Project Gotham Racing 4 - Xbox 360

[vanpeebles]

Please can I have inside and outside photos of the Mini, the Lotus Cortina, the RS500 Sierra Cosworth and owt else thats old and class. TA!

[Astra]

seconded on he rs500 and lotus cortina (one of my very favourite cars) ouu and some of the alfa romeo sz aswel please

[Spatial]

I cant quite put my finger on it (it might just be because I haven't played PGR3 for ages) but this just feels a whole lot better than the previous outing.

The Kudos system seems to implemented better. That could just be my mind playing tricks but it seems a lot more natural and intuitive to use. Could just be the way it relays info to you, but it just seems more accessible.

But what is definitely better is the visuals - they're less jagged, less pop in of textures and the whole games not as dark (even when racing through tall sky scraper lined city streets). Dare I say it, how PGR3 should have looked if it wasn't booted out the door asap for launch.

Loving the weather effects too. I was so amazed by the fact that raindrops actually reflected part of the world as it passes through them and that the speed of the car drives the rain back up the windscreen, that I lost control and smashed headlong into a barrier at 130mph. Cue the screen going all static and distorted like someone had just given my TV a kick

The surround audio is more impressive too - in car is improved and sounds great. And the handling of the cars is superb (but then I had no complaints about that at all in 3) - there's a real feeling of weight and gravity to them.

Like the upload feature too - it was nice to check out ezee's swervy swervy driving skills

And I can sort of see now why GW:Waves wasn't released as a separate game on Live Arcade. It doesn't seem that much different to warrant it.

But the game designers deserve a severe kicking for one truly horrific aspect of the game that totally ruins it...

...Lady Sovereign is on the soundtrack. Seriously. What were they thinking.

[ChrisF]

...Lady Sovereign is on the soundtrack. Seriously. What were they thinking.

She's a "major" signing on the Def Jam label isn't she? Idgi either

Re Geometry Wars. I think they're releasing a proper sequel aren't they? I mean they even say on their own site that it's pretty much out grown PGR now so waves is just a token nod to it's heritage really.

Glad to hear there's a lot of love for this game so far though

[Keith]

Anyone got a full list of the soundtrack? I only really ask because PGR3's was probably the most "interesting" soundtrack of any game ever.

[MarioMark]

Anyone got a full list of the soundtrack? I only really ask because PGR3's was probably the most "interesting" soundtrack of any game ever.

Here you go mate.

[Roddie]

Here you go mate.

Wow! I always use the custom soundtrack feature for PGR (sometimes with the MS-R sountrack ) but the fact that there's a !!! track on there is awesome.

Kudos to Bizarre

[Matt KB]

Can you turn off the Kudos notifications and/or the little sound effects?

[ezee ryder]

Like the upload feature too - it was nice to check out ezee's swervy swervy driving skills

I was well proud of that, was trying that time vs kudos challenge for ages on platinum and then finally nailed it.

[Edame]

Can anyone confirm if you can play split screen over live? I really missed that in PGR3.

[Dogg Thang]

Do they still do the fake radio station thing they did back in MSR? I loved that.

[fragmast3r]

One thing ive noticed the acheivements come thick and fast, only played for 2 hours yesterday, but unlocked 400 points already.

One of the acheivements I hate was on there, beat a member of bizarre or beat some one who has beaten one, unlocked it already

Highlight of the game so far was racing the nurburgring in snow with a car from the 50's , sun shining down and the reflection blinding you as you drive as it would in real life,

Hats of to them for getting the weather spot on, rain feels like your driving in rain, snow feels like snow settling on your windscreen as you drive, the sun blinding you, how it can be sunny when you start the race but part way through a storm hits, thunder and lightning and the road becomes slippery especialy if you hit the painted curbs

Theyve tweaked the kudos system aswell, not only do you have to get kudos, but you need kudos stars too, everytime you start getting kudos, for a slide, air or whatever else you get a dial go around in the centre of the screen everytime you get to 100 kudos you get a kudos star, some of the sections require you to get certain amounts of stars to beat the track, so you need to string those moves to gain stars

This has got to be the BEST pgr todate almost worth the £55 to import it........ damn you customs and excise

Soundtrack is interesting to say the least..........

[Spatial]

Can you turn off the Kudos notifications and/or the little sound effects?

I'm not sure if you can turn them off altogether but there is an option to tweak the HUD how how much information you receive.

As much as I like the new Kudos readout it's not without its problems. If you're using the in car or on bike viewpoint it lumps it smack bang in the centre of the screen, which can make seeing the way ahead a bit tricky and is very distracting when you're hurtling around at breakneck speeds.

One thing ive noticed the achievements come thick and fast,

I've been surprised by that too. I do remember enough about number three to recall it was a challenge getting them but here they seem to get thrown at you left right and centre and don't take much effort. That dies start to dry up after about a days play mind and does seem to be more indicative of how achievements have developed more than anything else.

There's even the now obligatory "play the game for a stupid number of hours" achievement.

[teddymeow]

I'm really enjoying this. Looks great, handles fantastically well and has a really great structure. I'm really enjoying Quebec as a location with its' curvy, uphill courses.

Tokyo still remains my favourite though, all that neon is amazing in the rain when the bodywork of your car is reflecting everything.

One thing I would say though is that I am finding it a lot more difficult than previous PGR games. 3 was a doddle compared to this, I'm really struggling to do well in many events and I'm only aiming for silver!

[Yoshimax]

Phenomenal.

I love what they've done with Geometry Wars as well - It's aces