R Racing Evolution

by Namco

Product Features

• Race in licensed real-world driving machines you can upgrade and modify, for impossible speed
• Experience high-performance driving physics on 14 intense real-world and fantasy tracks
• Multiple racing styles and game modes - GT, Rally, Drag, Time Attack, Arcade, Vs. and more
• Discover an in-depth storyline as you race your way to the top, in Racing Life mode
• New Interactive Driver AI System enhances realistic racing situations

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009XS6A
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,127 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

R: Racing Evolution is an extraordinary action-racing experience featuring authentic licensed cars and daring, real-world tracks. Combining awesome graphical quality and high performance driving physics with a spectacular story line, R: Racing Evolution chronicles the intense competition and deep rivalries found only within the professional racing circuit. New exciting features such as the Interactive Driver AI System and in-game radio communications bring players closer to racing action than ever before!

• Licensed real-world vehicles allow for upgrades and modifications
• 14 tracks from real-world and fantasy locations
• Multiple racing styles, including GT, Rally, and Drag
• 5 game modes including Racing Life (Story Mode), Event Challenge, Time Attack, Arcade, and Versus
• New "Interactive Driver AI System" enhances realistic racing situations
• In-game radio communications - incoming transmissions from crewmembers and rival drivers!
• Reward Point System allows for power-ups and unlocking new cars

Product Description

R: Racing Evolution - Xbox Game

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Good graphics, o.k. game play, lousy story, April 27, 2004

By 

Willy Boy "Willy Boy" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: R Racing Evolution (Video Game)

The story contained in this game develops like a bad anime. Essentially you are plucked from the streets of Metropolis due to your potential as a great race car driver (based on the fact that you can drive an ambulance real fast). You start to work essentially for organized crime, but eventually you move on your own to start your own racing team with friends (the mob lets you go if you win one race, beacue its the right thing to do). You do not really have any competition.

The graphics of this game are excellent, though repetitive. While the car races are fun intially, they too become repetetive. Your car upgrades do not really accomplish anything.

Unfortunately, I bought this game when it first came out for $60. If I had bought it for its current reduced price I would have given it an extra half of star.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good game!, November 29, 2004

By 

John R. Massi (RAF Lakenheath) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: R Racing Evolution (Video Game)

Racing Evolution is one of my three favorite games for the XBox; the other two are Project Gotham Racing 2 and Sega GT 2002.

Racing Evolution's graphics are somewhat middling; better than Sega GT, but not as good as PGR2.

What really sets this game apart from the others is the storyline. I won't ruin the story for you (as another reviewer almost did) but in my opinion, it adds a good element to the game, rather than detracting from it. You feel as if you're really on a pro-circuit.

Another addition is the fact the pit crew will talk to you, guiding you through courses and either praising you for a well executed turn or telling you why you took the wrong line. At first it unsettled me (I was so unused to it) but then I got used to it, then liked it, then missed it when I played other games.

And the main reason I love this game: it WILL teach you how to drive. The physics engine is insane; harder to learn that PGR2. You HAVE to take the right line, or more than likely you'll spin out and (in)conveniently end up facing the wrong direction.

This game almost forces you to learn how to brake early, take the right line, and how to accelerate out of turns. It is for this alone it is worth buying, as you will be a better driver (at least in video games).

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Racing RPG game, August 15, 2006

By 

Dubyac99 "MC White" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: R Racing Evolution (Video Game)

I think this game is quite imaginative, and challenging. I don't know why the story-line is put down. It is a videogame, and I've certainly seen worse story-lines and voice acting in many videogames I've played. (House of the Dead 2, comes to mind). I'm not sure why the other reviewers are complaining about the story-line.

This game features a lovely Asian lady, who has worked as an EMT, and now looks forward to the challenges of working as a race car driver. How can you beat that? She has a sexy way about her, that makes her an interesting character to watch, and be influenced by. Her lack of an accent is sexy as hell, as we watch her shimmy her way into each scenario and race. We WANT HER TO WIN!!!

I give this one Two very hard thumbs up! Way up!

MC White said: Check it out!!!