Project Gotham Racing 4

Project Gotham Racing 4 builds on the foundation of PGR3, adding weather effects and new multiplayer modes, as well as the ability to ride motorcycles in the game.

Xbox 360

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

Big Apple Loop

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

Skid Pan

Car List

Alfa Romeo

1989 SZ

Ariel

2006 Atom 300 Supercharged

Aston Martin

1961 DB4 GT Zagato
2004 DBR9
2005 V8 Vantage
2007 Vanquish S V12
2008 DBS

Audi

2006 RS4
2007 R8

Austin

1964 Mini Cooper S

Bentley

2004 Continental GT

BMW

1979 M1 Procar
2004 M5 (E60)
2005 K1200R
2006 F800S

BSA

1961 Goldstar DBD34

Buell

1988 RR 1200

Buick

1987 Regal GNX

Cadillac

2003 Sixteen Concept

Callaway

1988 Sledgehammer Twin Turbo

Caparo

2007 T1

Caterham

2000 R500

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

1981 DeLorean DMC-12

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

1991 Syclone

Gumpert

2005 Apollo

Harley Davidson

1994 VR 1000

Honda

1960 RC161
1992 NSX-R
1992 NR750 (RC40)
2005 CBR 600RR

Jaguar

1955 D-Type
1993 XJ220 S

Joss

2004 Supercar

Kawasaki

2007 Ninja ZX-14

Koenigsegg

2006 CCX

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

2006 Rocket

Lotus

1964 Cortina
1966 Europa S1
1981 Esprit Essex Turbo
2008 Exige GT3RR

Maserati

1957 250F
2004 MC12

Mazda

RX-7
MX-5

McLaren

1995 F1 LM

Mercedes

1998 CLK GTR SuperSport
2005 SLR
2006 CLK-DTM AMG (C209)

Mitsubishi

2006 Lancer Evolution VIII FQ400

MTT

2006 Turbine Superbike

MV Agusta

2006 F4 Brutale 910R
2006 F4 Senna

Norton

1962 500 Manx

Pagani

2005 Zonda F

Palmer Sport

2003 Palmer Jaguar JP1

Panoz

1997 GTR-1

Peugeot

2007 Flux Concept

Plymouth

1970 Hemi Cuda

Pontiac

1983 Firebird

Radical

2004 SR3 Turbo
2006 SR9 LMP2

Rossion

2007 Q1

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

2003 C8 Laviolette LWB

SSC

2007 Ultimate Aero TT

Subaru

1998 Impreza 22B STi

Suzuki

2006 GSX-R1300R Hayabusa Limited Edition
2006 GSX-R600 K6
2006 GSX-R1000 K5

Tesla

2008 Roadster

Toyota

1967 2000GT
1993 Supra
1998 GT-one

Triumph

1970 Trident
2005 Speed Triple

TVR

2004 Sagaris
2005 Typhon

Ultima

2006 GTR

Vanwall

2005 GPR V12

Yamaha

2007 YZF-R6

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.