No matter how spectacular Bizarre's Project Gotham Racing 4 ends up being when it ships on October 2nd, there will be a band of haters claiming that it isn't real racing. The Project Gotham series has been built upon a flair-driven "Kudos" system you see, which doesn't sit well with gearheads that just can't grasp the concept of power sliding or going on two wheels- on purpose- for points.
The Japanese art of "drifting" is all about the style of sliding sideways, and has little to do with forward momentum, but not all race driver wanna-be's can relate. While D1-level drifting is hardcore racing to some, racing purists look at it as a waste of time and the absolute slowest means to an end. The difference in opinions on drifting is similar to the reasoning as to why the PGR franchise doesn't sit well with all motorsports fans. What about getting from Point A to Point B in the shortest time possible?
Enter Project Gotham Racing 4's Time Attack mode.
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.
