧🎶🎛️
Thank you Namco for making these masterpieces.
I only had the first one and Rage Racer back in the Day on PS1.
Good Times.
Bandi Namco needs bring ridge racer back its been too long(even tho I'm still new to the series)
Namco has been remaking a lot of their old titles recently, I wouldn't be surprised at all if RR gets the green light at some point.
Honestly in the online focused games as a service market of today, Ridge Racer which was always fun to play in short stints because of its arcade roots could feel right at home.
Gran Turismo today is mostly online racing focused anyway, the new career mode in GT7 just lost the old magic 😂
I think Sony ported Ridge Racer 2 on PSP to the PS5 recently, so there is still some hope
@@mafiousbji wouldn't even mind it being a live service game or having microtransactions. I just want ridge racer
rage racer and type 4 was always my favourite wish they would reboot the series i do miss it.
Ridge Racer 7 was a lot of fun, and pretty to boot.
The two PSP titles were amazing, rather short races, but always fun and great for taking thwt tiny thing with you on the... Well, we all know what I mean...
i love ridge racer spent hours on it on my psp, good times.
I don't play Racing games that much, but Ridge Racer 5 (along with Gran Turismo 2) is still my favorite racing game after all these years. However, it is the only game in the franchise i have played. I'm considering getting RR6 and 7 though.
I really recommend R4. It works well on duckstation and it has my favorite style
Oh Ridge Racer... I Miss You... I hope we eventually get a new entry to this franchise.. Funniest racing series of all time... Damn it just saddens me so much how Namco just had to just fuck it all up... Mismanaged andUnbounded is not a Ridge Racer game and shall never be recognized as one..
Regards, huge fan of Ridge Racer
I had the one for 3DS. I originally bought it under the assumption it would be something like NFS. I had a hard time getting use to the drifting and at first, I was annoyed by the voice over, but ended up keeping it on because it added something and made the game feel less empty. Eventually, I got very acquainted with the controls and beat the game, also unlocking the bonus cars although they gave me a run for my money. And if you wanna talk RR bangers, Move Me, Stream of Lights, and Phantasize were my go tos on that game. I lost it some time ago unfortunately. But man, what a first impression to a franchise I've never played before.
it was my fav race game on ps1
First RR game for me was Ridge Racer (OG).
Favorite soundtrack is a toss up between RRV and R4. I know a lot of people fanboi over R4 because it's great (Pearl Blue Soul and Move Me...oh la la!) but RRV was so 2000's and an entire jam. Even the Official Bootleg + DVD remixes (I have it, unopened...don't think i'll ever open it lol). RRV is the last soundtrack that's full of bangers. From 6 and beyond, personally, there's good ones here and there but I don't love the entire soundtracks.
Favorite gameplay goes to RRV, then Ridge Racer 7.
Rage Racer was a complete game changer though. For it's gameplay, the opening cinematics, the "story"/prologue, the looks, the car mechanics, and Okubo getting on board added dynamic and a positive change for the series.
Oh man, you really made me want to buy Ridge Racer 7 just to make my little child self happy
I have such good memories playing Ridge Racer 2 when i was like 6 or 8
I would totally be for a new Ridge Racer on Game Pass…unless Namco really wanted to fully invest into it.
Most of my experience with the series is in RR Type 4, amazing stuff and i was lucky to get it as one of my first few racing games on the PS1 alongside stuff like Gran Turismo 2 and Nascar Rumble
One of the best games ever made.
the battle system used in R: Racing Evolution an easier version of the one present in Wangan Midnight R. both games required you to keep in close distance with your rivals in order to reduce their health bar, but failure to do so in the latter will reduce your own and result in game over. the former's implementation makes it seem more like a pressure gauge, where filling the meter will make rivals commit mistakes.
I don't know why they stopped it. It was a great game. Love the drifting mechanics. Probably the sales weren't as crazy as the NFS franchise
We shouldnt forget that namco also abandoned Street Racing Syndicate. PepeLaugh
Huh, i didn't really know all that much about the later Ridge Racer games, Cool video!
P.S. Trust me bro, those cutscenes were ESSENTIAL to the R:Racing story
Very , very essential for the plot
I remember playing Ridge Racer 1 on the PS1 for the first time. I was 12 years old. I was like "this is Daytona quality at home" ❤
RR4 loved the sound track and the level design. RR7 is by far my favorite game I've ever played and racing online is amaaaaaazing! ( def111 😅 )
If they are going to start RR again they should study RR7 and start from there. 👌
I liked ridge racer unbounded. I remember my father gave it to me as a gift. That was the first ridge racer I played in my life.
I think a Ridge Racer game being a launch title for three straight generations is pretty cool.
IIRC namco abandoned the series due to it not being more commercially viable, a bit like capcom abandoned megaman for a while. we can hope that they'd release a new game which is as good as R4.
1:12 now thats a 10/10 game
1:14 10000/10 actually
I remember my first Ridge Racer was on the PS1. Me and my Dad went everywhere around town and finally found a PS1 to rent from a Blockbuster a few towns over. Got Ridge Racer and Destruction Derby. From there I loved the franchise, the graphics and gameplay were always impressive for their respective times. Its a shame the state its left in though, now the best aspects are locked in purgatory.... right next to Virtua Racing
OMG, my tears.... I have the last 2 RR games on PS3 and ps Vita.. I miss the RR arcade drift racing.
