Ridge Racer 6 is not a bad game by any means but it also isn't a great game either.
Graphically this game is nothing special, yes this is the best Ridge Racer has ever looked but compared with other 360 titles it doesnt bode so well thankfully the game does look stylish so it doesn't look awfully bad either. The environments look nice and quite varied for a ridge game and they do a good job to portray depth on the tracks. The cars look nice but nothing too spectacular, especially when you have games like PGR3 and Test Drive Unlimited to compete against.
The sound is not too good sadly, the engines all sound very similar in tone with slight pitch changes per class of car and size. The soundtrack is just an assortment of techno tunes that after a while become annoying and some are horrid immediately. The in game announcer is the worst aspect in my view, it gets very annoying hearing the same phrases multiple times through a race and how many times can one person say "Nitrus" and it not get on your nearves.
Gameplay wise the game is classic ridge with NOS for good measure, the game plays well and is very addictive with its now well known drift happy slide around everything style. The World Xplorer mode is truely massive with approx 280 events to complete in total ranging in skill and type, the only shame is there are nowhere near enough tracks to fill out that many events so you can only really play this one is bursts as it will get dull if you do play it hardcore. My main and major gripe about this one is the CPU AI, in the early races they are a push over then as you proceed instead of making them drive smarter or more aggressive instead they seem to get unlimited shots of nitrus that they can fire at will with no need to charge which can be insanely frustrating seeing as how you have to build yours by drifting and there is nothing worse than a CPU car letting off a NOS shot then a tripple NOS straight after while on the last corner giving you no chance at all of even getting close to them. I found that this happens alot in the later events and it can and does try your patience alot.
Overall I would say Ridge Racer 6 is not a bad game but not everyone is going to enjoy this one and possibly give it a rent or find it cheap before diving in.