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Happy Birthday, Project Gotham Racing 4!

Shaneus

Member
You've aged pretty well considering you're 10 years old:
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I still enjoy watching your intro and E3 videos from time to time, it could be nostalgia but I think they hold up, even today.

Both in-game and replay, you still look (and sound) pretty good. You weren't only a looker in photo mode, that's for sure!

So PGR4, I'd like to wish you a happy birthday. Shame it's been so long since you or your relatives made an appearance since you graced us with your presence. Maybe one day...


For further reading, I can recommend a retrospective from Eurogamer that's a few years old, as well as their original review.

PS.
It's not about how fast you drive, it's about you drive fast.
 

LQX

Member
Still the best and most immersive racing game I've ever prayed with Horizon 3 a close second. And I still think it is one of the best looking racers out there. As fancy as Forza's graphics are, they have not impressed as much as PGR4 did.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Still one of my favorite racing games of all time. Paired so well with a wheel too.

Really miss Bizarre Creations.
 

Woffls

Member
I miss PGR :( easily my favourite racing game series, and nothing else is even remotely close to the handling and drifting.

Also i am old :(
 
Heck of a game. Too bad PGRs particular gameplay loop never really caught on in the long run...or has some other game taken up the mantle? Lost on me if so.
 

Eolz

Member
Still one of my favourite racing games ever.
That franchise kind of live through Forza Horizon, but it's not the same.
Is it available on X1 BC?
 

Skilotonn

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My favorite racing game of all time, alongside OutRun 2's arcade style.

Still find it the biggest crime that the timing of its release led to far less sales than it deserved.
 
Can I cry now?

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Falchion

Member
PGR always felt like the forerunner to Driveclub. I wish it would come back, make it happen Microsoft! I mean they have a serious racer in Forza Motorsport and an open world racer with Horizon. Now you need an arcade racer.
 

Mercador

Member
My city is within it ! Still, it didn't feel like the city, vertical drops are meaner than the reproduction in the game.
 
Still my go-to racing game after all these years. It wasn't until Driveclub that I felt that PGR4's weather had been surpassed, but that wasn't much fun to actually play. I just wish the franchise hadn't died due to releasing right next to Halo 3, nothing on the market nowadays nails that sweet spot between realistic and arcade driving like PGR did.
 

Skel1ingt0n

I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Probably my favorite vehicular racing game after Gran Turismo 3. It was just so much *fun,* and the sense of speed with real cars is unrivaled.
 

charliePure

Neo Member
I bought a copy of this cheap a few months ago in the hope it would one day become B/C on Xbox One.

One of the best racers I've ever played, hands down.
 

PantsuJo

Member
Microsoft, we need a new Project Gotham Racing, for XBOX and PC this one.

Just do it.

Also: Driveclub is miles away from the perfect formula of PGR, sorry.
 
I bought a copy of this cheap a few months ago in the hope it would one day become B/C on Xbox One.

One of the best racers I've ever played, hands down.

Don't see it being BC with the licensing issues. Otherwise 3 and 4 would have happened by now.

It's sad to see really that MS killed the franchise and focused on Forza. It was the better game out of the two.

Come on Phil give us a reboot. Cat and mouse on bridge tour was simply amazing. It was one of the few racing or even online games where the online community was brilliant.
 

TJP

Member
Pgr4 is the GOAT arcade racer.
This times a billion.

Love PGR 4 - might be forgotten given FH and DC have released but it'll be number one for me until Bizarre Creations reform and make another game.
 

Tunned

Member
I still have my Xbox360 connected just to play this game. So good, and graphics are still great. Please make PGR5 Microsoft :(
 

derFeef

Member
Yep. Sadly not a single game has replicated that feeling of racing in PGR yet. Horizon is great but it does not come close to it. Driveclub is in the same style but does also not come close to it. I miss it.
 
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