The Project Gotham Racing (PGR) series has been going strong since the original debuted on the Xbox console some years ago. Bizarre Creations however, have had similar previous experience with their late racer on the Sega Dreamcast, Metropolis Street Racer. PGR can easily be considered a continuation of that franchise. Every Gotham game has had a distinct meaning around its release, the second game pretty much pioneered the Xbox Live service when it first launched. PGR 3 launched side by side with the Xbox 360 console in late 2005, to great success and was easily one of the must have launch titles on the console.
Now we have Project Gotham Racing 4, which has no attachment to pioneering any hardware or service, meaning that developer, Bizarre Creations and gamers alike can focus on several facts, simply put, this is the most polished, finely tuned, content packed and enjoyable racer available today.
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.
To play with a steering wheel along with the in car view is just amazing fun.
Game is so dam fun. Best looking racer I'v ever seen, ever!.
PGR4 is definately a graphics powerhouse. The haters will disagree just bc it is not on PS3. Kind of sad when your only defense is the disagree button.