Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Steve Randerson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Get RR4 for New Year! Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 13:23:30 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 67 Message-ID: <366E79D2.3CC63AB8@tw2.com> References: <74hn6i$8bc1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.232.8.254 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Nick Ferguson wrote: > > Hiya all, > > I put this in the NYoosletter on Friday, but if you haven't yet > subscribed to it yet, you won't have seen it - so here it is again. > Sorry if you've now had this message twice! BTW, I leave for Hong Kong > on the 17th and I'd need your cheque or summat by then... > These prices are pretty much street price, plus a fiver or so for > postage and a couple of quid "carriage". Not a bad deal, I think... Why? > I'm just feeling generous! Hey, it's Christmas! :-) > > RIDGE RACER 4 OR COLOR GB FOR NEW YEAR? > > If you want to be one of the first to play Namco's latest > Playstation racer, Ridge Racer Type IV, I'm happy to bring back a few > copies for people! The game is already tipped to be a Gran Turismo > beater *graphically*, although the jury's out on how the traditional > Ridge Racer feel will have been adapted to compete with GT. It's also > the first game to be released that's compatible with Namco's rumbling, > force-feedback JogCon - which looks like one of those funny > "steering-wheel" remote-controllers with a trigger for accelerating, > etc. It was due out in Japan on December the 3rd, so scour Usenet and > any relevant websites if you're after some impressions or reviews. It > also comes with a *free* version of the original Ridge Racer, except > this time it's running in hi-rez at 60fps - if you've only played the > crappy PAL version you'll have to try this one (arcade perfect?). > Personally, I can't wait! > > I recommend you read the review of RR4 here: > http://pages.hotbot.com/games/asmodeus/earth-review.html > > Alternately, if you haven't been tempted already by the UK release, > I don't mind bringing back a few Colour Game Boys. Now, why would you > want a GBC when it's already out here? Well, if the vile purple colour > of the UK models tickles your fancy, fair enough. However, those lucky > Eastern chaps get a whole range of colours to choose from, so you can be > the envy of your mates by picking up a red, yellow, blue or clear white > version! Plus it's a tenner cheaper... (visit > www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf/images/colorgbs.jpg for a picture of them > all). Get your games in the UK - there's v. little price difference and > you'll get them in english... > > I get back before New Year, so your stuff would prob. be with you the > first few days of 1999! My suitcase isn't a bottomless pit, so > first-come, first-served! :-) > I got the jap rr4. it's quite cool, still undecided about gt beater though. it's still pretty traditional ridge racer stuff (very close to rage racer). There are some problems though, no dual analogue support. the proclaimed 320 cars consist of 4 different sets of colour schemes, and different upgrades of the same car (like in rage racer) so the 320 is probably a bit of a lie. its still a very cool game though, graphics beat GT's but the physics is nowhere near as good, but it is an arcade racer so that's not really an issue. there's not too much jap text, just a story that is written out between races, but i can live without that. steve