When PGR fans purchase Bizarre Creations' latest racer on October 2, they may be in for a bit of a shock. The tried and true career mode has undergone a significant overhaul. In the past, Project Gotham Racing gave players a wide selection of events to pick and choose from. For each event there were different difficulty levels which determined either the competence of the AI or the win criteria. Many would start with Bronze or Silver and then keep working the same event until they achieved the impressive Platinum medal. The medals are gone, replaced with an interesting new "racing season..."
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.
uh.. GT5 is better. Kthxbai.
Whether it be PGR4 or GT5: Prologue and the upcoming "real" GT5, they are all TOPS on my must-buy list.
Both will have a high rate of long playabilty/enjoyment.
These two are probably the only driving/racing games that has the closest comparison value when it comes to graphics and innovation. They both have their advantages/disadvantages but it's mostly the former.
Why not include Forza2? It's a very good simulation game, but w/out " in-car camera view " it just does'nt cut the mustard when you want that extra bit of realism. Boring when your just looking at the road all the time.
Bought the game - Forza2, and found the modding/personalisation is more enjoyable than the racing itself. Graphics too bright/very CGI'ed, have to set the brightness/contrast lower to compensate.