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"From Assoluto, the developers of the world's first anti-gravity engine, comes a very unique special machine. The anti-gravity engine was heavily criticized for its rapid fuel consumption, but after a few years in the lab, the Prozione is ready for prime time."
―In-game description

"Equipped with an anti-gravity engine that shocked the world upon release. Efforts are being made to reduce engine size and improve efficiency, paving the way for this next-generation concept machine to become the standard family-car of the future."
―In-game description

The Assoluto Pronzione is a prototype anti-gravity vehicle, first added to the series in Ridge Racer 6 as a special class vehicle, which is basically an anti-gravity ship rather than a traditional car. This machine is an early working prototype for future automobiles, which utilize anti-gravity technologies in favor of wheels. The ship itself is the evolution of the Assoluto Vulcano.

Overview[]

The Pronzione is Assoluto's special machine in Ridge Racer 6 and 7. It is one of the most unusually designed vehicles in the series, resembling that of a hovercraft and possibly inspired by the ships from the WipEout series.

As such, it is powered by anti-gravity power-plants and is also placed on Assoluto's patented anti-gravity generators and stabilizers. Strangely enough, for an anti-gravity racing ship, it has an eight-speed gearbox.

In the descriptions of Ridge Racer 6 and 7, the Pronzione was designed to be more efficient than the Vulcano, as the anti-gravity power-plant was notably controversial for its rapid fuel consumption until it was refined for use in the Pronzione, with efforts being made to reduce the size of the powerplant while improving power and performance. As opposed to the Vulcano's blocky and edgy design, the Pronzione is simplified and streamlined.

There are no windshields or any windows, similar to that of the Soldat Crinale. This may point to a possible driverless layout or camera-views from inside the cockpit (assuming it has one).

The ship also has side-mounted airbrakes that remain open from a standstill until a certain speed is reached, which will close the airbrakes.

Due to the nature of the anti-gravity engines, with the vehicle in itself floating, the Pronzione drifts extremely easily, and does not require the driver to brake or let off the gas (or rather, thrust) to start sliding. This is also a very problematic ability, since any amount of steering input causes it to drift even when the driver does not want to. It is next to impossible to turn without drifting making it very difficult to turn with precise movements. It also cannot drift tightly enough around corners like other four-wheeled machines.

Its width is also another problem as well; this effect is mostly apparent in courses with tight turns such as Island Circle, Crossbay Tunnel etc., as it immediately starts drifting outwards and crashing into the outer wall. To prevent this the driver must slow down significantly, however this will lead to a large loss of velocity around corners, offset by a loss of time.

In Ridge Racer 6, the Pronizone's easy drift abilities, combined with quick normal charge rates, allow for easy nitrous charging, but with extremely poor Ultimate Charge (Ultimate Charging after using triple nitrous barely refunds one tank of nitrous). Another is using Triple Nitrous can be considered risky with this machine, as the vapor trails coming from the exhausts will reduce visibility and will cause the game's framerate to stutter, making it difficult to predict upcoming corners.

In Ridge Racer 7, the Pronzione features auto-charging Flex Nitrous, meaning the nitrous bar will charge itself over time and progressively become more powerful the longer it is used. The reason behind its auto-charging feature is to compensate for the ship's inability to drift. However, because of this, this sacrifices the ability to perform Ultimate Charge.

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Trivia[]

  • The ship's name, "Pronzione", is actually faux-Italian and a made-up name.
  • The ship's name is misspelled as "Prozione" in the description in Ridge Racer 6.
  • As this is an anti-gravity ship, no tire squeals are heard whenever it is drifting as it is completely free of any friction.
  • Strangely enough, in a news-ticker in Ridge Racer 7, when Assoluto and the UFRA organization were holding up a top-secret meeting, it was held in a restaurant named after the ship (Ristorante Pronzione).
  • The available liveries for the machine are references to another Namco title, Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, with the Nightraven livery bearing the silhouette of the X-49 Night Raven fighter, the Data Swallow livery referring to the global operating system present in the game, and the Neucom livery being in the colors of Neucom Incorporated, a corporation and faction present in the game.
  • The sound of the Pronzione in Ridge Racer 6 could hint to the anti-gravity engines being turbine-based. However, in Ridge Racer 7, it recycles the sound of the Soldat Raggio despite the ship not being powered by a combustion engine. The same sound issue also applies to the Ridge Racer 7 version of the Kamata Angelus, which is turbine-powered.
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
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