The Danver Hi-Night is a machine in Ridge Racer 3D.
The Hi-Night is a Dynamic machine designed by Danver with an appeal to classic lowriders. This would explain its sleek body style, with design inspirations taken from luxury cars made around the 50s-70s. As it is a modern-made machine, however, the Hi-Night still has a modern design with modern features. It is first unlocked as a Category-4 machine, but can be unlocked later on for the other 3 categories, just like most of the game's vehicular arsenal, which can allow it to tackle much higher top speeds.
The Danver Hi-Night is most likely a spiritual successor to the Danver Spectra, which appeared in Ridge Racer V as an unlockable special machine. This is especially likely, given that both machines are a lowrider-styled V8 muscle car. This is all but confirmed in the description of the Category 2 variant of the vehicle, where it's silhouette is said to "hark back to Danver previous monsters cars." The employees who worked at Danver probably looked at their quick, overly-powered, barebones Spectra, and wanted to make a more modern machine that was slower, safer, and more consumer-friendly. Despite this, however, the Hi-Night still packs quite a punch, similar to that of its big brother, the Spectra.
Its overall appearance is similar to that of an old restomod Cadillac Eldorado, as well as many other classic cars from around that time period. It even has classic tailfins and fenders that cover the rear wheels. It's powered by a naturally-aspirated big block V8 engine, which becomes superchargered on it's Category 2 and Category 1 variants.
Descriptions[]
The following descriptions are taken from viewing the vehicle in the garage in Ridge Racer 3D.
Category 4[]
"Danver's newest low-rider, the Hi-Night Type-S. This machine is all about acceleration, thanks to its powerful engine in its high-capacity body."
Category 3[]
"The Hi-Night Type-EX has been customized to the extreme, without losing it's unique exterior, for category-3 racing. It's been powered-up greatly, but requires technique to master."
Category 2[]
"The Hi-Night Type-S is fitted with a supercharger for category-2 racing. It boasts a unique silhouette that harks back to Danver previous monster cars"
This description contains a small grammatical error, as it should read 'Danver's previous monster cars.'
Category 1[]
"The Hi-Nite-EX has been upgraded to the extreme for category-1 racing. It's been powered up greatly, but requires technique to master."
This description erroneously refers to the machine as the 'Hi-Nite'.
Performance[]
The machine boasts a higher top speed than most of it's competitors, however it's weight gives it a drawback of poor handling. It requires more brakework than other vehicles to slide into a drift, and has a wider turning radius. Due to this and the machine's larger size, the Hi-Night is a poor choice for technical courses such as Union Hill District, but a good contender for speed-focused tracks such as Downtown Rave City.
The concept art of Hi-Night