Never played ridge racer 4 as a kid. Downloaded it because of the cool cover art. Didn't play it for a while. FInally tried it for the first time last night. Never even played ANY ridge racer game. I will say R4 has what so many racers today lack, a unique personality. Closest thing today might be Forza Horizon series, with a "hipster" feel, or need for speed's punk rock feel. Both of those are played out. The sort of funk disco feel with the music is just amazing. And the driving actually feels, for a d pad, really nice! Great game to play, and can't blame my enjoyment on nostalgia.
I originally played the games in the arcades (I'm 42) and I remember the first game being very futuristic feeling because it was the first game to feature first person only view (sitting in a full car seat setup no less) and I owned it on PS1 too. I preferred Rage Racer which was the next title but when RR4 came along that was it, I LOVED this game - the intro+music are still a huge love of mine and it's a shame Namco didn't do more with the Reiko main character although she did show up briefly in future titles I think! This was the pinnacle of the Ridge Racer series though and I'm glad you enjoyed it all these years later!
A very late reminder that in FH4, there's a side story wich a female character kind of influencer tells about racing games, and one is of course Ridge Racer, and the car used was a Honda NSX 1995 with Rocket Bunny body kit
Even the 7th series on PS3 can't capture the "original feels" The menu screen, the black yellow aesthetic, the beats, the musics, that was on ps one / psx era with all the limitations. Wonder why the more we advanced the more we fall?
The more games that are developed... The harder it gets to generate unique ideas. R4 was exceptional considering the technology available by that time, good gameplay, great soundtrack, a lot of attention to detail everywhere and a great intro with a charming character... Reiko even became popular in Japan appearing on TV commercials
This was the one. Later versions didn't have the vibe. "Wonder why the more we advanced the more we fall?" Cos it's harder to walk on ice when you're nearly 60!!!!
@@PSNMM2M well, there’s still a ton of gems in modern gaming, it’s just that not many AAA studios aren’t willing to take the risks associated with trying new concepts. If they keep pumping out what they know works, they don’t have to worry about changing things and having people be mad or having something different completely flop.
To this day I still have fond memories of the jogcon controller for this game. That little feedback thumbwheel was awesome. Everything about this game oozed unforgettable style. Thanks for keeping the memory alive.
There's artifacts, but you're not going to get a perfect clean upscale, this looks really good. The scenes with Reiko and her close ups smooth a lot really well, so do a lot of the car scenes, there are some which are too busy which artifact more and the zoomed out shot of her walking is the most difficult to clean up. Overall.. with what you had to work with, an easy 9/10 or so.
@@sastria8 Thats the resolution of the original video files on the ps1. 320 by 240 pixels. I remember i could watch the cinematics from Rival Schools, straight from the ps1 cd on my pc, using a ps1 video player. You could also copy the videos straight to your hard drive, no special softwar required.
Really rally brutal, is another intro, the original has much but much blur but the remastered is beautiful, simply there are details that since the original was not capable to see and here now are amazing
That intro looked jaw-dropping back in the day yet this steps it up!! Looks great! Submitting NTSC-U/C votes for additional intro.s and/or demo footage, maybe alongside gameplay: 🔴 _Omega Boost_ (with Loudmouth's music in the intro./FMV and Static-X's menu music) 👍 🔴 _Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare_ 🔴 _Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn_ or one of the _Fear Effect_ titles 🔴 one of the _Colony Wars_ titles 🔴 _007: The World Is Not Enough_ / one of the _Medal of Honor_ titles / one of the _Alien_ tiles or other choice FPS 🔴 🧐🤔 though the second _G-Police_ has better graphics in the intro and in-game, _more notable_ is that the 1st one is the only experience I've seen on the PS1 that had a video settings menu which had 3 slider adjustments for *the view/draw distance, view angle and frame rate* ...All three were tied together - _auto-compromising_ with the other settings. Would be interesting to not only see it upscaled, etc. like the splendid R4 here but also somehow cracked open to max out all three of its video settings simultaneously.
