Ridge Racer 7 needs a Sequel

[@KuruHS]

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[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

While Namco still care with Tekken & Ace Combat, this series sadly got neglected, with last game is Android trash in 2017, really want see Namco returns this amazing racing series from Namco

[@konkitten1644]

my biggest peeve with that last "game" is that its more or less a literal "one button game" and not only can you not download it anymore, it also isnt supported on anything even remotely modern now, along with all the other titles on ios and android. namco obviously still cares about it's old IPs (as mentioned, ace combat and tekken) with mentions to Klonoa getting a remaster, we can honestly only hope they'll look back at their console release titles, the modern racing game lineup consisting of mostly only realistic simulation and festival racers, and realise that they're still sitting on a series that hasn't been given any real love by it's parents since 2007. I'd honestly take a remaster that has everything in a single title (dude imagine R4's car lineup and gameplay in r7's fidelity) over anything sony shows. I would legit piss my pants unironically if a trailer began with "Namco Bandai" with car revving sounds in on a stream at this point. my point is that we're all pining for a new entry in the series. The kids yearn for doing spins the wrong way around a hairpin at 320kp/h+.

[@henrik5299]

They don't care about tekken too now ... Just look at the amount of recycled microtransactions in Tekken 8 . 0 work but you have to pay for everything...

[@LOFTER1704]

I was about to say that it's ace combat but with cars

[@ZulfaaNadindra]

​​@@LOFTER1704 there was a Ridge racer spin off game that's Looks like Ace combat but with cars,R: Racing evolution a Gran Turismo Competitor that use style like Ace combat

[@meyers0781]

the Android "trash" from third party developer isn't even a "trash" game, with wealth of contents. the real "trash" game is the PSVita launch title (dman it's 10+ years ago!) consisting of a few contents taken from RR7 without proper career mode and even then they have to sell some DLC.

[@CyanRooper]

The cars of Ridge Racer 7 are my favourite fictional cars in racing games because they all look so good.

[@Zakon_by]

especially later ones , with jet engine on the side, like WHAAAAAAAT

[@GuntanksInSpace]

​@@Zakon_byThey were wilding with some of the ideas on the cars. Sure you can tell the fictional basis, but then WHAT? JET ENGINES? NUCLEAR POWERED HYPERCARS? ANTIGRAV? Shit was fun!

[@Zakon_by]

@@GuntanksInSpace absolutely amazing fictional cars, I think The best ones ever made

[@OkHeyKay]

Hey Kuru! hope you see this, 765 is a reference to one of the most famous route's in Ridge city, which is basically the begginer track from the first game! Seaside Route 765 Edit: Ridge Racer lore is actually pretty cool, literally. Like, one of the ingame brands actually came from a country in Ace combat, i think it was Assoluto

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

Every Ridge Racer game is connected, which is why you have older tracks. Just a shame they had the beginner course of the first game as the finale of this game

[@오딘곰]

In fact, 765 is the number that represents Namco. When you write Namco in Japanese, it's pronounced similarly to 765, so you'll see 765 in many of our games. For example, the song with 765 notes in taiko no tatsujin.

[@uwu_miyako_uwu]

Ridge Racer V would be interesting to see, it's the last one to still have Grip cars as an option as far as I know. Even so, its handling model definitely has moments where it feels like the direct precursor to that of 6/7, with cars snapping to corners in a very familiar way. Gripping around corners in a Grip car just feels like a no-angle drift in RR7 for the most part.

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

It's also the last one to feature, and maybe the only one, to have a 3D modeled engine from each car. Which also interestingly, each car has like 4 types of engine (standard, extra, oval, and special(?) )

[@Spooka-Rubi]

​@@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898There's only one type of engine in the standard category (that being the "standard engine"). For the extra category, there's two engines: extra and oval. The extra engine is equipped when you do races, whereas the oval engine is equipped when you do the last GP with the oval or when you do time attack (time attack allows you to choose between the two engines). The final category is duel. This is where the special cars reside; making it the fastest category in the game with each car having their own unique engines

[@supirkev]

"RIIIIIDGE RACER" PSP E3 guy.

