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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Sony PlayStation |
| Release date(s) | December 3, 1996 (JPN) May 15, 1997 (NA) June 1997 (EU) |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Rage Racer (レイジレーサー) is the third title in the Ridge Racer series of racing games on the Sony PlayStation. Created by Namco, it was first released in Japan on December 3, 1996.
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Visually the game takes a different approach compared to the previous PlayStation titles. The game looks more realistic and has a darker colour scheme, it takes a lot of this from the arcade game in the Ridge Racer series, Rave Racer. For the first time before Gran Turismo, Rage Racer introduces a brand new advanced singleplayer career system which uses credits that player can get credits after winning race then it can be used to buy cars, upgrading cars and so on.
The racing is separated into five classes, named 'Class 1' through to 'Class 5'. The game begins with the player in Class 1 with the Gnade Esperanza, the game's only Grade 1 car. The player must place in the top three in all of each Classes' events to progress to the next class. Each class has 3 chances to try. This is different than the early Ridge Racer when the player can have unlimited restarts. The player must retire from the Grand Prix if all 3 chances had been tried and failed to get into the top 3 position. All of the money and cars that the player won stays, but the medals would be lost. If the player wins all three races in a class using the correct grade of car (eg. a Grade 1 car in Class 1), the gold trophy for that class is earned. Otherwise, the player simply moves on to the next class. The game's objective is to earn money (Credits, or 'eg'), which can be spent on new cars or on upgrading existing cars. There are three races in Grade 1 and Grade 2 - Mythical Coast, Over Pass City and Lakeside Gate. The Extreme Oval is introduced from Class 3. When the player has completed the five 'Normal GP' events, the 'Extra GP' is unlocked. This allows the player to race the same Classes on reversed courses. As well as unlocking the Extra GP, the player receives 999,999,999 eg in Normal GP - more than enough to purchase all of the cars and upgrade them to Grade 5. Upon finishing Class 5 in the Extra GP, Class 6 is unlocked, along with the three 'secret' cars. Although it's in the Extra GP, the races in Class 6 are driven on the forward tracks. Class 6 features only four opponents rather than the eleven faced in all other classes.
Rage Racer has four tracks, which all can be driven backwards as well as forwards. Compared to the tracks in the previous games, Rage Racer's tracks are very long and detailed, except for "The Extreme Oval", at 3,074m. The remaining 3 tracks are "Mythical Coast" (4,641m), "Over Pass City" (6,640m) and "Lakeside Gate" (6,237m). Rage Racer was also one of the only games in the series that did not feature an onscreen map during the race. "Mythical Coast" has a varied range of corners and hills, and suits an all-round vehicle such as the Gnade Esperanza. "Over Pass City" features many steep inclines, and suits the high acceleration Lizard vehicles. "Lakeside Gate" is a technical, twisting course, to which the quick handling Age cars are best suited. "The Extreme Oval" is a flat out oval with wide banked turns. The high speed Assoluto cars are most at home on this track.
There are four car manufacturers in Rage Racer. Each of the four manufacturers favours a different attribute. Age cars are lightweight, and feature excellent handling. Lizard cars favour large displacement engines with high torque outputs which give their cars great acceleration. Assoluto cars are designed with maximum power and top speed in mind. The sole Gnade car, the Esperanza, is an all rounder with average stats in each area. With the exception of Gnade, each manufacturer has three 'standard' cars, and one 'secret' car. Age's three 'standard' cars are the Erriso (Alouette in Japanese version) at Grade 2, the Abeille at Grade 3 and the Pegase at Grade 4. Gnade's only car is the Esperanza. This is the first car you are given at the beginning of the game, and starts at Grade 1. Lizard produces the Acceron at Grade 2, the Bayonet at Grade 3 and the Hijack at Grade 4. Assoluto's cars are the Grade 3 Fatalita, the Istante at Grade 4, and the Ghepardo at Grade 5.
All of the 'standard' cars can be upgraded, with the cost increasing greatly from one grade to the next. The highest level to which the cars can be upgraded is Grade 5. This means the Assoluto Ghepardo cannot be upgraded, as it is a Grade 5 car as standard.
And the GNADE ESPERANZA will be up for sale in 2011.
This is the first game in the Ridge Racer series that
permits the player to race with a truck, but it only comes with manual
transmission. The only truck in this game is the Lizard Hijack,
and is available from Class 4 in the game. In the extra Grand prix,
there is an extra Grade 6 class where you can buy 'secret' cars.
These cars are called the Age Vainqure [2,000,000 eg], Lizard
Bulldog [3,700,000 eg] and the Assoluto Squaldon [6,666,666 eg, an
allusion to the Squaldon's 'Devil car' status]. The Age can go
around most of the game's corners flat out at the car's top speed,
the Lizard can accelerate up steep inclines as if they weren't
there, and the Assoluto has a top speed in excess of 360km/h. The
'secret' cars are known by different names in the Japanese version
of the game. The Vainqure is called the 'Victoire', the Bulldog the
'Tempest', and the Squaldon the 'Dragone'.
