PGR4 properly unveiled

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 September, 2006

I.e. not by Peugeot this time.

And I'm surprised it took me this long to get to this one (well, you know, the corkscrew was being difficult), but: Project Gotham Racing 4 has been officially unveiled for Xbox 360.

A Ferrari-laden trailer shown at X06 tonight, with Peter Moore no doubt pumping his fists beneath it, brought us first sight of Bizarre Creations' inevitable sequel, racing through an unidentified wireframe metropolis.

Of course it's not our first sighting of PGR4, thanks to long-time pals Peugeot, who spoilt it all by mentioning the game on its website earlier this month - and saying it was due out at the end of 2007 or in the first half of 2008.

Microsoft didn't mention a date itself, but we reckon that's what they would have said.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • snale #1 6 years ago

    Nice.. Hope it brings some more variation to the tracks though, it would be nice with something more than just city based closed circuits.. TDU have wet my apetite for more open landscapes and point to point races.

  • EmiliasHorse #2 6 years ago

    Frothing at the mouth already. PGR on Xbox was good but felt like an update of MSR, while PGR2 felt like the real deal. PGR3 was excellent but less exciting than PGR2. I am sure that PGR4 will fix all the tiny niggles and become the greatest racer in the world ever.
    Mixing PGR with TDU? wow that would be so good.

  • effinwooly #3 6 years ago

    get in !! just in tme for the PS3 launch......sniggers

  • sharpfish #4 6 years ago

    Excellent, I f-ing love PGR... 3 has a beautiful feel to it (playability) and looks great. Hopefully PGR4 will run in proper HD + antialiasing and clean up the minor quirks of PGR3.

    Those "360-less" game fans are really missing out. :)

  • Freek #5 6 years ago

    Note to MS, if you are going to tie in your game with a contest, make sure to unveil the game before the contest starts.

  • Scimarad #6 6 years ago

    PG3 is still the only 360 game I spend any time on - Unfortunately none of my friends have got 360s so we make do with the 2 player mode. As long as 4 still has that I'll be happy...

  • bluebird #7 6 years ago

    Let's hope they make the game run a bit smoother and responsive. I seem to be in a minority here but I feel the game is pretty but lacks the feeling of speed and responsiveness.

  • jiveguy #8 6 years ago

    "Over at the Bizarre website the top guy is saying PGR4 is still a PGR game but is taking a new direction.......hmmm interesting."

    Rumours on the internets are saying its going to be an RTS.

  • Wash #9 6 years ago

    @Bill Door,

    thus taking the central game mechanic away.

  • dbeamish #10 6 years ago

    I don't class a games unveiling as official until i see something other than pre-rendered rubbish. In game video is the only acceptable way to unveil a game.

  • andrewwd #11 6 years ago

    "As long as there's an option in the menu marked "Kudos on/off" I'll be happy"

    o/\o

    Its about time they ditched this contrivance. It was an interesting idea in MSR, but its never really gone anywhere. I would wager that in practice, most players care more about setting faster times rather than a fishtailing bonus.

  • Stormflood #12 6 years ago

    Hey, maybe they'll add crash damage? ;p

  • Arwin #13 6 years ago

    Hopefully they up the framerate ...

    By the way, here's another game with Ferraris ... :D

    http://download.scej-online.jp/scews/gtd...

  • rhinoxious #14 6 years ago

    "Its about time they ditched this contrivance. It was an interesting idea in MSR, but its never really gone anywhere. I would wager that in practice, most players care more about setting faster times rather than a fishtailing bonus."

    Actually this is one of the only reasons I've stuck with the series. I find shaving half-a-second off a lap time incredibly tedious. The skid and cone challenges reallyhelp add some variation to this tired genre.

    What I'd like to see is even more varied challenges, and some multiplayer ideas that deal with the current bumper car style of play.

  • Rambaldi #15 6 years ago

    "TDU have wet my apetite for more open landscapes and point to point races"

    Funny - TDU did just the opposite for me. Sandbox shmambox - bring back carefully crafted and considered linearity please.

  • Rambaldi #16 6 years ago

    @rhinoxious

    "What I'd like to see is even more varied challenges"

    Just how mant things can you actually do with a car? Bizzare have their bases covered if you ask me

    "I find shaving half-a-second off a lap time incredibly tedious"

    Right..all those pro drivers must be shit-bored then?

  • crazyhorse174 #17 6 years ago

    Most of the Pro drivers probably *are* bored of driving...but have you seen the chicks that hang about the races??

    They would definetly keep me interested in racing...

  • snale #18 6 years ago

    "Funny - TDU did just the opposite for me. Sandbox shmambox - bring back carefully crafted and considered linearity please."

    I didn't really mean sandbox play or a completely open world, just that I'd like some more variation to the track design and locations. Altough I think an open environment like in TDU could be fantastic as well, that's not really what I'm looking for in PGR. I'd like something like the point to point races in the first NFS. And more real race tracks, nünburgring is nice and all but a few more wouldn't hurt.

    "Just how mant things can you actually do with a car? Bizzare have their bases covered if you ask me "

    I like the car delivery missions in TDU, as they are a different take on skill based driving, where safe driving is rewarded instead of taking risks. Though you have to put some kind of time limit on them or something in order to make them really interesting..

  • p3rks #19 6 years ago

    Bring back the slower cars. Mini Races FTW.

  • Stormflood #20 6 years ago

    Bring back the slower cars. Mini Races FTW.

    PGR3 has them already. But you have to download them, and I'm not sure if they're free.

  • SexyBodyBuilderDude #21 6 years ago

    I have loved all of the Project Gotham Racing games. Project Gotham Racing 3 is the best racing game I have played. PGR games keep getting better and better! Project Gotham Racing 4 is going to be bodacious, baby!!! I will be in heat waiting for a game that cool!

  • cools #22 6 years ago

    Wonder if they'll finally bring back the atmosphere that MSR had...

  • chronom4n #23 6 years ago

    99% perfect was PGR2 for me. The only thing that would have made me play it more than any other racing game would be the inclusion of replays. I know the game has them but i wanted the replays in time trial mode ala gran turismo. The car modelling was sweet and the frame rate on the refelctions... could you have it any better?!
    Edited by chronom4n at 02/10/06 @ 14:58