R: Racing Evolution
| R: Racing Evolution | |
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European GameCube cover art featuring protagonist Rena Hayami and the BMW McLaren F1 GTR | |
| Developer | Namco |
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| Director | Hideo Teramoto |
| Designers | James Lisle Kazuya Maruyama Hisashi Kawamura Masaya Kobayashi Kazuo Yamamoto Fumihiro Tanaka |
| Programmer | Satoru Ouchi |
| Artists | Yoshinori Wagatsuma Kiyotake Fujii Shoji Imamura |
| Writer | Masaya Kobayashi |
| Composers | Yuu Miyake Hiroshi Okubo Akitaka Tohyama |
| Platforms | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genre | Racing simulation |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
R: Racing Evolution, released as R: Racing in PAL territories, is a 2003 racing simulation video game developed and published by Namco. It was released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a spin-off of the Ridge Racer series, released over three years after Ridge Racer V; unlike the main series, R: Racing Evolution is a simulator or simcade, and uses licensed racecars rather than fictional vehicles. The game centers around the character Rena Hayami in her career as a professional racing driver, and her rivalry with veteran driver Gina Cavalli, in a cinematic and story-driven plot. It received generally mixed reviews from critics.