Ridge Racer (2011 video game)

Ridge Racer
PAL region cover art featuring Kamata SYNCi
DeveloperCellius
PublisherNamco Bandai Games
SeriesRidge Racer
PlatformPlayStation Vita
Release
  • JP: 17 December 2011
  • EU: 22 February 2012
  • AU: 23 February 2012
  • NA: 13 March 2012
GenreRacing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Ridge Racer, originally named Ridge Racer Vita, is a 2011 racing video game published by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Vita as a launch title, originally on 17 December 2011 in Japan, and internationally from February 2012. It is the 5th handheld game in the Ridge Racer series and the first on a Sony platform since 2006's Ridge Racer 2. It was the first and only game in the series developed by Cellius. The game continues the Ridge Racer tradition of arcade racing and supports single-player as well as local and Wi-Fi multiplayer games. Upon release, Ridge Racer was mostly panned by video game critics due to the lack of a career mode and particularly the lack of content, with much of it locked as paid downloadable content.