Two years ago when Microsoft launched its next-gen console Bizarre Creations was right there with the Xbox flagship racing series Project Gotham Racing. Now they are ready to up the ante and give gamers a chance to try new things with the old formula. Yes, at first glance PGR4 does feel/look a lot like the previous version, but the developers have added just enough spice to bump it up into the "must buy" category. For a franchise that coined the term "kudos" it is hard to imagine what could be next, the answer is a two-wheel vehicle and a rainstorm; that's right, this time around the Gotham racing series is heading to the motorcycle category with weather. Luckily they decided not to isolate the motorcycles in races of their own (although this is available) but you can race them in whatever mode you want. There are some races that are "car only" but if that's not the case PGR4 lets gamers prove which vehicle is the best. There were a good amount of complaints with PGR3 (most caused by launch deadlines) when it was released side by side with the 360 some two years ago, most of those have been cleared up this time around.
Luke Plunkett of Kotaku writes, "I think we all took the Xbox 360 for granted. Other all-time greats like the SNES and PS2 seem to be remembered more fondly than Microsoft’s console, which tends to be recalled as more of a thing that happened than a platform to be treasured."
A Kotaku writer pining for Xbox's golden years. I'm guessing there will be some good comments here.
“WE”didn’t take it for granted, M$ did.
What happened prior to launch of the One up through current day with their marketing and focus away from games and consumers. The failure of the One has nothing to do with the 360 being great. In fact backward compatibility and the 360 is about all the One had/has going for it. Now M$ is dumping money into fornite articles to try and be seen as more than they are, a company that doesn’t give a damn about its fan boys or products.
Clickonline writes "To many, cars are simply a way of getting from point A to point B. But to gamers they are a way of doing so as quickly as possible, while leaving opponents trailing in your wake. The racing genre’s grid has always been full of fierce competitors. And there’s no indication that this will change any time soon with Gran Turismo 6 taking to the start/finish straight and next-gen exclusives such as Driveclub and The Crew."
Jalopnik - I'd just taken over as Tesla's PR guy and had been contacted by old friends at Microsoft Game Studios about including the Tesla Roadster in Project Gotham Racing 4. Darryl Siry, my boss, took me into Martin Eberhard's (Tesla's Co-founder/then CEO) office to broach the topic. That's when it went very wrong.
