R: Racing Evolution
From Videogame Morgue File
Platforms
GameCube, PS2, Xbox
Date
November 27, 2003 (original) 🇯🇵 November 27, 2003🇺🇸 December 9, 2003🇪🇺 April 2, 2004
R: Racing Evolution (known as R: Racing in Europe and Australia) is a 2003 racing game by Namco and a spinoff of the Ridge Racer series. Unlike its precursor, it features licensed cars and a story mode.
Some SKUs of the GameCube version came with Pac-Man Vs. included in the box.
The Xbox version features an exclusive vehicle, the Hummer H1.
The cover art featured different cars in Japan, the Americas and Europe.
Never made available by digital download, and the Xbox version is not 360-compatible.
The developers hoped to make a sequel if the game was successful enough, but it never received one.
US print ad 🇺🇸 December 2003
from Electronic Gaming Monthly
Nintendo Dream 🇯🇵 21 November 2003
News about Pac-Man Vs. bundle
Play 🇺🇸 December 2003
News about Pac-Man Vs. bundle
GamePro 🇺🇸 January 2004
News about Pac-Man Vs. bundle
GMR 🇺🇸 January 2004
News about Pac-Man Vs. bundle
Previews [ edit ]
Nintendo Dream 🇯🇵 June 21 2003
Official US PlayStation Magazine 🇺🇸 July 2003
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 August 2003
Official US PlayStation Magazine 🇺🇸 August 2003
Computer and Video Games 🇬🇧 September 2003
GamesMaster 🇬🇧 September 2003
Official US PlayStation Magazine 🇺🇸 November 2003
Official Xbox Magazine 🇬🇧 January 2004
Nintendo Power 🇺🇸 January 2004
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine 🇬🇧 February 2004
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine 🇦🇺 February 2004
Features [ edit ]
NOURS 🇯🇵 Summer 2003
Interview with producer Isao Nakamura/director Hideo Teramoto
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 July 2003
Interview with producer Isao Nakamura/director Hideo Teramoto, preview, racing game timeline
PSM 🇺🇸 July 2003
Interview with producer Isao Nakamura
Play 🇺🇸 November 2003
Interview with Hideo Teramoto, director
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 November 2003
includes interview with producer Isao Nakamura/director Hideo Teramoto
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 December 2003
includes interviews with producer Isao Nakamura/director Hideo Teramoto and sound designer Hiroshi Okubo
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 January 2004
includes interview with producer Isao Nakamura/director Hideo Teramoto/programmer Satoru Ouchi
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 February 2004
driving tips
Reviews [ edit ]
Famitsu Xbox 🇯🇵 January 2004
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 January 2004
Official US PlayStation Magazine 🇺🇸 January 2004
Official Xbox Magazine 🇺🇸 January 2004
GamesMaster 🇬🇧 February 2004
Nintendo Power 🇺🇸 February 2004
Game Informer 🇺🇸 February 2004
Play 🇺🇸 February 2004
Racing-Sim Game of the Year
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine 🇬🇧 March 2004
Official Xbox Magazine 🇬🇧 March 2004