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"Created by the same manufacturer as the Bisonte, Fatalita is a sports car in its own right. Evolved over years of racing, this car is a thoroughbred circuit racer."
Ridge Racer (PSP)
"The Fatalita, also known as the circuit-spec machine, has undergone some minor changes. No mechanical or technological updates were made, but the pure hide used for the interior has now been changed to a new synthetic fabric produced by DEROTA. Although the luxurious feel of pure hide has been sacrificed, the new fabric is lighter, more durable, and is more comfortable, as it acts as a seat cooler, receiving positive feedback from many racers in the RSGP."
Ridge Racer 7

The Assoluto Fatalita is a car produced by Assoluto, first appearing in Rage Racer, and has been a mainstay whenever the Assoluto brand appears in the Ridge Racer series.

Design and performance[]

Fatalita

The Fatalita in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

Rage Racer & R4: Ridge Racer Type 4[]

In Rage Racer, the Fatalita is touted as the "protagonist" car, as the game's intro FMV prominently show the car. In this game, the Fatalita is heavily based on a Porsche 959 and it's racing counterpart Porsche 961, turning into a Porsche 911 GT1 look-alike in Class 5 - the 993 version of the 911 GT1 race car was already in competition when the game was originally released in Japan. It could also be based on the Buff from Riding Bean (1989). The car features a rotary engine similar to the Mazda RX-7, starting with a 2-rotor engine, turning to a 3-rotor engine in the car's ultimate specification (Class 5) and can be equipped with either an automatic transmission or a manual transmission. The same Fatalita (with Class 3 body) returns in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, with a 3-rotor engine from the start. Finishing first twice in the first heat grants the player the Fatalita for the second heat.

The following is a translated transcription of the car featured in the Japanese Ridge Racer Type 4 - Namco Official Guide Book R4:

The duality of a combative front view and delicate driving.

Like the Regalo, the Fatalita is a sports car designed by Pinan Fanini. It was announced seven years after the announcement of the Regalo and its engine is equipped with a rotary, which is unique for italian sports cars. It's a car with exquisite balance, its tuning is a perfect finish which in the final race will exceed 380 hp and will invite you to the world of cars with speeds of over 300 km/h. Full throttle and drifting are the absolute requirements for this car to run fast.

Ridge Racers 1 & 2, Ridge Racer 6, 7, 3D and Slipstream[]

For the PSP games, as well as Ridge Racer 6, 7, and 3D, the Fatalita's design was dramatically changed, where the car is essentially a fusion of Lamborghini models, with the front end and fascia resembling the Murcielago, the side profile and windows influenced by the Diablo, and the rear section reminiscent of the Gallardo. The engine itself is also similar to the Gallardo as it uses a V10 engine. The design of the wheels are somehow inspired by the 1989 Isuzu 4200R sports car concept.

Originally, in the PSP games, the car was equipped with pop-up headlights, but it was changed to a more modern projector headlights in the sixth game and onwards. This version also appears in Ridge Racer Slipstream, initially incorrectly named Assoluto Bisonte (later renamed Fatalita after an update). Two versions available in both Ridge Racer 7 and Slipstream: the "standard" variant, purchasable by the player and customizable, and the "Complete Machine", a pre-tuned variant obtainable by winning an Extreme Battle.

For the Vita game, the Fatalita returns as one of the DLC cars for the game, now with a design which is a throwback to the look it once had back in Rage Racer. This version, with the throwback design, resembles the RUF CTR3. It is powered by a rotary engine (now with four rotors), much like the first generation model, in essence making the third generation Fatalita a retro-styled car. This version was featured in the second Drift Spirits/Ridge Racer collaboration event in 2019, along with the Terrazi Wildgang and Zihua Archangel.

Performance chart[]

Rage Racer[]

The upgrade chart for all the car's available configurations in Rage Racer.

Grade Power Gears Engine Max speed (MT) Price (eg)
3 255 ps 6 Rotary 2-rotor 652x2 cc (1304 cc) Turbo 273 km/h
170 mph
20,000
4 325 ps 6 Rotary 2-rotor 652x2 cc (1304 cc) Supercharged 287 km/h
180 mph
77,500
5 375 ps 6 Rotary 3-rotor 652x3 cc (1956 cc) Turbo 310 km/h
191 mph
405,700


  • All maximum speed numbers correspond to the car when driven with manual transmission. Please note that not all cars in Rage Racer can be equipped with automatic transmission.
  • The price that appears in the first row indicates the car purchase price from the car shop. All other prices are prices for upgrading the car.
  • All versions of Rage Racer uses ps (metric horsepower) as unit of power.
  • Data taken from rr-ken.net (Japanese only), except for speed in mph, which is taken from Sal_89's GameFAQs entry.

