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About This GameThe latest title in the RIDGE RACER franchise, RIDGE RACER Unbounded gears up to carve its own destructive path with a new breed of arcade racing.RIDGE RACER Unbounded brings an unexpected dimension to the series, delivering an original blast of ferocious racing adrenaline. Join the Unbounded street racing gang, lead by Kara Shindo, and test your driving skills against rivals in every street and alley of Shatter Bay. Prove your worth, get respect and expand your turf. Key Features.

Crash through everything - Cutting edge physics and effects combine to bring direct destruction like you’ve never seen before. Unleash your rage to obliterate everything in your way and carve your own path. Race in urban environments - Shatter Bay lives by its own rules and is ripe for being torn apart by the overpowered vehicles rampaging through its many areas, including the commercial zone, refinery, port, and high-rise construction site. New breed of racing machines - Traditional racing machines are out and dozens of badass street machines are in, including the legendary RIDGE RACER Angel and Devil cars.

Ridge Racer 2, released in Japan as Ridge Racers 2 (リッジレーサーズ2, Rijji Rēsāzu Tsu), is an arcade-style racing game developed by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Portable hand-held console, marking the 14th release in the Ridge Racer series and also the sequel to the PSP launch titleRidge Racer. Dragon saga europe. It saw release in Japan on 14 September 2006, followed by its 13 October European launch and 19 October release in Australia. However, the North American release was cancelled.

Gameplay[edit]

The core aspect of the entire Ridge Racer series is drift racing, that is traditional lap racing against opponents with the added twist of intentionally oversteering and sliding the car through sharp corners and turns, known as 'drifting', which earns the player several bonuses during a race. In most respects Ridge Racer 2 can be considered more of an update than a true sequel to the original PSP title - it shares the same game play engine, user interface and game design as the previous title, and includes almost all of the elements, cars, and tracks of its predecessor.

Featuring three times as much game play time as its predecessor however, the differences lie in the addition of a total of 42 new racing tracks (of which 21 are unique tracks, with reversed direction counting as separate track), while 18 are taken from previous titles in the Ridge Racer series. Two tracks are from the original Ridge Racer, three tracks are from Ridge Racer Revolution, four tracks are from Rave Racer, eight tracks are from R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, and four tracks are from Rage Racer. Every track from every PlayStation Ridge Racer game released is included as part of this package. Numerous new game play modes are included to supplement the originals of the previous title such as: Duel and Survival modes. As with the previous title, Single Race and Wireless Battle mode is still included, although Single Race was renamed to Arcade.

The game also features a total of 62 fictional cars (referred to as 'machines' throughout the game) from seven fictional manufacturers (Kamata, Age, Danver, Gnade, Assoluto, Himmel, and Soldat) that are staple throughout the Ridge Racer series. The full complement of cars is available to the player after completing four tours (consisting of 16 races each) of increasing difficulty levels (Basic, Pro, EX and Max) and several various mini-games. In addition to newer cars, Ridge Racer 2 features 'prizes' that are unlocked after the completion of a tour, such as opening movies of previous Ridge Racer titles and E3 demo presentations.

The Special Class cars from Ridge Racer (PSP) have been modified for this release and categorised into two tiered categories with four cars each. Special Class 1 denotes cars embodying more traditional supercar designs and appearances, while Special Class 2 is made up of radical or novelty designs that boast the highest top speeds attainable in the game. Specifically, the 'Kamata Angelus' (Special Class 1) is now a more traditional supercar design, similar in appearance to the Angel car from Ridge Racer Revolution, and no longer powered by jet engines. The 'Soldat Crinale' (Special Class 1) appears similar to its previous incarnation; while the Pac-Man car (Special Class 2) now resembles a miniature aircraft in design (with Pac-Man himself depicted as piloting it), and is no longer powered by propellers. The New Rally-X car has been removed entirely and replaced by the 'Danver Hijack' (Special Class 1); a large, super-charged Pickup truck. The 'Yamasa Raggio' (Special Class 2), which appeared in the 2006 Tokyo Auto Salon as a heavily modified Honda NSX, is unique to Ridge Racer 2 and also appears in a 'prize' movie that is unlocked after completion of the game's 'EX tour'. The car was later made into a Tomicadie-cast toy car for limited release. The three other special class cars are the Age Angelus Kid (Special Class 2), Age Crinale Kid (Special Class 2), and Terrazi Wild Gang (Special Class 1).

The game also features a Full Motion Video opening, that shows series mascot Reiko Nagase.

Nitrous[edit]

Notable also is the 'nitrous boost' system from the previous game, which works in the same manner as before. The player has a Nitrous Gauge made up of three nitrous tanks, which at the start of a race are either completely depleted or only partially full. As the player drifts through the corners (especially at very high Slip angles) during the race, their nitrous gauge fills up. When the player fills up one of the three nitrous tanks, it can be activated to achieve a temporary speed boost. The nitrous tanks cannot be recharged while any tank is in use though, but the residual speed increase when the nitrous boost expires can be used just before entering corners to recharge the player's nitrous tanks at a faster rate than normal. (Ultimate Charge)

Music[edit]

All the music tracks from the previous game are also included in this game. In addition, there were some changes in the discs track lists, including new additions Remix Disc 2 and Classic Disc 3.

King Records released a music album of the game called Ridge Racers 2: Direct Audio (titled as RIDGE RACERS 2: DIRECT AUDIO). It was released in Japan in October 2006. The track list is below, and all these tracks are new to Ridge Racer 2.

Track List[edit]

1. 'Scream'
2. 'Departure Lounge 2'
3. 'Rage Racer Remix'
4. 'Rotten7 Remix'
5. 'Kamikaze Remix'
6. 'Heart of Hearts Remix
7. 'Heat Floor Remix'
8. 'Paris Remix'
9. 'Pearl Blue Soul'
10. 'Burning Rubber'
11. 'Quiet Curves'
12. 'The Objective'
13. 'EXH*NOTES'
14. 'Euphoria' [Ridge Racer V]
15. 'Mellow Curves'

Reception[edit]

The game received 'average' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[1]

Whilst Ridge Racer 2 was still praised for the same points as the previous title, reviewers were disappointed that the game is little different from it. The game runs on the same graphical engine and the visuals look almost exactly the same, with the most notable changes being additional courses. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, two eights, and one nine for a total of 32 out of 40.^[4]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Ridge Racer 2 (psp: 2006): Reviews'. Metacritic. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
2. ^Edge staff (November 2006). 'Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. Edge (168): 91.
3. ^Bramwell, Tom (28 September 2006). 'Ridge Racers 2'. Eurogamer. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
4. ^ ^ab'Collection of every PSP-game reviewed in Famitsu'. NeoGAF. 27 August 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
5. ^'Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. GamesMaster: 72. November 2006.
6. ^'Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. GamesTM: 108. November 2006.
7. ^'Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine (78): 97. November 2006.
8. ^van Leuveren, Luke (24 October 2006). 'Ridge Racer 2 Review - Sony PSP Video Game Review'. PALGN. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
9. ^'Review: Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. Play UK (145): 74. November 2006.
10. ^'Review: Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)'. PSM2: 74. November 2006.
11. ^Orry, Tom (4 October 2006). 'Ridge Racer 2 Review'. VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
12. ^Hill, Jason (21 October 2006). 'Ridge Racer 2'. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

External links[edit]

• Ridge Racer 2 at MobyGames