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[Goldrusher]

gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXjxWcrNDc

lady doesn't know how to play.

That's an understatement.

 

[slidewinder]

Maybe I've been away from handheld gaming for too long, but that just doesn't look that great to me. And if they plan on releasing an RR game looking like that at 30 FPS, then: WOW, YUCK!

 

[dark10x]

gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXjxWcrNDc

lady doesn't know how to play. rubbin against the walls.

Looks nice, but jesus, that was extremely painful to watch. Was she even TRYING to play?

Also, I just checked out some Resistance footage and I don't think it looks that bad at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aREXcUc_PYc

It definitely looks current gen to me. What's the issue?

 

[herzogzwei1989]

Looks like Ridge Racer 6/7, nice.

 

[Wonko_C]

Maybe I've been away from handheld gaming for too long, but that just doesn't look that great to me. And if they plan on releasing an RR game looking like that at 30 FPS, then: WOW, YUCK!

It doesn't look so hot indeed. That course is missing all the foliage from its RR6 & 7 counterpart making it look really flat, and the textures seem to be lower resolution than in those games, I don't know what's going on with Namco but because of the Vita's lower resolution I expected this to look at least on par with RR7 track detail wise and run at 60fps, so let's hope they pull through.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Looks like Ridge Racer 6/7, nice.

At half the framerate

 

[kikonawa]

doesnt look bad, and a hell of a lot better then the psp version

 

[Tiduz]

im stunned no one else filmed someone who knows how to play. stunned i tell you

 

[SolidSnakex]

New gameplay video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMUJ60NwMY

 

[StealthGoblin]

Looks okay. I expected better of Cellius.

 

[dark10x]

New gameplay video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMUJ60NwMY

Looking good there.

I hope that dial in the lower right corner isn't the speedometer, though. Nearly 400 km/h? Really, Namco?

 

[duckroll]

I dunno. Looks really rough to me. Like pretty much all Japanese developed Vita games, it simply doesn't feel like the tech jump it needs to be to really impress. Also, what's with all Ridge Racer games having off-screen gameplay footage which start with loading screens when they're first unveiled. Lol.

 

[rollingstart]

poor performance indeed. looks nice, but in the new video, it feels slow. it's a Vita launch game too, so just about 3 months from now. fix it.

 

[Ellis Kim]

Namco setting the Vita standard for intro-screen interactivity.

 

[Jinfash]

I can even tell the game is struggling to keep a steady framerate. (Ok, that and other reports have pointed it out)

 

[phosphor112]

Looking good there.

I hope that dial in the lower right corner isn't the speedometer, though. Nearly 400 km/h? Really, Namco?

Bitches don't know about my NOS.

vindeisel.jpeg

 

[Majmun]

gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXjxWcrNDc

lady doesn't know how to play. rubbin against the walls.

Manifestation of the awful woman behind the wheel stigma.

God, she can't drive. :|

 

[Tiduz]

i mean, i got rr on 3ds and enjoyed that... even tho the framerate is terribad.. this cant be worse

 

[Spiegel]

 

[twinturbo2]

Call me crazy, but I'd like to see a Ridge Racer game with real cars. I mean, there are cars IRL that look Ridge Racer-ish to me! (McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Aventador, Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept, Alfa Romeo 4C Competizone)

 

[jett]

Footage of someone who knows what he's doing

Looks nice, too bad it's not 60fps.

 

[BruiserBear]

Call me crazy, but I'd like to see a Ridge Racer game with real cars. I mean, there are cars IRL that look Ridge Racer-ish to me! (McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Aventador, Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept, Alfa Romeo 4C Competizone)

You're crazy.


I think there is a certain appeal to the fictional Ridge Racer cars and brands they've created. NFS: Hot Pursuit from last year was a perfect arcade racer with real cars.

Ridge Racer is it's own thing.

 

[Bucket-o-roadkill]

Footage of someone who knows what he's doing

Looks nice, too bad it's not 60fps.

Is it definitely confirmed to not be 60fps?!

 

[twinturbo2]

You're crazy.


I think there is a certain appeal to the fictional Ridge Racer cars and brands they've created. NFS: Hot Pursuit from last year was a perfect arcade racer with real cars.

Ridge Racer is it's own thing.

Eh, I hope the Asphalt game Gameloft is cooking up for the Vita is okay. That may be what I'm looking for.

 

[seady]

The touch-to-slow-mo idea would be perfect for a Burnout game.

 

[Wonko_C]

Call me crazy, but I'd like to see a Ridge Racer game with real cars. I mean, there are cars IRL that look Ridge Racer-ish to me! (McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Aventador, Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept, Alfa Romeo 4C Competizone)

R: Racing Evolution wants to have a word with you.

Also: Isn't Ridge Racer Unbounded using real cars? They don't look like Ridge Racer cars to me.

 

[twinturbo2]

R: Racing Evolution wants to have a word with you.

Also: Isn't Ridge Racer Unbounded using real cars? They don't look like Ridge Racer cars to me.

