Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer
A port of Ridge Racer, a racing game released by Bandai in 1993. It was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware. The game has four modes to choose from, including three difficulty…
Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer is an arcade developed by Namco, released 5 June 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
What Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer is
Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2025. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A port of Ridge Racer, a racing game released by Bandai in 1993. It was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware. The game has four modes to choose from, including three difficulty levels – Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced - as well as T. T. (Time Trial), where players compete one-on-one against a rival car to achieve the best time. Additionally, a DX version featuring support for an H-shifter and clutch is also included.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series
Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer is the 24th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. It arrived 2 years after R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. The next entry was Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer in 2025. Its critic score of 90 is 17 points above the series average of 73. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer launched on 5 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening and The Alters. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters.
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We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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