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This Forgotten PS2 Racer Is Better Than You Think...

KLEJ Gaming

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Today we are looking at Critical Velocity, a Namco developed Japan exclusive PS2 racing game... where will it rank in this week's episode of WORST RACING GAMES?

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20 Comments

@markisaki979 6 months ago

Ridge Racer and Driver got thrown into a blender

@SefferD-s8u 6 months ago

You forgot to remove S.C.A.R.S from the wheel

@Soonjai 6 months ago

Ah yes, the overlooked Japan exclusive Story driven Open World Ridge Racer Spin-Off.
Played through it a few years ago and had a lot of fun with it. Certainly better than the other Story Driven Ridge Racer Spin-Off that we did get in the West.

@kenjamago 6 months ago

Basically Namco's Driver game with alots of Namco flares onto it (Ridge Racer)

@Leemacht 6 months ago

I wonder if anyone will develop an English patch for this game someday.

@ぢょんすみす-t7b 6 months ago

Wait, this was submitted as "worst(or bad at least) racing game"?

It contains solid driving model, cool soundtrack, open road with diversed location and kinda cheesy storyline... full of goodies!

@RYMAX_RYMAN 6 months ago

Road Trip Adventure? Actually not that bad? It's better than that, it's decent!

ChoroQ is a wonderful underrated series of games.

@thrice1987 6 months ago

Namco saw what Reflections were doing at the time and said, let's give it a try

@soresthawk7171 6 months ago

You should give the Runabout games and Maximum Chase a go!

@T3hPwnerer 6 months ago

try racing lagoon if you didnt already, its really good

@POOKISTAN 6 months ago

I would've loved this if it was released outside of Japan. Always kinda' boggles my mind when they don't release stuff in certain regions.

@JohnCharb87 6 months ago

Mentioning the movie set reminds me of Stuntman. Cool concept of starting on low budget film to Hollywood blockbuster. The problem was those loading times. Especially on the PS2. Plus the later missions can be unforgiving.

@monsterfingergames 6 months ago

Downloaded this the other day when I saw your teaser image, I really like it! Although had no idea you worked with the police. The amount of times I failed as didn't know what to do was crazy.

@FordMustangFastbackGTA 6 months ago

Awesome Ridge Racer

@Abel-Alvarez 6 months ago

When a car game has a "NAMCO" logo on the bottom corner, you're in for some crazy shit. 🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣

@Victor75255 6 months ago (edited)

I bought a pirated copy of Indigo Profecy when I was a kid but despite the art printed on the disc it was Critical Velocity. Played a lot of it, didnt understand anything and never heard anyone talk about this game until now.

@carmatic 6 months ago (edited)

if there was one driving game I wish would get a modern era remaster, it's this

if anything, just for the opportunity to drive on the original Ridge Racer track with somewhat more realistic physics