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The Assoluto Promessa is a mid-engine sports car produced by Assoluto, first appearing in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. A new generation of the Promessa appears as a DLC car for Ridge Racer Vita.

Design and performance[]

Promessa

The first generation Promessa in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4[]

In it's first appearance in Ridge Racer Type 4, the Promessa is a starting car when players choose Assoluto as their manufacturer of choice. Here, it is based on the Fiat X1/9 Abarth Prototipo, it also resembles the 1990-1998 Toyota MR2 (SW20) with headlights resembling those from the 1996-1998 Nissan Silvia (S14). The Promessa also has a racing air snorkel in the engine bay that resembles the one the Fiat X1/9 Abarth Prototipo has.

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

A race child reborn with tune-up.

The Promessa is Assoluto's confident entry machine with an eye-catching rear air duct. The 2.5 liter inline-4 DOHC engine with flat characteristics has been sewn out to the midship and finished in an ideal balance. It is also a special feature of the Promessa that brings dramatic changes with tune-up and from the Final GP, its engine will also be tuned-up greatly. It will change it to a completely different car that slightly exceeds 240 hp. The gearbox will also add a 6th gear for the Final GP. If you keep high revs with frequent shift changes, you can enjoy a different dimension of driving that you couldn't taste in qualifying. You want to enjoy driving it with a lot of drifting like in an MR sports car.

Ridge Racer (Vita)[]

The version in Ridge Racer for Vita features a high resemblance to the GT by Citroen in design (albeit much smoother, more conventional and rounder), and a few details of the current Honda/Acura NSX, especially in the mechanical and backstory department: the car was stated to be launched in a car show in the United States in June 2011 (the first NSX concept was launched in January 2012 at that year's North American International Auto Show) and includes a Motor Assist Hybrid system.

The car retains the trademark rear snorkel as the previous model. However, the new Promessa uses a 2400cc flat-6 engine, in contrast to NSX's 3500cc V6. The racing version of the car is known as Evo3 in the car's description, and is stated to be developed six months after the production model. The Japan/Asia-only IDOLM@STER EX Color for this car (downloaded separately) features a Yayoi Takatsuki livery, as well as unique wheel cover on the front and wheel spats on the rear.

DRSPPromessa

The PRC liveried Promessa in Drift Spirits.

This specification appeared in Drift Spirits as one of the cars featured in a Ridge Racer collaboration event held in December 2018, and billed as "20th anniversary" (relating to 20 years since release of R4) model with Pac Racing Club livery.

Performance chart[]

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). It has a 2.5 liter double overhead cam inline-4 engine.

Stage Garage DRT MMM PRC RTS
1 1 166 km/h
103 mph
(184 ps)
162 km/h
101 mph
(183 ps)
171 km/h
106 mph
(186 ps)
180 km/h
112 mph
(189 ps)
2 2 180 km/h
112 mph
(220 ps)
178 km/h
111 mph
(215 ps)
194 km/h
116 mph
(218 ps)
200 km/h
121 mph
(223 ps)
3 6 194 km/h
122 mph
(244 ps)
194 km/h
121 mph
(241 ps)
200 km/h
125 mph
(243 ps)
212 km/h
132 mph
(246 ps)
4 13 285 km/h
178 mph
(273 ps)
280 km/h
175 mph
(272 ps)
290 km/h
181 mph
(272 ps)
301 km/h
188 mph
(275 ps)
  • Horsepower numbers taken from rr-ken.net (Japanese language only). Please note, the horsepower numbers are not displayed in the game.
  • The Preset D1 is based on the PRC Stage 1 specification of the Promessa..

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Trivia[]

  • Promessa means "promise" in Italian and Portuguese.
  • The "Preset D1" car, available when the player has not chosen any car in the garage's first slot (out of eight), is the Pac Racing Club specification of the Promessa.
  • The second-generation Promessa is one of two known hybrid cars in the series, the other being the Kamata SYNCi. Furthermore, it is the only Assoluto vehicle in the entire series that is all-wheel drive.
  • On the E3 2011 interactive demo for Ridge Racer Vita, the machine was referred to as "Assoluto Concept Car", or "Prototipo Stradale" (street prototype). This particular version lacks the rear wing compared to the final machine.
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 (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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