/vr/ - Retro Games

People talk about its simplicity in terms of actual gameplay letting it down (and how short it is), and they have a point, but I think it was a trade off the developers were aware of and weren’t too bothered about.

Everything about the game is geared towards a chill, effortless superiority. If you want to throw controllers at the screen in frustration, go play Need For Speed.

I really really dislike how drift type cars handle in that game. It's not that it's 2hard for me, the physics are just bad compared to other drift racers such as daytona usa or gran turismo.

It was also a game from a period where the concept of a ‘virtual character’ to symbolise the brand was common-ish. Celeb endorsements and general higher profile of the platform means that’s not really a thing anymore.

>>6497971

Ridge Racer 64 is even better

>>6497976

>>6497978
How?

>>6497958
Great game

It really is the classiest game I have ever played.

Another thing which I don’t see get talked about much when discussing the game is how, for a racing game at least - a genre typically about cars first and foremost - it throws so many *people* at you.

Every boot up of the game starts off with a FMV intro, complete with introductory names of the various fictional people you’ll become familiar with. The team managers talking to you before and after every race. The (albeit rather corny) ‘plot’, which doesn’t become fully apparent until you play with all four teams. The girls who pose in front of your car before the race starts. The announcer talking directly to you throughout the race!

For those who acknowledge that there is a certain feel to the game that isn’t present in other racers - that is what it is you’re feeling.

>>6498013
To follow up, it’s a racing game where the cars themselves, the part of the game you’d consider normally the most important part of a racing game, take a back seat to the characters and the courses themselves. It really was a ballsy move.

>>6498013
I fucking love how your performance directly influenced the plot and npcs commenting it, praising you or being disappointed. It's almost a racing game with rpg elements.

Man I wish there was a HD version of the intro to this.. In fact of all the '90s Namco Playsation titles

>>6497984
because nintendies get upset if ppl don't think their shit is the best shit ever.

>>6498013
I don't care about any of these screens. The first Ridge Racer nailed the UI, it was very fast, then by Rage Racer, you had to navigate loads of bullshit before you race. Same with RRV.

>>6497958

Cool Cool Toon
Cosmic Smash
Crazy Taxi
Space Channel 5
Jet Grind Radio
Dance Dance Revolution
Wipeout
Parasite Eve

>>6497984
It doesnt have any of this >>6498013
stupid shit
Color slider

>>6498225
>rr64 is better because it has none of that pesky soul that separates it from every other arcade racer

>>6497978
No

>>6498013
>The announcer talking directly to you throughout the race!
Take care of this loser!

>>6497981
where's the other shoe!?

>>6497981
Is the suspension on these hyper tuned racing cars really that light or does she have an iron skeleton?

Based Robert Christman.

Bro post this to your blog next time

>>6498395
The heel broke off earlier in the FMV, hence why she's hitching a ride.
>>6498454
Moving into the car would cause a weight transfer. She's probably all of 50 kilograms, but the car is under a ton and that's still a fair bit of movement.

>>6497958
Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio too, probably. A lot of SEGA's late 90s / early 2K production feel that way. I have always thought that the Dreamcast era felt very fresh and optimistic probably because SEGA was trying to left behind past failures and start over with fresh and new energy. You can see the change from the colorful and optimistic Sonic Adventure to Sonic Adventure 2 more "doomed" atmosphere (although still was very SEGA-like). They new the end was near.

>>6497978

Playing R4 just makes me feel good. It's aesthetics, it's music, it's drift-heavy racing, it's actually good story mode. Shame Ridge Racer 5 and beyond threw it all away.

>>6497978
Haha...no

>>6498013
>When you disappoint your manager when you don't come first

I really like this R4. I'm always put on the spot to "defend it" but I ain't got time for that. No content dumb story its trash bro get taste.

How a game "feels" takes precedent over anything else for me. Easy or hard, dont care. Long or short, dont care. Shallow or deep, dont care. It has to feel good to play above everything else.

It's Ridge Racer.

RIIIIIIDGE RAAACERRRRRR, remember that lmao?

>>6498959
I still want another Ridge Racer

>>6497978

>>6498454
she’s a big girl and that’s alright

>RIDGE RACER TYPE 4, creating a nu wave in the racing scene. Powering beyond RIDGE and RAGE RACER, high-speed control and advanced dynamics accelerate the rush of a first class victory. The culmination of performance and style provide the ultimate advantage in the race for entertainment.
sounds like randy pitchford describing battleborn

If RRV had the same caliber of artistic direction as 4 with the characters, varied course environments etc, it would have been the ultimate RR game because the driving physics sure are a lot more satisfying, such a missed opportunity. I kind of feel like Namco's output after the PS1 is all kind of that way with the exception of like soul calibur 2, maybe some others

>>6497978
Nintendo fans are so gay and delusional lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzGLrh6YMc

Whiplash / Fatal Racing had a similar vibe to it.

