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From the arcades of 1993, through the console generations, we drift through every single iteration of Ridge Racer. OK, we haven't played every mobile version and pachi-slot, but Leon, Chris Worthington, Tony and community contributors have hundreds of hours of sideways thrills under their drive belts, and can't wait to reminisce. The aesthetics, the music and the feelings, whether its Revolution, Rage, Rave or R4. Go go go!Music featured in this issue:1. Main Menu from Ridge Racer by Shinji Hosoe/Nobuyoshi Sano/Ayako Saso2. Urban Fragments from R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 by Kohta Takahashi/Hiroshi Okubo/Asuka Sakai/Tetsukazu Nakanishi/Koji NakagawaEdit by Jay Taylor

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melonhouse

Was really looking forward to this show and it did not disappoint. I’ve only had limited experience with the series (mostly through an official PS1 demo disc that contained Revolution and a random weekend rental of Rage) but have always thought there was something “classic” about it. I feel like you all did a great job of conveying what was so special and frustrating about the series as a whole. Cheers.

Alex79

Great show, despite not being a huge fan of the series. One thing I'm not sure you mentioned, unless I missed it (and I may have missed it!) is Ridge Racer DS. You definitely spoke about the 3DS version but not sure anyone referenced the original Nintendo DS one from 2004/5. I remember playing it on a dodgy R4 card back in the day, with the only feature of note being a truly awful virtual steering wheel on the bottom screen you could use the stylus with to steer the car! EDIT: Seems as though, after looking in to it, this was a remake of the N64 game.

Cane and Rinse

Yes, we just mentioned in passing that it was a port of the N64 version. It's possible that didn't make the cut though.

Alex79

Oh it may well have done. Sometimes when I'm listening to things my brain starts thinking of something else and I miss a bit. Sometimes I rewind, but then sometimes my brain just carries on thinking of a different thing and I forget to rewind it. And that's my TED talk on how brains work.

Aldarik

Another great show. Leon and Tony as Cane and Rinse veterans are of course charming as always but I wanted to especially thank Chris Worthington who only became a regular panellist this year if I am not mistaking. Chris enriches every show and I think he is a great addition to the team. I hope he stays for a while.

Jean-Fred

Thanks for the show − and for including my humble thoughts in the recording :) Nice to hear your own words spoken by Leon’s radio voice (who am I kidding, I have listened to so much Cane and Rinse at this point that I can read 'anything' with Leon’s voice) Chris’ mention of Lotus II brought back some memories as I also played it a lot on the Amiga and almost forgot it.

Chris Worthington

I still go back and play the Lotus games now. There is still fun to be had.

Jean-Fred

(Tangentially − I don’t know where I got that idea from, but I could have sworn that the Lotus 2 intro theme was from Chris Hülsbeck. I guess I learned that not every absolute banger (as Brian Edwards would say) on the Amiga is from Hülsbeck, and my apologies to Barry Leitch.)

Michiel Kroder

I love that Andrew Elmore story about making the R4 inspired album.