If your knees hurt when you stand up, and you had a PS1 growing up, then there's a good chance that this classic racing title was part of your collection. In fact, being a launch title all the way back in 1995, this absolute banger of a game was part of almost every PlayStation fan's gaming libraries. PlayStation Plus might be giving a new generation a chance to play this classic soon.
According to a fairly reliable source, Dealabs, we can expect Ridge Racer to become a PlayStation Plus free classic added for PS Plus Premium subscribers for the month of January. With official confirmation coming later today, we're moments away from learning if this all-time classic racer which filled many a Christmas stocking way back in 1995, will become available for free for PS5/PS4 Premium subscribers.
Namco's Ridge Racer was one of the first large 3D texture-mapped racers. It found fame on PS1 as Sony looked to showcase their new machine with its then impressive polygon graphics. This fast-paced, arcade-style racer was head and shoulders above any other racers at the time and really helped to give Sony the edge over the competition, namely,...
