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https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/08/0ba361a7b45b27a3a863f44b8ec3f426.jpg?quality=751200674If you are beyond a certain age and appreciate cars and video games, you’ll remember Ridge Racer. It was one of the reasons you bought an original PlayStation back in the day, before Gran Turismo was a thing and a legendary press conference gaffe made the franchise a meme. Ridge Racer has been gone for a decade, as of this year. Now, it’s returning in a way that’s both exciting and maddening all at once.