R: Racing Evolution isn't really what I'm looking for, and Unbounded isn't using real cars.

 

[Bad_Boy]

environments seem to be lacking something. but damn those cars look hot.

 

[Kerrby]

Is it definitely confirmed to not be 60fps?!

Yes because they're rushing the game out so it's a launch game.

 

[DiscoJer]

environments seem to be lacking something. but damn those cars look hot.

I guess they look a little better than this...

But that's from basically a half-dozen person company after they had their devkit for a month

Sony & Namco really don't seem to be getting much from that Cellius money

 

[SolidSnakex]

http://andriasang.com/comyar/

 

[EhrgeizVII]

Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps. Please be 60 fps.

 

[Jonnyram]

Some update about the gameplay from a retailer listing:
http://gmstar.com/psv/ridgeracer.html

Apparently the players of the world can join one of four teams and take part in a planetary league, which is refreshed every 24 hours. Looks like you can gain titles this way too.

 

[VonRehausen]

Could be good at 60 fps.

 

[Kerrby]

Some update about the gameplay from a retailer listing:
http://gmstar.com/psv/ridgeracer.html

Apparently the players of the world can join one of four teams and take part in a planetary league, which is refreshed every 24 hours. Looks like you can gain titles this way too.

That is an awesome idea. I'd probably buy the game just for that feature.

 

[Grimmy]

The game looks like a jaggy mess....

http://andriasang.com/comywg/

So much for Vita's AA capabilities... This and Katamari are so jaggy.

 

[Jonnyram]

Ridge Racer V had crazy jaggies and I thought it looked awesome.
This is gonna look beautiful on that small OLED screen.

 

[TGMIII]

So much for Vita's AA capabilities... This and Katamari are so jaggy.

Yeah because launch day games show of a systems full potential right? Plus so far everything looks like it's just a port of RR7 content. Correct me if I'm wrong.


Shame it's 30FPS, looks like it even chugs at some parts. Will probably end up skipping this unless it miraculously changes before release.

 

[Atolm]

The game looks like a rehash of RR7 more than anything, I won't buy it this time I think. Unless old fans tell me the game is the second coming of Christ or something like that.

 

[Wazzim]

No 60fps or 100% locked 30fps, no buy. There is no way you can play Ridge Racer with framedrops.

 

[mocoworm]

The video title is:

'E3 2011 Gameplay: Ridge Racer + PS Vita'

I see no Gameplay.

[EDIT. Second video shows gameplay, but does not say Gameplay in title. How odd. ]

 

[tsab]

Footage of someone who knows what he's doing

Looks nice, too bad it's not 60fps.

I do not intent to derail the thread or troll, but the guy seems frustrated handling the psvita. And of all the control schemes he is playing with the d-pad.

Spoiler

sticks or motion damn it

sceptical.jpg

 

[Durante]

So much for Vita's AA capabilities... This and Katamari are so jaggy.

Vita has fantastic AA capabilities. The only conclusion is that some japanese developers simply don't like AA. I won't buy their games.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I do not intent to derail the thread or troll, but the guy seems frustrated handling the psvita. And of all the control schemes he is playing with the d-pad.

Spoiler

sticks or motion damn it

sceptical.jpg

Ridge Racer actually works really well with the d-pad.

 

[tsab]

Ridge Racer actually works really well with the d-pad.

How's so? all I see the guy either tapping the d-pad or correcting his course while turning.
Or is that how you are supposed to play it?

apologies, I haven't played Ridge Racer since Ridge Racer Revolution.

 

[Joni]

Eh, I hope the Asphalt game Gameloft is cooking up for the Vita is okay. That may be what I'm looking for.

I would avoid that one. Steering is horrible, game is ugly. That was at GamesCom, so they still have a bit of time to improve it, but I'm not optimistic.

 

[dr_rus]

The game looks like a jaggy mess....

http://andriasang.com/comywg/

That's because it is clearly rendered at lower than Vita's display native resolution.
I played on Vita and I can tell you that even without the AA it's hard to notice any jaggies when the game is using display's native resolution because of how small the screen pixels are.

This is rendered in Vita's native display resolution:

Now try to fit this in 5" diagonal (it should be about quarter of it's size for me on my 24" 1920x1200 display) and you'll see that pixel size is so small that jaggies are almost invisible.

 

[Berksy]

Yeah Dpad is better for RR. And you usually take corners drifting while playing RR games that's why the player in the video can't play.

I will stick with WipEout for my launch racing game needs, I guess.

Edit: also even low res oled screens have good quality images especially animated so I think it will look better while in action.

 

[Parallax]

I do not intent to derail the thread or troll, but the guy seems frustrated handling the psvita. And of all the control schemes he is playing with the d-pad.

Spoiler

sticks or motion damn it

sceptical.jpg

You play ridge racer with the sticks? Why?

 

[EhrgeizVII]

I still like the way it looks. I hope they removed anti-aliasing so that it could run at 60 fps.

Besides, you probably won't notice those jaggies on the 5" OLED.