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Ridge Racer 3D

The Ridge Racer series returns to set the racing world on fire with brand new features, breathtaking stereoscopic 3D visuals, a wider variety of machines, new environments, expanded customization and updated…

72 26 February 2011

Ridge Racer 3D is a racing developed by Namco Bandai Games, released 26 February 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Ridge Racer 3D is

Ridge Racer 3D is a racing game developed by Namco Bandai Games and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Ridge Racer series returns to set the racing world on fire with brand new features, breathtaking stereoscopic 3D visuals, a wider variety of machines, new environments, expanded customization and updated drift mechanics. Ridge Racer 3D will be the hottest racing game on the Nintendo 3DS. Drift through hairpin turns at blistering speeds to edge out the rest of the pack with powerful drift-tuned cars. Using the stereoscopic 3D power of the Nintendo 3DS, players will be able to experience a level of intimacy with the on-screen races like never before. Players can now accurately judge the distance between them and the competition with 3D depth of field for some of the most intense arcade…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series

Ridge Racer 3D is the 18th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. It arrived 4 years after Ridge Racer 7. The next entry was Ridge Racer Unbounded in 2012. Its critic score of 72 is almost exactly the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer at 90.

See all 28 Ridge Racer games in release order →

How it was received

Ridge Racer 3D holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Ridge Racer 3D launched on 26 February 2011, within three weeks of Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2 and Dragon Age II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2, Dragon Age II.

Cheats and codes

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When did Ridge Racer 3D come out?
Ridge Racer 3D was released on 26 February 2011 for Nintendo 3DS.

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