![]() You powerslide, tailgate or smash up scenery to build your power or boost meter (depending on the race type you're participating in), then unleash it at the most opportune moment. The core conceit is simple, and takes a leaf out of the book of Burnout. With cars the size of barges that are also built like tanks, you're able to demolish small walls and pillars emerging with nary a scratch, with the general rule of thumb that if it's smaller than your car, chances are you can plough on through it unscathed. Each are essential in the game's numerous races through the meandering streets of Shatter City, where smashing through various designated landmarks is a wonderful, instantly gratifying secondary objective. ![]() With development duties handed over to Finnish FlatOut studio, Bugbear Entertainment, Ridge Racer: Unbounded is all about destruction and domination over executing ludicrous powerslides, although that's still very much the lynchpin for Unbounded's core mechanic, the power or boost. ![]() Ridge Racer: Unbounded is an almost completely different beast altogether, but the fun and arcade-centric heart of the series is still very much alive and well. Only some of those elements have made the cut for Ridge Racer's dark half however, as the yang to the series' usual bright and breezy yin. Here's how you know you're playing a Ridge Racer game: there's palm trees, sandy beaches, azure blue skies, a helicopter occasionally swooping down dangerously close to your car, there's a mental techno soundtrack and you can powerslide at impossible angles.
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