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Great Arcade Style Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ridge Racer is a classic racing game that gives you fake cars, fake tracks, and fun arcade style racing.

We've played both Project Gotham Racing and Need for Speed. All 3 games feature really well done car models with incredible reflections and details. In all 3 cases, the high definiton tracks and details really shine. All 3 games really take advantage of the XBox 360's high level of graphics.

In Ridge Racer, you're dealing with fake track layouts - so you don't get to see the cool streets of New York, Las Vegas, or other locations. On the other hand, the locations done are all modelled on cool locations - you see bridges, streets and locations that seem quite familiar.

The same is true with the cars. They don't have real models here - you get the Derota and other cars that are similar to real styles but not quite there. This probably saves them some money on licensing costs, but I have to admit that it's not nearly as cool to be driving a Derota as to drive say a Porshe.

But really, Ridge Racer isn't about authenticity. It's about pure arcade fun. When you smash into walls, your car isn't even damaged. You don't get hurt at all when you play bumper-car games with your competitors. Really, this is about fast-blasting fun with an emphasis on sliding and nitro. When you skid around corners, you build up your nitro boost power. Build up enough power, and you can blast past your enemies with a WHOOSH of speed.

It's really cool looking at the 'world view' of all the races, laid out as hexagons with interconnecting paths. You can choose a variety of routes to get to new races, unlocking new cars and colors as you go. There are over 100 different races to run, each with different twists and turns. That makes for great replayability on your own, never mind going up against friends to see who can corner the best.

It's definitely a fun racer, and even if you have the other racing games, I'd suggest you at least rent it to try it out. Sometimes it's fun to have a game that you can just blast and slide away at without having to put serious though into strategy and turn speed dynamics. It does exactly what it's meant to do - provide hours of fun!

WOW I am impressed.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Not by the graphics though. I thought the graphics would blow me away as they did on the PSP version. But they did not. NEED for Speed and Gotham are better in this department. However, what they did do right in this game is the gameplay. This game is wicked fun to play. Let's not forget it is addicting. You think it only has about 100 races to beat. But once you beat them, you get about another 100 to go. the downside is that many of these races are just the same tracks with different objectives like do it with nitro. This time do it without nitro. But, the racing is fast, the drifting is great, and the jumps are fun. THis game is much better than I thought it would be and much more arcade-like (fun) than expected.

Grrrrrrrreat racer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

YES, as far as RACERS go I gave this a FIVE...I remember playing one of the first Ridge Racers on the Playstion 2 or something like that (i'm not a "gamer")...

Since then i've gotten ALL of the Grand Turismo games and this game, as with some of it's predecessors, is wondrful.

The handles of the cars are easy, which leads to enjoyable game-play, but more so, the simple controls make the races more of RACES as apposed to endurance tests...

The speed factor mixed with the awesome concept of the underground fascination with drifting is wondrful...you slide in and out of corners seemlessly and the only shortcoming come with your own inability to drift the car... Find a car you're comfortable with and ROCK OUT...this coupled with retarded graphics makes this game playable any day of the week...

The races, obviously, increase with difficulty as you progress, but as you progress your skills improve...this is a wonderful racer for those who don't have the fortitude to sit through insanely difficult games like grand turismo. You can actually move through and get to new tracks without sacrificing a day of your life. That and the handling and racing challenge is right up to par with the same insanely difficult tasks of other racing games.

If you're looking for a racer that is both easy to control, challenging to PLAY and great to look at, this is the one...fun is the whole point after all right?

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When the Ridge Racer series emerged on home consoles, it established itself as the one of the leading arcade-styled racers. Fast forward a couple generations, and unfortunately it's changed so little over the years that other hot rods have long since caught up. Launch titles usually don't squeeze all of the hardware juice out of a console--but Ridge Racer 6 looks can almost pass as a regular Xbox game. Building textures look noticeably low-res even at blurringly fast speeds, and the cars themselves fall short of models seen in Forza. Borrowing levels from previous games, the game's stages fail to excite you. Game mechanics seem trapped in the previous gen, too. Building up nitrous gauges is a take back to the PSP version, and the addition of the Ultimate Charge does little to approach a Burnout level of intensity. And isn't next-gen a perfect time to make damage modeling standard? Not in this conservatively status quo racer. The computer controlled cars seem clueless of their surroundings, make each course a mind-numbingly repetitive ordeal. Namco typically delivers satisfying electronica tracks, but the cobbled-together score innocuously bumbles in the background in RR6, helping to fill out the otherwise devoid experience. Of course, all else is overshadowed when you hear the Ebonics-spouting announcer--the only phrase missing from his crass stereotypical banter is "word to your mother." Race long enough and you'll even have the pleasure of hearing him use the leet-speak hot phrase, "own." It's not a bad game when you break it down, but there's no sense in dropping 60 bucks on a next-gen title when there are plenty of other previous gen games that'd get your heart racing faster. Hold out for the inevitable next-gen Burnout.

