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|image=Ridge Racer V cover art.jpg | |||
|title=Ridge Racer V | |title=Ridge Racer V | ||
| | |japanese=リッジレーサーV | ||
|developer=[[Namco]] | |developer=[[Namco]] | ||
|publisher=[[Namco]] | |publisher=[[Namco]] | ||
| | |year=2000 | ||
| | |systems={{syslist|ps2}} | ||
|ratings={{ESRB|E}} | |||
|genre=[[Racing]] | |||
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|players=1 | |players=1 | ||
|modes=[[Single player]] | |modes=[[Single player]] | ||
|preceded by=[[R4: Ridge Racer Type 4]] | |preceded by=[[R4: Ridge Racer Type 4]] | ||
|followed by=[[Ridge Racer 64]] | |followed by=[[Ridge Racer 64]] | ||
|series=Ridge Racer | |series=Ridge Racer | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ridge Racer V''' is a [[racing]] game that was released by [[Namco]] for the [[Sony PlayStation 2]] in Japan on March 4, [[2000]], and in the United States on October 25 of the same year; it is the seventh (and fourth direct-to-console) game for the company's [[:Category:Ridge Racer|Ridge Racer series]], and shifts the "Grand Prix" and "Time Attack" modes to under a new "Race Mode" heading, as well as introducing a new "Free Run" mode under that same heading where a player can race alone on the tracks to help familiarize himself with them. It also introduces a new "Design" mode, where a player may change his team's name and the colour scheme of his car - and the "Garage" mode from the previous title, in which a player can look at all cars, engines and trophies he has currently unlocked in the game also makes a reappearance. | |||
'''Ridge Racer V''' is a | |||
There's seven new tracks in the game: "Above the City", "Airport Oval", "Bayside Line", "Greenfield", "Outer Pass", "Park Town", and "Sunny Beach", with five new races for Grand Prix mode: "Standard Basis GP", "The Heroic GP", "Blast GP", "Knight GP", and "The Throne GP"; there's also fifteen new cars (five of which are piloted in by [[Pac-Man]] and the four original members of the ghost gang but by now Namco Hometek had given Pinky his sex change), and seventeen new engines (three of which are named "E.O."). Finally, if you manage to beat the best times of the four CPU opponents "Angel", "Devil", "Pluto" (not the planet) and "Spirit" in Time Attack mode, you can race against them in "Duel Mode" and must beat them in order to win - and there is also a "99 Trial" mode in which you will find yourself against thirteen CPU-controlled cars upon the Sunny Beach track for a ninety-nine-lap race. | There's seven new tracks in the game: "Above the City", "Airport Oval", "Bayside Line", "Greenfield", "Outer Pass", "Park Town", and "Sunny Beach", with five new races for Grand Prix mode: "Standard Basis GP", "The Heroic GP", "Blast GP", "Knight GP", and "The Throne GP"; there's also fifteen new cars (five of which are piloted in by [[Pac-Man]] and the four original members of the ghost gang but by now Namco Hometek had given Pinky his sex change), and seventeen new engines (three of which are named "E.O."). Finally, if you manage to beat the best times of the four CPU opponents "Angel", "Devil", "Pluto" (not the planet) and "Spirit" in Time Attack mode, you can race against them in "Duel Mode" and must beat them in order to win - and there is also a "99 Trial" mode in which you will find yourself against thirteen CPU-controlled cars upon the Sunny Beach track for a ninety-nine-lap race. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 2 April 2023
Ridge Racer V | |
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Developer(s) | Namco |
Publisher(s) | Namco |
Year released | 2000 |
System(s) | PlayStation 2 |
Preceded by | R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 |
Followed by | Ridge Racer 64 |
Series | Ridge Racer |
Japanese title | リッジレーサーV |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Players | 1 |
Modes | Single player |
Rating(s) |
Ridge Racer V is a racing game that was released by Namco for the Sony PlayStation 2 in Japan on March 4, 2000, and in the United States on October 25 of the same year; it is the seventh (and fourth direct-to-console) game for the company's Ridge Racer series, and shifts the "Grand Prix" and "Time Attack" modes to under a new "Race Mode" heading, as well as introducing a new "Free Run" mode under that same heading where a player can race alone on the tracks to help familiarize himself with them. It also introduces a new "Design" mode, where a player may change his team's name and the colour scheme of his car - and the "Garage" mode from the previous title, in which a player can look at all cars, engines and trophies he has currently unlocked in the game also makes a reappearance.
There's seven new tracks in the game: "Above the City", "Airport Oval", "Bayside Line", "Greenfield", "Outer Pass", "Park Town", and "Sunny Beach", with five new races for Grand Prix mode: "Standard Basis GP", "The Heroic GP", "Blast GP", "Knight GP", and "The Throne GP"; there's also fifteen new cars (five of which are piloted in by Pac-Man and the four original members of the ghost gang but by now Namco Hometek had given Pinky his sex change), and seventeen new engines (three of which are named "E.O."). Finally, if you manage to beat the best times of the four CPU opponents "Angel", "Devil", "Pluto" (not the planet) and "Spirit" in Time Attack mode, you can race against them in "Duel Mode" and must beat them in order to win - and there is also a "99 Trial" mode in which you will find yourself against thirteen CPU-controlled cars upon the Sunny Beach track for a ninety-nine-lap race.
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Title screen.
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The main menu screen.
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Screenshot of the game.
Table of Contents
- Ridge Racer
- Ridge Racer 2
- Rave Racer
- Ridge Racer Revolution
- Rage Racer
- R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
- Ridge Racer V
- Ridge Racer 64
- Ridge Racer V: Arcade Battle
- R: Racing Evolution
- Ridge Racer DS
- Ridge Racers
- Ridge Racer 6
- Ridge Racers 2
- Ridge Racer 7
- Yamasa Digi World: Collaboration SP Pachislot Ridge Racer
- Ridge Racer Accelerated
- Ridge Racer Drift
- Ridge Racer 3D
- Ridge Racer (2011)
- Ridge Racer Unbounded
- Ridge Racer Driftopia
- Ridge Racer Slipstream