>>6498959
I still don't understand how RR died.
The first RG were a big name in arcades and and powerful reason to buy the PSX.
RR4 and 64 sold well.
V was a launch title for PS2 and it was praised.
And then... Evolution was hated and no one seemed to care the franchise by 2004.
HOW?

>>6498514
>The heel broke off earlier in the FMV, hence why she's hitching a ride.
>>6497981

cutefeet.jpg

>>6499135
Unfortunately Ridge Racer only exists now to be launch title fodder for new Sony systems. A recognisable brand to give people a reason to buy the product. See: PSP, PS3, Vita. Shame, really.

A new RR in the style of R4 (not exactly the same, R4 was a product of its time and it's pointless trying to replicate it exactly) would be very welcome I think. There's a gap in the market for a proper arcade racer that isn't 'street edgy' or cartoonish.

Get it right and it would be amazing. No over the top TURBOBOOST LMAO bullshit, just the same chilled out feel but making use of some more recent 21stC ideas.

>>6499135
To sump up, Japanese videogame industry virgins have been cucked by the American chad.

>>6499210
Yeah, look how good the industry is today. Waiting on a VR nigger cock sucking simulator any day now, courtesy of the West gaming industry.

What else do I do in this game? I best grand prix with 1st place every time and bested the time trials

>>6499225
How isn't a post this shit deleted

>>6497978
Nintendicksuckers are a menace to this world.

>>6497968
How do you even have Gran Turismo and Daytona under the same category to compare to r4?

>>6499225
Bit harsh but I agree

man, i haven't played this in ages, still a really comfy game

Any recs for more aesthetic racing games?

>>6499616
>meme filter

>>6499694
>making it look like it always did
>meme

I've been on a PS1 kick for the past week or so, and I'd never even considered trying R4 until finding this thread (and this board, first time using /vr/)

This was a pretty sweet game actually. I'd played Ridge Racer Revolution, and mostly Rage Racer, but never gave this one a chance. Glad I did! Thanks for the suggestion

>>6497958
Agreed, anon, and thank you.

>>6498013
Take him
NOW

>>6499135
People stopped caring about arcade racers. It happened what happened with sports games; normies bought into the simulation aspect and decided they were above simple tight fun.

>>6500000
Also, Ridge Racer GET

>>6499616
Really impressive lighting for a PS1 game

the babe comes out in Tekken or Ace Combat or something

>>6498095
shit post.

>>6498987
>>6498529
>>6498095
>>6499069
>>>/v/

Does Ridge Racer 4 look better with composite or RGB? Can anyone post a comparison?

>>6499063
V was still soulful in it's own way.

I could never beat theand. lap trial, always got 2nd.

>>6499268
You do it again next year.

i tried this one the ps1 retro. seems okay, just hard to actually get to a race at first

>>6500009
the dusk tracks are really nice

>>6500096

>>6498529
>>6498987
>i'll post reddit faces, that'll show 'em

>>6497968
Agreed. I love everything about R4 except the drift cars. I wish they handled like the drift cars in Ridge Racer 2 for PSP. Drifting in that game is bliss.

>>6499135
Ridge Racer kinda stopped being it's own thing and became more of "that racing game that every console seems to have in it's starting lineup that's a pretty mediocre racer."
It's sad really, then it decided to be Burnout and the franchise died.

>>6500323
i've never even heard of this one, even though i loved ridge racer 1, R4, and ridge racer on psp

>>6500320
they take some getting used to, but it's very satisfying when you pull it off

>>6500080
I would say RR5 is actually a better game than 4. 6 and 7 are also excellent games.
The irony is RR4 in many ways killed the series. It changed the game from a tight arcade experience into a dull prolonged skinner box with endless low difficulty races to unlock Gran Turismo style barely better cars. This was a killer combination for most consumers especially once coupled with the incredible presentation.
RR5 in contrast is an ugly game even by PS2 standards with atrocious presentation. It removed all the skinner box junk. It was a pretty pure game, so tanked.
After this arcade racers were in decline anyway and the later games were mostly just ignored as being unfashionable even though were exciting as hell and even worked very well as multiplayer games.
RIP Ridge Racer.

>>6500335
>'ve never even heard of this one
There's a reason for this. After Ridge Racer went out of fashion and the Burnout games became the most popular arcade racer series, in desperation Namco outsourced RR to the western developers of Flatout to try and make a copycat RR game hinged around car crashes like Burnout. This satisfied precisely no one.

>>6500367
i loved burnout 3 as well, heh
flatout was alright
idk, i got a ps2 in 2004, so i probably just missed a bunch of earlier titles

>>6500367
>RR game hinged around car crashes
for me RR is about comfy music and drifting

>>6498013
not many racing games have this level of personality
games like gran turismo are so void of people they might as well be self-driving cars, it doesn't feel real
comments about your race by a fellow team member, as simple as it is, makes the game feel more alive

>>6500385
You did always get the feeling with GT that there were no drivers. There is zero human interaction in the game at all, it's almost spooky if you think about it. Sort of a dystopian vibe to the whole thing in comparison to RR

Not bad, just different

>>6500323
To finish this game you need to get first place and 3 star everything. It doesn't seem this way at first, you'll need X amount of stars to move on and then Y amount from that but by the end its like fuck you go back and perfect everything in the game, and alot of the games outside the races have a lot of randomization.

