Today, Bizarre Creations released the
official box art for
Project Gotham Racing 4 (viewable after the break) featuring a closeup of a red vehicle sporting a
PGR 4 emblem. It's quite the interesting choice for box art as we're on the fence about the design. But if you look closer you'll see something that's very interesting. Behind the
PGR 4 logo is the reflection of a motorcycle blazing past the car. Does this mean that motorcycles will be drivable in the fourth edition of the
PGR franchise and is this Bizarre's big exciting announcement? We aren't sure, but we'd be liars if we didn't say that we're a little uneasy about including motorcycles in our
PGR franchise. Here's to hoping Bizarre Creations knows what they're doing.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andy @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:22PM
This game looks stupid. I love FORZA 2!
ArchEnemy20 @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:38PM
I wouldn't say stupid, but yea...Forza all the way.
Tony @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:41PM
I actually think the box art is great. It's definitely not typical, which I appreciate.
brownc4 @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:48PM
Love the Kudos K on the wheel!
Greg @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:00PM
Looking forward to this game and it will have a large user with this addition to the series. I don't think they needed to included motorcycles though. You can't compare it to Forza 2, they are two different racing types and you can't compare the environment graphics (or lack of) in Forza 2 to even PGR 3.
Zeus the God @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:01PM
HOLY SHIT YES!
Ikke2003 @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:14PM
Motorcycle madness... that reminds of motocross madness, man i loved that game.
shugs @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:30PM
So I bought Forza, played it online, and almost threw my controller out of the room because during the first 5 secs my car was into pieces and could barely drive. That's terrible, although its a great 1 player simulator though. Then I went out and bought Dirt- Hands Down the best car game for the 360 yet, but then I played online and realized how lame it was racing against yourself. Who thought of that? So I'm ready for PGR4 cause at least its a fun arcade feel with multiple players online- and I think looks the best. Good racing and see you in Forza
GANNONSMASH @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:57PM
DO WANT
brentkailbourn @ Jul 3rd 2007 5:00PM
crud, OXM said that PGR4 would have a new vehicle to race. I was hoping for hovercrafts.
laggy @ Jul 3rd 2007 5:00PM
Anyone notice the inconsistency in this image? The motorcycle has dry pavement while the car is splashing through a wet surface.
teddings @ Jul 3rd 2007 5:23PM
Let's hope that it doesn't turn out like TDU's motorcycles...
*shudders*
Nah, I trust Bizarre.
Edgar N, @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:41PM
please bizarre, dont fuck it up...
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Tbone4690 @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:51PM
The graphics in Forza are great, don't pay attention to the demo, the retail version blows away the demo in graphics.
DjDATZ @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:57PM
FUCK YES BABY! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR!!!
Joe @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:55PM
Forza 2 doesn't even have in in car view. Forza 2 IS DULL ! !11!!1
PGR4 for the win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The real drivers game.
Joe @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:58PM
Or should I say......
P G R 4 the win!!!!!!
Tom @ Jul 3rd 2007 10:23PM
@shugs
Have you played Test Drive Unlimited? It's not a racing sim by any means, but it sure is fun. I love just driving around the island crashing into other players. Incidentally, that's a game where the inclusion of motorcycles was a complete failure, but there's a wide selection of cars and challenges to keep you entertained.
hcore @ Jul 3rd 2007 10:46PM
yeah, IMO the box art is pretty awesome looking
Tony @ Jul 4th 2007 1:00AM
@14 - I have to say that normally I'd scoff at a comment like this in some ways, but honestly, it's very true. While a nice track to race, they chose what is arguably the most boring track in the game to look at.
Also, as for playing online... the host can set the settings. If you're used to playing with more of the easy settings set up, then playing an online match where they're on is probably going to lead to you beating the shit out of your car pretty fast.
I never honestly found it to be much different from the single player of the game, although you run into some weirdos.
Alex @ Jul 4th 2007 1:54AM
this really could be horrible.
box is alright though. better than the hl2 orange box anyway. :)
Rik @ Jul 4th 2007 2:18AM
Dustin,
This angle for the box art is actually the next logical progression.
PGR had a far off view of a car.