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4[]

The car's maximum speed and horsepower from all the four stages and teams. The Garage number indicates the car number in the Change Car (in the Garage mode). In Ridge Racer Type 4, it's powered by a three-rotor rotary engine.

Stage Garage DRT MMM PRC RTS
2 5 203 km/h
126 mph
(302 ps)
194 km/h
121 mph
(302 ps)
203 km/h
126 mph
(304 ps)
212 km/h
132 mph
(305 ps)
3 9 212 km/h
132 mph
(370 ps)
205 km/h
128 mph
(365 ps)
216 km/h
135 mph
(368 ps)
226 km/h
141 mph
(372 ps)
4 16 303 km/h
189 mph
(383 ps)
296 km/h
185 mph
(380 ps)
306 km/h
191 mph
(381 ps)
317 km/h
198 mph
(383 ps)


  • Sources taken from rr-ken.net (Japanese language only), which derives details from the official Ridge Racer Type 4 Strategy Guide book. Please note that the horsepower numbers are not displayed in-game.

Ridge Racer 6[]

Class Engine Top Speed
2 5.0 liter V10 250 km/h
4 6.2 liter V10 315 km/h

Ridge Racer 7[]

The car's maximum speed from all engine upgrade combinations.

Category Stage 0 Stage 1 Solvalou Druaga Zolgear
2 308 km/h 315 km/h 319 km/h 320 km/h 316 km/h
1 328 km/h 335 km/h 339 km/h 341 km/h 336 km/h

Ridge Racers 2[]

The car's maximum speeds from all the car's available configurations in Ridge Racer 2 for PSP.

Class Type-S Type-R Type-Z
3 260 km/h 262 km/h 264 km/h
6 331 km/h 333 km/h 335 km/h

Trivia[]

  • Fatalita (written "Fatalità") means "fatality" in Italian.
  • The Fatalita is the only Assoluto car that can be equipped with an automatic transmission in Rage Racer.
  • The Fatalita in its Rage Racer, Ridge Racer Type 4 and Ridge Racer Vita incarnations are the only cars in the series to use rotary engines.
  • The Fatalita is the only car in Rage Racer to return in Ridge Racer Type 4.
  • The Fatalita in Rage Racer's intro movie has the Assoluto word decal on its front bumper inverted. This may likely be a reference to the BMW 2002 Turbo, which had the word "turbo" inverted in its front bumper.
  • In the PSP titles, the Class 3 Fatalita has a 6-speed transmission. However, in Class 6 specifications, it has a 5-speed transmission.
  • If listened closely in Ridge Racers and its sequel, when selecting the car, the announcer would pronounce Fatalita as "Fatarita".
  • Ridge Racer Slipstream's depiction of the Fatalita stated that it had undergone a minor update which saw the change of upholstery from leather (pure hide) to a type of synthetic fabric, technically downgrading the car.
    • If it's anything with regard to weight, it actually enhances the car's performance a little bit as fabric is lighter than leather.
  • One of the available aero upgrades in Ridge Racer 7 (the Quox's side skirt) features aerodynamic wheel spats. In real life, wheel spats are practically obsolete since the mid-2000s, but once popular in older racing cars, such as the Jaguar XJR-9 (or more specifically in the Ridge Racer series, Assoluto's very own Cavaliere machine and the Lizard Nightmare), as it would help in reducing aerodynamic drag.
  • Ridge Racer 7 described the Fatalita "Complete Machine" as "not much different" from its standard ones. This is a possible nod to many modern GT racing cars which usually keep the road-going model's original engine, but re-purpose it for racing use with minor tweaks such as adding air restrictors (to satisfy "balance of performance regulations"), as well as revised exhaust and ECU changes. This is also a reference to its Class 6 version in Ridge Racers and its sequel where it is implied to have minor changes to engine settings from its Class 3 version.
  • The Ridge Racers incarnation of the Fatalita, as seen on the intro movie, is shown to have scissor doors (doors with an opening mechanism that allows them to open upward), which is also one of the trademark features of Lamborghini's flagship models (in this case, the Murcielago and other top-end V12 models before and after it). It, along with the Bisonte, are among two known cars in the series to feature scissor doors.
    • Given Assoluto is based on Ferrari, this is also the case with their flagship models, however, this only applies to the Enzo and the LaFerrari.
  • The plain yellow Fatalita in the intro of Ridge Racers isn't playable in the game. This particular version of the Fatalita is also the only car in the series to assume a street-legal appearance, however, unless plain color versions of most Stage 1 and 2 cars in R4 are assumed to be road legal. The closest that players could get to the yellow road-legal Fatalita is the Derota Type-R variant in Class 3.
    • The Fatalita's yellow color is likely a reference to the Giallo Modena paint from Ferrari, as well as shades of yellow commonly seen in Lamborghini vehicles.
  • It is revealed in the Japanese Ridge Racer Type 4 - Namco Official Guide Book R4 that the Fatalita is designed by a design studio called 'Pinan Fanini', an anagram of Pininfarina, which were famously known to have designed many vehicles under a partnership with Ferrari, besides other manufacturers, and even independently. It, and the Regalo are the only known vehicles to be designed under them, and may hint to a long-term partnership. It is unknown if later models of the Fatalita were still designed by Pinan Fanini, or were designed in-house.