I didn't hate it as much as most but I also never "finished" it either.

>>6500320
This guy knows what's up.

If you haven't played RR2 on PSP, do it now. Emulate it if you need to.

Most fun game in the series.

>>6500909
Dunno why they called it Ridge Racer 2 and not just Ridge Racers 2 like in Japan.

>>6498553
Gunlock is an awesome game

>>6500909
It's really a shame that PPSSPP is shit when it comes to latency. Literally one of the worst emulators out there.

>>6497981
Is the FMV in this high quality in the game ?

>>6499110
>the music
>the car models
>the sound effects
>everything

>>6497978

>>6501106
>I'm a spaz

>>6501015
the only game i want to play on it is hatsune miku: project diva, but it's a rhythm game, so latency is critial

>>6499110
i must have played this back when i didn't own a soundcard, since i don't recognize any of the sounds
.. probably a good thing i didn't have a soundcard

>>6502059
Retard. You needed a proper sound card. Of course that SB16 sounds weak. Fatal Racing also had CD audio.

>>6502191
i'm a retard for not owning a sound card?
sorry?

Questions.

1. What's better, Grip or Drift.
2. Which manufacturer is the best.
3. What is the fastest way to start a race? I've been trying to keep it near 6k PRMs during the countdown.

>>6497978
world driver championship says hi

>>6502240
In Type 4, the point isn't to win the Grand Prix with your favorite team and manufacturer. You have to play with every combination and finish every race with every possible result to unlock every car. In other words, you better get used to driving every type of car.

>>6502240
I always figured just keeping the RPM out of the red meant that you didn't skid when starting.

>>6499110
That "yee-haw" sound is kind of fun... until you realise you'll be hearing it every 30 seconds.

>>6502339
100% in this game is stupid. Any game you need to "play bad on purpose" is.

Just play the game however you want. All of the options are good.

Anyone got a mega for the series' OSTs?

>>6502240
You can get a turbo boost at the start of the race if playing on manual transmission, by stepping through the gears in time with the countdown/announcer i.e. shift into 2nd when the timer hits 2, 3rd on 1, and 4th on go while keeping the revs around 6k (might be slightly different for other cars, i've only tried it with the starter terrazi car)

>>6503447
Just keep the accelerator at the edge of the red zone bro. Works with automatics.

>>6503662
i just loaded up the game to check, all that does is stop you from spinning your tires, the trick i mentioned gives you a much bigger boost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzEiV24T1mo

>>6503727
That's fucking hilarious, I had no idea about that

>>6497958
That opening FMV had really good CGI. Looks like a PS2 cutscene condensed onto a PS1 disc.

>>6500000
nice numbers

What are the essential ridge racer games?
I always wanted to try the series but some of the games seem like shovelware

>>6504056
Ridge racer type 4

>>6497958
Driving in any Ridge Racer feels weird... either like you're on rails or like riding a bar of soap.

>>6504056
Type 4, Rage Racer, Ridge Racer Revolution.

>>6504178
Also make sure you play the arcade Ridge Racer 2. It's almost exactly the same as the original game but with a rear view mirror and some new music. Also runs at 60fps unlike the home port of Ridge Racer.
I'd say pretty much all of the RR games are worth playing, none of them are really bad. The Playstation games are the pinacle of game +_ aesthetic, while the later games lack that same magic but are still very good games.

>>6504056
1-5, RR2 PSP

https://youtu.be/RBlRmwRVBpM

>>6500320
You can drift in any direction on bends and corners and your car will still follow the track, still one of my fave psp games tho

>>6499184
Even then there's no new Ridge Racer for any modern console after RR Vita tanked and Bamco having all their racing cash cow on Drift Spirits (a Japan-only mobile/gacha game, but had Asia-only English server in the past). Also, everyone in the racing game hobby is required to be a simdad nowadays.

>>6497984
The game takes place over the course of 1996 and ends literally with fireworks as the clock ticks over into 1997 right as your final race finishes. I clap every time.

>>6498534
They crafted the perfect arcade racer and really found an identity for Ridge with this one. They just never followed up on it for some reason. The last game in the series was a western developed shit heap. Why?

>>6499210
But the racing genre's pretty much the domain of the British.

>>6507834
Ridge Racer just became a console launch line-up series to show off graphical power over games with actual passion to them. It didn't even end with Unbounded either, the last two RR games were fucking phone games. And you bet your ass there were at least two pachislot versions of it.

>>6497958
REAL RACING ROOTS NINETY NINE.... IN??.... heLTERRRRR skeLTERRRRR~~