Game genres

  

What are racing games?

a racing game is a video game genre which involves competing in races. The object of the game is to be the first player to reach the finish line successfully. they may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical, futuristic settings, and feature any type of vehicle from them being classic race cars to a made up unique looking vehicle.

     

F-Zero (played on snes) vs Ridge racer (played on ps classic)

Similarities:

both have ranking systems 

tells you what lap your on

having to balance and control speed to avoid crashing

mini map

tells you what speed your going 

time for each lap

different cars

upbeat music

Differences: 

big difference in graphics, F-Zero uses sprites (2D) where as ridge racers surrounding are more realistic and has a lot of 3D buildings.

Can change perspectives in ridge racer.

Can customise cars in ridge racer

Cars in F-Zero are more futuristic 

The track in F-Zero was flat however in ridge racer the map had more bumps etc.

These differences are also to do with the consoles they are played on.