Thanks for the support and for watching!! Ridge Racer games have introduced a lot of great music throughout the years - but which of them had the best music in your opinion? 💬 This video will be part of an upcoming series, exploring more of Namco's Arcade games making the transition to PlayStation. The next one will be Starblade & Cyber Sled, so stay tuned! Update: 20 Jul '23 - 1K!! Thank you all greatly! 🎉

@sharptoothtrex4486

10 ай бұрын

I bought and downloaded Ridge Racer Redux for my Xbox One X. I tried to play this game, but it did not work is that this already put me back at the Xbox One X home part. What went wrong here? I felt this ripped me off. I am trying my best to get down to this underlining cause.

@VicsFlix-YouTube

7 ай бұрын

Time Crisis would deffo be great to include next in the Starblade/Cyber Sled line up. I'm still stunned by the fact that all NAMCO games share a universe. It's cool to think that Richard Miller and Dig Dug might hop in a Solvalou to go catch a Ridge Race! Thanks again for the education!

@DazStanford

7 ай бұрын

@@VicsFlix-KZread Time Crisis is definitely on the list, stay tuned!

@stupidbluebird

4 ай бұрын

almost 30 years later and no racing game can match the style of ridge racer type 4's music

@myst2536

4 ай бұрын

TYPE 4 had the best soundtrack in my opinion 😊

I had the pleasure of playing the original RR1 Full Scale coin op back when I was 13 years old. In the Mazda Miata. Truly amazing experience at the time that I wish I could relive one more time. Great retrospective of this series that has been missing the love for too long!

I remember getting Ridge Racer way back in the early 2000s in my youth, the very original PS1 Version. Because I, being young at the time, thought Grand Theft Auto 2 was a different game, my mum looked at the "18" rating of GTA 2 and said "Let's get Ridge Racer instead", and that was when I got hooked on the series. There will never be games quite like Ridge Racer, and my journey also involved me becoming an extremely enthusiastic arcade racing fan, so much that I managed to speak to the Ridge Racer Announcer himself, Michael Guinn, who was also Harry Mason in Silent Hill and worked with Jarion Monroe in that game. If rumours are to be believed, they were working on Ridge Racer 8 but it got cancelled, I wish Namco would still make Ridge Racer, that being said, Kazutoki Kono, the director of R4 and the Ace Combat series, might retire after AC8. I'm hoping Namco still sees the demand for the Ridge Racer series as I have created many concepts regarding sequels to the game. I'm pretty certain Namco understands that the die-hard fans of Ridge Racer want a new game. Hopefully they will release one.

This game definetly redefined my admiration of amazing arcade racing with banging tunes for 30 years, wouldn't be nice if Ridge Racer return nowadays

@ShinobiGambu

13 күн бұрын

Agreed. Namco should remake this game with same vehicles and today's graphics.

The first Ridge Racer and Revolution games should be remade with Today's graphics. That'd be amazing. There's no better way of celebrating its 30th anniversary than that.

I was really hooked on Ridge Racer 7 about 18 years ago. For me, Ridge Racer 6 & 7 were the two best games in the series by far. In fact, those games turned me into an RR fan! I hope we'll get a new game on the PS4/5, as opposed to more pachinko titles or re-releases of past games on the PS Store. This is one of the few remaining arcade racing game series not named Need for Speed that seems to be at least somewhat relevant. The rest of them like Burnout and Daytona USA are long gone.

Only missing game is Ridge Racer 64.

@TempoLOOKING

7 ай бұрын

RIGE RACER.😂

@emanuelepolloni4002

6 ай бұрын

Well, the focus of this video was on the PS1 games…

@Kaleidoscope333

Ай бұрын

RR64 was made by nintendo software technology I think the video was focusing on titles made by namco Although that doesn’t explain the mention of Unbounded at the end

Excellent video and brought back some memories too. Bought the original PlayStation on release with Ridge Racer, loved it and absolutely mind-blowing at the time, never got boring. You could play in the arcade and at home. There was a cabinet at local bowling alley and Meadowhall had the full car setup in the centre arcade, now that was an experience!

@DazStanford

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, I can imagine how cool it must've been to try those Ridge Racer cabinets during that time especially the Full Scale one. Thanks for sharing!

From huge fan and holder of some World Records: Thank you for your great work with this video!❤

@ALZERI28

5 ай бұрын

Also WORLD REALLY IS READY FOR BOTH NEW RR GAME AND REMAKE!

Nice video. The Ridge Racer games have been by far my favourites amongst all the games that i played. You managed to highlight the features of them with an on point edit and a selection of soundtracks amongst the most popular ones. Thank you for giving the series the credits it deserves, hoping for a new release on newer generation consoles.

@Andreas32300

2 күн бұрын

Was thinking for Ridge Racer to return with 8. So basically it should be RR7 plus vehicles from 3D and Vita + tracks from PSP titles, R4, V, 6, 7, 3D and Vita. I was thinking Kamata Fortune from V has an opportunity to come back with new design based on newest Civic Type R. And Terrazi Gaia based on that Ace Combat billboard. RR8 should innovate compared to previous entries while keeping the franchise roots. For example, other than Grand Prix / side events, there should be an explorable Ridge State where you undertake side quests or illicit street races across the State while still keeping closed circuit for sanctioned races.

