Project Gotham Racing series
Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) & Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a series of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft (Xbox & Xbox 360), Sega (Dreamcast). This franchise is exclusive to the Dreamcast, Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles, and basically consists of Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast), Project Gotham Racing (Xbox), Project Gotham Racing 2 (Xbox), Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360), and Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360).
The PGR series have a system called Kudos points. These are given for performing stunts with the vehicle (such as power sliding, overtaking another driver, two wheels, etc.). The longer the stunt is maintained, the more points the player receives. Colliding with the guard rails and other surroundings will cause the Kudos points from that stunt to be lost.
PGR2, PGR3 and PGR4 support gameplay via Xbox Live, while the first installment in the series does not.
The cover of each game in the Project Gotham Racing franchise has featured a Ferrari car on it, going from the F50 (PGR) to the Enzo (PGR2), the F430 (PGR3), and the 599 GTB Fiorano (PGR4).
The PGR series is the successor to Bizarre Creation's Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, as evidenced by the similarities and the recycled content between the first Project Gotham Racing and Metropolis Street Racer.
In September 2007, after being bought by Activision, Bizarre Creations announced that PGR4 will be the last game produced for Microsoft. Bizarre developed PGR4's spiritual successor, Blur, which was released not only on Xbox 360 but also on PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows[1]. The future of the PGR franchise is uncertain.
Despite the name, this series has absolutely no relation with the fictional cities of Gotham and Metropolis, homes of DC Comics superheroes Batman and Superman respectively.[2] It was rumoured on November 1, 2010 that Microsoft was in secret talks with third party developers in an effort to reboot the franchise.
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Metropolis Street Racer
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Project Gotham Racing
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Project Gotham Racing 2
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Project Gotham Racing 3
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Project Gotham Racing 4
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Project Gotham Racing Mobile
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| Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition |
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- Official Project Gotham Racing site
- Official Project Gotham Racing 2 site
- Official Project Gotham Racing 3 site
- Official Project Gotham Racing 4 site
- Official Project Gotham Racing Mobile site
- Project Gotham Racing series at MobyGames
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