Viva La Revolution (Ridge Racer Revolution (PS))

Member Name: scream4bruce

Product:	Ridge Racer Revolution (PS)
Date:	05/07/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: solid Ridge Racer action finely - tuned

Disadvantages: no split - screen racing, fairly short, annoying announcer

Ridge Racer Revolution is like Galaga '88 to Ridge Racer's Galaxian (their respective loading sequence games!) in that the game is more a revision than it is a revolution.

With the new circuit comes three courses, and although the initial four cars appears to be the same, there have been tweaks to their stats so that the starting line-up is stronger, thus there's not such a need to unlock some cars. Again, those who can muster manual gears get the most out of the cars!
The racing itself has been fine-tuned. It's smoother, it feels slightly speedier, and it seems like they've worked on the collision detection, so it's more solid. Also, the internal view is now fitted with a rear-view camera which is handy!

Whilst the game supports the link-up cable there's still no sign of split-screen racing. I much prefer the soundtrack in this game to that in Ridge Racer, but the announcer can be patronising - "A-ha! You're too slow!".

Where the sky goes dark the conditions were not as tricky as they would have been in Ridge Racer as I was able to see the corners, which was fairer. A challenging game for the short-term, which I place ahead of Ridge Racer.

Summary: Ridge Racer Revolution for PlayStation