@davidelepera2465

2 күн бұрын

@@Andreas32300 you're right. I wish they would put every car manufacturer ever existed in RR, giving them specific features when it comes to the car capabilities. For example Assoluto with high speed cars, Kamata with all rounded and very stable cars, Gnade with high handling cars, Lizard high acceleration cars ecc...The key point is to keep the identity of Ridge racer alive without trying to make it similar to other games.

When Ridge Racer for the PSP came out, i wasn't even alive, yet it is one of my most loved and most memorable games that i've played. Sadly, my PSPs screen broke, and i'm still trying to figure out where to fix it. Now i currently play the Ridge Racer game for the Nintendo 3ds, which brings me some nostalgia. Also, The Soundtrack is finally on Spotify!!!

Great work with this video regarding transitions, overlays, and pacing! Ridge Racer on the PS1 had a huge impact on my younger years. I bought the wheel (Made by Madkatz) and listened to the soundtrack religiously. Didn't help that I got my drivers license and my first car was a 85 Supra. I would listen to the Ridge Racer and RR Revolution soundtrack on full blast as I raced the highways at night. What an amazing time to grow up and see the series mature as well. I don't see another classic RR title ever coming out but I hope they release another mobile game like the for iOS. Those were fun and similar to the PSP titles. It was F2P however, you could buy extra credits to reduce the grind and unlock certain tracks faster which IMO is the best way to introduce paid content.

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Yeah, a lot of great music came out of those RIdge Racer games. Unfortunately, never played the phone versions but heard they were on par with the proper games!

Ridge Racer was the first game I played in my Ps1. just because it came with the console. i still have it today in its big plastic case. i played this weekend in a native ps1 I purchased years ago. I also have played other ridge racer games in a raspberry pi emulator. Brings me back good memories from when i was just a teenager mesmerized with the graphics difference between my new ps1 and my old snes. In videogames history we never saw that graphics and sounds revolution before. And probably will never see it again. What a time!

Incredible editing. This channel is too underrated. This is like, exactly what I've always wanted to make, but I'm missing a microphone and a good recording studio. Great job!

it's GouraUd Shading ;) developped by Henri Gouraud

Wow amazing, sweet memories.

Nice video, but you actually missed something. Ridge Racer V got its own Full Scale arcade release with a full size car. But the rest of your video was cool. I hope you are able to go more in depth with the arcade cabinets with future videos. I fond memories of playing these cabinets and love seeing lots of pictures of them. I played all arcade cabinets of Ridge Racer 1 and Ridge Racer 2. I even played the original Full Scale. That thing was a beast.

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, searching through the often obscure history of arcades so far has been fun and will try to find all the interesting bits for the next videos. But with that, there's a chance significant stuff could be left out - that'll be the biggest challenge for sure. Man I wasn't aware about a Full Scale version of Ridge Racer V, that's cool! Is there info on the web where I can find more about these cabinets?

Outstanding presentation, truly well done ✅

I never miss a Ridge Racer game, I have them all! Amazing series, fantastic video, waiting for volume 2 !

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Stay tuned for Vol. 2! 🙏

I love anything Ridge Racer related so thank you.

We Need Ridge Racer Back. Make it Happen Namco.

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Amen, fingers crossed 🤞

Enjoyed watching this! 😊🙌🏾

Great tunes in the background

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, RR tracks always bring the good vibes and energy!

Lovely overview, I was totally obsessed with SEGA games and thanks to your video I can start to appreciate everything Ridge Racer has achieved

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙏

This is a great retrospective of Ridge Racer which I was obsessed with back when I got my PlayStation in 1997 which came with Ridge Revolution although I would buy the original Ridge Racer shortly afterwards and Ridge Racer would be one of my most played PlayStation games early on.

Amazing video 👍

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Awesome video, great job on the documentation!

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kinds words 🙏

i really enjoyed this video. good job, keep it up.

Great video!

Fantastic video mate 🤟🏽

I still have the High Spec demo disc which has a hi def version of the Original Ridge Racer Game.

great video!

RAGE RACER sound track was pure 90s beats 👌 still listen to silver stream

I miss how good I was with these games...360 Drifting around corners to beat angel and devil or 180 to 180 drifting that I later saw in the movie Baby Driver!

cant wait for the 2nd volume of ridge racer

I done of my first videos was on the evolution of ridge racer. Great video mate and I subscribed

@DazStanford

8 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks! I'll definitely check out your channel aswell

great video bud

great video subed

Fantastic video!

