Driving in the rain Project Gotham Racing 4 is an Xbox 360 racing game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft. It is the last Project Gotham game to be developed by Bizarre Creations, who were acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2007. Bizzare Creations released a statement through Activision the same year announcing that PGR 4 will be their last game produced for Microsoft Game Studios, who own the rights to the Project Gotham Racing brand, so any future releases to the series will not be Bizarre Creations-developed.
PGR4 features 120 licensed vehicles, with motorcycles making their first appearance in the series. The makeup of the vehicle selection is more reminiscent of the first two games in the series than of PGR3 , which features more supercars than actual production vehicles.
Online modes include the usual ranked and player/custom matches, as well as daily and weekly tournaments, which must first be qualified for by setting a fast lap. The tournaments then run on a knockout basis over multiple rounds.
The PGR series is also known for the Geometry Wars games, including them as extra content, generally through a virtual coin-op in the player's garage. PGR4 is no different, with a new version of the modern classic SHMUP, in Geometry Wars Waves, which was later included in Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 on the XBLA.
New Features Career Mode The Biggest change to the game over its predecessor was the expansion of the career mode. Users no longer just compete for trophies, but there is now a proper calendar system in place, with various tournaments and majors taking place throughout the year, along with invitationals to special events in order to win cars and gain access to higher races.
Advanced Weather System The other big change over PGR 3 was the new weather system, a first for the franchise, which affected the look of the game and the physics of the cars on the track. The weather can change from sun to rain to snow to hail within a single race. The game simulates ten types of weather, including clear days, clouds, light to stormy rain, fog, snow and ice. In user-created races, weather is fully customizable along with all other race features. During the career mode the weather is predetermined, rather then generated at random.
Tracks The game brings back all of the tracks from PGR 3, and introduces new tracks based in Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Macau, and Quebec City, as well as the Michellin Test Track.
Track List Las Vegas Flamingo Straits Buccaneer Loop Tropicana Tour Spring Mountain Turns South Strip Loop Las Vegas Boulevard Tour Boulevard Straits Short Run North Vegas Run South Vegas Run The Grand Run London Her Majesty's Pleasure The Birdcage Embankment Rush Whitehall Straits The Bulldog The Old City Loop Westminister Tour Trafalgar Tour Down the Mall Thornbury Corner Old City East St James Park New York Worth & Walker Street Broadway Run City Hall Park The Outskirts Park Row Brooklyn Bridge Strait The Bridge Tour Park to Tillary Center & Broadway Foley Square Loop White Street Bends Chapel Street Corner Nurburgring Half F1 Circuit Full F1 Circuit Nordschleife Long The Behemoth Schwedenkreuz Wipperman Fuchsrohre Schwalbenschwanz Klostertal Metzgesfeld Antoniousbuche Pflanzgarten Long Tokyo Shinjuku Kabukicho Loop Tochomae Loop The Good Tomorrow Ekimae Loop Bark To The Sun Nishiguchi Short Shinjuku Speedway Shinjuku Skyscraper Oedo Chase The Triangle Building Shinjuku Tour Crazy Turns Macau
Instituto Politecnico Avenida da Amizade Guia Hill Park Estrada de S. Francisco Avenida de Dr. Rodrigues Estrada de Cacilhas Avenida de M. Baptista Guia Hairpin Hotel Lisboa Avenida da Praia Grande Grand Prix Building Shanghai The Grand Theatre Neon Tour B-Circuit People's Race Shanghai Old Town Xizhang Road Shanghai Grand Slam Jiu Fu Loop Landmark Tour People's Avenue On the Bund Museum Loop Shanghai Open St. Petersburg Nevskiy Run Embankments and Parks The Hermitage Race Pushkin's Places Kazanskiy Cathedral Moika Turns The Admiralty The City Center Loop Channel Tour Great Peter's Walk Artist's Square Circle Palace Square Quebec La Haute-Ville Grand City Tour Abraham's Battlefield Rampart Run La Basse-Ville Old Port Short La Grande Allae Chateau Frontenac Twisted Old Port City Hall Detour Fountain Square Parliament Hill Michelin Test Track The Oval The Short Test The Medium Test The Long Test The Complex Test The Ultimate Test Car List Alfa Romeo
Ariel
2006 Atom 300 Supercharged Aston Martin
1961 DB4 GT Zagato 2004 DBR9 2005 V8 Vantage 2007 Vanquish S V12 2008 DBS Audi
Austin
Bentley
BMW
1979 M1 Procar 2004 M5 (E60) 2005 K1200R 2006 F800S BSA
Buell
Buick
Cadillac
Callaway
1988 Sledgehammer Twin Turbo Caparo
Caterham
Chevrolet
1963 Corvette Stingray 1969 Camaro Z28 1995 Corvette C4 ZR-1 2006 Corvette C6 Z06 Dodge
1998 Viper GT2 Championship Edition 2003 Viper Competition Coupe 2006 Challenger Concept DMC
Ducati
2001 998 2005 Monster S4RS Testastretta 2005 999R Xerox 2006 Sports Classic Paul Smart Edition 1000 LE Ferrari
