First Ever Project Gotham Racing 4 Shots

Here are what seem to be the first Project Gotham Racing 4 images to ever be seen. These scans have been taken from a foreign Xbox mag and are legit. As can be see, the weather effects Bizarre promised are ever so present. This title looks to be a must buy.

[Bigmac573]

Compared to Gran Turismo. Sorry

[FordGTGuy]

and hide in it.

[Caxtus750]

I played GT:HD on the PS3 on a HD TV at home.

what was with it?? the graphics imo were terrible! the scenery was VERY fake!!! it was horrible! I was VERY disappointed.

truthfully....have you even played GT:HD???

;)

[MissAubrey]

compared to a normal human being you're garbage.

[Neutral Gamer]

Do you ever wonder why you only have 1 bubble mate?

[ben hates you]

we call them the ONE BUBBLE WONDER

[NewZealander]

and i gotta say even PGR3 looks way better, GT-HD backgrounds look so fake, the crowd dont react in a realistic way and the hills look like 2D cardbord cut outs, textures look lo-res and fake

play both games side by side and if you say GT looks better then seriously you have bad eyesight!

[Smellslikepie]

First of all, I'm going to have to say these are fake with it being 1st April in Australia and the stunt they've pulled earlier today with the SEGA console.

And Bigmc573: Shut up, How can you tell which looks better when all you can see is a LOW RESOLUTION PHOTO of a magazine. Infact, if theses are real, show me ONE screen on GT that looks better than http://www.mygen.com.au/cms...

[xfrgtr]

http://www.gamespot.com/pag...

[GaMr-]

I actually heard this game looks dammmn amazing. I love GT but I haven't seen anything from it yet. Of course GT is going to be graphically amazing but Project Gotham is looking awesome. I think it might look better than Forza 2

[Schmitty07]

2008 would be better because of Forza releasing the same year

[coxyefc]

"Looks like garbage
Compared to Gran Turismo. Sorry"

dont apologise, what you said is a load of crap anyway.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

Must be like the best racing game ever because no one ever says it sucks..I personally am not a racing fat...can u customize on Gt...only racing game i ever had was NFS

[FordGTGuy]

We have a section on suck its called Gran Turismo

[BIGBAER]

Seriously, Forza 2 ups the ante for customization. The original Forza allowed 100 graphic layers per side for incredible custom designs, Forza 2 allows 1000 layers per side for an absolutely insane level of customization.

Add in the new online Auction House where gamers can buy, sell or trade customized cars and you have everything to make custom car fans very, VERY HAPPY!

Check it: http://forzamotorsport.net

[shotty]

Wow, wonder if they have snow

[candystop]

Now these pictures look insanely good! I really like how this game and the Club seem to be going for this really next gen level of detail!

[Ps3007]

Dont see what they can really do different than Forza.. There are WAY to many racing games coming out...

[Xi]

actually it is ingame, there was an article about the weather they're implementing. This game will look amazing.

Not to mention, forza is the ultimate racing sim, and pgr is an arcade racer.

[THAMMER1]

LOL

[Antan]

I know one of the citys in the game ;)

[zonetrooper5]

GT is ok but for some reason the cars in the game do not get damaged, its like last gen all over again. I can't wait for PGR4 and Forza Motorsports 2 to ocme out.

[PureGamer]

these sought of games bore me

[Gamer13]

The weather will be amazing, we also need some snow etc. But those screens look amazing.

IM OUT...///"""

[Rybnik]

I believe these are in-engine at least (photo mode ala PGR3?)
I have seen the screenshot in PLAY magazine and the rain beads on the window exactly as this does..
Also, to note PGR can up the level of superficial realism because it has no damage or complex physics, unlike forza.

[Rybnik]

I believe these are in-engine at least (photo mode ala PGR3?)
I have seen the screenshot in PLAY magazine and the rain beads on the window exactly as this does..
Also, to note PGR can up the level of superficial realism because it has no damage or complex physics, unlike forza.

