<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Namco	B-Application
System	I-Application
22	I-Application
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
two	O
people	O
per	O
cabinet	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
players	O
total	O
when	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
of	O
them	O
were	O
linked	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
arcade	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
and	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Rave	B-Device
Racer	I-Device
adds	O
two	O
new	O
tracks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
original	O
two	O
,	O
various	O
handling	O
changes	O
,	O
force	O
feedback	O
steering	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
car	O
and	O
racetrack	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Rave	B-Device
Racer	I-Device
featured	O
a	O
new	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rave	B-Device
Racer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
originally	O
under	O
development	O
for	O
NEC	O
's	O
PowerVR	B-Device
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
in	O
early	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
thus	O
no	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
series	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
PCs	O
until	O
Unbounded	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
announced	O
later	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
too	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
standalone	O
game	O
,	O
Rage	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
instead	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Rave	B-Device
Racer	I-Device
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
September	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
dedicated	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1996	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
