/vr/ - Retro Games

Ridge Racer R4 if you are an /o/ fag

R4 is the only racing game I like, period. I don't even know why. Favorite track is the one where you go through the tunnel at the end, at night.

>>4730594

Have you played the earlier Ridge Racer games?

>>4730602
I've played one of the older RR games, but I couldn't tell you which one. It's been a really long time. Couldn't get into it.

Ridge Racer Revolution. Mostly for the amazing soundtrack. Love the track called "Grip" in particular.

Actually managed to beat the White Angel car back in the day by making it bump into the back of my car the entire race.

1-4 are all good. PSP title is good too. I haven't played the others.
>>4730614
Are you me.

>>4730614

Is Revolution just Ridge Racer 2, or is it a totally different game?

>>4730621

Its basically Ridge Racer 2 with some additions. So the name change was fitting.

>>4730625

Gotcha. I'll have to give that one a try.

>>4730618
Most of them are shit made to pad out a console's list of launch titles. Surprised they skipped out on doing it again for the PS4.

>>4730675

Even as a kid, I thought Ridge Racer 1 on Playstation was a huge rip off. It's fine as an arcade game that you spend 50 cents on, but $50 for one track is garbage.

>>4730594
>R4 is the only racing game I like, period. I don't even know why.
because its super easy which is ideal for vr tards.

>>4730579
>Which one is your favorite?
rage racer easily although i'd say V but its not retro by this boards standard.

>>4730579
>What's the best way to play them today?
hardware + or emu + us/jap version + negcon.

>>4730916

Have you tried emulating the arcade versions at all?

Can't go wrong with Ridge Racer Type-4. It was quite a technical feat at the time as the game manages to run at a constant 60fps and doesn't have any issues that were common to other racers like pop-up structures. The release also included a second disc with a retooled version of the original Ridge Racer that now runs at 60fps.

>>4731272
R4 itself isn't 60fps, just the RR1 turbo disc. Looks fantastic though, yeah. Such vibrant colour.

>>4731272
>the game manages to run at a constant 60fps
Hate to burst your bubble, but R4 is 30fps.
It's rock solid 30fps tho, only drops in the harbor next to that big ass ship.

>>4731298
>R4 itself isn't 60fps

Indeed it is. The retooled version of R1 was achieved by grafting it onto R4's engine.

>>4730579
Favourite is RRT4 just because of awesome music, physics, track design, artstyle and visuals.
That said previous RR games also worth playing, especially because of vaporware aesthetics and soundtrack which always been amazing.

Best way to play them is obviously on emulator because of hi resolution, perspective correction and in case of first RR and Rage Racer because you can bind your analog pad to a negcon plugin output and get analog steering that way and if you want to bother with settings a bit, you can get a pretty responsive wheel control which makes it even more interesting and suitable for relaxing drift sessions.

Then there is RR2 for psp.
>Pic related
Which includes music and tracks from RRT4 as well but since car choice is poor, despite better visuals its a notch bellow RRT4 IMO.
RRT4 had an enormous amount of car designs comparing to other RR and you were sure to find something suitable for you.

>>4731308
>Wrong pic
Pic is
RR2 for PSP which have courses for previous RR's and better visuals but less car selection and a bit more wackyer physics

>>4731308
>car choice is poor
What? If anything R4's car selection is bloated.
Also world tour is a pretty cool substitute for real racing roots.

And I think you posted the wrong pic.

>>4731328
RRT4 had some really awful car winning system where you actually had to lose to win all 300 cars or so but since emulation is a thing, you can cheat without physically owning a Gameshark and get all 300 cars right of the bat.
Its incredible how many designs there were and I never got to see them because I won every single race and had no idea you had to lose to unlock more cars.

It is bloated since some cars are repeating but, nevertheless, its cool to see bootlegs of Chaparral 2J or freaks like Pac man, Utopia and Vulcano and still, there is a version of various supercars with really cool colour scheme which makes RRT4 car selection the best of all RR games IMO.

>>4731354
>explains to me how to unlock cars
Anon, I was playing R4 a week after it came out and I still have my save with 240 cars unlocked.

>>4731304
>Indeed it is.
No, it isn't.

You misread the blurb, anon.

>>4730614
>literaly me
The 2nd half of Grip is heavenly.