The Makes are particular for different courses. Age is for "Lakeside Gate", Lizard is for "Over Pass City", Gnade is for "Mythical Coast" and Assoluto is for "The Extreme Oval".
At the very beginning of the whole series (either regular GP or extra GP), there will be a prologue movie for the player to see before the race menu appears. However, the Japanese version and the U.S. version are different. The Japanese version will have the female voice and the paragraphs are longer but the U.S. version will not have the female voice and the paragraphs are shorter.
In an interview with the Namco development team, Nobuhisa Mikoda (Rage Racer game designer and project director) admitted that the game was "somewhat off series and aimed to pursue enjoyment in shift controlling".[1]
Rage Racer was the first in the Ridge Racer series to feature a CGI animated introduction. Here the Ridge Racer "mascot girl" Reiko Nagase was introduced for the very first time.[2]
There was never an "official" direct-audio soundtrack released for this game unlike its prequels, Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 2, and Rave Racer, which all had soundtracks on Victor Records in Japan before the Playstation was released in the United States, but it's possible to listen to it by inserting the game CD, which is a CD-ROM XA disc, into any CD player. Produced during summer/fall 1996, the genre of music consisted mostly of Electronic Music, which was a slight departure from the strictly euro-dance/club styles that early Ridge Racer. It marked the beginning of Namco's new primary sound team after their former members began working with other companies doing production on games such as Street Fighter EX (1996) and Driving Emotion Type-S (2000). Notable tracks include "Silverstream", "Deep Drive", "Rage Racer", and "Lightning Luge" among others. At first, there was no Ridge Racer 6 released sountrack as well, but it came out some years later.
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| Game Rankings | 83.7% (based on 17 reviews)[3] | |
| Publication | Response | |
| Game Revolution | 4/5[4] | |
| GamePro | 4.5/5[5] | |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10[6] | |
| IGN | 7/10[7] | |
The game received generally favourable ratings, IGN concluding "It's not a bad game, we've just seen it all before (and before that even)".[7] GameSpot described it as "an outstanding sequel" but added "let's hope Namco addresses the collision problems in their next racer", a reference to the unrealistic crashes in the game.[6]
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
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| Release date(s) |
June, 1997
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| System(s) | PlayStation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) |
ESRB:
 Kids to Adults |
| Series | Ridge Racer |
Rage Racer (レイジレーサー ?) is a semi-realistic, PlayStation racing game from the Ridge Racer series. The game was developed by Namco and released in Japan on December 3, 1996 and in North America on May 15, 1997. In June of 1997, Sony Computer Entertainment published the game for the European market. Rage Racer is a standard, 3–5 lap racing game, played against a field of computer-controlled competitors. It borrows heavily in style and artwork from the arcade game Rave Racer, also from the Ridge Racer series. The Japanese box art also contains the tag line, "Anyone can race, but only one can win. RAGE RACER."
Rage Racer has four tracks and four different vehicle styles, each car possessing a main attribute that helps in completing a specific course. The qualities upon which the vehicles and courses are based are handling, acceleration, speed and a catch-all "well-rounded" category. The player must rely on track knowledge and match the best car for the course. The top three finishers are awarded cash prizes (referred to as "eg" in the game), which can be used to upgrade cars. The player beats the game by successfully completing all five classes and the special, unlockable sixth class.
Rage Racer is a 1996 racing video game by Namco where the player controls different cars and wins races in order to become what the game calls "Rage Racer".[1] Four different car manufacturers[2]make cars to drive in the game. Each of the cars has its forte and is sometimes named after it. In the game, the player drives three (four later in the game) courses to try and win a trophy and move to the next class.
[[File:|100px|thumb|right|One of the cars in the game.]]
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At the beginning of the game, the game shows a plot of how some elite few "Race Racers" started to race their "worldwide speedway".[3]
In the Grand Prix mode, the player starts at Class 1. They choose a course and then a car. As the player wins races, they win prize money, or "credits", which are called eg in the game.[4] Eg can be used to buy new upgrades, cars, or courses. If the player loses a race, they lose 1 chance. A player starts with 5 chances per class. If a player loses when they do not have any chances, the game ends. Players can still save, and can still retrieve their credit and cars, but medals and trophies are lost.
Time Trial is a mode where the player races the clock. They choose a car and course, and then are shown the record for the track. Tracks are also divided into "sections", parts of a track.[5]
A player can save or load data with a memory card.
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   | IGN: Rage Racer Review: - IGN: Rage Racer Review |
| | ''Rage Racer'' - Rage Racer for PlayStation - GameRankings |
| | Rage Racer for PlayStation Review - Rage Racer Review for PlayStation - GameSpot |
| | Rage Racer review for the PS - Rage Racer review for the PS |
| | Review: Rage Racer - Review : Rage Racer [PlayStation] - from GamePro.com |
| | Reiko Nagase Feature - Ridge Racer PlayStation PS3 Reiko Nagase Feature from 1UP.com |
| | Ridge Racer V: the definitive interview - PS2 News: Ridge Racer V: the definitive interview - ComputerAndVideoGames.com |
| | ''Rage Racer'' - Rage Racer for PS - Rage Racer PlayStation - Rage Racer PS Game |
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