[@cwookdev]

Punished Kaz: A Man Denied His Hype

[@davidsentanu7836]

I can't decide between that and "ONE. MIRRION. TROOPS."

[@Hodyna]

You know, my whole gaming life I somehow missed Ridge Racer series (not counting the original Ridge Racer for PS1 that I've played in the primary school's common room) and I thought that it was a tesco-value Gran Turismo... this year I've played through the whole mainline series (+ PSP titles and R: Racing Evolution)... and it was so, SO MUCH MORE. I loved the feel, visuals, music, the drifting mechanics... I really, REALLY hope Namco will make another one some day... They brought back Ace Combat so... there's always hope.

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Admittedly I actually dismissed R4 back in the Playstation era too, thought it wasn't on par with GT even though I started off gushing over arcade racing games. Boy was I wrong there! R4 and RR7 are both GOAT arcade racers for me!

[@agentraydg839]

Ridge Racer game, how I miss this! This racing game takes me back nostalgia.

[@LinvestigatesMC]

765 is a reference to sea side route 765 a track in ridge racer

[@RebellionMist]

Nope, 765 is a reference to how "Namco" can be read in goroawase, a common form of Japanese wordplay. 7 = na 6 = mu 5 = ko

[@LinvestigatesMC]

@@RebellionMist ah thank you for letting me know! I just thought it was reference to the og course

[@RebellionMist]

@@LinvestigatesMC No worries! The course name is a reference to this as well. This also explains why you see the 765 number in other Namco games and media

[@Zakon_by]

@@RebellionMist I think the track number its og easter egg and now its both for the track and namco themself since it's referring to one easter egg

[@Skymustbelimited]

@@RebellionMist And! If you're also familiar with the Wangan Midnight series, specifically the Maximum Tune games, your plate will have have a small 765 on it :D

[@Eonymia]

The emulated version likes to crash when switching to the special cars like the Pac-man car. It works fine 99% of the time otherwise, but that particular section of the car list for some reason crashes RPCS3. You basically have to use them in the last races, so you're bound to run into the issue. The best way to avoid it is to try to just choose the car fast to spend the least amount of time possible in that section of the car list. I haven't tried the very newest versions of the emulator, so this might not be an issue anymore

[@nicktronson2977]

I thought it would be a breeze like Ridge Racer PSP but it so damn hard.

[@Solo-ir8vx]

Not only 765 is a reference to a famous route's name, it's also resonate the name of the company Namco in Japanese

[@beat-man5167]

17:34 the emotes perfectly sync with the music

[@SaturnsRing98]

Funny you mention higher resolution, because this was one of the few PS3 titles to run at native 1080p- and it was a launch title!

[@kitsune7919]

Recently finished Ridge Racer 6 on Xbox again and good arcade mechanics in racing games is just no longer a thing.

[@mrapexunicornhunter661]

There is a decent sized competitive community that still plays the game on a regular basis on the ps3. I've played online in some lobbies with them and they are fast af. They have been playing the game for years and their track knowledge is crazy and it shows.

[@K3ntucky123]

Tokyo Xtreme racer just announced early than Ridge racer right now lol

[@Rebelco]

9:26 Being from a thrid world country, they defenetely don't sell the game for a lower price. Yes they give sometimes some promotions, but very rarely and even being a lower price for us is still super expensive.

[@connorbutters8479]

i think the ridge racer engine sounds can be best described as a swarm of slightly agitated bees

[@Andreas32300]

Is it just me, or I love how the world is built on RR7 (Ridge State)?

[@alenny1740]

yeah, car sounds are better in 6 than 7 and Kuru should try Ridge Racer Type 4.