[ALIEN]

I haven't played any Project Gotham Racing before.

[MissAubrey]

go for it!

[BIGBAER]

Online, PGR3 is one of the best competitve games of any genre. It is incredibly fast and very, very challenging. The game is featured in world gaming competitions for a good reason: no other racer, to date, matches PGR's intensity.

Bizarre, the developer of the Project Gotham series, had already begun PGR4 before PGR3 was released.

In an interview, the developers said that they were just really discovering the power of the 360 as they neared the end of PGR3's development. They stated that they were very excited about the things they discovered that could be implemented in a future game and that planning for the next iteration of Project Gotham Racing was already happening.

Bottom line: IF you like challenging, multiplayer competition and very fast cars racing over realistic, city-based tracks and courses, then PGR is a must have game.

It's wicked fun! Just be careful on that first turn. PGR vets know.

[CAPS LOCK]

project gotham games are not normally that good, they get boring after a wile. i played project gotham 3 on the 360 @ my mates house and the graphics were cool but the gameplay was bad. if u want a real racing game for the 360 buy froza 2 or buy Grand Truismo on the ps3...

lol how did i get 3 bubbles? last week i had five bubbles and i don't remember commenting on any articles...

[aaquib2]

How the hell can you compare this to GT HD? If you say that sucks your dumb. I showed my parents pics of real life and in game and they got the answer wrong! IMO Microsoft is working too much on the graphics. The graphics will take too much of the dvd up, so very little gameplay like PGR3 will be in it. PGR3 I beat in 2 weeks, and this will be worst because of the graphics. This is why I bought my futureproof PS3 because when GT 5 comes out, you bet it'll have untouchable graphics and still be a long ass game thanks to 50gb of storage!

[BIGBAER]

I doubt you ever played it. Certainly never on Live. Two weeks... bored? Riiiiight!

[zonetrooper5]

Ok to the guy above, comment 18, will there ever be a racing game which will take up 50GB in this generation, if you think so than your being very naive and stupid. the only games which will need more than 1 DVD is RPG's wihch have alot of CGI, Obilvion has up to 200+ hours of gameplay and its on one disc.

[Says you]

Considering all you do is race if it was game play it would be more shooting and action and RPG raceing games are just more of racing than game play when thats all you do in racing games any way and thats not that much fun since all you do is just trying to beat the other racers in the game but some racing games like Need for Speed has game play like getting chased by police officers and MotorStorm that other racers are trying to make you go off the cliff now thats game play but when people consider games that doesnt have that much game play like Forza 2 and Project Gotham 4 and MotorSport now thats not gameplay.

[DJ]

are sharing assets and engine, so I'm expecting a lot from both teams. I can't actually say whether this is in-game or not though. Microsoft released "in-game" screenshots before that looked better than the actual title (perfect anti-aliasing, for example). Hopefully it is in-game, because these screens look really good.

BTW, ZoneTrooper has absolutely no clue that his/her statement has very weak support. If GT:HD is any sign, each level is around 300MB, or even higher if the team uses clever streaming technology. With just level data alone, I can see racing games hitting 10~15GB without storage capacity limits, and that's assuming they don't do things like multiple weather/lighting versions of each track. You also have to shove in the cars as well, so...

I don't want to say too much about 360 racing titles, but it's obvious with Forza that fitting everything into 8.5GB is proving to be very difficult. Even the team came out and stated that they don't have enough room for all the cars and tracks that they built, so those are going to be downloadable instead (probably free). I think they're releasing it with 12 tracks and 170 cars on the disc?

[JOLLY1]

300+ cars and 48 tracks. They have never once said they are having difficulty fitting the cars on the disk. Man, you sure like to make stuff up. Also, 60 frames per second and 360 physics calculations per second. Good try again dj, but you still lose.

