It wasn’t long ago that the Ridge Racer series was seen as one of the immutable titans of arcade racing. A brand that would always endure. Ridge Racer was a staple of every Sony platform launch – a Ridge Racer game debuted with the original PlayStation, the PS2, PS3, PSP and PS Vita.
But where is it now? There’s been no Ridge Racer game on PS4 or Xbox One, and the last retail release was Bugbear’s Ridge Racer Unbounded in 2012, which – although a great racer in its own right – was “Ridge Racer in name only,” according to the guy who wrote the IGN review. It was a break with tradition – an experiment to find a new direction for the series, and the same can be said for the disastrous free-to-play PC experiment that followed, Ridge Racer Driftopia, which was shuttered after a year in Early Access in August last year.
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But where is it now? There’s been no Ridge Racer game on PS4 or Xbox One, and the last retail release was Bugbear’s Ridge Racer Unbounded in 2012, which – although a great racer in its own right – was “Ridge Racer in name only,” according to the guy who wrote the IGN review. It was a break with tradition – an experiment to find a new direction for the series, and the same can be said for the disastrous free-to-play PC experiment that followed, Ridge Racer Driftopia, which was shuttered after a year in Early Access in August last year.
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