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Bizarre Experimenting With PGR 4
08 Mar 2006 10:47 | Dusty | Xbox 360
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Talking to the Official Xbox Magazine Ben Ward and Gareth Wilson from Bizarre Creations hinted at how they thought PGR 4 could look much better now that they are more familiar with the 360 hardware.

Talking to the Official Xbox Magazine Ben Ward and Gareth Wilson from Bizarre Creations hinted at how they thought PGR 4 could look much better now that they are more familiar with the 360 hardware.

Though they wouldn’t officially confirm that Project Gotham Racing 4 was in development, Gareth Wilson noted, “We’d be daft not to do another one though, wouldn’t we?”

Ben Ward then added “There’s a whole bunch of stuff that didn’t go into Gotham 3, just like there’s loads of stuff that doesn’t make it into every game. So there’s loads of things we’d like to get in. We’ve already done some experiments and things are looking good…”

Gareth Wilson believed they would also be able make the graphics in PGR4 look even better and a lot faster. “I think we’ll be able to push the graphics a lot harder. When we were working on Gotham 3 we kept finding ways to do things better once they’d already been done, but the producer was telling us that we couldn’t re-write the whole code two weeks before launch! But we can make it go a lot faster, and we can get more smoke in there. I always want more smoke.”

(note: the pic in this article is from PGR3, not PGR4)







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1 -
Unregistered - landmarktiger 03.08.2006 10:52
This clearly shows games were rushed-but id rather have them sooner than later.

2 - Scary
Red 03.08.2006 11:02
That game is already sexy, I can wait for 4. I still would love to see what they've experimented on though.

3 - Hurry Up Then
Unregistered - Jonga 03.08.2006 11:08
Bring it on already.

4 - TREES !!!!
Unregistered - JOHNNY 03.08.2006 11:23
PGR3 is a great game but the TREES look horrible.

5 - Stay on the road
Unregistered - zornik 03.08.2006 12:01
@4 you need to AVOID the trees man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is what a racing game is al about.


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Unregistered - aaa 03.08.2006 12:36
I say wait till forza motor sports....it will slap this game.

7 - shane mc laughlin
Unregistered - shane mc laughlin 03.08.2006 12:39
i like bum


8 - PUSH IT TO THE EDGE AND BEYOND!
Unregistered - ok 03.08.2006 13:06
Push does graphics dam-it!

9 - PGR3 Sucks
XTrek 03.08.2006 13:12
I bought PGR3 hoping it was a quality driving simulation. Driving with the 360 controller is a joke, all you can do is bump steer. I was hoping it would be like driving an RC car but with a view from inside the car, I was wrong. The game designers need to drive RC cars and duplicate this level of control and car behavior. I'll never buy another simulation game again without trying it first...

10 - .
Unregistered - justin 03.08.2006 13:25
You need the steering wheel then. I still think its the best quality racing game that I've played. Way ahead of he NFS series.

11 -
XTrek 03.08.2006 13:41
Agreed, a controller like an RC car transmitter would be much better. The wheel doesn't need to be more than 2" in diameter. The controls should be on a single hand held unit. The steering wheel consoles these guys are selling are a joke. The game designers need to drive RC cars and duplicate this experience.

12 - PGR 3 A Let Down
Unregistered - R Swipe 03.08.2006 15:44
Whilst I appreciate the graphical side of PGR3 I find the whole game play issue to be a little bit disappointing when comparing PGR3 to PGR2. I completed PGR3 (Platinum) in a little bit over a week, whereas PGR2 took the best part of 3 months. Online gameplay (Online career mode) in theory is a great development, however all I seem to find is everyone uses the fastest cars of the class. Gone are the days of being able to have a good game of last man standing or cat and mouse, and earn KUDOS for the fun of it. Again, I like the idea of true skill standings but I am so fed up with hearing "lets have a clean race" only to find a scene of complete carnage at the first corner, when some doofus, who does not have a clue how to drive, wrecks the race.

The damage model used for the car is disappointing to say the least, gone are the crumpled panels, replaced by a slightly misaligned spoiler. I realise that this game had to meet certain time scales, but if indeed Bizzare do PGR4, then the game play side of PGR2 would be a good starting point. At least in PGR2 to get the fastest car, not necessarily the best, meant you had to have some idea of how to drive the damn thing whereas PGR3 if you got the credit then the F50 GT is yours.


