Just got Ridge Racer Revolution.

- Its faster and smoother (but still not as smooth as wipeout)
- No slowdown at any point, (unlike RR as you approach the bridge)
- Only one place with visible popup, and its minor
- Hitting cars and the wall doesnt wash off as much speed as RR
- It seems easier than RR, or maybe I got used to Negcon on wipeout
- You start with 4 car choices
- The whole track still fits in memory, but there is more detail
- There are many more announcer snippets, eg, come up behind a
  car or group of cars, and he will say "Target locked...", and he will
  tease you if you fail to catch someone, reward you for fast passing.
- The game initially offers only one track, but in short, medium and
  long forms.
- Beat the three track varitions and you get them mirrored - six "tracks"
- The two-player track looks different (cant check that though)
- The black car and the cooler white car is there to be beat
- each car comes in three, and later four, speed versions, this is actually
  more a speed control on the game since opponents also move faster if you
  choose a high speed car variation.
- The girl with the signboard wears differently coloured high cut bikinis
- the tracks have more tunnels and walls, this probably helps reduce popup
- the beach-side has 100s of 3d palm trees, which look great
- the water is a lovely azure blue, the track goes over the water.
- there is a helicopter, a 747 and a smaller plane (?)
- game loading delay is minimal to nonexistent
- the 3d track maps can be rotated and spun
- the music CD swap trick works as long as you dont change courses
- the title page spotlight can be shifted around
- there are more music tracks on the CD (12 or so?) some are good, but
  most are amsterdam style hard-techno which is a little edgy. The
  Wipeout tracks are much much better.
- supports link-up

Summary: Improved in almost every area. just a little too easy? Linkup would
be insanely fun.

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Justin.