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Project Gotham Racing
North American box art
Developer(s)
Bizarre Creations
Publisher(s)
Microsoft Game Studios
Series
Project Gotham Racing
Platform(s)
Xbox, mobile phone
Release date
NA November 9, 2001 JP February 22, 2002 PAL March 14, 2002
Genre(s)
Racing
Mode(s)
Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)
ESRB: Everyone (E)
Media
DVD
Input methods
Gamepad
Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a racing game, the first in its series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming console. The first title in the franchise, Project Gotham Racing, is an Xbox launch title that quickly became the second best-selling game for the console after Halo.
PGR is a sequel of sorts to the Sega Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, but the name was changed because Sega held the rights to the original name.
PGR differs from most racing games in that winning a race does not necessarily mean the player advances to the next round; instead advancement in PGR requires both driving fast enough to meet the challenge set, and scoring enough Kudos points to advance. Kudos points are gained through the player's driving skills, such as power sliding around a corner at speed, or overtaking other NPCs in the race.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has described Project Gotham as his favorite video game.
PGR as of July 12, 2007 is compatible with the Xbox 360 through a downloadable update.
Cities
There are four cities in total and each of them is split into 3 districts, they are:
London
Trafalgar
St. James's Park
Westminster
New York City
Central Park
Wall Street
Times Square
Tokyo
Asakusa
Shibuya
Shinjuku
San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf
Financial District
Pacific Heights
Soundtrack
Featured artists
Akiki Kabashima
Alien Crime Syndicate
Bathgate
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Chevelle
color variation
David Lee Roth
DLR Band
Doves
Eve 6
Foojin
Gearwhore
Good Charlotte
Gorillaz
Groovenics
Handsome Devil
HASH BALL
Heather Duby
Iggy Pop
Injected
Inner Core
Junior Sanchez
Kittie
Kuo Hirota
L.A. Symphony
Looper
Love As Laughter
Love Seed Mama Jump
Moth
Murder City Devils
Nebula
Photek
Pigeon John
Polecat
PYT
Q-Burns
Saeko Kai
Saliva
Scapegoat Wax
Shusei Mural
Shuvel
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Skrape
Smile Street Featuring MICA
Souljahz
Spacehog
Stereo MCs
Switched
The Chemical Brothers
The Makers
The Yo-Yos
The Black Halos
Timbaland & Magoo
Trembling Blue Stars
Zen Guerrilla
See also
Metropolis Street Racer
Trivia
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All locations, except New York City, were featured in Metropolis Street Racer, the predecessor to PGR.
Unlike MSR, PGR uses songs from real-life music artists, much like what the Gran Turismo and Test Drive series traditionally use.
You can even choose what license plate to put on your car, all matching up to the cities used in the game. The driver can sit on either side of the car depending on the type of plate you use (i.e. left-hand side with a California or New York plate, right-hand side with a British or Japanese plate), though this may not work with some cars in the game, depending if they're sold (or not sold) in the USA, UK, or Japan.
External links
Xbox.com's Project Gotham Racing site
The official PGR 4 community site
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Project Gotham Racing video games
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