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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £15.97
You Save: £9.02 (36%)
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 241
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: C3S-00006
UPC: 882224523547
EAN: 0882224523547
ASIN: B000TT7RB2
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: **BUY WITH CONFIDENCE FROM AN AMAZON PRO SELLER** Quick dispatch with a no quibble exchange / return from a well established UK retailer.
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| Features:
| • | Dynamic Weather System: Now racing through a track can mean facing an unexpected rain storm or snow flurries in the middle of a race. This results in changing physics when powering around a corner on the wet or icy surface in Shanghai and St. Petersburg or any of the game's 10 other locations. | | • | Flair & Driving Style: Pass your opponent at full speed as you pump your fists and exhibit more emotion as you earn recognition with the revised Kudos system. The Kudos will be worthwhile too, because the new A.I. personalities will be able to perform bold new driving maneuvers as they race side by side with other drivers. | | • | 120+ Iconic Vehicles: More than 120 iconic vehicles, including motorcycles, from the world's top manufacturers. PGR4 puts gamers behind the wheel of the world's most iconic cars, including the 1957 Maserati 250F, 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, 1978 Lamborghini Countach LP400, 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo, and 2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. In addition, for the first time motorcycles from top manufacturers, such as Ducati, BMW and Honda, will be included in the game. Whether in single-player mode or playing with a team of up to seven other drivers, players can choose to race two motorcycles side by side or race with a combination of cars and motorcycles. The game's unique physics engine enables drivers to pull off incredible driving maneuvers not found in any other racing game. | | • | Xbox LIVE gameplay: PGR4 sets a new standard for racing on Xbox LIVE, allowing drivers to build a global racing community through team-orientated gameplay while making it easy to find their favorite races or images. |
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Product Description
'Project Gotham Racing 4' boasts a dramatic new weather system, revamped career mode, revised Kudos system, new tracks and locations as well as the world's most iconic vehicles. As well as a huge line up of exciting new features, for the first time in 'PGR' history, drivers will have the option of racing a variety of motorcycles from top manufacturers, such as Ducati, BMW and Honda. Whether on two wheels or four, players must perform daring and stylistic moves to win over their fans, who will cheer them on as they follow their road to racing notoriety. In addition, through a new content server, drivers can save their favourite races and search over Xbox LIVE for race content that is specific to their interests. Players can find out who has the longest slide or wheelie in Shanghai or St. Petersburg, for example, through the innovative new content server.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Lots of fun! November 25, 2007
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
As a huge fan of the original incarnation of Project Gotham (Metropolis Street Racer on the old Sega Dreamcast), I found the first Project Gotham on the Xbox a huge step up in difficulty, and a huge step down in fun. About halfway through the game, no matter how hard i tried, I just couldn't seem to be able to get any further! Probably my lack of skill as a gamer. As such, I was a bit weary about getting Project Gotham 4 for the 360. Needless to say, Those doubts were blow away within minutes of playing it.
The introduction of bikes add a whole new dymanic to the game. They're great! Many times I've taken outside lines around corners on a bike, to leave a Ferrari F40 for dust inside me, or weaved in and out of slower moving cars to zoom from the back of the field to the front. As someone with a keen interest in learning to ride bikes, it gives me the great opportunity to try out some of the best bikes in the world in a realatively realistic simulator.
The introduction of bikes also gives you the chance of completing every challenge in the arcade mode in both a car and a bike, and to see which one you're better with, and if there really is that much of a gap between cars and bikes.
While I've never had the chance to drive any of the cars in the game, especially not the powerful RWD class A cars, the driving seems relatively realistic. The difference in handling between each car is quite apparent, and their personality really shines through, making the game great for multiplayer. Picking something like the MacLaren F1 to race against say a CBR600 isn't automatically a win for the F1! It takes time and effort to learn to drive and ride each of the vehicles.
On the whole, I really like this game. Its tough at times, but theres no pressure to feel you have to achieve Platinum in every challenge. Ocassionally, it can be very frustrating, but even that can be solved by changing the difficulty or just using a different car or bike. The frustration diminishes the fun slightly, so only 4 stars there, but overall a great game and worth the investment if you like racing simulators.
Epic! February 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having thoroughly enjoyed both PGR2 and PGR3, I was eager to get my copy of the newest installment. And I do not regret it one bit. This game has become one of my all-time favourite games in such a short space of time.
Firstly, the positives, and where to start. The graphics on the game are spectacular. One of the things that has always drawn me to the PGR series is the graphics and the amazing street environments you race through. The cities are so accurately depicted and you can tell how much work they have put into them. All of the cities from PGR3 have returned as well as some awesome new ones such as Macau, Quebec and Shanghai and others (the Nurburgring is here as always).
The weather effects are a very good point as well, having improved on the physics from previous games. The rain and ice effects feel so realistic. The location of puddles at certain corners really forces you to rethink your driving line. The driving physics in this game are as good as ever. You have a real sensation of speed when driving down narrow streets.