I'm so glad you decided to upscale this intro, it's by far one of my faves from the 90s, that and FFVIII. I noticed that your most recent videos are upscaled to 8k, do you think if you went back to this video you could do a better job of it or is this the best it gets because of the source material? It's a shame the song skips slightly in the first run through at approx 0:40 seconds in :( Amazing work though, I only just found your channel today after my jaw dropped with the job you did with Thundercats and Ulysees 31! You really are doing God's work my friend
The 2000s Japan lifestyle Gaming, Harajuku, White furniture, Hi-fi sets, Sportscars, Utada Hikaru, Hamasaki Ayumi. Digital Cameras, no internet on flip phones except i-mode, polyphonic ringtones. The pre-fitness, minimalist movement - less body shaming and aesthetics. Analog life, supplemented by static digital assets. not too tight knit, but relatively present community, not showing everything to people we don't know online. No wars in G20, a peaceful protected by Pax Americana and the lack of Soviet Union or China. Now that I'm 30? I feel grateful I grew up then We didn't have the exquisite sense the information age gave us? But life was a lot more free.
It appears AI always interpret things are moving (when they are not supposed to), so a lot of text went wiggly. Moving text on the other hand looks very nice on pause.
They need to remaster this game and not just visually like extend the storylines because that was one of the best parts was the theme stories imagine if it was like persona five levels of choice and story more tracks more cars ray tracing 4K 60fps.....never happen however
Interesting! Reiko looks much better here than in the other upscales I’ve seen, but the font and some of the car scenes look better in others. It’s gotta be something to do with the different AI styles.
I wonder if Namco or someone who worked there still has the original full quality render. If they do it was probably only done at 640 x 480 best case anyway before compression.
Probably a recording of the intro from the PSX game or if so inclined converted it from the game files I mean I don't believe there's another source for this
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Never played ridge racer 4 as a kid. Downloaded it because of the cool cover art. Didn't play it for a while. FInally tried it for the first time last night. Never even played ANY ridge racer game. I will say R4 has what so many racers today lack, a unique personality. Closest thing today might be Forza Horizon series, with a "hipster" feel, or need for speed's punk rock feel. Both of those are played out. The sort of funk disco feel with the music is just amazing. And the driving actually feels, for a d pad, really nice! Great game to play, and can't blame my enjoyment on nostalgia.
I originally played the games in the arcades (I'm 42) and I remember the first game being very futuristic feeling because it was the first game to feature first person only view (sitting in a full car seat setup no less) and I owned it on PS1 too. I preferred Rage Racer which was the next title but when RR4 came along that was it, I LOVED this game - the intro+music are still a huge love of mine and it's a shame Namco didn't do more with the Reiko main character although she did show up briefly in future titles I think! This was the pinnacle of the Ridge Racer series though and I'm glad you enjoyed it all these years later!
,ㅇㅈㅌㄷㄹㄷ
A very late reminder that in FH4, there's a side story wich a female character kind of influencer tells about racing games, and one is of course Ridge Racer, and the car used was a Honda NSX 1995 with Rocket Bunny body kit
Glorious intro. We don't have many like these anymore.
Ridge Racer Type 4 was an absolutely Amazing Ridge Racer Game!!
Just admit it you guys find Reiko Nagase is so hot!
...Who denied it? ;P
Is that not the reason that people upscale this aside from the song?
Even the 7th series on PS3 can't capture the "original feels"
The menu screen, the black yellow aesthetic, the beats, the musics, that was on ps one / psx era with all the limitations.
Wonder why the more we advanced the more we fall?
The more games that are developed... The harder it gets to generate unique ideas. R4 was exceptional considering the technology available by that time, good gameplay, great soundtrack, a lot of attention to detail everywhere and a great intro with a charming character... Reiko even became popular in Japan appearing on TV commercials
This was the one. Later versions didn't have the vibe.
"Wonder why the more we advanced the more we fall?"
Cos it's harder to walk on ice when you're nearly 60!!!!
@@PSNMM2M well, there’s still a ton of gems in modern gaming, it’s just that not many AAA studios aren’t willing to take the risks associated with trying new concepts. If they keep pumping out what they know works, they don’t have to worry about changing things and having people be mad or having something different completely flop.
bro today's games are amazing, but these old gems had so much soul in them you just wanna cry -
It's Ridge Racer!... Riiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaceeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr
Oh yeeeeesssss Love this game too!!!😀😀😀
@Drachen Cos Nooo, i am with you too and you with me too, Love This Game Too!!!😃😃😃😃
haha nice times
As possibly one of the biggest fans of the entire series, I give this my approval
To this day I still have fond memories of the jogcon controller for this game. That little feedback thumbwheel was awesome. Everything about this game oozed unforgettable style. Thanks for keeping the memory alive.
