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rejected by Okubo for not fitting into the club sound or being "game like". Takahashi described him as "the gatekeeper to club sound hell", while Okubo took piano parts from one of Sakai's tracks and reworked it into "Quiet Curves", much to her annoyance. Nakagawa, who was working on the soundtrack for
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is an arcade-style racing game with a strong emphasis on powersliding around corners. Vehicles use one of two styles of powersliding depending on the make of car they select: Drift and Grip. Drift cars require players to tap the brake once while turning to break into a smooth powerslide while Grip
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It was a commercial success in Japan, and various European territories. It was the 18th best-selling video game in Japan in 1998, having been on the market for under a month before the year end. The game sold a total of 759,527 units in Japan and 297,564 units in the United States, for a total of
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The music was design to correspond with the game's human drama, so the composers aimed to evoke emotions of sadness and tension in their tracks. Both Takahashi and Sakai previously did not have much knowledge or interest in club music; initial tracks they composed for the game were frequently
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It received a highly positive reception with praise going to its presentation, art, driving, and soundtrack, though some criticism went to its cars' overly light drifting compared to earlier titles in the series. Considered by some as one of the greatest PlayStation titles,
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The game also features Time Attack mode, in which players can attempt to get the fastest time on each course, and VS. Battle, a split-screen mode for two players (the first to appear in the home console series) and an undocumented
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games. Jeremy Peeples of Hardcore Gamer said in 2018 that "R4 remains a high mark for the series and no entry has quite topped it yet." In 2023, Time Extension ranked the game first on their "Best Ridge Racer Games" list.
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included the game on their list of "20 PlayStation One Games That Were Way Ahead of Their Time" for getting the balance of "arcadey" and "realistic" right, also noting it as one of the best-looking PS1 titles.
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A typical race in progress, taking place at the Helter Skelter circuit, featuring the player driving the Terrazi Ambitious as part of the Pac Racing Club attempting to overtake the Lizard Bonfire of Dig Racing
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made use of SCE's Performance Analyser devkit. The team initially didn't expect to achieve all graphical advances but eventually succeeded in doing them, and even added additional features during development.
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in its preview gave a strongly positive reception to the game design such as light and shadow effects. He also added in comparison to other racers: "Not everyone enjoyed the obsessive intricacy and detail of
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mode, allowing four players to play simultaneously. Players can also create their own car decors and participate in Extra Trials against powerful prototype cars. The game is also compatible with the
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was used by the art director for inspiration regarding the sky effects in the game. The opening movie, featuring series mascot Reiko Nagase, took over six months to make including planning.
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on polygons. Developmental staff members commented that much "waste" was removed in order to make Gouraud shading and high polygon counts possible. Similarly to the critically acclaimed
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with Nakanishi, both of which roughly retain the original's rave sound. A handful of tracks in the game, including the theme song "Ridge Racer (One More Win)", feature vocals by
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and Asuka Sakai also contributing several tracks, and Tetsukazu Nakanishi and Koji Nakagawa contributing two tracks each. Whereas previous games had music inspired by
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at the time, was asked by Okubo to contribute due to his experience with composing techno music, while Nakanishi was involved towards the end of the project.
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in May 1998; he was impressed by her powerful voice, and felt she fitted the game direction's keywords of "urban" and "cool".
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Vehicles are earned by playing through the game's Grand Prix mode. Players select one of four teams;
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Sushi-X; Ricciardi, John; Davison, John; Hager, Dean (June 1999). "R4: Ridge Racer Type 4".
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Hiroshi Okubo served as the sound director and lead composer of the game's soundtrack, with
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was released by Media Factory on January 27, 1999. On March 21, 2019, SuperSweep released
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began in May 1997. All the 33 staff members had also worked previously on the original
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cars requires players to alternate between brakes and gas while turning to powerslide.
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was also released with a bonus disc containing a High-Spec version of the original
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The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the
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in 2000, which moved the series on to next generation hardware.
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Published in North America by Namco Hometek and in Europe by
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Thorpe, Nick; West, Josh; Retro Gamer Team (26 June 2022).
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Maintaining the arcade-style gameplay of its predecessors,
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device, which allows players to trade cars with friends.
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1,057,091 units sold in Japan and the United States.
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Okubo had previously composed additional tracks for
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Index


Developer(s)
Namco
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)
Programmer(s)
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
Kohta Takahashi
Ridge Racer
Platform(s)
PlayStation
JP
EU
NA
Genre(s)
Racing
Single-player
multiplayer
PAL
racing video game
Namco
PlayStation
Ridge Racer
Rage Racer
PlayStation Network
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
PlayStation Classic
Ridge Racer V

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