Ridge State

Ridge State is an island which is the setting of the Ridge Racer series from Ridge Racer 6 and Ridge Racer 7. It replaces Ridge City as the locale of the Ridge Racer games. Ridge State is a very diverse place, with its landmarks ranging from mountains and temples, to the bright lights of Rave City.

An approximation of Ridge State. The numbers correspond to: 1. Bayside, 2. South, 3. Seacrest, 4. Lakeshore, 5. Rave City, 6. Sunny Beach, 7. South Bay, and 8. Midtown.

State guide

Bayside

The Bayside is the industrial zone of Ridge State, featuring some residential housing, along with what appears to be Ridge State's own Chinatown-esque district also call this area home.

Tracks:

• Industrial Drive
• Old Central
• Bayside Freeway

South

The southern region is the upstate region, with untouched ancient temples and statues of Buddha, as well as mountains and forests.

Tracks:

• Mist Falls
• Lost Ruins
• Shadow Caves

Seacrest

Seacrest is the home of Ridge State's very own beach resort. Featuring wide boulevards down the seafront, and tight twisting chicanes in the resort's surrounding mountains, this district can be a challenge for any Ridge Racer.

Tracks:

• Seacrest District
• Surfside Resort
• Sunset Heights

Lakeshore

Lakeshore is arguably home to the most challenging tracks in Ridge State, with their long, blind corners, and the beautiful, yet distracting, lakes and waterfalls, Lakeshore becomes a challenging place to race. However, a skilled driver can gain a lot of Nitrous in the tight corners.

Tracks:

• Laketop Parkway
• Lakeshore Drive
• Highland Cliffs

Rave City

Rave City is the most densely populated area of Ridge State. With its bright lights, dramatic elevation changes, and signature bridges, Rave City is a great place for any Ridge Racer to hone their skills. From Ridge Racer (PSP) onwards, where the original Rave City track and the downtown extension appear, the course is raced in nighttime.

Tracks:

• Downtown Rave City
• Rave City Riverfront
• Crossbay Tunnel

Not available in Ridge Racer 6 and 7

• Midtown Expressway

Sunny Beach

Sunny Beach is a small, quiet resort nestled within a bay. Part of Ridge State's famous course Seaside Route 765 runs though here. All of the tracks from Ridge Racer V are located around this region (except of Airport Oval). The Sunny Beach name is also used for Seaside Route 765 in Ridge Racer V.

Tracks:

• Seaside Route 765

Not available in Ridge Racer 7

• Ridge City Highway
• Outer Pass
• Bayside Line
• Park Town
• Above the City
• Airport Oval

South Bay

Home to a ginormous complex, consisting of both Ridge State's bustling seaport, but also its large 3 runway airport and surrounding freeways. This airport is implied to replace the semi-offshore airport featured in Ridge Racer V.

Tracks:

• Aviator Loop
• Southbay Docks
• Airport Lap

Midtown

Midtown is stated off mainland Ridge State, it features small villages and twisting mountain roads, as well as more modern skyscrapers and freeways. Midtown also features an area similar to a section of Seaside Route 765 and Ridge City Highway.

Tracks:

• Harborline 765
• Midtown Parkway
• Island Circle

Trivia

• Ridge State is roughly 737 times larger compared to Ridge City. Given that Seaside Route 765 is within Ridge City, it is highly possible that Ridge City is within the Ridge State, and can even be considered its capital city.
• Ridge State can be classified as a archipelago. However, most of the cityscapes are based on Japanese cities. Given this, it may be possible that it could be situated in between Japan and South Korea, and that it could potentially be an artificial archipelago.
• The geographical shape of Ridge State resembles the UFRA logo, which ironically, features a similar-looking "U" logo.
• Ridge State mainly consists of tracks from older Ridge Racer titles, in this case, most of the tracks that were in Ridge Racer 6. Seaside Route 765 and Downtown Rave City are the only "retro" tracks to be featured within the island.
• It may be possible that all the other tracks in the series, such as from the Ridge Racer Revolution (Sunset Drive, Crystal Coast Highway, EX Revolution Road), Rage Racer (Mythical Coast, Union Hill District, Lakeside Parkway, Extreme Oval), Greenpeak Highlands (Mountain) course from Rave Racer, as well as Silvercreek Dam course from Ridge Racers (PSP), Renegade courses (Renegade Novice, Renegade Intermediate, Renegade Expert) and also Ridge Racer Extreme course from Ridge Racer 64, and the newer tracks from Ridge Racer 3D (Silver Mountain Skyway, Oceanfront Cruise Way, Redstone Thunder Road) may be set within Ridge State, in perhaps other parts of the island that were not seen in Ridge Racer 7. The tracks from Ridge Racer Type 4, however, are set outside of Ridge State, in some places within Japan and the United States (although there were no such mentions of them in the PSP versions of those courses, meaning that they could actually be in Ridge State after all).
• This could possibly be the central setting for the Tekken series, since some of the unseen locations in Ridge State were used in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. For example, in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, the airport terminal shown on the main menu upon highlighting the Fight Lab mode is the exact same one where the Airport Lap course was located, but it is nighttime. Same goes for the Gallery mode, which is same place as the Lost Ruins course, shown on also nighttime.
• Ridge State has its own official media called Ridge State News, abbreviated to RSN. They regularly posts news-tickers and online players' comments as the player progresses through the game, but most news releases show cultural, social and political events across areas of Ridge State that are near some of the tracks.
• In Ridge Racer 7, when scrolling through the "country select" screens to determine a player's territory, players can choose Ridge State if their territory is not available, and has its own flag, as a placeholder for "rest of the world". Lore-wise, this may suggest that Ridge State is its own sovereign state.
  • According to one news ticker in Ridge Racer 7, Ridge State has its own government, which may support this even further.