Ridge Racer has been through a few changes since is beginning. The first major change was on the PSP with the introduction of a Nitrous system charged through drifting. Now that Nitrous system has been tweaked for the Xbox 360 version. Now you can build up to 3 tanks of Nitrous and then use them either singly, as a double or a triple Nitrous boost. As you cannot generate Nitrous while boosting the other tweak comes in the form of the 'Ultimate Charge' which is when your Nitrous boost runs out but you use the excess speed from your boost to do a powerslide and generate more Nitrous but at a much quicker rate. These additions make this a much more tactile game than previous Ridge Racers, although at it heart it is still a pure arcade racer.
There is over 200 races in the single-player World Explorer mode (the main game mode) with 5 different car classes, each getting progressively faster. The Multiplayer is also very good, offering good clean arcade purity; you shouldn't get many people smashing you off the track in this game.
Overall Ridge Racer 6 lacks the elegance and style of PGR3, but if you like your racing pure and swift, then Ridge Racer can do no wrong.
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