R Racing (PS2)

With so much competition in the racing game genre R Racing doesnt stand out. The car physics look arcade and the story mode is good, you race many different cars as you progress through the game. There are so many well done arcade racing games on sale and the developers of R: Racing Evolution know it. They have made a good effort to make this game different from other racing games, however despite the innovation, it is the basics of racing the game fails to deliver. Aside from the story mode there are several other modes including : Time Attack, Event Challenge, Vs. mode, and an Arcade mode. In story mode you play the role of Reena an ambulance ...  Read the complete review

Back in the mid-nineties, Namco’s Ridge Racer franchise had been the (relatively) unchallenged king of console racers; its bright visuals and arcade-perfect handling making it a big hit with both critics and the gaming public. But with the arrival of Gran Turismo (GT) in 1998 came a change in what people expected from their driving experience – and despite Namco’s fabulous Ridge Racer Type 4 delivering a firm argument for old-style arcade racers in 1999, the racing genre has gone very much the way of the simulation in recent years. This is none so more apparent than in R: Racing – a close relation or off-shoot of the Ridge Racer family, first released in 2003. ...  Read the complete review