Namco has done an amazing job with this Ridge Racer Game!!
YES! I love this intro. One of my favorite nostalgic intros from the PS1 era.
Could you guys do the Fifa 2000 intro perhaps?!
There's artifacts, but you're not going to get a perfect clean upscale, this looks really good. The scenes with Reiko and her close ups smooth a lot really well, so do a lot of the car scenes, there are some which are too busy which artifact more and the zoomed out shot of her walking is the most difficult to clean up.
Overall.. with what you had to work with, an easy 9/10 or so.
I think the original video was like 320x240 lol
@@josejuanandrade4439 wait, what?!?
@@sastria8 Thats the resolution of the original video files on the ps1. 320 by 240 pixels.
I remember i could watch the cinematics from Rival Schools, straight from the ps1 cd on my pc, using a ps1 video player. You could also copy the videos straight to your hard drive, no special softwar required.
うん。やっぱり永瀬麗子とR4だ。
曲も最高にイカしてる。
GTじゃないんだ。
パッケージとしての、ある種金字塔なんだよR4は。
アップスケーリングもサイコー😂❤
Never understood why she’s walking along some race track with a briefcase in heels...
i think its because shes on her way to work or somthing
@@ninjatfue5333 Obviously she is.
Because she can ^_^
It's because you touch yourself at night.
Race reporter or race queen, and they're racing along streets, not an entirely closed off circuit
Showing all our ages. This was that heat back then
OMG! This looks amazing mate! Thanks for considering and fulfilling my request! Keep up the great work! :)
Very, very nice!
Ridge Racer Type 4, is the best of the best!
Congratulations my friend!
R.R Type 4.. a liminal racing dream come true. Many may emulate, but none will capture the emotion
There's something special about R4...
This one was the best ridge racer ever.
this was my only game back in the day so crazy watching this rn it’s been so long
Considering what it had to work with it's pretty good! More PS1 stuff please! :)
Brings back a lot of pixelated memories!
we dont remember it that way , in our halcyon days it was the brightest smoothest graphics ever ( that nostalgic camera ,always lying 😉)
Everyone gangsta till video game osts are better than actual music
the car used to pick up Reiko was the Assoluto Bisonte.
how you remember it looks vs how it really was. Very nice!
Really rally brutal, is another intro, the original has much but much blur but the remastered is beautiful, simply there are details that since the original was not capable to see and here now are amazing
That intro looked jaw-dropping back in the day yet this steps it up!! Looks great!
Submitting NTSC-U/C votes for additional intro.s and/or demo footage, maybe alongside gameplay:
🔴 _Omega Boost_ (with Loudmouth's music in the intro./FMV and Static-X's menu music) 👍
🔴 _Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare_
🔴 _Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn_ or one of the _Fear Effect_ titles
🔴 one of the _Colony Wars_ titles
🔴 _007: The World Is Not Enough_ / one of the _Medal of Honor_ titles / one of the _Alien_ tiles or other choice FPS
🔴 🧐🤔 though the second _G-Police_ has better graphics in the intro and in-game, _more notable_ is that the 1st one is the only experience I've seen on the PS1 that had a video settings menu which had 3 slider adjustments for *the view/draw distance, view angle and frame rate* ...All three were tied together - _auto-compromising_ with the other settings. Would be interesting to not only see it upscaled, etc. like the splendid R4 here but also somehow cracked open to max out all three of its video settings simultaneously.
I'm so glad you decided to upscale this intro, it's by far one of my faves from the 90s, that and FFVIII. I noticed that your most recent videos are upscaled to 8k, do you think if you went back to this video you could do a better job of it or is this the best it gets because of the source material? It's a shame the song skips slightly in the first run through at approx 0:40 seconds in :( Amazing work though, I only just found your channel today after my jaw dropped with the job you did with Thundercats and Ulysees 31! You really are doing God's work my friend
One of my Favorite Games back then
"He's probably out cheating"
Me and the boys: Gas, gas, gas
The 2000s Japan lifestyle
Gaming, Harajuku, White furniture, Hi-fi sets, Sportscars, Utada Hikaru, Hamasaki Ayumi.
