- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline Trophies: 34 (28, 1, 2, 1)
- Online Trophies: 14 (1, 7, 1)
Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 40hrs+ (Estimated Time to Platinum) - Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
- Number of missable trophies: None
- Glitched trophies: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: There is no set difficulty.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Online Pass required?: No
Ridge Racer was one of the launch games for the PS Vita. The game without the gold pass DLC has 5 cars and 3 tracks, so not a great amount of content. The game is very fun though and I sunk 30 odd hours into it and didn't even get bored.
The game in terms of the Platinum is long and grindy. You have to complete every mode 50 times to get a trophy for each of those. You also need to amass 28,000CR to buy everything on the machine map. The final grind is saving up 30,000CR to transfer teams. That's pretty much all there is to the game.
Tips
- Please choose a team that has the LEAST amount of players in it. This will ensure you get the VIP trophies easier.
- This game is a drifting game, so you need to drift around every corner. To drift, let go of accelerate just before a turn and you will drift whilst navigating the corner. You don't need to brake at all in this game.
- If you have the gold pass, you have access to the DLC cars, which are somewhat better than the standard ones.
- Use the 'Ultimate Charge' upgrade all of the time, you will get loads of nitrous if you do. This upgrade works by only charging when you get blue flames coming out the back of your wheels. Do this by using nitrous just before a corner and then drifting through it.
- A handy tip by CoodyBaroody so you don't have to grind as many credits, credit to him for this method:
No you dont mate, just back up your save (alot easier if you got PS+) get the trophies associated with the 30k credits and then redownload your back up save and your points will be there again.
You do NOT have to grind 60k worth of points. Just get your 30k (i went up to FLEX, AUTO ROCKET & 150+ then saved every credit i then earned till i had 30k) back up your save. Then reload the game and get Filthy VIP, Free Agent, switch teams etc etc, then download your back up save and you have your points needed for completing your upgrade map.
Its what I did so i know for a FACT it works but like i said, i have PS+ so it was really easy, without it i think it would have to be Content Manager > PS3 and you would have to wait a bit longer for it to back up all game data.
Either way, i it doesn't matter what anyone else did, YOU don't have to grind to that ridiculous amount of credits. Just get to 30k after you have got the first few upgrades, do this back up trick and your sorted. You might not win as many races but its still a hell of a lot quicker than grinding 60,000 points.
Warnings
- DO NOT choose Trianchor Alliance for the team you do a playthrough with. This team is the biggest one and is full of pros, therefore it is too hard to get the VIP trophies (it is possible, but it will take longer.) Choose a team with the least amount of players.
- Trophies only unlock after returning to the Main Menu from a race.
- Use team vision to beat the Devil and Angel cars. It is difficult without it and will take longer.
- Filthy VIP's requirements will continuously increase as the months go by. Currently for Trianchor Alliance you need 40,000CR to obtain the trophy (Correct as of 11th July 2012). It is different for other teams.
Step 1: Get all but 1 team trophy by deleting Game Data.
This will be the first thing that you want to do. You should do this early on, as it will save you having to do it later on in the game and it's less risky. If you are already far into the game, don't worry too much, but make sure that you back your data up when these are the last trophies you need. See the guide for an explanation on how to do this. At the end of this step, you'll have all of the team trophies bar one. The reason that it's recommended you delete your Game Data is that you won't have to accumulate 30K each time for the teams to enable you to switch to a new one. You can just start the game from a fresh, get the trophy for a specific team and then repeat. Trophies you will have at the end of this step are:
Welcome to Trianchor Alliance!
Welcome to Circlite Racing!
Welcome to Xealot Motorspot!
Welcome to Squaris GP!
Step 2: Choose a team with the least amount of racers in it. Reach Level 7 by playing spot races and then reach Level 16 by playing ghost battle.
After you have finished with the Game Data workaround, you will want to choose a team that has the LEAST amount of racers in it and then stick with them. The sole reason for this is the VIP trophies. The more racers there are in a team, then the harder it will be to obtain these trophies. For this step, you just want to keep playing spot races until you reach Level 7. It's highly recommended that you do this before going online, as you won't be maxed out enough to race other people online because they'll have higher top speed than you. As soon as you reach Level 7, go straight to 'Ghost Battle' and use the method mentioned in the guide to get to Level 16 very quickly. Trophies you will most likely have after this step are:
Prodigy
Solid Foundation
Capable
Skillful
Accomplished
Stellar
Tinkerer
Mad Mechanic
Triple Threat
Step 3: Obtain the miscellaneous trophies if you haven't already. After that, it's up to you
This game has no path, or goal. The only foreseeable goal is the Platinum. For this reason, I'm just going to recommend you do whatever method you see fit, whether it be winning 50 races of each game mode or grinding for the upgrade map. It is solely up to you. At the end of this step, you should have all the trophies except the 30,000CR, transferring teams and the VIP ones. Remember to watch team vision every day for a chance at getting the Spotlight VIP. The trophies you should have after this step are:
Wind Whipper
Electronic Warfare
Nitrous Master
Tech Tree Climber
Mild and Menacing
Dynamic and Dangerous
Practice Makes Perfect
Triple Lap Trickster
Single Lap Spirit
Ghost Hunter
Ghost Contender
Ectoplasmed
World Racer
Socialite
Friend or Foe?
Generous at Heart
Claim to Fame VIP
Steal the Spotlight
Been Around the Block
Journeyman
Machine Junkie
Technician
Speed Demon
Rocketeer
Stop and Smell the Roses
Nitrous-Free
Divinity
Exorcist
Gift from Beyond
Parting Gift
Step 4: Grind Ghost Battle and Online Battle until you reach 30,000CR. Continue grinding if you still don't have 'Filthy VIP'.
This is the last thing you'll want to do, which is grinding 30,000CR to switch teams. You get about 100 - 200 from the above two races, each of those take about 3 minutes including loading tunes. To help speed up the process, you can also check team vision everyday with the chance of becoming a VIP. If you get VIP, then you are awarded 1000CR. As time goes on, Filthy VIP will get harder and harder to obtain. The trophy works by you getting in the top 1000 in the credit ranking leaderboard, the requirements of which will vary from team to team. For Trianchor Alliance, the 1000th player is on about 40,000 credits. So if your playing this now in the distant future, then it's going to take hundreds of hours to get the platinum, but it should still be possible. At the end of this step, you should have your Platinum - congratulations!
Filthy VIP
Top Dog VIP
Free Agent
Transfer
Platinum Ridge Racer
[PST Would Like to Thank Harry94_ for this Roadmap]