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((about|the 1994 racing game|the [[PlayStation Portable]] game|Ridge Racer 2 (2006 video game)))
((short description|1994 racing video game))
((more citations needed|date=August 2018))
((Infobox video game
| title = Ridge Racer 2
| image = Ridge Racer 2 Flyer.png
| caption = Arcade flyer
| developer = [[Namco]]
| publisher = Namco
| composer = [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Ayako Saso]], [[Nobuyoshi Sano]], [[Takayuki Aihara]]<ref name="VGMdb 2021 y821">((cite web | title=Ridge Racer 2 | website=VGMdb | date=2021-12-10 | url=https://vgmdb.net/product/2672 | access-date=2023-10-16))</ref>
| series = ''[[Ridge Racer (series)|Ridge Racer]]''
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
| released = ((Video game release|JP|8 June 1994|NA|1994|EU|1994))
| genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| arcade system = [[Namco System 22]]
))

((Nihongo foot|'''''Ridge Racer 2'''''|リッジレーサー2|Rijji Rēsā Tsu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha)) is an arcade [[Racing video game|racing]] game that was released by [[Namco]] in 1994 for their [[Namco System 22|System 22 hardware]]. Despite its name, ''Ridge Racer 2'' is more of an updated version of ''[[Ridge Racer (arcade game)|Ridge Racer]]'' (which had been released in the previous year), than an actual sequel.

==Gameplay==
The gameplay is very much like that of the original, but unlike the [[Vanilla software|vanilla]] version of ''[[Ridge Racer (arcade game)|Ridge Racer]]'' (which was a single-player game), in ''Ridge Racer 2'' up to eight players can play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together. A player's number determines their car.

There also are six new songs, including remixed ones from the original, that can be selected with the gear shifter at the start. The enormous television screen above the entrance to the first tunnel shows footage from Namco's 1979 title ''[[Galaxian]]'' (in the original, it was playing ''[[Mappy]]''). All the billboards are for earlier Namco games, there is a rear-view mirror at the top of the screen, so a player can see other cars coming from behind). There is also a change in daylight from day to night (a car driven into the track's tunnel during the day will come out the other end at night).

==Legacy==
In 1995 ''Ridge Racer/Ridge Racer 2'' was followed by two true sequels: an arcade sequel, named ''[[Rave Racer]]'', which was developed for [[Namco|Namco's]] [[Namco System 22|System 22 hardware]] and a home console sequel, named ''[[Ridge Racer Revolution]]'', for the [[PlayStation]] (which inherited ''Ridge Racer 2's'' soundtrack).

==Reception==
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Ridge Racer 2'' on their August 15, 1994 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade game of the month.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=478|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 August 1994|page=25|lang=ja))</ref> In North America, ''RePlay'' reported the game to be the fourth most-popular deluxe arcade game at the time.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Deluxe Videos|magazine=RePlay|volume=19|issue=12|publisher=RePlay Publishing, Inc.|date=September 1994|page=10))</ref> ''[[Play Meter]]'' also listed the title to be the thirty-seventh most-popular arcade game at the time.<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994%20%28Compressed%29#page/11/mode/1up|title=Equipment Poll - Video & Pinball Combined|magazine=[[Play Meter]]|volume=20|issue=13|publisher=Skybird Publishing|date=December 1994|page=11))</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "eight-user multi-player link-up has been added to enable ''Ridge Racer 2'' to compete on equal footing with Sega's ''[[Daytona USA (video game)|Daytona USA]]'' and Namco's new ''Ace Driver''."<ref name="NG">((cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=1|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=January 1995|page=105))</ref> In 2023, Time Extension ranked the game 11th on their "Best Ridge Racer Games" list.<ref>((cite web |last1=McFerran |first1=Damien |title=Best Ridge Racer Games - Every Ridge Racer, Ranked |url=https://www.timeextension.com/guides/best-ridge-racer-games-every-ridge-racer-ranked |website=[[Time Extension]] |publisher=[[Hookshot Media]] |access-date=30 October 2023 |date=16 February 2023))</ref>

((Portal|Japan|Video games))

==References==
===Notes===
((Notelist))

===Footnotes===
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((KLOV game|id=9313))
*[http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=2218 ''Ridge Racer 2''] at the Arcade History database

((Ridge Racer series))

[[Category:1994 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:Namco arcade games]]
[[Category:Namco System 22 games]]
[[Category:Racing video games]]
[[Category:Ridge Racer]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Shinji Hosoe]]

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