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[ParaSeoul]

Never understood how we've gone so long without a new Ridge Racer. There was a time it was synonymous with Playstation and was at every launch of a Playstation console now its just relegated to mobile. Was Ace Combat even more popular than it or is it just because arcade racers in general are not as prevalent as before?

 

[mansoor1980]

agree with you OP , ridge racer with ray tracing needs a comeback,will shit on every other racing game and will be a ton of fun to play .

 

[Calverz]

I think it’s because of the rise of sim cades and forza horizon quite honestly. I would love a new ridge racer but don’t think the kiddies would like it.

 

[lostinblue]

I think part of it is that the Ace Combat team (team aces) never disbanded.

Ridge Racer team did, and they started outsourcing it (bugbear studios?). Having plenty competition probably didn't help either against the fact that ace combat doesn't really have competition.

 

[nush]

Competition in the car game market is higher than the plane game market.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[nush]

Not when you have hot asian waifus in your game

She'd fit in a plane.

 

[RAIDEN1]

If Need for Speed Hot Pursuit can make a re-entry without any fuss, then I don't see why we couldn't get Ridge Racer 7 again but just with a few more bells and whistles so to speak.....right now, if you want to play Ridge Racer on any "current" consoles, your best bet is on the Series X with the release of Ridge Racer 6....that is about as good as it gets.

 

[ManaByte]

I think it’s because of the rise of sim cades and forza horizon quite honestly. I would love a new ridge racer but don’t think the kiddies would like it.

This. There is way more competition in the arcade racing genre than in the flight combat one.

 

[lh032]

alot of competition in the racing genre and racing genre is a niche market.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Not when you have hot asian waifus in your game

 

[DarkMage619]

I always enjoyed Ridge Racer but never played past the very first Air Combat on PS1 even though I enjoyed it. I'm guessing the Air Combats made more money. It was great news to see MS add Ridge Racer 6 to back compatibility recently. I still had my original 360 disc and was able to jump back in. Such an awesome feature and it was pretty cool to play the game I bought so long ago for no additional charge. Hopefully this allows more people to get even a taste of how cool the series was. R4 still has the best soundtrack maybe Sony will do some improved back for PlayStation 5. I still have my R4 and R7 discs. Let me use em Sony!

 

[Lognor]

There was a rumor a year or more ago that a new Ridge Racer game was coming to the Switch. That's gotta be one of the most random rumors I've ever heard.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

She'd fit in a plane.

If I'm not mistaken, there's a character in one of the Ace combat games that looks like her.

 

[Flutta]

Fighter Jets > Cars

 

[ParaSeoul]

If I'm not mistaken, there's a character in one of the Ace combat games that looks like her.

her sister

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

her sister

Then that means those games are connected.

 

[DarkestHour]

I'm waiting for Ace Racer where they combine the two games. Just imagine. After killing over 300 bogeys you land your plan and then drive your sports car. God damn. I'm going to be a game dev.

 

[Kuranghi]

Fighter Jets > Cars

Maybe they are cooler technically but its more fun to master a course than a flying mission imo, too much open space in the air to make you feel as badass as drifting perfectly round every corner. While music like this plays:




Although this is also brilliant and adds to the game so much for me:

 

[RAIDEN1]

Maybe they are cooler technically but its more fun to master a course than a flying mission imo, too much open space in the air to make you feel as badass as drifting perfectly round every corner. While music like this plays:




Although this is also brilliant and adds to the game so much for me:

The only good thing about Ridge Racer 4 was its music, having played it on the PS3 a few years ago and completing it, I found it to be under-whelming, I was like what? Is that it? That remains the only Ridge Racer game I have ever completed....never got through Ridge Racer 7

 

[Kuranghi]

The only good thing about Ridge Racer 4 was its music, having played it on the PS3 a few years ago and completing it, I found it to be under-whelming, I was like what? Is that it? That remains the only Ridge Racer game I have ever completed....never got through Ridge Racer 7

Aye I barely played that one, I only really played the first 2 and the spinoffs but I do like the music of RR4.

 

[Gp1]

Probably because Ace Combat is the only arcade flight/fighter pilot game available on the market with some minimal production value, beside some indie games here and there. And Ridge Racer got surpassed by other arcade racers.

But Ace need some competition. Maybe when Eagle Dynamic becomes a mainstream developer...

 

[ReBurn]

The only good thing about Ridge Racer 4 was its music, having played it on the PS3 a few years ago and completing it, I found it to be under-whelming, I was like what? Is that it? That remains the only Ridge Racer game I have ever completed....never got through Ridge Racer 7

I definitely didn't like Ridge Racer Type 4 as much as the ones that came before it. Ridge Racer V was more fun to me, but by the time 6 and 7 came along I started to lose interest. I've been thinking of picking up 6 on Xbox again since it's backward compatible now.

 

[RAIDEN1]

I definitely didn't like Ridge Racer Type 4 as much as the ones that came before it. Ridge Racer V was more fun to me, but by the time 6 and 7 came along I started to lose interest. I've been thinking of picking up 6 on Xbox again since it's backward compatible now.

Yeah and about the only title in the series that is....lets see what Sony do with their new PSN + model..

 

[RoboFu]

I would love a new RR myself but they would probably try to turn it into a horizon and make it more realistic so I’m kind of happy they left it alone.

 

[nush]

I would love a new RR myself but they would probably try to turn it into a horizon and make it more realistic so I’m kind of happy they left it alone.

Once Burnout went Paradise the bar was raised too high. There's certain genres that the mass market (The casuals) just see as something very simple, and Ridge Racer is "Just cars going round a track". I still think a Ridge remastered collection would sell, Ridge 1-4 and then Ridge 5-7.