Digital Cameras, no internet on flip phones except i-mode, polyphonic ringtones.
The pre-fitness, minimalist movement - less body shaming and aesthetics.
Analog life, supplemented by static digital assets.
not too tight knit, but relatively present community, not showing everything to people we don't know online.
No wars in G20, a peaceful protected by Pax Americana and the lack of Soviet Union or China.
Now that I'm 30? I feel grateful I grew up then
We didn't have the exquisite sense the information age gave us?
But life was a lot more free.
The song of this game is really cool exhausted
かっこよすぎいいいいいいいいいい！
Nice work, I love this Game :)
Dude... I love you for that upload
0:38 I see that cheeky logo replace.. looks like it glitched a lil.. awesome video though 👌
It appears AI always interpret things are moving (when they are not supposed to), so a lot of text went wiggly. Moving text on the other hand looks very nice on pause.
Fun Fact: some fans think Ridge Racer happen in the same universe of Ace Combat, the World of Strangereal.
reiko just iconic at this game
They need to remaster this game and not just visually like extend the storylines because that was one of the best parts was the theme stories imagine if it was like persona five levels of choice and story more tracks more cars ray tracing 4K 60fps.....never happen however
Damn this is awesome, hope one day you upscale the 2 intros from wild arms 2nd ignition the usa versions
The singer's name is Kimara Lovelace.
画質いいじゃん、上手いね。
fantastic quality. PSX movies really look bad in their original form and AI upscale suits them well
games are fine when running at double the base resolution already
i am super interested in knowing how good the namco's original file looked then.
開場畫面太喜歡了 好懷念
Interesting! Reiko looks much better here than in the other upscales I’ve seen, but the font and some of the car scenes look better in others. It’s gotta be something to do with the different AI styles.
1:24 best moment
Wangan Midnight opening for the ps2 or Battle Kaido
Let all be honest we did air punches when the driver was cranking gears
この少し黄色っぽいのがリアルでエエのよな
Great intro!;
Could you make the same for GT1 & GT2, that would be great!
드디어!!
Would like to see this with a newer model. One with more temporal coherence.
Today I play this great game on my TV LG Oled C1 48" at 4k with duckstation emulator
I wonder if Namco or someone who worked there still has the original full quality render. If they do it was probably only done at 640 x 480 best case anyway before compression.
sounds so damn good
Wow 😍
This is basically what it would look like if Ridge Racer Type 4 was remastered for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
good job
She must be in her 50's now that girl. If she didn't get run over walking through tunnels like that in broken heels..
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Again really great quality. Anything on those bioshock 1 trailers?
They need to remake this dame with UE5
Thank you a lot!!))
Could you make one but with that wierd green blue on pls?? I think that was kind of the original essence. Really great job with the remaster
Great Great Great Great Great!!!!!
と、永瀬がコース内に入ってるじゃん！てヒトもいるけど、彼女はレースクイン、しかも特級の。「遅れたからコースで行っちゃえ！」なんじゃね？と一人思う。
で、最大の疑問。彼女はアストロノーツになったのか⁇
지금은 볼수없는 동네 게임가게에서 하루종일 틀어놨던 영상.. 멍때리고 봤던 기억이 생생하다..
Hi Upscale!
Can I used this video in my *PS1 start up theme remix?* I am going to showcase the best games available on PS1. ☺️🎮
please do wipeout XL/Wipeout 2049
What did you source the footage from? Some artifact information could easily be filtered away with a better source.
Probably a recording of the intro from the PSX game or if so inclined converted it from the game files
I mean I don't believe there's another source for this
Now it looks like ps2 fmvs
Caught in 4k
Nagase Maria Gasolina
Com certeza mano
Name song?
Urban Fragments
Question! Why she need to walk through the tunnel 😂
The text always suffers.
스토리, 플롯, 음악, 편집 완벽하므로 그래픽 구린게 아무렇지 않아!!!!
😀
R4 咏濑莉子
Do krl pqp
there a lot and a lot of artifacts loool
ตำนานรถแข่งเกมนี้ในสมัยนั้นถ้าใครไม่เล่นถือว่าพลาดอย่างแรง
R4で引退したわ
this ai upscaling looks like shit lmao