My first one was Rage racer (a little spin off of Ridge Racer in ps1) Also don't forget that Namco make too the "Wangan Midnight" games but arcade only, at least the closer things of Japan highways that we had was Tokyo Xtreme racer series by genki, and also PROJECT CARS
Sadly that Namco games prefers rpgs (monster hunter) and fighting games like tekken and dragon ball, (at least still have gundam)
I'm not into track racing but ridge racer 7 just had a vibe to it that I enjoy. I had 6 on demo a long with ace combat 6 and them and man oh man it's beautiful.
Hey thanks for this video. My mom bought Type 4, I wanted her to buy Final Fantasy but she said it was "too violent"
Type 4 is a really good game aswell 👍
Ridge racer was fire on ps1
I miss Ridge Racer
Oh right And i love the soundtrack it's a banger
A lot of the ridge racer team has been working on wangan midnight maximum tune. Maximum tune feels like ridge racer crossed with outrun and it's pretty awesome. I didn't draw the connections until I played the story mode and the first car you race is a red car #76 and then it all clicked...
Im sorry but R: Racing Evolution was the best thing that happened to the franchise. The game has some of the best plots ive ever seen.
Ravenwest still baby compared to GVI.
in 90s consoles were launch featuring racing games, f-zero, wipeout. nowadays players only wants fps, consoles don't features racing games, as namco abandonned all its racing licences.
Ridge racer on the psp was phenomenal I was amazed at the speed and drifting you could do at crimson rock track I’m like wow 🤯
I always think of how much of a missed opportunity it was not bringing this back to the Switch. The Switch is in desperate need of a racing game (without karts), and it would sell like hotcakes. The competition of the past has gone. I would at least want for them to test things out with an R4 remake.
Still hoping for a sequel of R Evo, and RR8.
Both should get better gameplay in their respective genre + a better Ace Combat style plot + the same kinda PLOT!
good video man, got me nostalgic
If they would do real racing roots again, maybe have the inertial drift style drift stick for realistic physics and the iconic ridge racer slide, then, the last thing id suggest would be a final lap dominating lead exclusive girl to pull over and pick up to win with, you would have a unique game with the vibe of r4's iconic intro.
The original King of racing drifting games.
Ridge Racer 7 is probably the only game I have ever tried to beat world records in. There is sooo much to do in the game. Even after the Career mode, there is the extreme events mode and the UFRA Special events (Which can get really difficult). It is and will forever be my favorite racing game. I did dabble amongst Ridge Racer 2 on PSP although I'm still trying to finish up the opus events on it. I will admit, it is very sad to see the series practically dead. Also, the last console version (Not release, I'm pretty sure it stayed on beta) was Ridge Racer Driftopia in 2014 for PC and PS3 (Also not sure if there was an Xbox version of it), but it never left beta. I do understand why most people never really hit it off with Ridge Racer, especially since later versions of the game didn't really have a proper tutorial mode, but the game just feels so smooth and consistent, Heck, it ran at 1080p at 60fps on the PlayStation 3 IN 2006!
Also, regarding Unbounded, it had the same problem as NFS MW 2012, the game was good (Although Unbounded was okay at best), but it was given the wrong name. Just like NFS Most Wanted 2012 should have just been called Burnout Fairhaven or something like that, RR Unbounded should have been given the name of one of the Flatout games. I would probably give Unbound a 5/10 disregarding the name.
I have played only the PSP version but it was my favorite game on that console. And yea it's sad that there is no diverse racing game. Project Gotham Racing 4 was awesome too.
Have to say, that the Calm OST seems like something that could be in a Gran Turismo game, will say from the looks of it Ridge Racer is really leaning into ''Arcade'' Arcade if that makes sense, not for me but nice to have learned of yet another game. Cheers.
Ridge Racer Type 4 remaster needs to happen. Along with a spiritual successor.
Also don't forget Ridge Racer 64 as well. After abandoning Ridge Racer series, they went into Project CARS as game publisher. But soon after EA take over Codemasters and also Slightly Mad Studios and then killed Project CARS franchise, Bandai Namco now already have nothing left in racing game genre.
Ridge Racer needs more love more than ever
Good news, for the advent of the 30th anniversary of the saga, they will do a live show called Ridge Racer Night 2024, the bad news is that it is possibly the last event related to the series, leaving it to die...
although we had Ridge Racer OSTs releases on Spotify and TH-cam from Bandai Namco official Music channel that we can use for streaming, I can give it a plus.
tbh my prediction for possibly next Ridge Racer OST release in a months of June/July would be Ridge Racer 7 and 3D since on Feb/March they released Ridge Racers 1 and 2 PSP games, in April Ridge 6 and Vita.
It’s may 2023 and I still play this game on my ps3 to this day😂
actually there's another ridge racer game on an android/ios which was called Ridge Racer Slipstream, it's a reskin of RR7 but without special vehicles and no lawnmower sounds
RR6 and RR7 woll alwats be my two most favorite games in the series, followed by the PSP versions.
Namco should do a collection for current Gen systems, pack one containing the Ridge Racer games from PlayStation and N64 with HD upgrade and original mode.
Pack 2, the Playstation 2 game include R Racing and, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. Include all downloadeble content. If they sell well enough make a new Ridge Racer game.
It's ridge racer. RIIIIIDGEEE RAAACEEEER!
Rage Racer, Ridge Racer Revolution RRT4 and RR5 were all great games!
For all Studios do Video Games is very costly this is the reason there are many games are abandoned.
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