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Ridge Racer series

Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode

An updated version of Ridge Racer for the PlayStation, included as a bonus disc alongside Ridge Racer Type 4, and as a limited promotional release in some territories. Unlike the original 1994 PlayStation…

3 December 1998

Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode is a video game developed by Namco, released 3 December 1998 on PlayStation.

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What Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode is

Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode was developed by Namco and released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An updated version of Ridge Racer for the PlayStation, included as a bonus disc alongside Ridge Racer Type 4, and as a limited promotional release in some territories. Unlike the original 1994 PlayStation release, this runs at 60 fps, features higher quality polygonal models and utilises Gouraud shaded textures.
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Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series

Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode is the eighth of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. The next entry was Ridge Racer 64 in 2000.

See all 28 Ridge Racer games in release order →

What it launched against

Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode launched on 3 December 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project.

Released around the same time: Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.

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When did Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode come out?
Ridge Racer: Turbo Mode was released on 3 December 1998 for PlayStation.