[@nightwolf9951]

Yooooooo, just recently been on a nostalgia trip, listening to some old ridge racer PSP music and remembering the years 2008-2009 back when I played the fk out of this game on my 3004 white PSP.. made me really appreciate arcade racing games 🎮

[@poet215]

Ridge Racer 6 had the better soundtrack, but RR7 was the better game. One of the first games I bought with the PS3 and played that game like it was going out of style.

[@d10_br4ndo8]

there was rpcs3 update yesterday making many games including RR7 fully playable online

[@silverdashhd644]

He's back for more RR7!

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

Honestly definitely I will get this game alongside Blur looks interesting never played it as well

[@PoPoRybnik]

I used to play Ridge Racer on PSP, good times

[@w33bfu]

this series is like the coolest. just pure cool

[@KamataArushi410]

11:30 As an RC410 fan. This hurts my soul more than dove_7 putting it on D tier from his COVER CAR TIERLIST :

[@Livin_LLGAMING94]

Ridge racer type 4 was the bomb ❤

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

If you like Ridge Racer7, try out Ridge Racer 2 from the PSP. That game is a collection of classic events and cars

[@sungjin008]

Namco needs to stop obsessing over anime games and start managing their classic IPs properly. It's hard to believe that Cruis'n, Hot Wheels racing game, LEGO racing game, F-Zero, Top Gear (Top Racer in Japan), Crazy Taxi, Flatout, and even Atari's Sprint, Fatal Run, Burnin' Rubber, Shutokou Battle is back but Ridge Racer isn't. I hope the Midnight Challenge turns out well enough for Namco to regret it.

[@theraiden9631]

Blame it to Bandai. Since the merge of Bandai Namco, Namco is more money chase. Drift Spirits is one of them. Even Project Aces(Ace Combat dev) Having beef with Bandai's higher ups.

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

honestly I wouldn't mind paying $40 for an HD collection of Ridge Racer for consoles... think about it Namco....

[@tasshuffler8905]

Fuck yeah. Bass Modulators 😎

[@verticalflyingb737]

im gonna make a new ridge racer game by myself tomorrow edit: nvm mom said no

[@januszcuadrado9231]

Music at 4:41 ?

[@speedtracker9556]

Look at the song title in the bottom right.

[@alstar8520]

look at bottom right

[@januszcuadrado9231]

Ayy My bad Thanks guys

[@Cuestrupaster]

I legit thought my pc fan was going crazy while watching this... the car sound is awful.

[@nero1995]

Zakon please change the typo in the end credits.

[@veselintonev4496]

How much events ? yes

[@rev.420]

Kuru Fasulye

[@Vest-u9q]

I wish there was a sequel to unbounded.

[@Vest-u9q]

I need another unbound.

[@MattyS54]

we'll probably see RR8 very soon - confirmed to be in development for the Switch, canned then rumoured to be rebooted as a Switch 2 launch title.

[@Shakerini-tf7fp]

I loved this game but the controls on ps3 was trash and couldn't play properly

[@jeffclydecainong2444]

Ok, I was just enjoyed it was Ridge Racer 7

[@theraiden9631]

Blame Bandai for that. Ace Combat also planned to canceled by higher ups, but Project Aces insist and prove them that they are wrong. And they did it, Ace Combat 7 exist. Screw Bandai and anime trash they sell.

[@IceWolF963]

what about ridge racer unbounded?

[@KuruHS]

@@IceWolF963 a good sequel!

[@GG_1318]

very early, huh

[@ultimatelifeform882]

Unversal lol

[@deanonimus2262]

try emulate Initial D 8 or WMMT5

[@theraiden9631]

This is the first time I hear someone has skill issue to Dynamic handling car.

[@FellianTheDragon]

Unpopular opinion: I never really enjoyed the Ridge Racer games

[@HowDoYouTurnThisOn_]

*_It's ridge racer on the PSP. RIDGE RACEEER_*

[@jeremyodwyer9232]

Would be cool to see you check out Inertial Drift. It's a cell shaded twin stick drift racer made by a tiny team in Ireland who were inspired by their love of Ridge Racer.