Fun game, but you'll want to strangle the narrator!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are outstanding in this game. However, after 3 laps you'll get REALLY sick of the repetitive comments of the (wanna-be Chris Rock) narrator!

Rent this one first. Compare for yourself w/ NFS Most Wanted, PGR3, Burnout Revenge and Test Drive Unlimited (soon to be released, free demo available now).

Impressive...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite impressive. The graphics are amazing. There are so many things happening while you race in the background. Things like fireworks blowing up, air planes and helicopters flying over you, and it sounds awesome if you have surround sound because it'll really put you in the game when that's happening. The crowd even applauds you by throwing a ton of confetti at you when you're near the crowds, but this only happens if you are leading in the race in first place. I was quite impressed by it because I thought it would be a dissapointment but it is actually a good racing game.

Again, the graphics are awesome and racing undergound in the tunnels is a blast. The best thing is that you can get this game for brand new at about $20 nows, I got mine used for about $15. The only thing I don't like about it is that the cars are not customizable. There are also a ton of stickers on the cars which makes it look cluttery. Again, all the cars are very generic and most of them are look a likes like sport cars today, but they are not branded. Other than that, the game is great to play with friends racing each other...you have to learn how to drift and you can even use nitrous to boost. Oh yeah, and the commentator is also quite funny at times, but then you'll find him repeating somethings over through out the race.

Definetly add this to your collection, with all that and the low low price of any Xbox 360 at retail, this game should be fun for the whole family!

CoooL!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just got this game yesterday for the xb360. Hooked it up to the tv. HD Looks Awesome. Everything is so detailed, basically controls are the same as the psp. If u like racing games, get this game!

Fun arcade racer with totally broken online play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love Ridge Racer. I've played through every entry in the series (including the N64 and DS games). I own a neGcon. I paid more for the R4 soundtrack than I did for the game. In other words, I know of whence I speak when I say that if you've ever enjoyed a Ridge Racer before, you will be all over this one. It plays like all of the others, and it remains just as fun with a D-pad as with a $150 force-feedback wheel. The most fundamental difference is the inclusion of the nitrous boost from RR PSP; for us purists, though, there is an achievement that can only be unlocked by winning all of the single races without nitrous. (Good luck, by the way. Wow!)

That's single player though. Online plays the same, but unfortunately it is let down by one huge, devastating loophole. The first time you enter an online battle, you will probably find that for each race that has 8 people in it, 3 of them will just sit on the starting line. They'll stay there for the entire race. Then after the fastest finisher crosses the line, they'll inch across - and they'll be awarded second, third, and fourth place. I cannot put into words how disgusting and frustrating this is. Why has this not been patched since the game's release OVER A YEAR AGO? For now, your best bet is to create your own races, and if anyone makes a habit of squatting on the start/finish line, you can boot them out of the lobby. Otherwise, online will be an exercise in futility, best done only to unlock the cars you get for participating in races.

A perfect game for 4 year olds-all else stay away

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 29
Date: January 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrible. True it is sort of new and inventive. But gameplay is terrible, graphics are equiv. to regular Xbox. I have purchased this game in package just to get the Xbox 360. Also stay away from ridge racer (terrible driving game, the worst i have ever played) driving physics are non existent and gameplay is designed for five year olds. Perfect Dark Zero is also terrible. All of these games have received great reviews. I dont know how? All have graphics dated back to the original Xbox!!!! Hope this helps!

same ald game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: August 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

can't belive this game is the remake of first ridge racer game for the ps1 control are stupid.graphic's are not for a xbox 360 quality over all ridge recer game are a frustrade experience ,with the exention of RAGE RACER game -that was a classic recer game for the ps1. not recomended

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