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Grazie infinite per il tuo Docuvideo, davvero denso di contenuti e pieno di ricordi! Anche io sono cresciuto negli anni '90, e per me Ridge Racer è stato la realizzazione di quello che credevo essere solo un sogno irrealizzabile, diventato poi realtà grazie a Namco, Sony e la sua incredibile PlayStation!!! Da qualche giorno sto ragionando Ridge Racer sulla PS3, con i miglioramenti grafici che riesce ad apportare, davvero un gioco eterno ed immortale!!!! Spero arrivi presto la possibilità di scaricare una riedizione per Ps5, in modo da estendere la possibilità a tutti coloro che lo hanno sempre amato, ma che non hanno più le vecchie console e vorrebbero scaricarlo, come successo con Type 4 e Ridge Racer 2 PSP. Sarebbe davvero stupendo... Non hai però parlato di Ridge Racer Turbo Mode incluso nella confezione di Type 4, con un disco a parte!!!! Lo sai che ci sono degli sbloccabili anche lì? Oltre alle 10vetture attraverso il Bonus Game, c'è anche la Angel Car di Ridge Racer Revolution!!! Che però ancora non riesco a sbloccare....

Good review. My guy....

30:28 there is a reason people made this comparison, on the back of the box it deliberately avertises and I quote :”R4 has to be the best-looking PlayStation racer ever (yes, edging out even Gran Turismo)." Whether or not that is what critics meant by level of quality is beyond me.

R4 also supports system link.

I remember this cabine with miata, i lived my childhood in Japan and there was a mall with this machine. I am very small but my father helps a to play it. Nice memories, I grow up with franchise e would like a new game or remaster abouut ps1 era.

@DazStanford

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story!

RIDGE RACER 8 PS5 !!!

@DazStanford

10 ай бұрын

Yes agreed!

Kind of wish you talked about Rave Racer more but overall good video!

Awesome video, man! Huge RR fan here. When you see the PS1 beginnings it feels like a crime that there wasn´t a new Ridge Racer on PS4 and 5. RR 6 is one of the best and it´s on a freaking xbox only. I played it, finished it, sold it and that was a mistake. I also love RR on Vita after buying all the extra stuff. It was rushed but the driving physics are evolved there. RR 3D on Nintendo 3DS is also fire, packed with content and huge Grand Prix. And did you hear about RR 8 on Switch which then got canceled? Crazy world, my friend.

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it from one RR fan to another! No wasn't aware of a new RR title for Switch, imagine if it was released - I think it would've done really well on the platform.

@hitpeppens2932

Жыл бұрын

@@DazStanford It would be great. Try google it, it wasn´t officialy announced so we can say it was a rumor but I read multiple times from o.k. sources that RR title was in the works exclusively for a Switch for a while, then got canceled for unknown reasons, I bet it was about banco and money.

ngl to me the last RR will be RRV, after they introduced the nitro it loses the charm of it being chill and arcadey. if I were to bring RR to today and age, i wouldn't introduce it as a major AAA game, instead I'll bring it back as a indie level of the OG RR game with a passion of reboot

Great video would have liked a mention of the negecon and jogcon controllers and ridge racer hi spec demo

@DazStanford

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I regret not including the controllers but in an update somehow will find a way to include them. The Hi Spec Demo will be covered in a future video aswell 🤞

Thank you for that video im gonna get from namco ridge racer remake with ports from arcade what gives with tekken 5 and soul calibur 7 with arcade ports etc soul blade sega gives good ways to play arcade versions giving arcade level from yakuza to judgement on like a dragon ends

say it with me boys: RRRRRRRIIIIDDDDGGGEEE RRRAAAAACCCCCEEERRRRR!!!

The commentator is really annoying! Besides that, RR '94 is still an absolute blast in the arcade.

Missed game in the video: Ridge Racer 64

It's a shame Namco isn't interested in Ridge Racer. What's annoying is Namco did not announce a new Ridge Racer, but personified it. Sigh... For god's sake, Ridge Racer's rival, Cruis'n returned in 2017(Console is 2021), Hot Wheels console racing game returned in 2021, and LEGO racing game and F-Zero returned this year. Even Top Gear returns next year. I hate to say it, but Japanese people don't seem to be interested in arcade racing games. Most spiritual successors to Japanese arcade racing games are overseas. Slipstream, the spiritual successor to Outrun, is from Brazil, Daytona USA, Hotshot Racing, the spiritual successor to Virtua Racing, is from the UK, Gravel, the spiritual successor to Sega Rally, is from Italy, Woden GP is from Spain, and Inertial Drift, inspired by Ridge Racer R4, is from Northern Ireland. If I were Japanese, I would be embarrassed.

@DazStanford

9 ай бұрын

If they saw there was a large collective interest, Bandai Namco would definitely bring it back

You ignored Ridge Racer Hi Spec...

@DazStanford

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I know, it's only a demo but an interesting one. I plan to maybe cover it in a future video! 👍

good vid but it's not spelled gouraund shading nor is it pronounced that way

@DazStanford

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh thanks for noting that! Honest mistake, been reading it with n instead of u at the end 😥

@Satanjugend

Жыл бұрын

@@DazStanford no biggie! foreign names can get tricky

@tarekwayne9193

10 ай бұрын

Well, how is it spelled then?

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