 

[Brigandier]

Once Burnout went Paradise the bar was raised too high. There's certain genres that the mass market (The casuals) just see as something very simple, and Ridge Racer is "Just cars going round a track". I still think a Ridge remastered collection would sell, Ridge 1-4 and then Ridge 5-7.

I would love to see a remastered RR with many tracks from the series included.

I miss the online racing from RR7 and the Vita RR were great fun.

4k 120fps RR

 

[Pagusas]

I just don’t see a market for Ridge Racer anymore.

 

[Griffon]

Competition in the car game market is higher than the plane game market.

Is it really? The arcade racer genre has been utterly empty of regular new releases for decades now.

 

[nush]

Is it really? The arcade racer genre has been utterly empty of regular new releases for decades now.

"Arcade" racer is just too simple and can't justify the price tag. They just stopped selling in the numbers needed. Case in point Blur bombed.

 

[UnNamed]

Ace Combat evolved somehow, Ridge Racer... not so much.

 

[Orta]

She'd fit in a plane.

She'd fit in my cockpit (etc)

 

[stranno]

Ace Combat trilogy was probably the biggest graphics evolution ever seen on a Playstation series. It's pretty crazy to see the difference between a green gradient with some isles floating here and there to a very complex 3D world of Electrosphere.

 

[teezzy]

 

[RaZoR No1]

I miss my Arcade Racers...
RR, PGR, Blur and many more

 

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

I have a feeling this meme killed Ridge Racer as an IP more than anything else in particular.

 

[Fahdis]

She'd fit in a plane.

She'd fit on my plane if you know what I mean

 

[Shmunter]

More evolved arcade racers have come and also been axed, so this would be low on the resurrection pile.

Give me a next gen Project Gotham and I may even bite on an X. And let’s not even bring up Driveclub.

 

[teezzy]

She'd fit in my cockpit (etc)

You must have a huge peehole

 

[Rob_27]

It got a bit silly with the sideways bollocks.

 

[onQ123]

Because the trolls won & made Ridge Racer into a online meme

 

[Brofist]

For arcade racers I'd love a new off the wall Midnight Club game that's more similar to MC2 than the later ones.

Of course a new RR would be awesome too.

Arcade racers now need a gimmick to survive. Or they need to be somewhere in between sim and arcade, like FH

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Aside from Mario Kart which is it's own quirky fun racer, the typical NFS/Ridge Racer/Burnout kind of fast paced arcadey racer died long time ago. Probably the 360/PS3 era was the last time there were tons of them. Games are too shallow. Fast paced fun, but no depth. It's got so bad EA doesn't even release an annual NFS game anymore.

Racing fans either do Mario Kart for wacky fun or GT, Forza, Assetto kinds of games for racers that are more sim. Even if someone adjusts the settings to be all out bumper car races, it still has real cars and decal. And thats what people like. Forza Horizon is a different animal as it's a weird combo of arcadey, sim with real cars and open world.

I dont think too many gamers want to race with Ms. Pac Man paint on their car.

As for Ace Combat. I dont think this series sells a ton, but not too many jet fighter games on console. It's basically Ace and some AA games that come out of nowhere sometimes like Sturmovik or those Midway 360 games.

 

[DaGwaphics]

Loved both of these titles on PS1. A new RR would be great, hopefully with the OTT PA guy from the original. Might work if they made it a smaller simpler game (at a lower price), rather than trying to compete as a big AAA.

As for Ace Combat. I dont think this series sells a ton, but not too many jet fighter games on console. It's basically Ace and some AA games that come out of nowhere sometimes like Sturmovik or those Midway 360 games.

TC H.A.W.X was a good series on 360. But yeah, Ace doesn't have a lot of competition.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Loved both of these titles on PS1. A new RR would be great, hopefully with the OTT PA guy from the original. Might work if they made it a smaller simpler game (at a lower price), rather than trying to compete as a big AAA.



TC H.A.W.X was a good series on 360. But yeah, Ace doesn't have a lot of competition.

Battlestations on 360 was actually pretty good. Googling it there were two. I forget which one I dabbled with, but probably he first one. Came out of nowhere as a low key game and was surprisingly decent.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Way too much disrespect towards Ace Combat - that series was owed a return as well after the horrid Assault Horizon. Horizon came out in 2011 and dumbed down the series beyond belief - before that the last real entry was Ace Combat 6 in 2007. So yeah - Ace Combat fans were waiting a long time too.

But yeah, Ridge Racer needs to make a comeback as well.

 

[bender]

Once Burnout went Paradise the bar was raised too high. There's certain genres that the mass market (The casuals) just see as something very simple, and Ridge Racer is "Just cars going round a track". I still think a Ridge remastered collection would sell, Ridge 1-4 and then Ridge 5-7.

Burnout Paradise was such a disappointment. The world needs less open world racers and more closed circuit racers but the demand for arcade titles just isn't there anymore. At least we got a new Cruis'N this year.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Way too much disrespect towards Ace Combat - that series was owed a return as well after the horrid Assault Horizon. Horizon came out in 2011 and dumbed down the series beyond belief - before that the last real entry was Ace Combat 6 in 2007. So yeah - Ace Combat fans were waiting a long time too.

That was easily the worst AC game I played and I've played most of them.

It was gimmicky as hell when they did the AC-130 act which was exactly like COD4's AC-130 level.

 

[Gp1]

Battlestations on 360 was actually pretty good.

Awesome games.
I've played a lot of both and the second one is even better. It's a shame that the IP is buried six feet under along with the developers in Square Europe HQ.

 

[RaZoR No1]

Because the trolls won & made Ridge Racer into a online meme

Nah it was because the last game was not a real RR anymore.
Ridge Racer Unbounded (?) was just a cheap Split Second reskin.
Even the F2P PC Version after that didn't even help.
It literally had nothing to do with RR anymore.