Ridge Racer Revolution

Story

The game system remains unchanged from Ridge Racer (apart from the addition of a rear-view mirror when using the vehicle view, taken from the 1994 arcade successor Ridge Racer 2), with a series of checkpoints, a time limit and the same vehicles. The player can drive with either automatic or manual transmission. The game can be played with Namco's NeGcon controller. The game consists of three tracks: "Novice", "Intermediate" and "Expert", with different sections open for each track. The game includes the modes from the original game: normal race against eleven other cars and time trial against one car. Ridge Racer Revolution adds a new racing mode: Free Run. This mode is not actually a race, since there are no other cars. Rather, the player can test the car and practice driving it on the track. There is no lap limit. A new feature of the game is the ability to choose the time of day when the race takes place. This option is not available at the beginning of the game and must be unlocked first. Ridge Racer Revolution features a two-player connection mode that also gives players access to the two tracks from the original Ridge Racer game, known as "Special 1" and "Special 2". As in the first Ridge Racer, players usually start with four cars. The remaining eight can be selected if you win the mini-game before the title screen (the mini-game is Galaga '88 and not Galaxian from the original game). As in the first game, after the player wins the first three laps, inverted versions of the tracks are unlocked, and the time trial mode becomes a boss race against two other cars, including the duel car. There are three duel cars: the original "13th Racing" devil car from the first Ridge Racer for the beginner course, and the new cars "13th Racing Kid" (for the intermediate course) and "White Angel" (for the expert course). Players will get these cars if they win the time trial boss race of the respective course. There are also two hidden modes: "Drift Contest", where players get points for how well they turn certain corners, and "Pretty Racer" (also known as Buggy mode), which served as the inspiration for the arcade game Pocket Racer. Mirrored tracks that work the same way as in the original game are also accessible. As in the first game, the player can insert a music CD during the game to listen to instead of the game's soundtrack. Unlike the first game, however, only the last track played is loaded into the PlayStation's memory; to change courses, the player must insert the game disc again before loading the data.