Ridge Racer 7 - Seaside Route 765
65Sooooo, YouTube has been horrifically pixelating all my recent video uploads for some time now. I'm trying a different method here where I'm re-rendering the final video in a different program, which drastically reduces the file size and the bitrate but doesn't seem to reduce the video quality too noticeably. I'm hoping this will reduce the amount of video compression that goes on when YouTube processes the final video and stops my once beautful videos from coming out looking like a load of pixelated vomit.
Released in 2006 at the PS3 launch, Ridge Racer 7 ran at 1080p and 60 frames per second and also featured Dolby Digital 5.1 and featured a whoopin' 22 tracks. It still looks great today, in fact, much like WipEout HD, I don't think there were that many PS3 driving games that came after that actually managed to surpass this launch game in terms of sheer visual finesse. Just compare this lovely slice of beautifully anti-aliased 60fps perfection to the fugly 30fps jaggies of something like Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and you'll see what I'm talking about. The Ridge Racer style of gameplay isn't for everyone, but if you like this type of game (and I do!) then this is really where the series peaked (Ridge Racer 2 on the PSP is chuffin' ace as well).
The track here, Seaside Route 765, is the same track that featured in the original Ridge Racer arcade game, done up here in spiffy PS3-O-Vision.
Also, If you're fan of dance music and a bit of an ageing raver (which I am!) then you're also well served here by the game's wicked soundtrack. The Ridge Racer series has always been synonymous with rave music and the soundtrack here is particularity good in my opinion.
A new Ridge Racer game is definitely something that's missing on the PS4... At least we got an awesome WipEout remaster collection not too long ago.
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