Well,  nothing too special here,  just your stock Ridge Racer graphics with a
few minor improvemnts.  First of all,  there are a lot of buildings,  tunnels, 
bridges etc...  It does nothing for the gameplay but it's nice to look at.  
The game runs VERY smoothly with barely any slowdown.  The slowdown occurs 
ONLY when you are driving on the external view when LOTS of other cars are 
on the road at the same time which rarely,  if EVER, happens.  The cars in 
this game don't give you quite the same feeling of speed as Ridge Racer does 
because the ground textures aren't done as well,  but you feel MUCH faster 
when you are passing other vehicles and have your car souped up all the way.  
When you pass speeds of 260km/h,  the game will be a little faster than RR 
with the black car at 181km/h.  The game does change from day to night which 
is cool,  but the sky texture is VERY low-res.

  As for the technical aspect of this game it's not perfect,  there is NO pop-up
which is good because you can see vehicles all the way down the road.  The same
problem in RR is apparent in THB.  When you drive you can see white lines in between 
the polygons and texture which create the road.  These
white lines are the lines between two vectors which indicate where the specific
road piece ends.  This "white-line effect"  doesn't happen too often, but it's there.

SOUND FX

  The sound effect are sparse and few...  The engine sound is a sampled wave
file so the ever increasing engine BUZZ sounds like a REALLY large bee, 
however,  it is still better than RR.  When you drift,  the sound effects 
of the tires screeching are horribly unrealistic.  The only REALLY cool FX in
the game is when you run over metal plating which connects the roads on which
you race.  The "bump" sound is VERY solid and sounds real with a SUB...  
The sounds aren't great,  but they are synchronized well and ad to the gameplay.  

MUSIC

  The tunes are rock/techno/mellow.  At first it was annoying,  but they catch
on very quickly.  For JALECO's first driving game,  it ain't half bad.

CONTROLS

  The controls are varied and take some time to get used to.  There is no analog
support so I didn't bother to use my Mad Catz.  The cars handle quite well but
the control is not nearly as sensitive as RR.  It's much less forgiving, hence:  
NO ANALOG.  The controls are responsive but when you drift, can sometimes be 
annoying as it is hard to pull hard left,  then right or vice versa.  RR has 
better controls but this game is still playable.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  The AI is okay,  just like any other driving game,  the cars RARELY screw up. 
The OTHER cars on the road will turn towards whatever direction you are trying
to turn to...  simply put:  they cut YOU off,  but not the computer controlled 
car.  A simple way to avoid this is for example:  if you want to turn to the 
right of a car/bus/4x4/whatever,  stay towards the left of it till you near 
the car.

AI CF (CHEAP FACTOR)

  The computer cars are pretty damn cheap as they drive.  If they are all the
way on one side of the track and they are blocked in front,  they will
"MAGICALLY SKIP"  to the other side of the screen just to get around the
other vehicles.  Also,  when you race the last driver,  he will drift like
HELL,  but he NEVER loses speed and NEVER hits ANY WALLS unless of course,  you
run into him.  The AI CF is pretty standard for this type of game

Graphics:  70%
Sound FX:  60%
Music:  75%
Controls:  70%
Artificial Intelligence:  65%
AI "Cheap" Factor:  70%
Gameplay:  75%
Realism:  75%
Options:  90%
Replay Value:  86%
Rent or Buy:  Buy
Resolution:  Low-Res
Version:  Original CD
Language:  US English0
Alternatives:  Ridge Racer,  Ridge Racer Revolution,  F1

- James Lau