R: Racing Evolution
Developer(s): Namco
Publisher(s): Namco
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 66/100
Game description: The game offers a story mode where the player follows the racing career of Rena Hayami as she struggles to deal with the busy life of a professional race car driver and the politics of the sport. The mode features 14 chapters, in which the player earns new cars, RP points for new purchases, and views CG movies proceeding every chapter.
The game also features a system referred to as the pressure meter, a fighting game-esque gauge that fills up as the player gets closer to a rival car; the higher the meter, the greater the likelihood that the AI will make a critical mistake. Most of the time, when the player overtakes an NPC, it will trigger a dialog, complimenting your movements, and it might also trigger a dialog when the pressure meter is full/half-full, with the opponent slowly feeling the pressure, ending up, most likely, screaming out of control.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U/PAL | ? |
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0.9.6 RC | GSDX r890 |
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BIOS: USA v02.00, Last tested in PCSX2 0.9.6 with complains of cars not appearing on races, unknown status with 0.9.8 or later. | Machina |
PAL | Windows |
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1.3 Git 28 of May | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), The others cars are Invisibles. | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.3 5 of June | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Others cars are invisibles |
Trivia
- Original names: R:RACING EVOLUTION (SLPS-25300), R・レーシング・エヴォリューション (SLPS-25300)
- Also known as R: Racing (EU), R:Racing Evolution: Life in the Fast Lane (JP)
- Progressive for NTSC only supported in NTSC-U version
The gallery
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R: Racing Evolution (SLUS 20721)