PGR2 was a closer "near the nose" shot.
PGR3 was still closer - at the lights.
PGR4 is closer to the car again, at the next car "landmark" the wheel arch.
Check out the Wikipedia article to see what I mean:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gotham_Racing_series
So it actually fits the progressing theme in the series box art. So.. the PGR5 will have to be just the name badge or the just before the B-pillar.
Personally I love the new cover.
Grunt420 @ Jul 4th 2007 3:50AM
"Anyone notice the inconsistency in this image? The motorcycle has dry pavement while the car is splashing through a wet surface."
Posted at 5:00PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by laggy
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its showing contrast ... with weather
Andy @ Jul 4th 2007 9:53AM
PGR4 should be awesome. I just can't get into FORZA 2...no in-car view and is way too slow for a racer.
DIRT and PGR4 should be the best two racers for the console for some time (assuming PGR4 will get motorcycles right).
Motorcycles will be an awesome and risky change for the PGR series. Take Test Drive Unlimited as an example of what NOT to do with Motorcycles.
Ithilis @ Jul 4th 2007 10:16AM
@14 - The graphics in the Forza 2 demo are the same as the final product. This was even confirmed by the developer shortly after the demo was released.
I own Forza 2 and PGR3. They're both great in they're own way (simulation vs. arcade), but I do have to say that PGR3 looks better - and PGR4 looks to improve the visuals even more.
ccc @ Jul 4th 2007 1:12PM
Forza 2 is good, 4 me 2 poop on!
No inside dash view makes forza 2 not stand up to the other great racers on 360 no matter how much of a sim it is.
Dirt is the best looking and the most fun I think. with not 1, but 2 inside dash views!
Testdrive Unlimited delivers both great offline and online play with a shit load of cars and downloadables. Not to mention fairly good graffics, oh yeah and the inside dash view.
PGR 3 Has it's own style of play that isnt quit for me but I know it's sweet as hell to others. Add in that 4 some reason it keeps getting advertised as a ps3 game. LOL.
And a lovley inside dash view.
I wonder if the new Sega Rally is gonna stack up?
Forza has almost no sensation of speed in it :( For me it simulates what it feels like to get in a real car and drive 15 mph around town:0
Koma @ Jul 4th 2007 2:15PM
only if the keep the motorcycle and cars in two diffrent race types. playin TDU has shown me that motorcycle and cars on the same track sucks
Kurdt @ Jul 5th 2007 4:19AM
Motorbikes in Test Drive don't work b/c the physics for the motorbikes are just terrible. If we could have bikes that react as beautifully as they do on Tourist Trophy then we'd have a game.
Rodec @ Jul 5th 2007 8:48AM
I LOVE the box art... I'm sure I will like the game... DiRT rules, Forza not so much...
DjDATZ @ Jul 5th 2007 9:48AM
Kurdt...ummm...have you heard of MotoGP '06 for 360? absolutely the best motorcycle physics ever and the graphics are absolutely STUNNING!
JM @ Jul 6th 2007 12:56PM
11. Anyone notice the inconsistency in this image? The motorcycle has dry pavement while the car is splashing through a wet surface.
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Did you also notice that there really isn't a"PGR4" car and "Kudos" wheels in real life?
They are pointing to the weather effects in the game. Maybe it's a puddle. Either way, it's box "ART".
Invader Phlegm @ Jul 6th 2007 7:25PM
Hey Dustin. I would not worry too much about the inclusion of motorbikes in the game. If you include Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast), PGR4 marks Bizarre's 5th iteration of their game design; they have had more than enough time to perfect the mechanics of automobile driving in their games. They could almost copy and paste their existing mechanics, plus whatever editions they use this time out to improve on upon them, and they'd likely have the bulk of their development time still available for getting the driving mechanics of motorcycles fleshed out up to par with the rest of the game. Besides, it is very likely they have been looking into putting in bikes before now (probably even in PGR3), but time constraints and a very tight release deadline (MG$ needed the game at system launch), and there you go.
I'm not worried one bit and welcome the addition of bikes to the core game; if that is what we can expect.
Now if they start talking about motorboats in PGR, that is when I'd start worrying. LOL