Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)

Project Gotham Racing 4 (PGR4) is, surprise, surprise, number 4 in a very successful series of racing games, first seen on the original Xbox, now Xbox 360. I was desperate to play this game having played previous PGR's (1 & 2, but not 3), and having never really liked any other racing games, I am somewhat loyal to this series. Basically it is a game that consists of numerous ways and types of racing with over a hundred different types of cars and now motorbikes. There are vintage and 'slow' cars as well as standard road cars, hot hatches, street racers, supercars and concept cars. The main types of 'races' are: Street race, where ...  Read the complete review

Project Gotham Racing 4 (PGR4) is the 4th in the series and a return to the good old days. For those of you that hadn't played the previous versions, PGR1 was good, PGR2 was great and PGR3 was sadly a bit of a let down. PGR4 however gets everything right and is a fantastic driving game and fully lives up to all the hype and expectation that preceeded it. There are alot of new features from the previous version with the most noticable being the addition of motorbikes. I was quite sceptical of this at first, but to be honest, it works and works really really well. It just adds a different dimension to an already fantastic game. Powering down the ...  Read the complete review

The simulation of racing has pretty much succeeded in the world of gaming. Back in the days of the old Playstation and N64, there was Gran Turismo. When the PS2 generation came around, Gran Turismo still reigned. But it's had some hefty rivalry like Collin McRae's games, Toca Racer Driver, Forza Motorsport 2 and more. But probably the most famous series has been Bizzare Creations' Project Gotham Racing series on the Xbox and Xbox 360. These series have been all about Kudos, which was a system introduced by Bizzare's punishing Metropolis Street Racing, where style gets you Kudos. It played too much of a factor in MSR, but it has become much easier since then. Now, we have ...  Read the complete review

I remember the first time I played Project Gotham Racing 4, it was in my friends house a few days after its release. I wasn't really a racing game fan, only dabbling in a little Need For Speed Underground, but I thought I would give it a go nonetheless. After picking my car of choice (BMW M5), I watched my friend tear around the track while I sat comfortably in the bosom of a red and white barrier. Shortly after I insisted he turned it off. That was my first experience of PGR4, but within the 2 years since the game was released I have become, just like Richard Hammond, a 'driving god!'. So I thought I'd pick it up on the cheap and give it another go, and in doing so I ...  Read the complete review

An excellent racing game for the whole family, PGR4 offers a racing career mode, an arcade mode, multiplayer and on line game modes. The graphics are awesome, the detail in each track is breath taking. Personal favourites would have to be the London tracks or the Shanghai tracks both completely different but both challenging and fun. The selection of cars on offer is very extensive offering a wide range from Mini Cooper's in the slowest car class (G) to Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Caparo T1 or various high powered super cars in class (A). PGR4 also offers a chance to ride high powered bikes such as Ducati, F4 Senna, Yamaha and many more. ...  Read the complete review