Ridge Racer 7

[Thegide]

I need to rant here.

So it came in the bundle with my PS3 from Costco. I've never played the series before, but I figured since I've beaten the rest of my games I'd give it a try. It would be a shame to never play a game I own even if I initially had zero interest in playing it.

To put it plainly, I hate this game - with a passion.

"Drifting" aside... car control is terrible, especially in the higher tier cars. Many of the tracks are stupidly narrow, and for some reason all 13 AI cars do an excellent job of clustering to the point where you need a crowbar to pass anybody. In the event that you actually do nick a wall mid-drift, the game feels it necessary to penalize you by grinding you to a race-losing halt because it's impossible to get off a wall once you've hit it.

I've struggled to finish the RSGP and the manufacturers races... I've got one race left that I know of in the single events. I "tried" the extreme races and I've got to say... WTF?!? After playing this game for over 20 hours, I still find myself unable to consistenly win many races, and on some tracks, I can't even place above last.

Don't even get me started on the "medals". This game is not for completionist personalities, like mine.

The only thing this game has going for it is 1080p/60. I'm anxious to be gone with it come GT5:P.