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Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer is a series of racing video games created by Namco and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first game, Ridge Racer (1993), was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware, later ported to the PlayStation one year later as a launch title.

Racing

Trophies: 48
Platinum possible: Yes
Space needed: About 777 MB
Time to beat: about 1.1 hours

Overview

Ridge Racer, originally named Ridge Racer Vita, is a 2011 racing video game published by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Vita as a launch title, originally on 17 December 2011 in Japan, and internationally from February 2012. It is the 5th handheld game in the Ridge Racer series and the first on a Sony platform since 2006's Ridge Racer 2. It was the first and only game in the series developed by Cellius. The game continues the Ridge Racer tradition of arcade racing and supports single-player as well as local and Wi-Fi multiplayer games. Upon release, Ridge Racer was mostly panned by video game critics due to the lack of a career mode and particularly the lack of content, with much of it locked as paid downloadable content.

Ridge Racer received "generally unfavorable reviews" as reported by the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for a total of 29 out of 40. Elsewhere, it was critically panned by various publications for its barebones nature and a lack of proper progression, unlike other installments in the series.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Racing

Developer

Cellius, Xeen

Publisher

Bandai Namco Games, Namco Bandai Games

Series

Ridge Racer

Platforms

PlayStation Vita

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player: Yes
Local multiplayer: No
Online multiplayer: Yes
Co op: No

Age ratings

PEGI: 3
CLASS IND: L
ESRB: E10+

Release dates

Platform	Region	Date
PlayStation Vita	Japan	2011-12-17
PlayStation Vita	Europe / PAL	2012-02-22
PlayStation Vita	North America	2012-03-13

Trophies

Trophies48

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum: 1
Gold: 3
Silver: 8
Bronze: 36
Total: 48
Points: 1350

Platinum Ridge Racer You earned all the trophies in RIDGE RACER. Platinum 2.99% of players
Welcome to Trianchor Alliance! You signed with Trianchor Alliance. Bronze 5.43% of players
Welcome to Circlite Racing! You signed with Circlite Racing. Bronze 5.1% of players
Welcome to Xealot Motorsport! You signed with Xealot Motorsport. Bronze 5.3% of players
Welcome to Squaris GP! You signed with Squaris GP. Bronze 5.13% of players
Switching Sides You transferred teams. Silver 3.48% of players
Prodigy Your team sponsor acknowledges your steady efforts, and has upgraded your machine's specs to the next level. Keep up the good work. Bronze 5.51% of players
Solid Foundation You've maxed-out your machine's basic specs. All that's left is letting your choice of upgrade kits and driving technique determine the winner. Bronze 4.31% of players
Capable Your Skill Grade has increased to Level 2. Your rivals will be equally tougher. Make it a worthwhile victory. Bronze 5.2% of players
Skillful Your Skill Level has increased to level 5. You're making your way to being a top ridge racer! Bronze 4.49% of players
Accomplished Your Skill Grade has increased to Level 10. You can proudly claim to have earned a rank among the top ridge racers of the world. Silver 3.86% of players
Stellar Your Skill Grade has increased to Level 16. You can now claim the title of "ultimate racer." Gold 3.52% of players
Tinkerer You took the first momentous step toward developing an upgrade kit on the Machine Upgrade Map. Bronze 5.71% of players
Mad Mechanic You reached the first branch-off point in the Machine Upgrade Map. Every great invention has its roots in risk. Bronze 5.01% of players
Triple Threat You equipped an upgrade kit from Groups A through C for the first time. Bronze 4.27% of players
Wind Whipper You obtained Super Slipstream and Zero Slipstream for controlling the effects of slipstreaming. Bronze 4% of players
Electronic Warfare You obtained Hacker Kit and Data Jammer for hi-tech electronic tactics. Bronze 3.67% of players
Nitrous Master You obtained all types of Nitrous kits on the Machine Upgrade Map. Learn to take advantage of each one's unique properties. Silver 3.72% of players
Tech Tree Climber You completed the Machine Upgrade Map. Gold 3.66% of players
Mild and Menacing You placed first in a race with the most Mild drift settings. Bronze 4.67% of players
Dynamic and Dangerous You placed first in a race with the most Dynamic drift settings. Bronze 4.5% of players
Practice Makes Perfect You raced in over 50 Spot Races. That same commitment will pay off in the World Races, too. Bronze 3.85% of players
Triple Lap Trickster You raced in Total Time Attack over 50 times. Bronze 3.32% of players
Single Lap Spirit You raced more than 200 laps in Lap Time Attack. Bronze 3.26% of players
Ghost Hunter You beat over 50 racers in Ghost Battle. Bronze 3.55% of players
Ghost Contender You beat a Ghost that is higher than 10 G. Bronze 3.61% of players
Ectoplasmed You submitted your race to Ghost Battle. Now they're out to get you! Bronze 4.56% of players
World Racer You raced in over 50 Online Battles. Bronze 3.43% of players
Socialite You raced in over 50 Face-to-Face Battles. Bronze 3.41% of players
Friend or Foe? You raced with a Friend in an Online Battle. Bronze 3.59% of players
Gift from Beyond You received the Devil's Gift and now Ridge Racer and Reiko took on a whole new look... Bronze 4.34% of players
Exorcist You beat the legendary Devil Car in all races. Silver 3.18% of players
Divinity You beat the legendary Angel Car in all races. Silver 3.16% of players
Parting Gift You regifted the Devil's Gift to another racer on PlayStation®Network. Bronze 3.8% of players
Generous at Heart You uploaded 100 Victory Points to your team through Team Vision. Bronze 3.47% of players
Filthy VIP You ranked high in Credit Ranking and earned the title of VIP. Silver 3.45% of players
Top Dog VIP You ranked high in Score Ranking and earned the title of VIP. Silver 4.4% of players
Claim to Fame VIP You've been selected as today's Spotlight VIP for your team. Silver 4.64% of players
Steal the Spotlight You raced against a VIP racer in an Online Battle. Bronze 3.94% of players
Free Agent You obtained over 30,000 CR, meaning you can transfer to a new team after watching Team Vision. Gold 3.58% of players
Been Around the Block You raced at least once in every race mode. Bronze 3.67% of players
Journeyman You raced on all 3 courses--Southbay Docks, Highland Cliffs, and Harborline 765 (including R courses). So, which did you like best? Bronze 4.69% of players
Machine Junkie You raced at least once with each of the 5 machines (BISARGENTO, RAUNA, FIERA, EO, SYNCi). So, which driving style and design did you like best? Bronze 4.54% of players
Technician You mastered the paddle shift in a race. Bronze 4.07% of players
Speed Demon You reached the maximum speed with a maxed-up machine, and added a maximum nitrous. Bronze 3.45% of players
Rocketeer You successfully pulled off a rocket start. Bronze 5.7% of players
Stop and Smell the Roses You stopped by that special spot on the Harborline 765 course. Bronze 4.55% of players
Nitrous-Free You placed first without using any Nitrous. Bronze 4.98% of players