If the world hadn’t gone to hell, could you imagine modern day arcades with full hydraulic cabinets, 8k 120hz wraparound monitors, and a bunch of people just hanging out and watching you play?
People played these in a racing seat with steering wheel and vibration and hydraulics and the works back in the arcade days. Most realistic landings from a jump ever, lol.
@@dogey8831 there were no hydraulics. But even if there were you could buy a sim racer seat with movement if you wanted to but it will be in the thousands by then
They kinda already did. It came out 13 years ago on PSP. It was called Ridge Racers 2 (sequel to the original PSP RR game). It had like every track in every RR game up to that point and like 60 cars, and it was awesome.
@@Will-vj5bc I meant more along the lines of having all the games themselves in un- altered original forms put together in an compilation, like Namco Museum , not just reusing assets from the previous games, point being the only way you can play this game is on a psp (ps vita) or an emulator in 2019
I remember playing this in the arcade back then. There was a red button next to the steering wheel in the cockpit that said "Shut up Bitch!", but I never knew what that was for. That button does not seem to be emulated in MAME, tho.
This is the best looking Ridge Racer game that I have never played. I rmemeber back in the day reading about this in the gaming mags of the 90's. Always was hyped about it, but it never came out.
Something I noticed: The voice line "You caught up eh? Try and stay with me now!" always get triggered when you're in 7th place and a blue Baraduke car in front of you.
Idk who told me but once they told me they hated the camera tilting on turns i could hardly play this game now. I seriously never noticed it until they told me. Even with my t248 it isn't enjoyable anymore lol
@@CJTranceAddiction No way. EVen I can't agree with that and I am a massive Ridge Racer fan. I loved every Ridge Racer barring all of them after Ridge Racer 5.
@@EAprima It's not always about graphics...Ridge Racer games are way more fun to play. The feeling and sensation you get in Ridge Racer games is just so much more satisfying than the clunky feel of Daytona. I can't describe it....
@@CJTranceAddiction Didn't say anything about graphics and I've never heard anyone refer to the handling of Daytona as "clunky", which is a new one for me. It's all good that you prefer Ridge Racer but even I know as a massive Ridge Racer fan that when it comes to gameplay, Daytona 1 and 2 cannot be touched for the amount of depth both titles hold is ridiculous. When it comes to music though, as much as I love Daytona's "heat and mega hype of the race" music I really adore Ridge Racer's awesome tracks. Also, going through Ridge City at high speed... Wow! It's truly is like going through Tokyo's Shutoku Highway at high speed and with some beautiful drifting. I love Ridge Racer so much, it's like "feel good" driving on a beautiful summer day. I still remember when I first playing Ridge Racer 2 in the arcades, it was a wonderful feeling speeding like crazy on Expert, drifting through every corner like a mad demon when you got the mechanics down. Heck, my happiness expanded further with Rage Racer, Rave Racer (even though the drifting became too silly) and R4 for I loved them so much I clocked up some crazy hours on all three titles (gosh, I spent a lot of money on Rave Racer). So yes, I love, I know, and thrill for Ridge Racer but no... Daytona really is king.
@@EAprima Nahh, after reading all of that there is no way someone would say all of that about Ridge Racer and still say Daytona is king. Sorry man, try again but you didn't convince me you're a Ridge Racer fan haha. Daytona's cars handle like shit compared to the fluidity and tight controls of Ridge Racer. And this is coming from someone who just recently gave Daytona a chance by buying the game on PS3 (the arcade perfect version) and felt like I just wasted my money. There's barely any courses and worse, the 3 courses that are there are just boring. The game just has no life and soul like Ridge Racer.... And you said it yourself....Ridge Racer truly does feel like "feel good" driving on a beautiful summer day. And you still take Daytona? Not a chance in hell. Plus, R4 and R5 BOTH top anything Sega has released as far as racing games go. R4 was the best damn looking and playing racing game on the PS1 and I still play it on my PS3 to this day. I don't care what you or anyone else says about Sega's AM2/3...doesn't take away the fact that both Virtua Fighter and Daytona were boring games in their respective genres. Tekken was always superior to Virtua Fighter just like Ridge Racer blew Daytona away. And Daytona was just god AWFUL on the Saturn....I remember in game mags how everyone thought Ridge Racer was the superior game on consoles.