[gogators]

there are 12 racing environments with multiple routes giving a total of 48 racing tracks. Forza's developement team has said that there will be around 300 cars available at release, though I haven't seen anywhere were they mention how many are on the disc itself and no one will know until they release the fame or information as to exactly how many games will be on the release DVD. The developement team (what is it turn-10) has said that they will add more content like cars later.

[TheGoodMART]

boring

[power of Green]

Look at all these haters in here talking sh*t making excuses before the game even comes out. You guys are threatend by the fact the 360 is doing things that once was concidered to be only being able to be done on the PS3 and its got Sony fans angry.

1080p/check, HDMI/check, Advanced weather that will put F1 to shame so will GTR/check, Bigger HDD/check, these are the things ripped apart be angry and envyous rabid Sony fans.

Looks dam good to me the best weather iv ever seen!.

((((((Quoted from OXM))))), With cover picture below thumbnailed as its to big for regular postage.

Enhanced Weather Simulation: “One of the slickest new features in PGR is its weather. Bizarre’s using what it likes to call ‘extreme weather’ for more than just making the sky gray. Water beads up on beautifully on all the gorgeous paintjobs, spray jets out from the tires, and in the in-car view, wipers move and windshields ice up.”

Enhanced Raceway Environments: “A TV-style intro sets up each event, with a commentator offering wisdom…Choppers buzz overhead, camera crews and video vans are everywhere, and hordes of fans line the track. They’ll wear gear with your logo, wave your national flag, and react far more obviously to your performance.”

Extended Car Selection: “PGR4 will deliver a much broader set of vehicles, ranging from a vintage’63 Corvette Sting Ray and the ’54 Maserati 250F to the sleek, ultra-modern Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.”

On the tracks: “You won’t want to miss out on your viewing time with PGR4’s tracks, which tally up to 200-plus in 10 locations.”

On Xbox Live initiatives: “PGR4’s cooking up a mysterious new matchmaking system (like Halo 2’s).”

On in-car view: ” Bizarre has two key improvements in the works.You’ll now see drivers moving more- feeding the wheel as they zip through turns or pumping their fist after a win. Special effects will also crank up the tension in key moments: you’ll get a shake effect at high speeds, and your vision will blur after spending some quality time with a a wall.”

In conclusion: “PGR4 feels hugely promising- like a proper sequel with loads of cool new toys.”

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Its understandable why Sony fans are increasingly getting rabid the 360 is still pulling away from the PS3.

(((#23.2))) I stoped reading your post after you typed:Rabid and angry hardly" did you not see the response from #23.1?, im sure the rest of your post is mostly BULLSHIT! with some truth mixed in.

[Ps3007]

And not even in game shots to top it off...

[Sevir04]

the 360 is only complementing what sony gave it's fans and consumers from the get go. HDMI and 1080p and bigger harderdrive were things Sony offer right from the start... and things MS said wasn't neccessary and was never gonna happen. and with in launch 3 games got 1080p display as native, then MS saw it and used upscaling to achive. and then now the so called HDMI isn't needed is now being released as a new premium xbox360 that copys not only what sony was already doing but justifies why sony was smarter. they gave the devs the time and support of a bigger harddrive so the consumers could benefit from what developers do... the next thing we are gonna hear is that the xbox elite will now play and us HD-DVD for games because way too many devs are seeing the need to have muh better space so they can make there games longer.... i'm sorry but you will probably be one of those gamers who while want to be elite, when well over 2 million other ps3 gamers were elite to begin with... Go on MS continue screwing the devs and conusmers and early adopedters in the a$$. Sony will keep leading the way as it's already been future proofed all they MS is doing is playing catch up... with a new Black xbox360 which you can see where it was clearly inspired by...