>>4731371
>blurb

What? I'm referring to technical findings about how the port was created. The developers grafted R1 onto R4's engine to achieve a better framerate. It stands to reason that R4 itself would also run at 60fps, unless the framerate gets underclocked due to R4 enabling special effects not active in the R1 port.

>>4731391
>special effects

Exactly, R4's got realtime lighting and specular effects on the cars, higher polycount environments with higher draw distance and what looks like static vertex lighting, all sorts of stuff. Not getting that on PS1 at 60 frames. Load it up in an emu, it's a smooth 30, but definitely 30.

I have all the Ridge Racers except Revolution, is it really worth getting?

>>4731391
????

Namco must be seriously underselling their product then...

>>4730579
my favourite is the first ridge racer, the arcade version. i spent a lot of time playing it when it first came out. it was fucking amazing. all the console ports sucked until ps2 was released, then we got some nice versions that used steering wheel and pedals. that was also fucking amazing.

>>4731370
I was striving for first position each and every time because I had no idea that losing would give me different cars.
In the end I never got most of the cars until few years ago I used the cheat and discovered that car list is way bigger than I ever knew.

>Rotterdam Nation
nice

Love the classic for nostalgic reasons, especially the arcade version on MAME with 60fps and jiggle-free polygons

the 60fps test version on playstation on pgxp is also neat

While like everyone I do enjoy R4 and its not exactly retro, I really like Ridge Racer 7. Its just like the PSP ones but with more stuff.

>>4730707
1 track
why

>>4731492
best song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dybcJyk1iiA

tfw you're a brainlet who only likes the autodrift games

>>4730621
Revolution is RR 1.5 for PlayStation, RR 2 was the arcade sequel.

>>4731391
>how do i into technology

>>4731980

7 is great. It does have some retro cars and music but mainly it just shows off the best the PS3 has to offer. Constant 60fps, constant 1080p, great fast racing across interesting tracks. Anything after that should be considered a different series, not worth anyone's time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6qcKGkZxs Best song coming through.

I was playing R4 on the Connectix Virtual Game Station on my iMac G4 and it runs incredibly well, although for whatever reason it freezes when it tries to save.

>>4732250
More like RR2 is RR1.5 and RRR is the real RR2

Ya'll need to examine your priorities if this is what you think the best music from rr is, actual best track coming through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA8Y3NcxMYg

>>4731298

IMHO this is the pinnacle of retro graphics.
Video games should never have crossed that line.

Pure beauty

>>4733094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5f50e7-j0
I'm sorry anon but nothing can match 2:13 of Your Vibe.

>>4733184
Yeah but what about Quiet Curves?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOPZXV7I9w&t=1s

>>4733094
Nigga please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT7LHG_tM5o

>>4733184
>>4733094
These are my favorite songs from the game. Good taste, you guys. I wish they still made racing games with soundtracks like this.

>>4730579
Favorite is R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. It is just that feeling of nighttime driving to an amazing soundtrack. The glow of the lights, late night, smooth gorgeous visuals, the style, all with the JogCon in your hands gave it a very chill vibe. Sure it is easier to accommodate for JogCon controls, but still a pleasure to play. The music is probably one of my favorites for video game soundtracks too. The best way to play it may be emulation now, so you can have it at a higher resolution, with perspective corrected color maps/textures, and no more polygon seams.

I tend to like any Ridge Racer game with Nagase Reiko in it.


>>4731354
I didn't know you had to lose to unlock cars. That's new to me.


>>4733094
>>4733184
>>4733294
The whole soundtrack for 4 is amazing. I learned that this acid jazz is sort of my thing. I even specifically bought the R4 songs to play on 6.

My favourite retro RR are Revolution and R4. For non retro is Ridge Racers 2 on PSP, I recommend it to any fan of R4..

>>4730625
>>4732250
Educate yourself, RR2 got the same track as RR1, RRR track is completely new.

>>4731431
It's the best one so yeah.

>>4734649

>>4730579
R4 for the overall audio/visual experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86rkb2QglQ&index=17&list=PLYhUg37djPkeru4sBgc7S3tH6z-oPlPJ8

>>4735067
>R4 for the overall audio/visual experience.

/vr/ everybody

>MUH AESTHETIC
>MUH EXPERIENCE

Nothing at all about gameplay ever.

>>4735146
Ace Combat 3 is better in all those regards

>>4735146
This; R4 was literally sandbagging: the racing game especially if you want to collect all the non-special cars. Given that most of those are basically tuned-up versions of Stage 1 and 2 cars, the chore repeatedly doing and jobbing in the Grand Prix isn't worth it.

