Every little thing in this game is from another Ridge Racer game – no new cars, no new tracks, and I’m almost positive there’s no new music (not sure about one song – have to check old Ridge Racer soundtracks). In Japan this Ridge Racer failed horribly because of how little content there is – here we get a “Gold Pass” code that lets us download five “new” cars, three “new” tracks, and some “new” music – the kicker? None of this stuff is “new” at all. Related: Also read the Saints Row 3 review Up until now it has been almost religious you go buy a new Sony product, and expect to see a Ridge Racer game waiting among the few release day offerings, but they couldn’t even get that right! You would think that since they waited longer to release the game that it would have ended up a lot better than it did. Ridge Racer games have always been there on the launch day of a new Sony console – it was just something you took for granted. The one thing that Ridge Racer had going for it, was that it was supposed to be a launch day title – but even that got messed up for some reason. Related: In case you don’t like racing games, we recommend the LEGO Batman 2 Review PS3 It is a testament to what I felt for the original that I spent my own money on this – I just wish the end result was better. Normally if a company is trying to min/max their results with a game by seriously limiting the number of copies their PR company has to give, I would just walk away. I say all this so that you know where I am coming from with this review – I didn’t start playing Ridge Racer on the PS Vita with any malice, but rather with fond memories pushing me onward. I learned about drifting and how that worked, and I was much better for it – this was 1995 though. Before the original Ridge Racer, I had literally no interest in racing games because all I would do was grind against walls – but in Ridge Racer I found something new something better. Mike even went out and got a special controller that twisted in the middle (Namco’s NeGcon), because it was supposed to make Ridge Racer even better than it was. My friend Mike and I would sit there and play it constantly because it was just so much better than the other racing games out there. I have nothing but fond memories of the original Ridge Racer game from my childhood. We also urge our readers to take a look at 10 of the best PS4 games in 2014. If you want an upgrade to your current Vita, take a look at our review of the Sony PSP Go (price and release date announced). I can’t keep quiet about this – God knows I want to – so I hope you can forgive me after everything is said and done, but you need to be held accountable. We had so many good memories together, and Ridge Racer was the spark that started our love affair – and this is how you repay that? I would have done anything for you because of the good times, but then you go and basically spit in my face and kick me in the junk. Why Namco? Why did you have to go and do this? I had heard the stories, but I didn’t want to believe them – so I ordered Ridge Racer from Amazon because what I had been hearing couldn’t possibly be true.
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