Ridge Racer
| Ridge Racer | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Developer(s) | Namco Nintendo Software Technology Namco Bandai Games Cellius Bugbear Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Namco Sony Computer Entertainment Nintendo Namco Bandai Games |
| Creator(s) | Yozo Sakagami Fumihiro Tanaka |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, GameCube, i-mode, J2ME, Zeebo, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, Android |
| First release | Ridge Racer 30 October 1993 |
| Latest release | Ridge Racer Draw & Drift 20 October 2016 |
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 Racer pioneered the real-life technique in video games. The series is considered influential to the racing game genre. On June 5, 2025, the arcade version of the first game was added to the Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2.