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The first Ridge Racer not based on an arcade title, Rage Racer is a less flashy and more realistic type racer by Namco. Rage highlights great driving gameplay and a killer soundtrack.

Overview

Rage Racer was released by Namco for the Playstation. It was the first game to have Reiko Nagase officially announced in the game as she is now the "face" of the Ridge Racer series.


Tracks

Stadard GP info for track names, length, GP name and prize money for each class in GP Mode.

Mythical Coast
Length: 4641m
Class 1: Calme GP - 1st 400eg, 2nd 160eg, 3rd 80eg
Class 2: Brise GP - 1st 2400eg, 2nd 1000eg, 3rd 500eg
Class 3: Rafale GP - 1st 12000eg, 2nd 5000eg, 3rd 2500eg
Class 4: Mistral GP - 1st 60000eg, 2nd 25000, 3rd 12500eg
Class 5: Tempete GP - 1st 375000eg, 2nd 125000eg, 3rd 62500eg


Over Pass City
Length: 6640m
Class 1: Calme GP - 1st 550eg, 2nd 240eg, 3rd 120eg
Class 2: Brise GP - 1st 3400eg, 2nd 1500eg, 3rd 750eg
Class 3: Rafale GP - 1st 18000eg, 2nd 7500eg, 3rd 3750eg
Class 4: Mistral GP - 1st 85000eg, 2nd 37500, 3rd 18750eg
Class 5: Tempete GP - 1st 420000eg, 2nd 187500, 3rd 93750eg


Lakeside Gate
Length: 6237m
Class 1: Calme GP - 1st 500eg, 2nd 220eg, 3rd 110eg
Class 2: Brise GP - 1st 3200eg, 2nd 1400eg, 3rd 700eg
Class 3: Rafale GP - 1st 16000eg, 2nd 7000eg, 3rd 3500eg
Class 4: Mistral GP - 1st 80000eg, 2nd 35000, 3rd 17500eg 
Class 5: Tempete GP - 1st 400000eg, 2nd 175000eg, 3rd 87500eg


The Extreme Oval
Length: 3074m
Class 3: Rafale GP - 1st 22000eg, 2nd 6000eg, 3rd 3000eg
Class 4: Mistral GP - 1st 90000eg, 2nd 30000, 3rd 15000eg
Class 5: Tempete GP - 1st 300000eg, 2nd 150000eg, 3rd 75000eg


There is also an unlockable Class 6 and an Extra GP mode.

Cars

List of cars available in standard GP mode of the game with price and other information.
Each time a car is tuned up it goes into the next grade up.
The cars stats are shown in each grade.

Grade 1

Gnade
Esperanza
Max Power: 70 PS / 5200 rpm
Max Torque: 8.3 kgm / 3200 rpm
Cost: You start off with this car


Grade 2

Age
Erriso
Max Power: 80 PS / 6200 rpm
Max Torque: 7.1kgm / 2600 rpm
Cost: 2600eg

Lizzard
Acceron
Max Power: 150 PS / 5000 rpm
Max Torque: 36.2 kgm / 2800 rpm
Cost: 4000eg


Grade 3

Age
Abeille
Max Power: 99 PS / 6700 rpm
Max Torque: 9.8 kgm / 3500 rpm
Cost: 14500eg

Lizard
Bayonet
Max Power: 200 PS / 5000 rpm
Max Torque: 38.1 kgm / 3600 rpm
Cost: 15200eg

Assoluto
Fatalita
Max Power: 255 PS / 8000 rpm
Max Torque: 28.6 kgm / 6600 rpm
Cost: 20000eg


Grade 4

Age
Pegase
Max Power: 160 PS / 7200 rpm
Max Torque: 15.2 kgm / 6600 rpm
Cost: 143300eg
Maunal Transmission only

Lizard
Hijack
Max Power: 340 PS / 5700 rpm
Max Torque: 42.6 kgm / 4500 rpm
Cost: 136700eg
Maunal Transmission only

Assoluto
Istante
Max Power: 380 PS / 7500 rpm
Max Torque: 47.1 kgm / 7000 rpm
Cost: 151600eg
Maunal Transmission only


Grade 5

Assoluto
Ghepardo
Max Power: 650 PS / 9000 rpm
Max Torque: 60 kgm / 6200 rpm
Cost: 695900
Maunal Transmission only


Soundtrack

Though the soundtrack is widely credited to "Namco Sound Team," the principle members (Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso, collectively known as SamplingMasters) of that team left Namco to pursue other projects before development of the soundtrack for Rage Racer began. This allowed up-and-comers Tetsukazu Nakanishi and Hiroshi Okubou to shine, producing what can be considered one of the best soundtracks in the series.

The game used Redbook audio and as such, could be put into normal CD players to enjoy the game's great music outside of the game.

1. [Game Data]
2. Story
3. Rage Racer
4. Mathemabeat
5. Lightning Luge
6. Industria
7. Hurricane Hub
8. Mech Monster
9. Silver Stream
10. Stimulation
11. Volcano Vehicle
12. Grand Prix Replay
13. Time Trial Replay
14. High Score Screen
15. Game Over
16. Victory
17. Deep Drive (In the game, this song is unlocked once the player has all the Gold Trophies)

There were only a few songs that used Sony's proprietary PlayStation streaming formats or soundchip-produced songs:

Attract (Played during Rage Racer's video introduction)
Menu (Played in game's menu screens)
Ending (Played during Rage Racer's video ending)

Game Name Rage Racer
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Original US Release May 15, 1997
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