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Simple strokes for simple folks....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is a cynical rushed project which should fool no one. Put simply it is Ridge racer 1 tarted up. That's right Ridge 1! It lacks the subtleties, playability, handling and innovation of Ridge Racer 4, and is not fit to wipe the feet of the likes of Gran Turismo. Do not buy this! The PS2 can do far, far better (hopefully).

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This was the first game I played with the PS2, and it immediately put me into a panic. I felt like I wasted a lot of money on the PS2 for graphics & performance & game complexity that aren't at all apparent in Ridge Racer V. This is a simpistic game with graphics that you'd expect to see on the original Playstation. Luckily, I loaded up Madden 2001 next and was treated to some of the advanced capabilities of the PS2. If you must have this game, buy it used. Do not spend the full 50 bucks for a new copy.

lame racer V

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is horribly awful. Fans of serious racing games like EA's F1 and Gran Turisimo should avoid this game at all costs. It's control is awful, the in game commentary is wretched, and the physics irritatingly impossible. The only purpose this game will serve is when other games are reviewed as "at least its not as bad as Ridge Racer V."

The truth about Ridge Racer for PS2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game [is not very good]

I own 6 games for PS2 and this is the only game that causes the console to lock-up. Namco will not admit there's a problem. I replaced the CD with another CD and had the same problem. Namco says it's a problem with my console, but no other game has ever locked up.

I heard some developers were having problems writing games for the PS2. I'm sure Namco is one of the developers that has had problems.

I won't by another game that has the Namco name on it. Their support is useless.

Save your money... don't bother with this game.

The best game I have so far is Madden NFL 2001.

A total waste of time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this on the cheap thinking that it would be a decent racing game. I was wrong. I didn't know what to expect, but cars that handle EXTREMELY unrealistically, graphics that are just average in my eyes (compared to NFS 2 Hot pursuit and GT 3) and a general unexpected hardness in gameplay made me sorry I got this game. The cars are fake, which isn't too much of an issue but you have to make the fake cars good. If you're looking for a fun racing game with realistic cars, go for Need For Speed 2: Hot Pursuit, and if you want a good driving sim, go for Gran Turismo 3. Rent this if you must, but don't spend a lot of money for it.

this game is awful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is awful. i brake and then my car goes into a spin. i accelerate and i'm back to 200 km/hr!! what is going on? this game is really bad and it takes FOREVER to load

just plain bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The worst game I've ever played. It is hard to control and you spin out all the time. Most of the tracks aren't that exciting either. Really, don't get it.

Graphics and gameplay are terrible.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are unpolished and the cars don't drive like real cars. If you just tap the controls the car jerks to the left or the right. It is almost impossible to drive the cars without crashing because of the extreme control pad sensitivity. I played this game about 5 times and now I don't play it anymore. It was a total waste of money. The best game that I played so far is WDL World Destruction League. If you want a great game that has awsome graphics that allows you to play 4 players at once, then buy WDL.

[joelleimer@hotmail.com]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Imagine the Atari 2600. Now imagine revamping one of its racing games with better graphics and...well that's about it. I can't believe anyone would release a game this bad for a console like the PlayStation 2. I love racing games, from Gran Turismo and Need for Speed (PS1) to alternative reacing like SSX. ....

The game control is sloppy, unrealistic, and unreliable. If you smack into the wall at a 45 degree angle, the car continues along the wall at the same angle, hitting it again and again and again until you finally turn the wheel. There's doesn't seem to have been even the slightest effort to recreate any sort of physics controling the car movements. Arrghh! ....

Terrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I picked this up on sale... now I know why it was so cheap. Stick with the other racing games if you want to actually DRIVE a car. If, on the other hand, you want a game that doesn't even resemble racing, then by all means. The play control is absolutely terrible. I know that there is a so called style to the RR games, but this time it is really unrefined. The tracks are almost all the same, with very little variation. The announcer is perhaps even more annoying than the playcontrol, and the game takes forever to load, with many different confirmation screens to get through before actually racing. I thought the ability to design your own car down to the paint job was cool, but not enough. Oh yeah, and the girl on the box is really cute, but don't be fooled by that!

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