Gallery[]

Rage Racer[]

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4[]

Ridge Racer (PSP)[]

Ridge Racer 7[]

Ridge Racer (2011)[]

Videos[]

File:RRPSP Assoluto Fatalita Bacura Unlock.mp4

Cars in Rage Racer
Class 1 Gnade Esperanza
Class 2 Lizard Acceron · Age Erriso
Class 3 Lizard Bayonet · Age Abeille · Assoluto Fatalita
Class 4 Lizard Hijack* · Age Pegase* · Assoluto Istante*
Class 5 Assoluto Ghepardo*
Class 6 Lizard Bulldog* · Age Vainqure · Assoluto Squaldon*
* denotes car only available with manual transmission
Cars in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Stage 1 Assoluto Promessa · Lizard Bonfire · Terrazi Ambitious · Age Solo Prophetie
Stage 2 Assoluto Bisonte · Lizard Detector · Terrazi Troop · Age Solo Dirigeant
Assoluto Regalo · Lizard Wisdom · Terrazi Rumor · Age Solo Bataille
Assoluto Fatalita · Lizard Officer · Terrazi Wildboar · Age Solo Megere
Stage 3 Assoluto Rondine · Lizard Colleague · Terrazi Capital · Age Solo Antilope
Assoluto Cavaliere · Lizard Comrade · Terrazi Cowboy · Age Solo Averse
Assoluto Infinito · Lizard Ignition · Terrazi Starlight · Age Solo Licorne
Stage 4 Assoluto Aquila · Lizard Tamer · Terrazi Decision · Age Solo Espion
Assoluto Estasi · Lizard Cataract · Terrazi Terrific · Age Solo Sorciere
Assoluto Squalo · Lizard Reckless · Terrazi Destroyer · Age Solo Supernova
Extra Trial Assoluto Vulcano · Lizard Nightmare · Terrazi Utopia · Age Solo Ecureuil
Other Pac-Man
Cars in Ridge Racer (PSP) and Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)
Class 1/4 Kamata Fiera · Age Prophetie · Danver Bayonet
Class 2/5 Age Abeille · Gnade Esperanza · Assoluto Bisonte
Class 3/6 Assoluto Fatalita · Himmel E.O. · Soldat Raggio
Specials Kamata Angelus* · Soldat Crinale* · Rally-X Car' · Namco Pac-Man* · Danver Hijack^ · Terrazi Wild Gang^ · Age Angelus Kid^ · Age Crinale Kid^ · Yamasa Raggio^
* indicate cars in both games but with different designs, ' indicate cars only in 1, ^ indicate cars only in 2
Cars in Ridge Racer 6 and Ridge Racer 7
Lower Classes Kamata Fiera' · Age Abeille' · Age Prophetie' · Terrazi Wild Gang' · Gnade Magnifico^ · Danver Bayonet' · Terrazi Starnose' · Sinseong Jujak^
Upper Classes Assoluto Fatalita' · Assoluto Bisonte' · Soldat Meltfire' · Terrazi Centellee^ · Kamata RC410^ · Himmel E.O.' · Gnade Esperanza' · Soldat Raggio' · Danver Hijack'
Specials Himmel 490B · Gnade G00 · Assoluto Pronzione · Danver Bass Cruiser · Age Ultranova · Terrazi Terrajin · Kamata Angelus* · Soldat Crinale* · Monstrous · Namco Pac-Man*
* indicate machines in both games but with different designs, ' indicate machines with Complete Machine variants, ^ indicate machines introduced in 7
Cars in Ridge Racer (PlayStation Vita)
Base Machines Assoluto Bisargento' · Soldat Ranua' · Kamata Fiera' · Himmel E.O.' · Kamata SYNCi'^ · Soldat Crinale* · Zihua Archangel*
DLC Machines Assoluto Promessa' · Age Elenie' · Assoluto Fatalita' · Soldat Meltfire' · Gnade Dignistar' · Lucky & Wild Evolver' · Kamata RC410' · Lucky & Wild Wisdom' · SEGA Hornet
* indicate machines to be obtained with the "Devil's Gift", ' indicate machines with Idolm@ster and DOCOMO variants (JPN only), ^ indicate other variants
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