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[jett]

http://www.jeux-france.com/news17541_ridge-racer-7-s-expose.html

Meh. The game should be looking like this:

 

[drohne]

BLEH! why are the cars made of putty? i don't know what's going on with this game -- some of the shots look quite good, and these look like dogshit. didn't milkman allude to two different builds, in one of which the cars aren't reflective?

 

[KillJade]

that last pic is what next-gen should look like...alas....

 

[TTP]

WTF Namco. Turn on the motion blur already and hit the "HDR ON" button. It's right there on the SDK, near the Power button.

 

[neptunes]

that last pic is what next-gen should look like...alas....

sadly that pic isn't real

The game looks clean though...I guess. Bloomy 1st screen

 

[DarienA]

More cars... and these still don't like anymore interesting then that lame ass 1up video.

 

[antipode]

Man. I hope the online modes shape up, otherwise 2006 is going to be remembered as the low point for this franchise.

 

[JB1981]

Doesn't look too hot. But then, I'm not a big racing game fan. Although, I do think Motorstorm looks like a blast.

 

[Moderation Unlimited]

looks like RR6.

 

[REV 09]

Ridge Racer 6.1

maybe they're spending most of their dev time on the online stuff.

 

[K_S]

To: Namco
Re: Your next-gen efforts

Next-gen consoles can actually do stuff the PS2 couldn't do.

/yours truly

 

[Dante]

It's a shame, that like 6 a lot of people might pass on this because it's not visually the most amazing thing ever, but aesthetically I always found the RR games to be very nice, and they got the type of gameplay I love in racing games.

 

[REV 09]

Doesn't look too hot. But then, I'm not a big racing game fan. Although, I do think Motorstorm looks like a blast.

we better see a new motorstorm track tonight. that game looks hott in motion.

 

[drohne]

or maybe they're spending most of their dev time making obscene renders of reiko nagase and passing them around the office. cos i can tell you what they haven't spent any time on: the graphics. rr6.1 indeed.

 

[Dracos]

No thanks. I already own this game on 360.

 

[JMPovoa]

This game is going to come out on both 360 and PS3?

 

[n0b]

Needs motion blur.

 

[Nvidia]

This game looks great to me

 

[RuGalz]

Looks solid. Hopefully the gameplay is much improved over the lackluster rr6.

 

[shpankey]

man that is just downright ugly

 

[jett]

I think Namco needs to hire new people, or put their current programmers through college or some shit.

 

[DSN2K]

RR6.5

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Racers, sports games... These are usually the genres that look the most impressive and run smoothly, yet with both the 360 and now the PS3, none of these genres are knocking anyone's socks off in the 'looks dept'.

I love me some RR6, but it's hardly a leap compared to other last gen racers. Same goes for what we've seen of RR7.

The road textures in RR6 were very detailed. The controller even rumbled when your wheels traveled over road/bridge segment joints (for lack of a more accurate term). The road textures in RR7 don't look finished in comparison.

 

[TigerKnee]

Ridge Racer 6 - Potential Edition

 

[elostyle]

lolwhat

Ps3 not enough texture ram confirmed.

 

[imastalker co.]

i miss namco's R4 car designs.

 

[Vangellis]

http://www.jeux-france.com/news1754... From those shots it needs a ton of work imo.

 

[Ronin]

What the piss Namco? This is unacceptable.

 

[Kai Ozu]

It's the same game.

 

[Dante]

Ps3 not enough texture ram confirmed.

Yeah because Namco's next gen efforts have really been tearing things up vusially....FCK that!

Yeah the above shot and the enviornment shots did look really nice I thought, biggest problem with the new ones is they are pretty un-interesting shots.

 

[Stinkles]

What the piss Namco? This is unacceptable.

Forget the graphics. It's 60fps and it plays GREAT (if it plays like RR6 which I assume it does)

 

[snatches]

Racers, sports games... These are usually the genres that look the most impressive and run smoothly, yet with both the 360 and now the PS3, none of these genres are knocking anyone's socks off in the 'looks dept'.

PGR3 doesn't *look* good? Say what you want about frame rate (and you will) or output res being slightly lower than expected but PGR3 looks amazing. Especially in cockpit view.

 

[Blame!]

in before downgradesta.....oh wait.

actually these screens look like classic ridge. wot's teh problem?

 

[Boards of Canada]

Looks great, just like RR6.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

PGR3 doesn't *look* good? Say what you want about frame rate (and you will) or output res being slightly lower than expected but PGR3 looks amazing. Especially in cockpit view.

I honestly think RR6 looks superior than PGR3 (dark10x at least agrees with me on that), although clearly, from a technical perspective, it's inferior.

I own both btw.

Looks great, just like RR6.

Although once it's complete, I'm almost certain RR7 will look better... Based off of avail. media, I'd give the edge to RR6 at this point.

 

[Diablohead]

Basicly looks like RR6 to me, I still dont know why I brought that game.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Basicly looks like RR6 to me, I still dont know why I brought that game.

Maybe because you wanted the best racing game avail. on the 360...?

 

[Dante]

Maybe because you wanted the best racing game avail. on the 360...?

QFT!

 

[elostyle]

I'm trying to think of something funny, but I got nothing.

I just want my ridge racer revolution.

 

[ourumov]

Looks enough good to me...

 

[Lortnoc Egamad]

Some screens actually look amazing, like this one:

 

[terrene]

It looks exactly like RR6. Between this and Ridge Racers 2 for PSP, Namco's doin' the franchise wrong. But still, maybe it'll look better in spots, and it'll probably be 60fps like RR6.

 

[jarrod]

Looks like sabotage 360 went multiplatform.

I still wish RR7 was headed to 360 though...

 

[My Arms Your Hearse]

Racers continue to disappoint in the graphics department... an area where they usually shine. Show us some freaking GT5.

 

[ourumov]

Some screens actually look amazing, like this one:

Yep...

So far, I believe that improving:

1) Shadowing/Self Shadowing on cars.

2) Throwing some effects on the ashpalt.

Might change a lot the opinions we are seeing here. There is also the fact of the lightning being pretty bland but well...it's a RR game not a GT game. It doesn't aim for realistic graphics.


Anyways, back when RRV was released the most impressing thing was the geometry there. I would wait to see how does RR7 perform in that sense, we could be trully wowed.

 

[REV 09]

Forget the graphics. It's 60fps and it plays GREAT (if it plays like RR6 which I assume it does)

i don't want to hear anyone that is creating the greatness, which is know as Halo 3, making this comment about any next gen game.

Edit: that screen above looks a little better. RR6 had some decent looking segments depending on the lighting on the track.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Wow, it's like they're not even trying.

Spoiler

eh-oh-el at the folks who thought this would be some magical jump from RR6

That said, I will be buying this just like RR6 because I'm an arcade-racing (specifically RR) whorebag.

 

[hyp]

I honestly think RR6 looks superior than PGR3 (dark10x at least agrees with me on that), although clearly, from a technical perspective, it's inferior.

same here, it's got that arcade quality that PGR3 can't match sylistically. and PGR3 has nothing on RR6's anti aliasing, load times, and "never-a-hitch" 60FPS. i played both to death and i had way more fun w/ RR6.

 

[kevm3]

The last screen posted looks great, but the others look awful... Especially the cars. It seems like they just flipped on the switch for reflections and lighting in the last pic.

 

[DarienA]

Some screens actually look amazing, like this one:

That looks nice... in an artistic manner, wait that's not right... I can't describe why that looks nice.... can't think of the word... now convince me it's the same game.... IDONTBELIEVEYOU!