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Ridge Racer 64
Alt. name(s): RR 64, RR64, Ridgeracer 64

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UNLOCKING HINTS
How to unlock the reversed track: Start the game without loading or saving and select Grand Prix mode. Keep advancing through the menus until you reach the first course. Select and play that course. When the race begins, immediately turn around and drive into the concrete wall. Your car will keep bouncing off the wall, but keep driving that way that until you go through it. If done correctly everything in the course will be now be reversed, including the signs, track, and name on your car.
How to unlock bonus cars and tracks: Go to the load and save screen from the main menu. Open any file, then choose "Quick Play" at the main menu. Immediately after starting, turn around and crash through the wall. At first you will bounce a bit, but then you will get through. A crowd will start clapping. The entire course will be backwards. Finish the race. At the end choose to retire. Go to the second option on the main menu to access three new courses and three new cars.
How to unlock Golf Caddy car: Unlock the reversed track and finish it in first place. You can also obtain the golf caddy car using a loaded or saved game by completing the first race of the second stage in reverse. The golf caddy car will then become one of you saved game cars.
How to unlock Blinky ghost car: Drive 99 laps in free run in time attack mode on any track.
How to unlock Pooka: Select time attack mode and choose stage 7 or 8. Select set record. Break the record to unlock Pooka.
How to unlock Crazy Canuck: Select car attack and choose stage 8 in mirror mode. Defeat the car to unlock Crazy Canuck.
How to unlock 00-Agent: Two players are required to unlock this car. Select two player mode and the team mode. Choose three teams and pick stage 7 or 8. Win first and second place to unlock 00-Agent.
How to get the Red Shirt Rage car: You need to hit the chopper that flies above the Ridge Racer Track. To do this, you need to start a race on the novice Ridge Racer track in Z class. Use either the Ultra 64, Screamin' Eagle, or Crazy Canuck car. Drive to the hairpin bend near the beach. Drive slowly around the corner and stop. At the far end of the straight you will see the chopper. Wait about five seconds to give it time to fly into the correct position. Then, hit the gas and get as much speed as possible up the straight. Turn the corner and try to hit the chopper as you fly over the jump. Complete the race; it does not matter if you win. If you managed to hit the chopper, you will be awarded the Red Shirt Rage car.
How to unlock the Z-class: Complete every stage in first place to receive all eight gold trophies and unlock Z-class. The Z-class is the fastest class in the game. Also, you can now choose any class type except the classes below the intended class type.
How to unlock the Ultra 64: Win all eight gold trophies. Then, complete every stage in first place on Z-class to get all eight platinum trophies. Wait for the credits to end, then Ultra 64 will be available in your garage.
How to unlock the Galaga '88 mini-game: Finish Ridge Racer Extreme Extra in first place to play one level of the classic Galaga '88 game. Destroy all forty aliens to unlock the Galaga '88 car. When you win the Galaga '88 level and get the special car, you also get the "Galaga Pac Jam" Song.

HINTS AND PLAYING TIPS
Reverse 360 Powerslide: Set the drift mode option to "RR64". Begin game play and get to a sharp turn. Stop accelerating, turn the opposite direction from the turn, and accelerate again while still turning. If done correctly your car will spin around during the powerslide. After you are turned around, control the car as if in a normal powerslide and re-align it with the track. This trick allows your car to get through winding turns without braking or losing speed.
Controlled drifting: Approach the corner without letting go of the gas. Turn sharply, and immediately after doing so, release the gas. Tap the brake and accelerate hard. If done correctly, you have almost no drop in speed and it produces a far more predictable outcome than a typical power slide. With a little practice, it is easy to skid around the sharpest corners and straighten the car out so that the wheels gain grip as soon as you exit the corner. If you are using the classic drift mode, you can use the power slide to make the car go faster than its normal top speed. This is done by skidding round a corner as explained above and keeping the nose of the car pointing forward. This can be tricky, as your basically keeping the car from gaining grip while driving it extremely close to its griping point. However, it is possible to get an extra 20 mph or more. A good place to practice this is the last corner of the Ridge Racer track.
Spin skid: Use the following trick to keep your speed in sharp turns. Do a sharp turn without accelerating. If done correctly, you will do a skid now will be going the wrong way on the track. The only car that can turn around completely is the seventh car on the car select, which is a bonus car.
Car preview: Press C-Up, C-Down, C-Left, or C-Down at the car selection screen or trophy screen to change the view and rotate the cars.
Motion blurring: Press C-Left during an instant replay to add a motion blur effect.

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