Listen, Bandai Namco isn't interested in Ridge Racer anymore. We know that's a hard fact to take in, but the sooner we all get used to it, the better.
Right, now we've gotten that out of the way, we can move on to the topic at hand – a talented indie coder has created an awesome homage to Namco's classic arcade racer in the form of Midnight Challenge, and you can play it right now.
You can sample the 'Downtown Loop' track, and you'll need an X-input controller to play.
As you can see from the footage above, it's looking very polished indeed, and is a neat tribute to a series which really deserves another shot at fame.
[source twitter.com]
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I really wish developers would stop posting videos on Twitter instead of YouTube... -_-
That's looking pretty Ridge Racer-y. I think it needs some fake game adverts dotted around the track, a jumbotron showing gameplay from a Galaxian clone and a stretch of the track needs to go past a beach.
Eh, ridge racer provides limited fun, but the ones I do like get by on looking pretty nice, and this does not.
Game Maker has certainly come a long way. Personally, I think it's a total convoluted mess to actually use any new versions of it now compared how simple and intuitive it all was way back before it became Studio, but it's definitely a lot more capable too.
Ridge Racer 7 on PS3 still looks really good today, though the drifting is super slippery. Someone actually did a version of the PS1 game in Dreams which was surprising good. This looks pretty neat, it's a shame after the odd DLC focused Vita release Namco seem to have given up on the series. Playing Daytona 2 in Like a Dragon recently reminded my how much I miss good arcade racing games, stlll waiting for OurRun 3!
This looks like Ridge Racer DS and I like that.
Gave this a crack just now. Controls are great - most definitely getting there. It needs some fine-tuning, but for a Beta, it's very impressive.
My only issues are with the visuals. They're going for that PSX look, but the textures are a bit bland and clinical. Some shading and texture variation will do wonders.
The music is OK, but definitely needs work too.
Will keep an eye on this one - hopefully it can develop a personality of its own, because it's screaming 'Indie Ridge Racer Clone' at the moment, which is fine, but there's so much promise here that I'd like for it to aim higher than that.
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