Motion
blurring: Press C-Left during an instant replay to add a motion blur
effect.
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.
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.
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.
Blinky
ghost car: Drive 99 laps in free run in time attack mode on any track.
Pooka: Select time attack mode and choose stage 7 or 8. Select set
record. Break the record to unlock Pooka.
Crazy
Canuck: Select car attack and choose stage 8 in mirror mode. Defeat the
car to unlock Crazy Canuck.
00-Agent: Note: 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.
Red
Shirt Rage: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
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