In total, the game sold over 116,000 copies, 20,000 more than its portable predecessor Ridge Racer 2. During its first week, it sold over 34,000 copies. Ridge Racer 3D was commercially successful. StreetPass Duel: Racing against the ghosts of other players acquired via StreetPass.Time Attack: Racing around a track as fast as possible for 3 laps in order to achieve the fastest time or beat a ghost.One-Make Race: Selecting a track and race against 7 opponents all using the same machine.Standard Race: Selecting a car and track in order to race against 7 opponents.

Race Category: Choosing from four different categories to race on.

Course Type: Recommended, Drift or High Speed.

Play Time: Time limit of 3 to 30 mins, multiplied by 3 mins.

Quick Tour: Playing in a series of races automatically generated from the player's preferences:.

Grand Prix: Competing in a series of races in order to win new cars and nitrous kits or to make them available for purchase.

There are several single player game modes:

Other minor gameplay types include: Records (allowing the player to view their records achieved in Single Player and check local rankings based on records acquired from friends or via StreetPass), AV player (allowing to watch replays of past races while listening to music of choice), Options, and Garage (allowing to view and modify cars the player has acquired). Versus is a multi-player mode which allows the ability to play against other players via a wireless connection in Standard Race, One-Make Race and Team Battle by either hosting or joining a race using Nintendo 3DS local play. There are two main gameplay types: Single Player and Versus. Ridge Racer 3D is an arcade racing game revolving around cars racing around high speed tracks while drifting.

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