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Game entry

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

1998 · Racing · PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3, Android · Namco

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is ranked no. 2,655 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,473 and 42% of duels won. Diddy Kong Racing is the rival it has faced most: 3 duels, 1 wins and 2 losses. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 42 out of 76 (1998).

World rank

no. 2,655

ELO score

1,473

Wins

42%

Duels played

91

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About R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the fourth game in the Ridge Racer series. It includes eight tracks (with reverse variants, for a total of 16 layouts) and 321 vehicles, all of which are fictional. This iteration was one of the first PlayStation titles to feature Gouraud shading on polygons, giving the game a visual depth that was previously missing. It was also the first Ridge Racer game on the system to feature two-player split-screen mode and offered two different driving models.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,473 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 2,652 Among the Sleep 1,473
  2. 2,653 The Pathless 1,473
  3. 2,654 Frostpunk 2 1,473
  4. 2,655 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 1,473
  5. 2,656 Mini Royale 1,473
  6. 2,657 New Super Luigi U 1,473
  7. 2,658 2048 1,473

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The standing

Where R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 42 out of 76 (1998).

Where R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 2,655 5,110
Racing 133 259
1990s 337 655
1998 42 76

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