Post everytime you get ANYTHING retro. We want to know (^v^)

[nakamura]

I had played every game in the series when it came out, even the arcade. Ridge V is my personal favourite. Still playing it once a month at least almost 12 years later.

[J0e Musashi]

R4 is the worst Ridge game available IMO.

[Baseley09]

I don't doubt R4's quality as a title, but as a Ridge Racer game it is quite distinct from the others.

It's like a see through electric sax solo where the others are synths and lazer shows.

[noobish hat]

Have you played Unbounded? What a pile of crap. More like Ridge Racer: Unburnouted. But without the Un.

[nakamura]

Unbounded was ok. It played fairly well but didn't do anything special.

[noobish hat]

It was like a joke. It was like Fast and the Furious: The Game.

[Cauterize]

Not bought a great deal recently, but this is probably the most interesting thing I have had enter the collection:



Chuck Rock 2 Proto/Sample - Sadly I can't find any differences in game yet, but it's a nice item for the shelves

[noobish hat]

Interesting find, where'd you get it?

Haven't seen you around for a while, Adam, you keeping busy?

[Cauterize]

Interesting find, where'd you get it?

Haven't seen you around for a while, Adam, you keeping busy?

eBay off the well known US collector DreamTR.

Yeah it has been a while, busy as ever! Hope you're good too buddy - your recent articles have been fantastic

[Wools]

Ridge Racer Type 4 is a stone cold classic. It's pretty much the only non-kart/sci fi racer that I enjoy. I love to just chill out and go for a ride, so relaxing. I like to put on 90s music and play the night time track, reminds me of sitting in the back seat of my dad's car at night, playing Pokemon while he drove us to his house in Wales every weekend.

That?s what I loved about Type 4, it was so different from other racing games in that it had an atmosphere. There was no trance like songs, no nitrous oxide, no attempt at trying to force you to recognise the speed.

It was a chilled out, ambient Grand Tour of a racer, where you drift through beautiful night time cities or pastel coloured countryside.

R4 is the worst Ridge game available IMO.

I would class Ridge Racer V as my least favourite as it done nothing new, had no soul and was clearly rushed. Ridge Racer Revolution would be next in the firing line as it?s just a lazy expansion pack.

Type 4 towers above everything else, followed by the original Ridge Racer and then Rage.

I don't doubt R4's quality as a title, but as a Ridge Racer game it is quite distinct from the others.

It's like a see through electric sax solo where the others are synths and lazer shows.

That?s what made Type 4 (And the original PlayStation Ridge series) so special to me. They were so individual and unique that they could be played as a separate instalment, unlike other racers where the next instalment is identical but looks prettier.

Edge done a Time Extended on Ridge Racer Revolution a few years back and talked about the hallmarks of the original series. They compared it to the 90?s club scene where the original is the start of the night, Revolution is the dizzy high, Rage is the dark and oppressive Sunday comedown and Type 4 is the peaceful and reinvigorating Sunday afternoon.

It?s quite an appropriate description of the themes of the PSone games.

[nakamura]

The problem I have with Type 4 was the structure, it was miles too simplistic. Rage and V had the upgraded car options. R4 just felt like a series of single races with lots of collecting of virtually pointless cars.

[noobish hat]

Structure? It's a racing game! Just drive!

[Wools]

The problem I have with Type 4 was the structure, it was miles too simplistic. Rage and V had the upgraded car options. R4 just felt like a series of single races with lots of collecting of virtually pointless cars.

I was always cool with the structure of Type 4, as too many racing game re-use content to extend the life of the game and in turn, the races become boring. If I’m correct, I only played through the game on its easiest difficulty to unlock the tracks and then played TT or Split Screen.

Fair enough criticism though, it had a simple structure but had loads of great courses in comparison to the limited selection on offer in earlier games.

[noobish hat]

lots of collecting of virtually pointless cars.

Can you really say that this is a pointless car?



Be honest.

[Wools]

What a machine!