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===Impact and legacy=== ''Ridge Racer'' has been followed by many sequels and helped establish the position of the [[PlayStation]] console. [[IGN]] stated that ''Ridge Racer'' had been "one of PlayStation's first big system pushers" and "an excellent port of the arcade version that showed the true potential of Sony's 32-bit wonder".<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://uk.psx.ign.com/articles/080/080401p1.html | title=Top 25 Games of All Time: Complete List | publisher=IGN | date=2002-01-23 | accessdate=2012-01-06}}</ref> [[UGO Networks]]' Michael Hess and Chris Plante said that the game had "set the stage for ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' by adding an option to choose between automatic and manual transmission".<ref name="UGO"/> John Davison of [[1UP.com]] said that ''Ridge Racer'' was an "unbelievable demonstration of what the PlayStation could do."<ref name="1UP">{{Cite web | url=http://www.1up.com/features/retroactive-ridge-racer-series | title=Ridge Racer | publisher=1UP | date=2006-09-13 | accessdate=2012-01-06 | author=Davison, John}}</ref> ''Ridge Racer'' is also mentioned in the song ''My Console'' (1999) from the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Wikipedia:Electronic dance music|electronic dance]] group [[Wikipedia:Eiffel 65|Eiffel 65]]. The game has been listed among the [[List of video games considered the best|best games of all time]] by several publications, including ''[[Game Informer]]'' in 2001,<ref name=GI2001>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100)], ''[[Game Informer]]'', 2001</ref> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''<ref name=EGM2006>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/features/egm-200-greatest-videogames |title=The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time |date=February 6, 2006 |website= |publisher=''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' |accessdate=November 19, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801232104/http://www.1up.com/features/egm-200-greatest-videogames |archivedate=2013-08-01}}</ref> and ''[[wikipedia:Guinness World Records|Guinness World Records]]''<ref name=Guinness>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100107164406/http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/270209_top50.aspx Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition reveals the Top 50 console games of all time], ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition]]'', 2009</ref> in 2009, and ''[[wikipedia:FHM|FHM]]'' in 2012.<ref name=FHM>[http://www.fhm.com/gaming/news/arcade-games-the-top-ten-greatest-83108 The 10 Greatest arcade games of ALL TIME], ''[[FHM]]'', 2012</ref> It has also been listed as one of the greatest games by [[wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo]] in 2006,<ref name=Yahoo>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050801002743/http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/specials/100games/ The 100 greatest computer games of all time], [[Yahoo!]], 2006</ref> and one of the greatest [[Retrogaming|retro games]] by [[NowGamer]] in 2010.<ref name=NowGamer>100 Greatest Retro Games, NowGamer, [[Imagine Publishing]], 2010: [http://www.nowgamer.com/100-greatest-retro-games-part-1/ part 1], [http://www.nowgamer.com/100-greatest-retro-games-part-2/ part 2], [http://www.nowgamer.com/100-greatest-retro-games-part-3/ part 3], [http://www.nowgamer.com/100-greatest-retro-games-part-4/ part 4]</ref>
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