Pgr4

[SupraJames]

Well just seen a preview of Project Gotham Racing 4 on the 360,

3rd one was great but lacking nice cars lol, but those nice people at Bizzarre have seen the error of their ways and have put it right in the 4th version.

 

Quote from Xbox.com on the games features.

 

Iconic cars: New vehicles are lined up and ready to be driven, including the 2004 TVR Sagaris, 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, 2005 Vanwall GPR V12, 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo, 2005 Gumpert Apollo, 1997 Panoz GTR-1 Coupe, 2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, and 1957 Maserati 250F.

 

The Supra now has Iconic Car Status

[edd_t]

they better put in some smaller cars again! like they did in the original Metropolis Street Racer. And sort out the kudos aswell, as thats totally gone to pot on the new versions.

 

Still lookin forward to it though

[Snooze]

Problem I have with the PGR (and GT come to think of it) series is that they never seemed to decide whether to design the game for a gamepad or a steering wheel controller and as a result the games never felt right with either.

[SupraJames]

Well I was thinking of buying one of the Official 360 Wheels. Does anyone on here have one and are they worth the £90..?

[Guest Chumpalot]

I don't have one but have been told the wheels are well worth the money and add a totally different level of gameplay to the game. Might find it hard at first but it's rewarding if you keep at it

 

I'm looking forward to PGR4. I didn't mind the Kudos system in 3, thought it worked quite well.

[Snooze]

Would warn you that the wheel will only be useful for a few games (PGR4 probably being one of them). Don't get me wrong - the wheel will WORK with all games, but most driving games are aimed at people with joypads, not steering wheels (ie. you're expected to chuck it about lock-to-lock with a quick flick of the thumb - absolute nightmare with a steering wheel).

Also, make sure you have an appropriate surface to use it on - lap mount steering wheels really don't work very well (especially when you're moving your legs to operate pedals).

 

I bought the MC2 wheel on my original X-Box. Although I have at least a dozen driving games, the only ones it was vaguely useful on were PGR and Richard Burns Rally. Everything else just felt wrong.

That said, I played a lot of Live For Speed on the PC, and the quality of the simulation and especially the force feedback had rather spoilt me, so don't necessarily take my word.

 

Really suggest you try one if you can before you lash out £90 - or at least buy it from somewhere with a no quibbles refund policy!