Missed this one but I did catch Ridge Racer 2 in the arcades. I remember there being a full manual with clutch pedal which was awesome. It was expensive though about £2 a go but i suppose the owners had to get that revenue back considering the cost of the machine
I was playing Manx TT Superbike last night and when playing with a D-Pad/Keyboard the first person view feels completely unplayable due to the camera jerking left or right with every feathering tap. But when I switched to 3rd person it was doable. It looks like the person playing here is playing with a D-Pad setup. (btw I figured out I could emulate the Saturn steering wheel on an Xbox360 controller and the stick gave me fine turning controls)
I remember playing a game in the style of Ridge Racer, but they all were lamborghinis, or something like that. No, it's not Automobili Lamborghini for the N64, BUT it looked like it (even car designs and colors)
@CasePB -> Nope, the lineage goes like this for the Japanese arcades - > Ridge Racer (1993) -> Ridge Racer 2 (1994) -> Rave Racer (1995). So, Raver Racer was Namco's 3rd arcade entry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave_Racer
I never knew this arcade game ever existed at all, it's good to see how it looks from the gameplay and the bonus after winning a race. Gameplay: It's pretty much Ridge Racer but in an arcade cabinet from the '90's, need i say more? Attract mode: the letters flash so fast...my eyes just don't like that honestly... (i don't mind Reiko Nagase or that mysterious woman dancing in the BG) Male Voices: i'd say it's ok but it's below the other male voices from the original Ridge Racer or Ridge Racer Revolution from PSX Female Voices: Reiko Nagase (if it isn't Reiko Nagase then i dunno who it is then -_-) basiclly sounds really really weird, although it is my 1st time seeing this Ridge Racer spinoff, i'll just let those sfx slide for once (in my opinion it is...meh...Rage Racer easily beats this one's voice acting) Bonus: After you win in any of the 3 tracks, you can play a game on running as many cones as possible, umm okay, it is something i guess, it may be seen as a prize for winning a race. Unlockables: The only unlockable is Mirror mode, if you win on the Professional Course (Mountain), the credits show up, and after that it shows you the way how to unlock Mirrored tracks, nothing else Vehicle Select: It is possible to change the car in the service menu, normally it is the same one for every single race.
Just one small correction: the car is actually the same for every race. You can change it in the service menu, which I did between races (not in the video), but if you were playing this game at a real arcade, you wouldn't be switching vehicles from one race to the next.
can't believe Namco just abandoned Ridge Racer!!!! worse they farmed the game to western devs who didn't do a bad job but they just can't make games like japanese devs. sad
How did you get the Disc 2 songs to show up in the first menu screen (starting from Race 7)? I’m on the Arcade1Up version and can’t figure out how to do it
Namco sort-of did, but it’s not what you’re hoping for. They released a version of RR Revolution called Pocket Racers in the arcade, using the big tyres, small car mode from RRR. Sadly it was on their System 11 board which is basically identical to the PS1 rather than Super System 22 like Rave Racer, so the graphics weren’t any more advanced.
Namco had started work on a Pentium (I think) PC version and abandoned the conversion, not for technical reasons but probably pressure from Sony. These tracks have never been on any Sony machine either sadly. Emulation and a real arcade machine are the only way to play it now sadly.
@@arronmunroe Awww yes - you are right!! Well this is one of my fave games and glad to see it runs that well on MAME - even if not perfect yet. Viva Nono was missing so many animations and looked very mediocre on there. Great video quality btw!! How do you capture?
@@nolongerusing7430 Rave Racer was arcade only. Apparently, it was supposed to get a PC release, but I'm not sure what happened to make Namco cancel that.
@@E24KLawson Who knows, apparently the early demo version of the PowerVR PC's of the time where very impressive. But Namco apparently also where in discussions of porting games to Sega Saturn as well as Sony Playstation & we all know who ended up winning that war. If I had to guess, given that technology like graphics cards in PC's are constantly changing, Namco possibly just thought going for an exclusive deal with Sony was the best way to go!
If BOTH The Coronavirus Pandemic & The Great War for Ukraine didn't happen NOR shake up the whole dang world, lots of people would be at video game arcades, eating fried chicken bacon pepperoni philly cheesesteak sandwiches, sea salted pepperoni pizza waffle fries and drinking a mug of ice cold Barq's Root Beer while playing old school arcade games like Rave Racer, Time Crisis & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and everyone and their lifelong best friends & their girlfriends watching everyone play.🍔🍟🍺🕹️🥰👍