1962 250 GTO 1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 1987 F40 1988 288 GTO Evoluzione 1988 Testarossa 1996 F50 GT 1998 F355 F1 GTS 2003 Enzo 2004 F430 2005 FXX 2006 599 GTB Foriano Ford
1966 GT40 Mk II 1968 Mustang Fastback GT 1986 Sierra Cosworth RS500 Cosworth 2005 GT GMC
Gumpert
Harley Davidson
Honda
1960 RC161 1992 NSX-R 1992 NR750 (RC40) 2005 CBR 600RR Jaguar
Joss
Kawasaki
Koenigsegg
Lamborghini
1972 Miura P400 SV 1978 Countache LP400 2000 Diablo V.T. 6.0 SE 2004 Gallardo 2006 Murcialago R-GT 2006 M-Concept 2007 Murcialago LP640 Lancia
1973 Stratos HF 1991 Delta Integrale Evoluzione LCC
Lotus
1964 Cortina 1966 Europa S1 1981 Esprit Essex Turbo 2008 Exige GT3RR Maserati
Mazda
McLaren
Mercedes
1998 CLK GTR SuperSport 2005 SLR 2006 CLK-DTM AMG (C209) Mitsubishi
2006 Lancer Evolution VIII FQ400 MTT
MV Agusta
2006 F4 Brutale 910R 2006 F4 Senna Norton
Pagani
Palmer Sport
Panoz
Peugeot
Plymouth
Pontiac
Radical
2004 SR3 Turbo 2006 SR9 LMP2 Rossion
RUF
2087 CTR "Yellowbird" 2005 Supercar Concept 2005 RGT 2006 RT12 2007 RK Coupe Saleen
2005 S7 Twin Turbo 2006 S281 Extreme Shelby
1966 Cobra 427 S/C 1967 GT500E Spyker
SSC
Subaru
Suzuki
2006 GSX-R1300R Hayabusa Limited Edition 2006 GSX-R600 K6 2006 GSX-R1000 K5 Tesla
Toyota
1967 2000GT 1993 Supra 1998 GT-one Triumph
1970 Trident 2005 Speed Triple TVR
Ultima
Vanwall
Yamaha
Downloadable Content Two downloadable content packs were released for PGR4 on February 14, 2008. The Free Challenge Pack includes one new car, the 2007 Peugeot Flux, as well as two new online game types. The first, Tourist Mode, is essentially a sandbox mode for the game. It allows you to roam around each city freely for a set amount of time. Whoever has the most Kudos when the time runs out is considered the "winner," but the mode is more about exploring the city and making up game types than actually competing for Kudos. The second mode is Free Roam Cat & Mouse, which, as the name suggests, takes PGR4's cat & mouse mode and puts it in a free-roaming environment.
The Premium Challenge Pack costs 400 Microsoft points, and includes everything featured in the Free Challenge Pack, as well as six additional cars--the 1987 BMW M3 E30 DTM, 2008 Callaway C16 Speedster, 2008 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept, 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia, 2008 Honda S2000 CR, and 2007 Volkswagen Golf GTI W12-650--three additional bikes--1995 Aprilia RS 250, 1998 Aprilia RSV 1000 Tuono R, and 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1--and another mode: World Challenge Mode. World Challenge Mode contains 20 arcade events split into three chapters. The first chapter, Platinum Plus, is an Arcade chapter featuring extremely hard challenges. The second chapter, DLC Challenge, limits vehicle choice to those included in the Premium Challenge Pack, and the third chapter, Arcade Challenge, is similar to the Arcade events that shipped with the game.
The downloadable content also adds 10 new achievements. Seven of these can be obtained with only the Free Challenge Pack, but three require you to purchase the Premium Challenge Pack in order to earn them.
Soundtrack 120 Days - Come Out Come Down Fade Out Be Gone Auto Aggression - The Sky Is Not Yours Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Bloc Party - Prayer Blue Scholars - Sagaba (Remix) Chick Corea Elektric Band - Check Blast !!! - Heart of Hearts Covenant - The Men Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive (There Is Hope Mix) Disturbed - Stricken E Da Boss - Go Left Edge of Dawn - Elegance Flesh Field - Forgotten Trauma Goldfrapp - Lovely 2 C U (T. Raumschmiere Remix) Goose - Black Gloves Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King Grits - Bobbin' Bouncin' Hot Chip - Over And Over Hummel - Rondo in E Flat Incubus - Light Grenades Insekt - Isolated Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - The Bridge Kittie - Funeral for Yesterday Lady Sovereign - Blah Blah LCD Soundsystem - Watch the Tapes Lily Allen - Take What You Take Liszt - Hungarian Waltz No. 2 Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental Maximo Park - Our Velocity Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E Minor Metro - Mr Fruity Mind.In.A.Box. - Identity Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusic Mozart - Sonata - alla Turca My Chemical Romance - House of Wolves Natacha Atlas - Bathaddak Ojos De Brujo - Color Ojos De Brujo - Todo Tiende Pride and Fall - Border (Club Edit) Priestess - Everything That You Are Prophet Omega - Hit the Deck RImsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee Rotersand - DTL Russell Gunn - East St. Louis Saliva - King of the Stereo Seabound - Scorch the Ground (Rotersand Mix) Soma Rasa - One Hand High Squarepusher - Exciton The Pinker Tones - In Pea We Nuts The Roots - Here I Come The Shins - Australia TV On the Radio - Wolf Like Me Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries Wolfmother - Dimension Zeke - Ride to Live Zuco103 - Garganteiro Xbox 360 Game Installation Project Gotham Racing 4 requires 6.0GB of space to be installed on an Xbox 360 HDD .
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