Ooooooh dear. The game bit in Ridge Racer looks alright. Big powerslides, fairly fast cars, good slide panel controls, complete with the same sort of visuals you'd expect in the PSP games. However, it's fine reading about it, or watching demos and trailers of it online, but playing the game is difficult. Of all 3DS games we've seen so far, this is the one that really seems like a third-dimensional overkill. No other games made our eyes ache, at all, really. Ridge Racer had us instantly reaching for the 3D slider. Blurry cars attack you through the screen and dust from the crazy powerslides is sent flying willy-nilly at your face. We know its early days for the 3DS and developers, but this kind of headache doesn't fill us with confidence.

Graphics 'are not yet finished'. Expect some visual loveliness from Namco.