Ridge Racer Unbounded
Ridge Racer Unbounded takes the Ridge Racer series in whole new direction by adding a dose of destruction to the familiar arcade gameplay.
Ridge Racer Unbounded is an arcade developed by Bugbear Entertainment, released 27 March 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ridge Racer Unbounded is
Ridge Racer Unbounded is an arcade game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and released in 2012. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ridge Racer Unbounded is a 2012 racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by Namco Bandai Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the eighth installment of the Ridge Racer franchise following Ridge Racer 7, the first mainline title not to be developed by Namco nor released in Japan, and the first in the series overall to be released on Windows. Unbounded is also the most recent game in the series to be released on home consoles as its successors only focused on handheld devices.
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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series
Ridge Racer Unbounded is the 19th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. It arrived a year after Ridge Racer 3D. The next entry was Ridge Racer Driftopia in 2013. 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 Unbounded holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 58% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core Athlon x2 2.6 GHz or Intel Equivalent, 2 GB RAM and 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 4850 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Ridge Racer Unbounded launched on 27 March 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Journey, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition and Fez. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Journey, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, Fez.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ridge Racer Unbounded yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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