They have altered the car lineup from PGR3 to give a broader range of car performances rather than purely focusing on supercars. This is good because it brings it closer to the days of PGR2 where you start off in the small slow cars and work your way up. It's a nice compromise between the 2nd and 3rd game. The range of cars is great though. They still include so many unknown but great manufacturers (check out the MTT turbine superbike - powered by a helicopter jet engine!!), but for some reason they don't include Porsches, but only a company that tunes and re-engineers porsches (RUF) The american cars still oversteer like crazy, racking up some nice kudos, whilst the hyper cars are still as lightning fast as ever.
Unlike what other reviewers have said, I find the single player mode to be very lengthy. It takes a few seasons to get to rank 1 and once you're done with that the arcade mode will keep you occupied for a long time as well as xbox live. The introduction of the PGR shop was a good idea, it lets you use your kudos to buy different car packs, new tracks, new helmets, or even an achievement!
The geometry wars game found in the garage is different to the xbox live arcade game. It's called Geometry Wars: Waves and is a fun and addictive twist to the series. It can't be played anywhere else apart from PGR4.
Achievements are nicely balanced in the game, most of them being for single player, but requiring you to put some time and effort into the game.
Of course the big addition to the game is the appearance of motorbikes. They are phenomenal. They take some practice and getting used to but they are quite realistic, and you have to adjust your handling style from the cars. They allow you to perform some cool stunts for kudos with the B button and left analog stick (for wheelies and endos). Before each tournament you must make your decision for a car or a bike carefully. If it is a city like new york with giant straights in it, then choosing a bike will get you slaughtered because of its poor top speed. On the other hand a twisty track will require a motorbike.
On the sound front, the soundtrack is what you would expect from PGR games up to now, except there is probably a greater variety this time around (from indy, to hip hop, to classical). For some reason I seem to find Mozart incredibly fitting for races :D. But you can obviously listen to your hard drive music. The engine sounds are great and unique but are quite overpowering on the default setting.
Now for the negatives. Whilst the ice settings are very realistic, they make winning near-impossible and you HAVE to race in it on a certain championship in single player. As for the snow settings they don't seem realistic enough as they are relatively easy to race on compared to ice.
I have found the frame rate to stutter sometimes in rainy races where all the cars are kicking up spray. Whether this is a fault with my machine or the game I don't know, but it is certainly present. Despite the huge range of cars, you will probably never use most of them because there is a better alternative in the same class that you can use.
Overall then, this is definitely a must have game if you are a racer fan, or indeed any gamer, and it is a more enjoyable alternative to simulation games like Forza. This game will keep you entertained for a long time to come. If you're on the fence about this game I hope this review has persuaded you to go for it. You won't regret it.
Great Game October 15, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The type of games that I play are FPS like Rainbow Six, Halo 3 and Gears of War etc and I'm normally not into driving games but bought this on a whim and I'm completely hooked on it. I love it. You earn Kudos points really quickly enabling you to buy new cars, tracks etc. There's lots of different game modes to play on. Once I've become a bit better then i'm gonna try it on Xbox Live (add me to your friends list "mikebashbauer") Overall its a great game and would recommend it to anyone who likes the driving genre or those have not tried it before like me.
Super Stuff!!! October 17, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Betwixt Ultimate Carnage and Forsa , great fun and cool handling. The bikes are a masterstroke with wheelies , endos and tricks aplenty. On line is a bit messy to get the right race for you but when it works its as good as it gets. Not for petrol heads and more depth than a destruction derby. The Kudos system is still in tact from Metro Street Racer .. which is nice.
Buy and enjoy.
Best Racing Game on the 360! November 30, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Whether you are a fan of the Project Gotham Racing games or not, you will simply love playing PGR4, the latest game in the Project Gotham Racing franchise. If you played PGR 3, you may be surprised to learn PGR 4 is almost completely different, with a new career mode structure. Unlike in PGR 3, this time you compete in different tournaments with a minimum of 3 stages per tournament. Each stage has a different challenge, such as the returning challenges from PGR 3 such as 'Street Race' events and the popular 'Cone Challenges' which all PGR regulars will be familiar with. There are also a few additional challenges thrown in PGR 4 which are welcome additions. As you go through the tournaments you will progress in ranking, of course finishing 1st in tournaments will give you the biggest boost in rank. Basically the goal is to become world rank no 1, although this will take time, thankfully. I say thankfully because each race you play in PGR 4 will just make you want to play this game all the more. The smooth graphics, near perfect handling of the cars and bikes and the way the games moves from one event to the next is a lesson in sheer brilliance.
There really isn't a single bad thing I can think of about PGR 4. The entire game is addictive right to the end and the courses are also larger than those seen in PGR 3, in fact in some of the courses, each lap can take up to as long as 5 to 10 minutes to complete and that's just for 1 lap.
If you want a racing game and you happen to own an Xbox 360, then I strongly suggest you invest in PGR 4. I can guarantee you will never put the joypad down. This will keep you entertained for weeks, maybe even months.
PGR 4 is a must-have racing game and easilly one of the very best racing games on the 360 at the moment.
Buy it now!
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