Lost In Translation/Ridge Racer

About The Game
Ridge Racer is 3-D car racing arcade video game in which the player competes against computer cars or attempts to set a 'personal best' in a time trail event. Ridge Racer features just a single racing track, but different sections of the track become available to add variety to the racing.

Ridge Racer's superb game-play places a large emphasis on 'power sliding'; locking the car in a slide and drifting through corners. Perfecting this skill is key to winning races.

Trivia
A Ridge Racer unit is prominently shown in the second episode of the Japanese TV show "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger," showing an actor playing the game rather poorly.

According to a promotional flyer, Ridge Racer was the first 3-D arcade game to feature texture-mapped polygons.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Ridge racer : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.11 - VICL-15025) on 21/01/1994.

A graphically enhanced version of the short track appears in Ridge Racer V as 'Sunny Beach' and Ridge Racer PSP as 'Seaside Route 765'. A graphically enhanced version of the long track appears in Ridge Racer V as 'Green Field' and Ridge Racer PSP as 'Ridge City Highway'.

Series

 * 1) Ridge Racer (1993)
 * 2) Ridge Racer 2 (1994)
 * 3) Rave Racer (1995)
 * 4) Ridge Racer Revolution (1995, Sony PlayStation)
 * 5) Rage Racer (1996, Sony PlayStation)
 * 6) R4 - Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998, Sony PlayStation)
 * 7) Ridge Racer V (1999, Sony PlayStation 2)
 * 8) Ridge Racer 64 (2000, Nintendo 64)
 * 9) Ridge Racer V - Arcade Battle (2000)
 * 10) Ridge Racer DS (2004, Nintendo DS)
 * 11) Ridge Racer (2005, Sony PSP)
 * 12) Ridge Racer 6 (2005, Microsoft XBOX 360)
 * 13) Ridge Racer 7 (2006, Sony PlayStation 3)

Staff

 * Music Composed By:
 * Shinji Hosoe
 * Ayako Saso
 * Nobuyoshi Sano

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Sony PlayStation (1994)
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "NamCollection") (Japan only)


 * Others :
 * Mobile Phones (2005, "Ridge Racer 3D")