Riiiiiiiiiiidge Raaceerrrr 6 + 1

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 01 Sep 2006 04:49 pm

Shame on namco.

Shaneus · Post by **Shaneus** » 01 Sep 2006 04:58 pm

But it's got a new hat!

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 01 Sep 2006 05:25 pm

more pics

Dan Syndrome · Post by **Dan Syndrome** » 01 Sep 2006 05:30 pm

Good thing you posted the second round of pics. For a second I thought Namco were preparing a revolutionary new change to Ridge Racer by taking out all of the cars.

Ridge Walker: Revolution, it's got a nice ring to it.

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 01 Sep 2006 05:31 pm

Heh... It could be a game where you play the part of Chuck Norris trying to come to grips with the Wiimote.

Twit · Post by **Twit** » 01 Sep 2006 06:11 pm

Is it PS3 only? I'll probably buy it anyway for some mindless hooning around if it's on the 360...cause I'm a dickhead.

Candy Arse · Post by **Candy Arse** » 01 Sep 2006 06:22 pm

eh I'm not a big fan of the colour scheme. A little too drab for what I would usually expect from Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raceeeeeerrrrrrr.

Also it seems like Namco are struggling with next-gen hardware. The days of Soul Calibur and TTT seem like an age ago.

flipswitch · Post by **flipswitch** » 01 Sep 2006 06:31 pm

This screen if in game looks nice, the rest doesn't look too bad.
I take it this is running on the R6 engine?

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 02 Sep 2006 09:39 am

I'd say it is RR6.1 and prob wouldn't be worth a look in for DLC on the 360.... or will it?

360 RR6 upgrade to 7 once sales drop on the PS3..

Twiztid Elf · Post by **Twiztid Elf** » 02 Sep 2006 10:15 am

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 02 Sep 2006 10:51 am

This is a great alternative for all those japanese gamers that think Ridge Racer 6 is worth 100 bucks but isn't worth 500 bucks.

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 02 Sep 2006 11:03 am

Fuzzy maths?

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 02 Sep 2006 03:52 pm

Xbox 360 tard pack + RR6 in Japan ends up at around 500 bucks I think.

RR7 for PS3 will be 100 bucks.

luro · Post by **luro** » 02 Sep 2006 11:07 pm

wow they really need to milk this franchise a bit less

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 03 Sep 2006 01:11 am

Ridge Racer 6 is the first RR game in like 5 years. Ridge Racer 7 is almost a year and a half after RR6. Fuck me, Namco are certainly milking it.

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 03 Sep 2006 01:34 am

I was just talking about miling franchises and how many GTA games there have been in the last few years. Atleast Namco had a huge break but yeah, I think that when RR6 came out it needed a complete overhaul. A racing game, sure, an arcade mode, sure, but it certainly needed something else to grab people by the balls.

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 03 Sep 2006 11:27 am

Seraph wrote:Xbox 360 tard pack + RR6 in Japan ends up at around 500 bucks I think.

RR7 for PS3 will be 100 bucks.

A PS3 +RR7 for $100?

Sign me up!

That's what I was getting at but I understand your point that they are all going to own a PS3 anyway.

Oh and RR is designed to milk nearly every console launch. They don't milk the franchise as such rather they quickly knock out a new version to take advantage of punters looking for something to buy in the lean launch windows. Easy Money

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 03 Sep 2006 12:51 pm

I fired up RR6 on 360 today, definately looks no better. But RR6 is still a nice looking game, the textures and framerate are awesome. Usually a RR sucks me into buying a playstation console, it has for years, but that void has alread been filed.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 03 Sep 2006 01:19 pm

Damn, I want your side-by-side comparisons lestat. Some pics here would be great. How about you put your pics of your XB360 running RR6 on your telly in one post, and then your pics of you PS3 running RR7 on your telly in the next post, eh?

luro · Post by **luro** » 03 Sep 2006 05:11 pm

i guess there has been a break but they also did RR for PSP and DS

General Chaos is correct re their launch window strategy. RRV anyone ? jaggiez