Project Gotham Racing 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)While I am not a racing purist, I loved the first Project Gotham racing and enjoy playing most racing games on my Xbox and PS2. It also appears that I'm the only reviewer at this point who has completed Project Gotham 2.
For newbies and PG1 players, progressing through the game has been made considerably easier than the first game and you can easily teach yourself the ropes of each track and car class by playing for a bronze medal. Also you can jump into the super cars even if you haven't "unlocked" them in the single player game yet by visiting your garage.
If you're familiar with the series, or have read the other reviews, you know that Microsoft has taken everything that was great in PG1 and upped the ante. For newbies, you'll find Project Gotham 2 is the most intense street racing game ever created. The game begins as a solid "race for place" competition against computer opponents, and adds variety events like cone solemn racing, vehicle overtake and photo radar gun top speed contests. In each event, you can select the award level you want to try for, which establishes the difficulty and the specific objectives. Aside from the career mode (which PG2 calls the "Kudos World Series") there are also three arcade modes, two time attack modes and numerous online challenges.
Aside from the mere thrill of racing against human opponents, the online component has a few innovative features that set PG2 apart from any other racing game ever made. With online scoreboards you can see how you compare on each single player race you complete against everyone else in the world. Your rank, for each and every level is shown, along with the other gamers around you and the number 1 player. In addition, you can download "ghosts" which show you how the other people got their scores. And special trials are offered in the "ghost challenges" arena, where you can download the best performances from players around the world and try to beat them.
Technically, this game is perfect. The load times are extraordinarily fast and the game instantly returns you to the starting line if you restart the level (where many games would require lengthy reload time). There's also a seamless line between online and single player game play.
There are 10+ things about this game which are absolutely amazing:
1. Online features and functionality (see above)
2. Graphics. (This game looks best on a 480i HDTV)
3. Music. (And I'm a tough critic, but I really enjoy the songs on this game)
4. Vast number of tracks, well designed and well detailed.
5. Vast number of game modes
6. The environment has detailed elements, like leaves blowing across the track or birds flying in the foreground. Animations (like a ferris wheel) are in the background to provide even more graphic realism.
7. Your vehicle sustains incredible damage as you drive and while the performance is not affected, knocking out your headlights on a dark level makes it tough to drive!
8. Spectacular lighting effects!
9. Replayability
10. Achievable unlockable vehicles and accomplishable tasks
11. VERY cool secret unlockable cars!
There are 3 things that could have used improvement:
1. Often, the competitors will fall into two packs. If you get behind the second pack, they will intentionally slow you down or crash into you so that it is almost impossible to reach the front pack.
2. Some of the levels are so tight (one/two lane tracks) that playing the same level at easier difficulty is a negligible advantage.
3. In the final car circuit, (called the "Ultimate Series") the tracks are considerably longer and require an extended number of laps for no apparent reason other than to delay game completion.
There are 3 things about this game which are absolutely ridiculous:
1. Apparently the AI drivers all have PhDs in automotive physics because they know EXACTLY where to hit your car to send it into a spin. And they will do this to you more often then not.
2. When YOU hit a wall it's a reverse/back-up/steer out/gas procedure, but when an AI competitor hits the wall (or, OK, I run them into a wall), they somehow miraculously recover and are instantly behind you.
3. AI cars will often "take the line" while driving, meaning that they plow into you if you're already in the optimal apex.
All-in-all, this game suffers many of the flaws that all racing video games have, and while this game isn't absolutely perfect, it is -by far- the best racing game available on any platform.

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Product Description:
Project Gotham Racing 2 is the sequel wher eyou'll experience better graphics and faster gameplay, with the thrills and control of the original! You're a member of the world street-racing circuit, out to win the fastest races on the toughest streets, even if it means risking your life.

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