Ridge Racer 6
Ridge Racer 6 is the sixth installment in the Ridge Racer series of racing games. Like previous Ridge Racer titles, the focus of gameplay is on placing first out of 14 in numerous 3-lap races across several…
Ridge Racer 6 is a racing developed by Namco, released 22 November 2005 on Xbox 360.
What Ridge Racer 6 is
Ridge Racer 6 is a racing game developed by Namco and released in 2005. It is available on Xbox 360 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ridge Racer is a series of racing video games created by Namco and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first game, Ridge Racer (1993), was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware, later ported to the PlayStation one year later as a launch title. It was met with several sequels and spin-off games for multiple platforms, the latest being the mobile game Ridge Racer Draw & Drift (2016) and the latest mainline game, developed in-house, was Ridge Racer 7 (2006). Gameplay involves the player racing against computer-controlled opponents to be the first to finish in a race. Drifting is a core aspect of the series and is used to keep speed while turning corners; Ridge…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series
Ridge Racer 6 is the 14th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. It arrived 10 months after Ridge Racer DS. The next entry was Ridge Racer Mobile in 2005. Its critic score of 76 is 3 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer at 90.
How it was received
Ridge Racer 6 holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Ridge Racer 6 launched on 22 November 2005, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ridge Racer 6 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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