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187 Ride or Die for Xbox Original
187 Ride or Die for Xbox Original combines street racing with gunfights from moving cars. You follow Buck in Los Angeles, where his mentor Dupree’s crew defends its territory against Cortez. During a race, you find a good line through the corners while keeping enemy vehicles in your sights. A fast car alone is not enough: when you open fire determines how much opposition remains on the road.
You drive different cars and use weapons including pistols, shotguns and automatic firearms. The missions alternate conventional racing laps with pursuits and battles focused on eliminating opponents. Cars, weapons and the direction of an attack change how you approach a stretch of road. You can stay behind a rival to shoot or find space to get through the next corner without taking damage.
Playing alone, you control both the car and the gunner. With a second player on the same Xbox, you can divide those duties: one drives while the other shoots. Each player needs their own controller. The Xbox release supports a maximum of two players on one console. The original Xbox Live service for these games has ended, so online races are not offered here as a working feature.
Region and language
Our Xbox Original games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
187 Ride or Die for Xbox Original includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of 187 Ride or Die
Ubisoft Paris developed 187 Ride or Die, and Ubisoft released it for Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005. In March that year, the publisher presented it as a combination of urban car racing, armed rivalry and an original hip-hop soundtrack. This gave the racing concept a clear story about territory and characters, rather than simply a sequence of tracks and a collection of cars to choose from again for each race.
Larenz Tate plays Buck, Guerilla Black plays Dupree, and Noel Gugliemi provides Cortez’s voice and likeness. Guerilla Black also contributed music to the project. Director Ali Kojori and creative director Matty Rich were named in the announcement as important members of the production. That film and music background is reflected in the presentation of the gangs and the way cutscenes set up the next confrontation.
The initial announcement named more platforms than the console releases that ultimately appeared in 2005. This Xbox version should therefore be distinguished from early plans and from Street Riders, the later PSP adaptation. Its networking features also belong to their original era: local driver-and-gunner cooperation remains different from the Xbox Live races offered at the time. Combining two duties in one car is this release’s defining idea, whether you perform them alone or divide them between players.
Similar games for Xbox Original
Burnout 3: Takedown on Xbox Original also lets you eliminate rivals while fighting for a good position. There, you use your car’s bodywork: pushing someone into a barrier earns a Takedown. 187 Ride or Die adds firearms and a gunner. You consequently divide your attention between your racing line and your direction of fire, rather than mainly looking for the right angle of collision.
Mashed: Fully Loaded on Xbox Original also combines racing with weapons that hinder or eliminate rivals. Its camera looks down on the track, changing how you judge the distance between cars. 187 Ride or Die stays closer to the car and its armed occupants. Buck’s story and the division between driver and gunner also give attacks a different role within the game.
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition on Xbox Original likewise starts from urban roads, fast cars and street races. Its focus is finding routes, customising vehicles and winning races without controlling an armed passenger. In 187 Ride or Die, shooting is a regular duty while driving. The threat therefore comes not just from corners and traffic, but directly from enemy fire.
FlatOut 2 on Xbox Original makes damaged cars and rough encounters part of its racing. Contact with opponents and loose parts affect the drive, but you do not shoot from the passenger seat. 187 Ride or Die gives you precisely that combination of driving and targeted attacks. Whereas FlatOut 2 also turns its collisions into separate stunt challenges, 187 builds its confrontations around Buck’s armed struggle on the streets.
Total Overdose on Xbox Original mixes shooting, cars and a deliberately stylised crime story. You usually control a character on foot, using acrobatic shooting moves during missions. 187 Ride or Die concentrates its battles on vehicles that keep moving. Both use music and distinctive characters to shape the action, but only 187 makes driver and gunner the central playable unit together.