13 -
Unregistered - Fozzy 03.08.2006 16:38
Compare PGR1 to PGR2. You can't, PGR2 ran circles around the first in every way with vastly improved gameplay, fun factor, and everything in between. PGR3 was rushed, the developers admit that, but I'm glad they got something out there to help with the otherwise rather low quality launch titles. PGR4 will be what PGR2 was to the first in the series.

And to the people that want the game to behave like RC cars, well go outside and play with them you could use the fresh air.


14 -
haloalldaylo 03.08.2006 16:41
How about making the smoke stay in the air for more than 5 seconds!!!!!

15 - #1 and #9
Unregistered - Hahah 03.08.2006 18:51
1)No, that shows that you can't tap all of the power of a system in first generation. Did you not pay attention to a word he said. The more you mess around with a system, the more stuff you find you could have done. Every game released can probably be even better a year later, after a hardwares release......nothing to do with a game being rushed.

9)What sucks is that you went into PGR3 looking for a simulation. The PGR series has always been a mix between arcade and simulation. If you want a simulation either get Forza or Gran Turismo.


16 - GT5 would kick every racing simulator 360 offers
Unregistered - GT4 Owner 03.09.2006 05:45
pff...gimme a break guys..these games on the 360 sux major balls no good physics,AI, then its bloody no way big deal and what they downscaled pgr3 to 280p inorder to run on rough 20-30fps.. u can wipe this game in ur ass guys..just wait for the real deal...lol pgr4 my ass..

17 - 16 must b blind
Unregistered - mattrix 03.09.2006 06:32
look mate what does it say in the rules?? NO PS3 FAN BOIS i mean dont start PS3 Vs Xbox360 Dissussion cus u no wed own ur ass, at least we got the games now and not in a nother 6 month. also we dont have 2 play with a boomrang...... neways im realy lookin 4ward 2 PGR4 iv loved all the series so far GAME ON :D

18 -
Unregistered - wha? 03.09.2006 07:37
280p? Are you f***ing retarded?

19 -
Unregistered - ha ha ha 03.09.2006 08:57
yo #7 your just jelous that your ps3 games are being downscaled to 720p , where is the 1080p? just a figment of sonys imagination

20 - to 16
Unregistered - xbox 360 fan ps3 fan 03.09.2006 11:47
agree with your statment. ive played PGR2 PGR3 GT3 AND GT4 and the best was GT4 because it got so much to offer and the best part was the pitstop in gt4 with 60 laps it was just great, i think pgr3 was a good game but not in every area, i think GT5 will be a bit better than PGR4 not by much thou. im going to get Ghost recon for my xbox 360 in 2 days time can,t wait to play it, but in the end ill get both PGR4 and GT5. IM OUT

21 -
Unregistered - damn 03.10.2006 00:58
I have to agree with 18, 280p doesn't even exist and that's not a true fact to begin with. You're just a straight up asshole.

22 - Trailers on gametrailers.com
Unregistered - BoA Wrath 03.10.2006 07:59
Hi all,
Go checkout the video footage of this game in action on www.gametrailers.com it looks amazing and will only get better. The urban setting on the ground look pretty detailed can imagine flying down under bridges and between buildings to lose rockets on your tail. Hope we get a 360 flight stick for it that would be great.


23 -
Unregistered - twaynejohnson 03.11.2006 14:31
#7 you like to give your bum up to men homo

24 - Pc geeks
Unregistered - Brandon 03.12.2006 14:42
For all u pc geeks no 1 cares about ur little powerful pc cause its garbage what is 360 pushing ? 3 3.2 ghz processors and that ends the story o + a 512 mb graphics card its already better then all ur computers. So shutup about ur little girly hacked up computer games and take a walk.

25 - #24 thats funny
Unregistered - Ric Hard 03.13.2006 13:38
My nephew is the same way how his computer is strong. How amd is better than pentium chip. Even down to argue about GRAW is going to be better on the computer with the new card thats coming out YADA YADA YADA and so on. But Im playing right now GRAW while others have to wait for the pc version which is coming out in a month. To get the full effects people would need the best cards out there for there games, I don't. The xbox360 is pretty good and for anybody like my Nephew who hates is because you don't have a xbox360. But I do have a computer. So cut the noise.

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