Ridge Racer Type 8

Ridge Racer Type 8 was a 2024 racing game for the Bluecube SSD. Featuring 12 Teams and 5 manufacturers, 20 cars per manufacturer. The game had overall 1200 Cars if you include them in different teams, or 100 unique cars overall, the most of any Ridge Racer Game yet since Ridge Racer Type 4. The game was released as a remake of Ridge Racer Type 4.

The theme tune of the game, "Urban Fragments" and "One More Win", originally by Kimara Lovelace, were sung by Halsey. JPEGMAFIA's Bald also makes an appearance since it was originally sampled from Ridge Racer Type 4's "Move Me".

The game also, for the first time in a Ridge Racer game, included a proper cockpit view and driver animations.

An all star cast for the game was announced, Halsey plays Reiko Nagase, Daniel Radcliffe plays David Christman the son of Team Principal Robert Christman, portrayed by former F1 Team Principal Tony Purnell. Bobby Cannavale plays Giuliano Gilbert, the hard to impress team principal of RT Solvalou, in his first co-starring role with Halsey since Sing 2. Michael Guinn plays the announcer again, and David Walliams plays a statistical analyst. Originally Murray Walker was considered for the announcer role but like in OTL, he died in March 2021 and his role was replaced by Michael Guinn.

Jeff Gordon, Lewis Hamilton, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Patrick Dempsey are also characters in the game.

The game received rave reviews for it's Hollywood style presentation, as well as it's revolutionary elements. Gamesmaster gave it 97% and it has a Metascore of 95.