Eurogamer Retrospective on 20 Year Old Ridge Racer

20 years of PlayStation: the Ridge Racer revolution • Eurogamer.net

The gorgeous playability that the team tried so hard to bring to PlayStation was taken care of to a certain extent through the feedback and steering wheel interface offered by the high-end cabinet, but these outrageous constructions, not to mention the rendering hardware itself, were immensely expensive. Sony’s PlayStation technology offered up a more less sophisticated but more cost-effective alternative – the lines that separated the home console and the arcade experience were beginning to blur.

Nice little piece about the birthday of the Playstation and the release of the first Ridge Racer for the home console market. A racer that defined racing in the early days of 3D gaming on a home console. Time for a replay.