Great game, but boring.

Reviewed by Denny on December 20, 2006  |  report this review

This is a really well made arcade-style racing game. Unlike Need For Speed, there's less physics and more arcade fun. The game difficulty is good, except when you use the motion sensor to steer. Using the motion sensor is harder than the joystick and makes the game quite difficult. It took me several tries to beat the first tournament using motion sensing. Graphics is amazing, with a lot of decorations such as a flock of birds, waterfalls, gondolas, etc. to make the scenery really nice. Unfortunately, the game gets repetitive very quickly and the online play isn't much more fun (let alone the time it takes to actually join an online game). If you enjoy racing games, you'll enjoy Ridge Racer 7. If you're a normal gamer, you'll probably get bored of the game before you finish it.

Drifting goes hand-in-hand

Reviewed by dusktilldawn on January 11, 2007  |  report this review

Drifting goes hand-in-hand with nitrous in the Ridge Racer universe. Using juice works the same way it did in Ridge Racer 6 on the Xbox 360. It comes in three phases, each of which fills up while drifting. Players can trigger each phase manually, so there's no need to use it all at once. And since it doesn't fill up while it's actually being used, there's a constant need to strategize when to drift and when to boost. After practice, players will rarely run out, since the quality of the drift determines how much nitrous is gained. But it's serious fun getting to that point. Once a driver can boost in and out of drifts, they've got it made.

Ridge Racer 7 has all the basic modes required of modern racers. The quickest way to jump in and start racing is Arcade Mode. Here, players just pick a car and track and head off to the start line. It has two basic options, single play and multi play. The latter lets two live players compete via split screen, though there's a definite loss in framerate and visual quality. Textures look muddy, for instance, and races lose the fluidity and grace of the single-player and online matches. It's definitely unfortunate, though it doesn't ruin the experience completely. And it's nice that the second player option remains, even though the emphasis has switched to global encounters through the network system.

ridge racer 7

Reviewed by lileksman on April 18, 2007  |  report this review

OMG, must be said ! One of the worst game to be brought out for the PS3 ! shocking. i was stunned at the lack of scenery and as it IS a next gen game u would expect rolling hills stunning cliff faces and immaculate cars but far from ! I was also shocked at game play, ok picture this u just bought ridge racer 7, whack it into ya shinny PS3, start game, here we go................3, 2, 1 your off !!, and u feel you could move faster in a Vauxhall nova.
so what im trying to say is the cars aren't the best u would expect poorly designed and the same shape as a post box also I have seen better drifting in this games rival "Burnout" which must be said even the PS2 version of burnout is better than this next gen piece of rubbish ! if u want a good driving/racing game just wait till October when grand turismo 5 comes out !!!!!!!

awful game

Reviewed by mightymouse09 on February 21, 2008  |  report this review

one of thee worst racing games ive ever played. rented it and returned it the same night. absolutely not worth anything. its boring and the dynamics of driving suck. graphics arent even that impressive relative to the awful race experience.