As for these screens here, Not bad, PGR has always been a good game and though this is leaps over pgr3, we'll have to see what this offers because yet again weather was something we got with F1, and if thats the case then polyphony digital can do it even better. Forza2 looks impressive and i hear that both the forza and pgr teams are sharing assets so this only means that the both of them will look identical with maybe pgr4 looking a tad better because of it's fall release. and why are people comparing GT:hd to these games. it's just a demo, and it look s freakin awesome but it aint the full game to say the least. for one GT5 doesn't even come out till next year for everyone and te graphics right now aren't too far from forza 2. forza 2 looks better but only marginally.... i say you wanna compare them compare it when GT5 comes out. because as of right now... motorstorm eats both forza and pgr4 alive. none of your racing games even come close to that graphic quality or even match it's fidelity. not to mention all of Sony's teams share assets and technologies so i can only say that GT5, the next RR, motorstorm 2 and wipeout will total kill what ever ms can throw in the racing department's future...

Still very nice screens though and only bodes well for this year for MS. a nice line up of sturdy titles that show xbox360 muscles. a good line up in deed, enjoy them ... i look forward to see what they throw for E3 as this game will definately be shown at E3 this july...

[XboxOZ360]

Thankfully . . . . someone who can see sense amongst all this whinning against one of the better racing grene' games around . . . I'm a follower of all "Racing Genre' games" . . not true arcade racers such as NFS, Burnout etc tec. Not that there's anything wrong with those games, but they aren't in the same sub-genre' as PGR3-4 . . . Which is actually a semi-sim . . . not a true sim such as GTR will be, which wil be more sim than even Forza 2 actually.

Games that fall into this grene' are PGR, TOCA (V8SC's series) Colin McRae Rally/DIRT, Richard Byrns Rally, GTR, the GT series, and Forza 2. Plus a few others not mentioned. The others such as Sega Rally Revo Next-gen is a great Arcade racer, and Sega are proud of that. So are all the other not-so-racer racing games more out for smash-n-bash etc . . All good, clean fun mind you, but not the same as this game here.

Bizarre were dumped on big time when they first started fronting in-game screens of the buildings, cars and setting of PGR3. With nar-sayers saying that there's NO WAY that they could be in-game . not a hope in haddies etc etc etc. Well, Bizarre proved to be telling the truth, and produced some of the best visuals for a first-gen next-gen game off the bat.

Stop being so god-damn negative people about a hobby you (generally speaking) say you're so passionate about, when you should be happy developers are trying their utmost to deliver the best they possibly can for YOUR entertainment.

Far too many gamers these days have become totally spoilt with the level of quality and game play in games these days, when compared to say several years ago. We have SO many games coming our way, we really are spoilt for chioce, yet it's just isn't enough for some, or the games are good enough for others. I'm working on my next Xbox360 2007-8-9 Games Listing update, and there's well over 360 games coming our way in the next 12 - 18 months, and the list grows each month by at least 8 - 12 games.

This game will be awesome when it drops on our shelves, as will many others . . . Also thanks to Caps for the screen of the covershot of Xbox360:OXM btw, I have to get my mags from the UK via Airfrieght ($AU22) just so I can get them early enough . . . niceto know what's on thenext cover, so thanks.

[MoonDust]

The game is still a long way off tho.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Regardless of whether you like GT or Forza or PGR...THEY BOTH COPIED GT HARDCORE!!!

[BIGBAER]

PGR is about challenge, driving style and competition. Forza is about racing realism, tuning and customization.

GT started the realistic trend and as such deserves a lot of credit. But both PGR and Forza expanded upon, and improved, what console racing is all about.

Now, it's the GT series that must copy --- Forza's damage modeling, physics and customization, and PGR's intense multiplayer competition along with Gotham TV Hero's Channel.

[Yo Wassap]

Metropolis street racer came out not long at all after GT, and F1 came out before GT. Somehow i think that PGR didn't copy them at all

[InMyOpinion]

Gran Turismo obviously copied Street Rod. Just look at these pics!
Talking about games that were before their time...

[THWIP]

You couldn't have said it better, or more concise....well done. ;)

[zonetrooper5]

"BTW, ZoneTrooper has absolutely no clue that his/her statement has very weak support. If GT:HD is any sign, each level is around 300MB, or even higher if the team uses clever streaming technology. With just level data alone, I can see racing games hitting 10~15GB without storage capacity limits, and that's assuming they don't do things like multiple weather/lighting versions of each track. You also have to shove in the cars as well, so...

