this game is so interesting. it's janky, looks crusty, and doesn't have much gameplay variety. but it's also not like anything i've played. i feel like this game very suited to a specific crowd. if you like the parts of yakuza where you just explore, talk to NPCs, find weird events, and have a tolerance to jank: then play this. it's got a lot of heart and it's overall a great experience (besides one poorly handled plot point towards the end.) definitely gonna play the rest of the series.

i really love this kind of level design. it's so easy to accidentally speedrun some of the levels lol. i played this through the new hd remaster. this game is fantastic but if i had to rely on save crystals it'd be far more frustrating. if you can handle tank controls, i really recommend the remaster or at the very least the og pc version. this game is so cool.

excellent arcade racer and a great compilation of ridge racer tracks. but i recommend skipping to ridge racers 2 for psp (which i believe is also on ps5) since it has all the content of this game plus more.