Xbox 360 Critic Reviews

Due to great track design, 60 FPS, high res support and ability to go online the added benefits of RR6 cannot be ignored.

It’s one of those games that relies more on instincts and experience than reflexes.

If you want arcade style racing complete with high-speed corner bending, annoyingly foppish announcers and the most fun driving you can have without smashing the other guy off the road... then you want to pick up Ridge Racer 6.

Let's just call it very, very good and remind Namco that they'll need to surprise us next time. [Dec 2005, p.55]

Quite simply, Ridge Racer 6 is loaded with soul, and comes as a very good and very welcome sign that, underneath all the hyperbole and multifunctionality, the Xbox 360 can be what it needs to be at the core; a traditional gaming console for traditional console gamers.

Though it isn’t the most technically advanced out of the Xbox 360 launch titles, the sense of speed is amazing, which almost makes you forget that it isn’t as pretty as it could be.

The graphics really make the high speed races seem incredibly fast and besides the few hiccups I ran across, they even hold up in online mode as well.

It's the best Ridge Racer yet... If all you're looking for is a fast, fun, and highly replayable racer, you're getting a solid, full-featured package in Ridge Racer 6. But if you're looking for slightly more meat on the bone, "Project Gotham Racing 3" is a bit more filling.

Given the fact that single-player will take you 30+ hours to complete, with plenty of unlockable achievements and cars, there’s a lot of fun to be had playing RR6. I strongly suggest fans of the series pick it up.

Fans of the Ridge Racer series will love 6, and those who abandoned the series after 4 should try again with 6. Racing purists will hate it, but if you’re looking for fun over realism, and can see past the fake licenses and niggles, hours of fun are waiting to be had.