I don't want to say too much about 360 racing titles, but it's obvious with Forza that fitting everything into 8.5GB is proving to be very difficult. Even the team came out and stated that they don't have enough room for all the cars and tracks that they built, so those are going to be downloadable instead (probably free). I think they're releasing it with 12 tracks and 170 cars on the disc?"

I've seen screenshots ofr GT:HD and they really don't look that good, i don't know what each of that 300mb is. Nearly al racing, shooting, action, sports games will fit on one DVD for this gen, RPG's will be an exception as they can take up more DVD's. What i will say, is that for the next generation is that Blu-Ray or HD-DVD will be needed. I'm also pretty sure that they have more tracks than 12.

[DJ]

or even CD. The main point though is that compromises are made (i.e. fewer assets and a detrimental amount of compression). You can't put an FPS, Sports title, racing title, or free-roaming title on multiple discs anyway, so obviously those are all going to be single-disc titles on the 360.

[Texas GMR]

I still can't believe how good some of these games are starting to look. No matter what system you own, the future is looking pretty sweet for all of us!

This competition is great for the consumers.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

The only racing game I ever liked was burnout. I just cant get into it, all I ever want to do is get out of the car and shoot it.

[Texas GMR]

I second that, Burnout does kick@ss!

[truebego]

I love it
Don't get me wrong
this picture truelly amazing

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

call weather effects. Stupendously Incredible!

With the combined might of Forza 2 and PGR 4, GT doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell. ]:~)> J/K

[FirstknighT]

Alot of people say that the 360 only has shooters. Well it's also the only place to play the best racers. The best car sim in Forza. And one of the highest rated racers in PGR. It's good to be a 360 owner :D

[highps3]

Racing games really arent anything to brag about especially when the shots arent even in game. Get real..

360's best game is still Gears of War and doubt that will change. EVER.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I agree with the in-game thing, their clearly not in-game their just to show what they want to do. But you say that the 360's best game is GOW and say it like it's a bad thing? It's GOTY man that's a good thing for a console to have, in this generation you will have 6-7 of those split between 3 consoles which means each console will have like 2 and I guess the 360 is half way their huh? Most likely will have 2 easily by the end of this year, unless GTA or Mario steal the thunder

[PS360PCROCKS]

Yea nice Bizarre, but fake

[MoonDust]

ding dong. Look real.

[PS360PCROCKS]

prove their real? ok thought so thanks they do not have an up and running version of pgr4 that looks like this ok? period. if they did it would NOT BE out NEXT winter

[omansteveo]

Dont be and idiot 31.1

[ceman]

Right now the best is Rainbow Six: Vegas. Ever ... HALO..3!!! Beeeyaach!

[xg-ei8ht]

Lmao, I thought pgr3 looking excellent, but handling was poor. like floating way, weird. But graphics were top notch.

But to compare gt-hd(a slightly souped very old engine) with a brand new game, trying to push the 360 is kinda silly.

If u want to compare xbox360, you will have your chance.

Codemasters dirt(which is without doubt the best looking racing title for awhile will arrive on both systems.

See who runs and looks the best and at what rez, could be 720p or 1080p.

Then you'll know for sure.

[Organization XII]

seriously for gaming's sake what da heck is that??
the graphics are horrible, even pgr3 was much much better, why the rush microsoft?? you are so afraid of GT:5???
come on thx god I'm not a brainwashed microsoft fool....

