Ridge Racer Revolution

Ridge Racer Revolution
Developer: Namco Publishers: Namco (JP/US), SCEE (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: December 3, 1995 Released in US: September 10, 1996 Released in EU: May 1, 1996 This game has unused cinematics. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

To do: A second JP version of the game, with changes in the main executable, was released under SCEI's 'The Best' label. Investigate the effects of this.

Ridge Racer Revolution combines the gameplay and graphics of the original game's port, the music and quality of life improvements of Ridge Racer 2 plus some original content into the first "direct-to-consoles" (in reality just the PS1) entry of the Ridge Racer series.

Ridge Racer Ending

The staff roll ending of RRR is played after all three courses have been cleared, taking place in the last track the player raced on. By forcing the game to load "Special 1" or "Special 1 Extra" – normally only available on the '2P Link Game' mode – on single player and winning a race there, the original Ridge Racer ending sequence plays. (Fittingly, both are the track from the original Ridge Racer game.) The same is set up to happen with "Special 2" and "Special 2 Extra" (the "long" track from the previous game), but the game crashes 3 seconds into the ending if this layout is used.

Regional Differences

Japan	Europe/North America

All references to the "Advanced" course were changed to "Intermediate" in overseas releases.

To do: Are the units genuinely different, or is it a purely cosmetic difference?

In the Japanese and European releases, the speedometer is in km/h. In the North American version, it's in mph.