Mark Plays… Ridge Racer V (PS2)

Ridge Racer V – is the 5th game in the Ridge Racer series on the Playstation line of consoles. This actually was one of the launch titles the PS2 was graced with and it is quite similar to Ridge Racer Type IV on the original Playstation or PSOne. It plays a lot faster and is more twitchy and it took me some time to get used to but it also showed a promise of things to come as Ridge Racer VI and VII obviously built opon the foundations laid in this game. A must play if you are a fan of the Ridge Racer series.

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One of the best Arcade racers out there – love the entire series.
Ridge Racer (Arcade) (Playstation)
Ridge Racer 2 (Arcade)
Rave Racer (Arcade) (PlayStation and PC versions never materialized)
Ridge Racer Revolution (PlayStation) (similar to Ridge Racer 2: newer music and additional vehicles)
Rage Racer (PlayStation)(Reiko Nagase’s first appearance)
Pocket Racer (Arcade)(Japan Only, identical to Ridge Racer with different deformed Choro-Q-like vehicles)
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PlayStation) (Gouraud shading makes this one of the best racers/games on the original PlayStation)
Ridge Racer V (PlayStation 2)(Launch title)
Ridge Racer 64 (Nintendo 64)(Not developed by Namco and it shows)
Ridge Racer V Arcade Battle (Arcade)(Came 1 year after the PlayStation 2 release)
R:Racing Evolution (Gamecube)(PlayStation 2)(Xbox) (33 Licensed vehicles on many different tracks: 24hours Le Mans is included)(Nice Backstory)
Ridge Racer DS (Nintendo DS)(Pretty much a remake of the Ridge Racer 64 game)
Ridge Racers (PSP)(Launch title)(Ridge Racer outside of Japan)(Inlcudes many of the tracks and tunes from previous ridge racer games)
Critical Velocity (PlayStation 2)(Spin off solely in Japan)(also called Rune Racer)
Ridge Racer 6 (Xbox 360)(Launch title)(130 vehicles, 30 tracks)(XBox Live enabled)
Ridge Racers 2 (PSP)(Sequel on the PSP)(Similar to the first game on the PSP, contains loads of tracks and tunes from previous games, the PSP games are quite similar to the Xbox and Playstation 3 games)
Ridge Racer 7 (PlayStation 3)(Launch title)
Ridge Racer Accellerated (iOS)
Ridge Racer 3D (Nintendo 3DS)(Launch title)
Ridge Racer Vita (Launch title for PlayStation Vita)
Ridge Racer Unbounded (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows)(different from the series, more like Burnhout with combat)
Ridge Racer Slipstream (iOS)(Android)
Ridge Racer Draw & Drift (iOS)

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