This patch optimizes the performance of Ridge Racer DS and adds several new features.
It can only be applied to the following ROM.
Target ROM: Ridge Racer DS (USA, Europe), game code ARRE
Original MD5: 1c5890068f6c5769a82800704f7ed361
ROM CRC: 0AD5A96F (as shown by DeSmuME)
Please use this patch only if you own the original game.
You use this patch at your own risk.
Installing this patch applies the following changes.
1. Higher frame rate
- Gameplay, originally limited to 30 FPS, now runs at up to 60 FPS.
- Game speed and timers are identical to the original.
- On DSi and later models, enabling the 133MHz CPU clock mode gives more stable performance.
- The frame rate may drop in some heavy scenes.
- Systems running at the standard clock (67MHz) such as NDS, NDS Lite and DSpico also get a certain level of performance improvement, with higher frame rates in less demanding scenes.
2. Km/h speed display
- On the Options screen, press L/R to select the Km/h speed display. Mph can still be selected.
- It is not just a label change; the speed is shown in actual Km/h.
3. New controller mappings: the following control types were added under Options > Control Settings.
- PAD A : the original control setting.
- PAD B : (B) Accelerate / (Y) Brake / (R) Shift up / (L) Shift down
- PAD C : (R) Accelerate / (L) Brake / (Y) Shift up / (B) Shift down
- Menus such as the pause menu always use the original buttons, regardless of this setting.
- The settings from 2 and 3 are stored in the save file and kept for the next launch.
4. Rumble support
- Vibration is output on car collisions, drifting, wheelspin at the start, hard braking, etc.
- Works on NDS and NDS Lite with a Rumble Pak inserted, or in emulators with Rumble Pak emulation enabled.
(Not supported on DSi and 3DS, which have no GBA slot.)
- No setting is required; it activates automatically when a Rumble Pak is detected during a race.
- Emulator example (melonDS 1.0 or later): File > Insert add-on cart > Rumble Pak
(Select a rumble-capable gamepad under Config > Input and hotkeys.)
Please refer to Installation.txt within the file for detailed installation instructions.
