A game you should not overlook.

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This only applies if you like car driving games.
I rented (RidgeRacer6) because I was a bit dubious as to whever it would be any good or not. Now I love Project Gotham racing 3 but at the end of the day it doesn’t really know if it’s an arcade game or stab at a simulation.

When I first booted up Ridge Racer 6 I thought deary me this seems awfully slow after PGR3 and I thought I’ll give it 10 mins then post it back.
Well I lasted a bit longer (2 months now). This is a true Arcade racer and it’s reminded me so much of what good arcade racers used to be. After a few racers things started speeding up and the sense and feel of drifting around the corners is almost therapeutic, it’s so satisfying. Talking of drifting, when I seen the trailer for this game it looked kind of hideous how the cars went around the corners but I’d like to tell you its very different when you play it, its very well engineered and totally satisfying.

The music tracks in this game are so cool and you feel obliged to do well as you drift around the corners to some great tracks. Car sounds all seem correct and meaty and although the DJ guy who comments on your driving got on my nerves at first I love him to bits now, he’s like a good mate egging you on to do better.

To keep it brief the graphics in this game are amazing and hand on heart I truly believe they are better than PGR3.
The track/s design is amazing and so immersive it’s really a breath of fresh air.

The only downside to this game (for me anyway) is that it doesn’t touch PGR3 for online play in the slightest, however the online challenge of achieving the fastest lap/s on any track saves it and is a welcomed change from “just” winning races.

The point of my thread is just to help anyone who has considered getting this game and had any doubts. If you can get past the first 5 or so slow paced races you will be onto a winner here. Quite an addictive game.


 
I'll probably get this when I finish NFS:Most Wanted. I love RR on the psp, and Type 4 was great on the psone. If you can get used to the drifting and accept it isn't meant to be realistic then the RR games can be class.
 
I was not so impressed with the game. It was fun, but just didn't have that feeling of skill and reward that PGR3 had. PGR3 had the cars, the locations, and combined it all with fun and excitement. Besides, I thought the graphics in RR were inferior to PGR3 in every way. It wasn't a bad game, far from it, but it didn't "do it" for me.

Maybe it is because I have owned every PGR game, and never played a previous RR game for mor than a few mins, but PGR3 all the way for me.
 
Love playing RR6 whenever I can.

Favourite tracks have to be the ones at the airfield ...
 
I played PGR3 in a Game shop, when i was at my local shopping center. It's definitely a top game, I just loved how you have to slow down for corners, not go round them too fast. While I was in the shop (around 45 mins) I had mastered Tokyo with hard bots. I could drop into 3rd gear and take a sharp corner at ~160mph. A great game tbh.
 
Gotta agree, I swapped my Full Auto for RR6 and I absolutely love it. It's damn hard at times, but the graphics, speed, music and sound are brilliant.
 
Scythe said:
I played PGR3 in a Game shop, when i was at my local shopping center. It's definitely a top game, I just loved how you have to slow down for corners, not go round them too fast. While I was in the shop (around 45 mins) I had mastered Tokyo with hard bots. I could drop into 3rd gear and take a sharp corner at ~160mph. A great game tbh.
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yeh but we are talking about how great RidgeRacer 6 is lol :P
 
Played it, tried to like it, but depite being a fan of the series I just found it extremely dull, even with the fastest cars.

I thought it was such a wasted opportunity.
 
I found it horribly horribly easy.. had a ton of races and just ended up feeling bored at the end as I seemed to be in front by half a lap most of the time.
 
Reektan said:
I found it horribly horribly easy.. had a ton of races and just ended up feeling bored at the end as I seemed to be in front by half a lap most of the time.
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Need to play a little longer ;) Once you complete the basic route, new routes appear that aren't quite so easy...
 
This game gets damn hard towards the latter stages.
and i loved every minute i played of it, need to go back and get some more achievements though, but tooo many games on the go just now lol
 
The best racer on the 360 doing 100% was tough


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To say this game gets harder is a major understatement it gets insanely hard I think, I'm about 50% of the way through and have lost interest atm as some races I have found almost impossible to win (no-nitro for you but AI cars get it arghhhhhh), I'll probably go back to it but now Oblivion is here that may not happen for a while :)
 
I've been toying with the idea of getting RR6 for ages now, and after downloading and playing the demo - I love it to bits. Not played it in a while though but I still like the game heaps. The commentator is very irritating though!
 
RR6 is fun and all but I really can't see the point in "exploring" new routes because they are exactly the same as previous ones except with faster cars/better opponents??
 
norm said:
RR6 is fun and all but I really can't see the point in "exploring" new routes because they are exactly the same as previous ones except with faster cars/better opponents??
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Thats the same with all racing games though. The cars get faster, the opponents get better. Only diff is RR6 doesn't have as many tracks.

There are the special races though, they have a variety for sure. Hard as nails too.
 
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