Project Gotham Racing 2

[evilmatt]

I agree with most of PeteJ's comments except the restriction by group, unless the tweaked the difficulty of the lower classes when entering a car from a higher up group the expert medals would fall far to easy and if they did tweak the difficulty you could end up missing out on using the lower cars to the full - all the races would turn into Extreme car fests. This is what I hated about GT3 - not enough restricted races forcing you to learn the tracks rather than relying on brute force of a much more powerful car.

Having said that, other than the races and speed camera challenges, I'd be surprised if going back to an early race with a more powerful car would make it that much more easy - at least it didn't in PGR1. The levels seemed very well balanced so that a later car in an earlier level would make it easier to get gold, but not a foregone conclusion, and the expected thousands more kudos didn't often materialise. Plus the time limits on levels like the speed camera and kudos challenge ones have been tightened so you can't just spin your car for minutes on end for thousands of kudos.

[tankplanker]

Not being able to try it means we can never be sure, but I'm fairly sure that the speed trap tests (certainly the early ones) would be vunable - just compare the AC against any of the other cars in that class for the speed trap.

I think you are right about the Kudos point chanellenges, these seem to suit less powerful cars - however the first couple of the classes would be much easier with a powerful rear wheel drive car.

The bulk of my comment was addressed to the race itself, again I use the AC as an example, once you have mastered its handling the other cars do not stand a chance on all but the shortest, twistest track.

[Brando]

U-turn,

Played it for a couple of hours this weekend and I luv it now. Its a very differnet game to PGR but that is good as it means I can still enjoy playing PGR in my conquest to get all golds.

On the SUVs at the mo, Bricks with large engines and no handling!

[Roost]

You don't need XSN for a league you lazy bastards :P

Easy to set one up yourself i've been in team wolfenstein leagues, moto gp1 and 2 leagues and team ghost recon leagues.

[Bassman]

Mine arrived on Friday (Amazon with the free delivery!). Played it most of the weekend (when opportunity allowed).

On the Muscle Car Series currently with the Corvette Stringray. Not quite the advantage the Cobra had in its class but able to overtake most of the cars on the start.

Overall I am enjoying the game though I can live without the "suicidal" AI cars which can be a total pain at times! Due to that I had to resort to a Steel medal on one race. At least I had a bit of a lead at that level and was able to get more Kudos points. Kudos points and trying to stay ahead of the opposition seems to be tricky to say the least and in some cases trying for a clean race is optimistic.

[hoathenfold]

If the f==king post office can sort their f##king lives out I might actually get to play this at some point this year!! Most annoying since I had this pre-ordered for bloody months!

Watch out for 'Doctor Pokey' on live - you will be seeing me soon.....
(I Hope!)

[Brats]

I got my copy from DVDBO this morning. Can't wait to play it later .

[eghamninja]

I host a game everynight at 10pm, anybody here is welcome to come and join in the fun.

[tankplanker]

You don't need XSN for a league you lazy bastards :P

Easy to set one up yourself i've been in team wolfenstein leagues, moto gp1 and 2 leagues and team ghost recon leagues.

your command is my wish:

Xbox Online PGR2 League

[MikeF]

I host a game everynight at 10pm, anybody here is welcome to come and join in the fun.

Think I willadd you to my list if thats OK then

[Shez]

Online it is fantastic, especially if playing with a good group of friends. It really is a class game, one of the best online titles yet.

Offline I am not so sure. The AI is ropey - I'm sick to death of getting pitched into spins by those dirty mofo's.

Also, trying to get some of the platinum medals is over the top.

And there is a couple of small bugs that annoy me i.e the understeer bug.

[Hodge]

Depends how good you are as to how much you like the single player. If you try it on the harder difficulties and you ain`t that great it will punish you. Try it on a lower difficulty and you should enjoy it alot more. I`m currently half way through the last series at the moment (ultimate) with all golds and a few platinums upto yet. As for the so called understeer bug i haven`t really noticed what people are on about and yes i have read the thread on the bizarre forums and i personally don`t think it is a bug and is more down to peoples driving and a good excuse for them to use for poor performance. It`s that all the stories i`ve heard about it kinda contradict one another.

[Shez]

hmm

I'm purely trying to get platinums, and it is very very hard, I could waltz through it getting silvers, but I don't really want to do that. The trouble is, there is a huge jump in skill needed from obtaining silver to platinum. A bit too much of a jump imo.

As for the understeer bug, I haven't been reading about it. All I can do is pass comment on what has happened to me. It's not so much understeer, it's more like the controller doesn't turn the car in the direction you are pushing the stick...As though there is a failure with the controller maping every now and again. I certainly aint imagining it

[breaksmith]

I've clocked up over 100 hours and I have never experienced this bug. Maybe I'm just lucky.

[Commander Marklar]

The trouble is, there is a huge jump in skill needed from obtaining silver to platinum.

Gold?

It's not so much understeer, it's more like the controller doesn't turn the car in the direction you are pushing the stick...As though there is a failure with the controller maping every now and again. I certainly aint imagining it

This happens in Crimson Skies too! Bugger...