Project Gotham Racing 4 Review

Bizarre Creations has been an important partner for Microsoft. The Project Gotham series helped launch both Xbox and Xbox 360 along with Xbox Live. Project Gotham Racing 4 marks the first PGR title not connected to a major product or service launch. Without the stress of having to deliver big with all eyes watching, Bizarre had the ability to take a breath and make the ultimate drift racer. Instead, Bizarre took a step backwards, with the weakest entry in the franchise since the series dropped the Metropolis Street Racer name and came to Xbox.

PGR 4 does a number of things well. Once again, the arcade racer puts a focus on earning Kudos for drifts, getting air, and clean racing sections. While the goal is to win races, you'll want to do it in style. If you've played a PGR title before, the basics haven't changed much at all. It's all about drifting, a trick that never gets stale, even on the fifth iteration of the series.

Along with standard races, you'll once again compete in a number of skill events. These include navigating through cone gates, speed challenges that require you to push the speedometer to a certain level when you pass a mark, elimination races, and Kudos challenges that task you with racking up massive Kudos on your way to the finish line. Though there are a couple of new events, for the most part, PGR 4 is more of the same from the past. That's not such a bad thing, since PGR has long been one of the better racers on Xbox.

To spice things up, Bizarre Creations made three significant changes for Project Gotham Racing 4, none of which turned out that great. First, they added motorcycles. Then Bizarre added a new career mode meant to mimic a racing season. The hope, it would seem, was to infuse the series with some new energy and excitement. While the racing season has its plusses and the motorcycles can be fun for a while, both take away more than they add to the series. Lastly, Bizarre introduced a dynamic weather system and, unlike the first two additions, this one actually delivers. The extreme weather variables add quite a bit to the tried and true PGR formula.

PGR 4 pits bikes against cars, having the two racing side-by-side in any event. To its credit, Bizarre did a great job nailing down licenses for some excellent bikes. There are no complaints on the impressive motorcycle list or the faithful recreation of each. Some might expect that a motorcycle could tear up the competition against cars. In a lot of instances, this is true. Bikes are generally easier to handle and, so long as you aren't racing against truly superior cars, you can usually do very well in the single-player events.

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[Xsult59]

dos this game have nos on cars just a curious guy im still getting the game.

[thepsp619]

i thing not

[Neboh420]

kinda wanna get this game, its only like 7 bucks so i dunno

[thepsp619]

the PGR series are good

[arfonanimation]

ive only just got the game and i would like 2 know what tracks have jumps

like the could of jumps that are at 3;45

[thepsp619]

sorry I don't know

[emile345]

I played the demo of this game a few years ago, and I immediately decided to go buy this game. It was my first game for my 360, and although I play games like Modern Warfare (2), Halo 3, etc. online (which is addicting!!!) I still put this PGR4 disc in my xbox sometimes and after a year or three, it's still not boring. That says enough...

[EliteMadHornet]

@thehornypuppy

are you trolling?

If I have a left turn coming up, I'll lean the bike left and put my left knee down. That's proper. If leaning to the right, the right knee goes down.

You may be thinking of countersteering for motorcycles. At speeds that a motorcycle operates at, if you turn the handlebars to the right, the bike will lean left.

If you aren't thinking of that, I can't help but feel sorry for your parents for how dense of a child you are.

[thehornypuppy]

@EliteMadHornet Oh really? It's still rendered wrong in the game...

[EliteMadHornet]

@thehornypuppy It's called leaning into a corner. Go watch some MotoGP races once in a while.

[hoshideto]

@thehornypuppy dude, have you seen valentino rossi? or maybe u need to play tourist trophy.

[thehornypuppy]

Have you noticed how the bikers moves on his bike? Go watch a bike race...first you'll notice is that the body goes the opposite side to where the bike is going. If uyou are going left...you move your weight to the right, otherwise the bike would slip.

This game is SO WRONG.

[42crazyguy]

is this like a simulation game or what?

[Liberty2431]

@arfonanimation london i believe

[JesperKyd47]

Under rated masterpiece :'(

[JimyLT]

Stealing videos from gamespot. Tisk tisk tisk

[mrbulletproof100]

@billyscooter422 yup but its a lower class than u think. Class D