[level 360]

Gran Turismo on the PS1 got me started in buying a console, love the game to death, truly is the tops. It's just that beside most of the other cool games that I want to own is on the other console which is Xbox... That is why I bought the 360, and thanks for MC for releasing PGR a game equivalent to the Gran Turismo series - graphics and all the other extras that you can tinker with the game is not really an issue anymore because they both have their advantages/disadvantages. It's the game playability that always matters, and I would love to get a PS3, but they don't have that much games/ or most of them is available on the 360. Looking forward to get PGR4... ( Question for all racing game developers - why don't you just make a program where you can { enable/disable } crumple zones, when the cars crash on anything, so you can satisfy us gamers who like/dislike them? Or is this dictated by the automobile companies to you? ). Can anyone please answer this, Thanks...

[WTF]

Very impressive.

[Covenant]

XBox 360 Elite: $479.99

Wireless Racing Wheel: $149.99

Forza 2: $59.99

PGR 4: $59.99

An incredible racing experience: PRICELESS.

For someone who usually doesn't like racing games, I'm getting pretty excited about these two.

[Fan Tastic]

Probably the same here as well.

[Yo Wassap]

nope these are genuine, found out on the website. The PGR3 shot with the rain if i remember was actually a real photo which had been used to ust describe the game.

[headblackman]

this looks amazing,but it looks too much like C.G. and thats not cool. please microsoft, dont start doing that fake ass stuff that sony does by showing off cut scenes and trying to sell the people on a lie :/ but if it is accual ingame footage, whoo hoo hoo hoo buddy you better look out fony sony because there is nothing that will stop the powerhouse that is the XBOX360

[Yo Wassap]

they're not CG don't worry, bizarre doesn't do that (with the exeption of the announcement trailer)

[f41c0n]

These pictures were taken of a foreign printing of OXM (Official Xbox Magazine). I read the English one today and saw these screenshots, so this isn't fake.

[shikwan]

The 360 wireless racing wheel-includes PGR3 (tie me over till...)
Forza 2 and Dirt.

I'm sooo glad 360 has vibration on the controllers/wheel!!! Sucks to be a acing fan on PS3!

[ALIEN]

we're gonna have rumble pretty soon.

[Bhai]

...is the PS2's stunning GT4 game engine blowed up into HD in a few months time. There is no next-gen development behind it, its not even a Ninja Gaiden Sigma like remake, BUT still it looks far better than PGR3. No one in the world can beat Kazunori Yamauchi when it comes to racing games. He was awarded within the first 30 folks of the top 50 MOTOR-TREND trend-makers, even ahead of Ferari and Mitsubishi CEOs. Its real flattering to see that even PGR4 is compared with the PS2 engine game, Kazunori is THAT good you see for yourself.

To be more precise, well, all of you should be comparing PGR4 with GT5 rather than GT: HD. GT5 is the first next-gen GT title being made. Not that its true that even GT: HD is far more pretty than even what we've seen of PGR4 uptill yet(The snow picture is gorgeous though), but still its more suitable to compare GT5 with the likes of PGR4 and Forza 2. GT5 is having all the collision physics and body deformations being developed, and you know how CELL deforms the things, its like nowhere 360 can ever reach. So, comparing the upcoming 3 titles will be great come the end of the year.

(Side Note: Forza 2 IS rubbish as a next-gen title uptill yet, and yeah PS3's launch window title F1 has better rain visuals than 360's year-2 elite game HaHaHa !!!)

[Yo Wassap]

I tell you what, post some screenshots of GT5 then maybe i'll admit that all of the 360 games aren't worth a penny. Maybe you shall rise to the challenge?

Oh yeah sorry forgot you had one bubble...

[THWIP]

Too bad you wasted your bubble on complete bullsh1t.....but then again, that's all you ever post. :o

Yes, this is in-engine, in-game, and will be proven as such in the coming months.

[ben hates you]

you get a bubble

i would take one bhai but no point in that

[MoonDust]

Get 4 bubbles already!

[Marty8370]

F1(PS3) weather effects look miles better.

[Shaka2K6]

' ' This title looks to be a must buy. ' '

Hahahahaha sorry to burts you bubble kiddo but no it doesnt. looks patethic to say the least it wont even support 1080p.