Also, Ai Fukami is best girl, although she isn't in a retro game.

>>4735146
it's got the best gameplay too.

>>4735345
chore of playing the best playstation racing game? okay.

>>4735345
What if I don't care about unlocking cars, and just want to race a bit and set some times?

>>4735493
R4 is the best arcade racer on PS1. But really, Rage Racer and RRR will scratch that itch as well.

>>4735146
I play JRPGs, so yeah aesthetic and experience are important

>>4735146
My favorite by far is Revolution and it has better aesthetic but worse gameplay than Type 4 imho, although to be honest gameplay is shit across the whole series.

rave racer, viva nonno

>>4735783
I really like drifting in 6 and 7

>>4735783

>gameplay is shit

Are you some simulation fag or something? What on earth is the problem with it? It's fun.

>>4730579
My favorite RR is a tie between R4 and RR64.

64 has a lot more courses and gets quite challenging towards the end. It's also more open ended, in that it lets you switch cars whenever the fuck you want between races. Unlocking new cars was also more fun, because you had to race them and win.
Only complaint about it is how frustratingly hard it can be towards the very end.

R4 lacks a lot of the content of 64, but it's sheer perfection in every other way. The only complaint I legitimately have about it is the lack of modes. No "arcade" mode, no challenge modes, not even "quick race", just grand prix and time attack.
It is one of the best racing games ever made though, so I just accept that achievment as a trade off for the lack of content.
I will say, though, that replaying the game with different teams and car types, trying out ways to get different cars and upgrades based on your standing in the grand prix was pretty neat. And there's a metric fuck ton of cars in it too.
R4's real strengths were the gameplay, soundtrack, graphics and controls. everything about it was awesome and just spot on.

I honestly feel that the two games are companion pieces, and if you don't have both, you're missing out. Rather like the consoles they're on, but that's another topic entirely...

>>4736525
I played it on DS and I was very close to throwing it at a wall. There are no "hard" Ridge Racer games but this one is harder than Midnight Club when you're at the last race.

>>4730920
ridge racer arcade handles drastically differently than console.

this was mind blowing. Also best announcer with a speech impediment

>whether they're season pros or Wookies, their goal is the same it's to win the race!
>what's this! Looks like someone got to close for com-fort

>>4736618

Not retro.

>>4736719
no fucks given

>>4730579
Ridge Racer Revolution is the most fun overall for me. It's my go-to game when I've got a few spare minutes and just want to enjoy myself.
but then Rage Racer has the coolest courses in the series (shame about the handling, drifts actually make no sense in this game), and it's got an amazing soundtrack. Lightning Luge is just straight up pure, classic jungle techno. I love the Greek coast setting and the cloudy-skies aesthetic. Blasting around Extreme Oval and dodging the other cars with Hurricane Hub playing in the background is one of the best feelings ever.
just fucking listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgEb_6xKkQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAnjsn-Xxs
also, probably the best announcer

R4 is okay. Cool graphics, amazing soundtrack, 8 courses, but I just don't like how it handles. It doesn't really make me want to replay it like RRR and Rage.
RR1 handles kinda odd and I don't like the courses as much and other than the one "Ridge Racer" song, the music is just worse versions of RRR/RR2's soundtrack.

best RR is Ridge Racers 2 on PSP though

>>4737029
Glad it's not just me. There needs to be a global poll on "do you understand how Rage Racer's drifting works"

>>4735367
I'm talking replayability.

Does R4 take place in Strangereal? Been years since I played it, but I seem to remember it having Nucom and General Resource billboards.

>>4737772
Possibly. IIRC, there's someone related to Reiko Nagase in Ace Combat.

>>4736525
Don't forget how RR64 lets you switch between RR1, Revolution, and new driving physics.

>>4737772
R4 explicitly says the tracks are in the US, Japan, etc, but the Nagases in R4 and AC2 are also supposed to be sisters, so, uh, hmm.

>tfw no crossover game where halfway through the Grand Prix the country gets invaded and you become a fighter pilot

>>4736198
I wish there was a way to disable the Rave Racer announcers without just muting the whole game
because fuck, they're annoying and get in the way of this amazing song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6qcKGkZxs

Gameplaywise: Rage Racer - stylewise: RR4, (that ost, style) followed by RR5 - RR 1 & 2 on psp was also nice