Ridge Racer 2

The gameplay is very much like that of the original, but unlike the vanilla version of Ridge Racer (which was a single-player game), in Ridge Racer 2 up to eight players can play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together. A player's number determines their car. There is a rear-view mirror at the top of the screen, so a player can see other cars coming from behind. There is also a change in daylight from day to night (a car driven into the track's tunnel during the day will come out the other end at night). ==Reception==

Commercial In Japan, Game Machine listed Ridge Racer 2 on their August 15, 1994 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade game of the month. In North America, RePlay reported the game to be the fourth most-popular deluxe arcade game at the time. Play Meter also listed the title to be the thirty-seventh most-popular arcade game at the time. Critical Next Generation reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "eight-user multi-player link-up has been added to enable Ridge Racer 2 to compete on equal footing with Sega's Daytona USA and Namco's new Ace Driver." In 2023, Time Extension ranked the game 11th on their "Best Ridge Racer Games" list. ==References==