Project Gotham Racing 4 review - ColourShed
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Project Gotham Racing 4 review
Platform: Xbox 360
Release Year: 2007
Developer: Bizarre Creations
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Genre: Driving, Arcade Racing
► Music (in order):
"Shadow (Project Gotham Racing 4 Theme)" by The Prodigy
"Project Gotham Racing 3 Menu Music 2"
"Project Gotham Racing 2 Arcade Mode"
"Asterism" by Underbelly
► Gameplay, audio and images from:
Activision
Bizarre Creations
Electronic Arts
Electronic Entertainment Expo
Gamasutra
Playground Games
Polyphony Digital
Slightly Mad Studios
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Turn 10 Studios
Xbox Game Studios
► RUclips video used:
"GTA IV Announcement at E3 2006" by gtavideos
• GTA IV Announcement at... 
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This was the one I played the hell out of. Was such an enjoyable game
I played so much this game that my xbox 360 cannot read the disc no more 😂😂. This game was future back in the days, for kudos, maps and SOUNDS. Now I’m a pc player and the only way to get prg games is to install an emulator, but the game is sketchy and bugged.
@@jacopodebiasi1231 i must said i lucky to have moded my xbox360 and playing all from hard disc, this game is the best racing game i ever play (since screamer in 1995 on pc) , still gorgeous
My game copy outlived all my Xboxes, I want to play pgr3 and 4 which I do have, but no 360 lol, so been grinding throught pgr2.
@@RAA12586grinding is best on PGR2 to PGR4 actually.
Even in 2020 the graphics are still gorgeous... One of my favourite racing games.
Even also in March 2024.
I'll never forgive you, Activision.
they killed the most respected sim-cade racing series
we cant kill there cod series but in a few years they will be dorry for shitting on bizzare creations
r.i.p bizzare creations
1990-2011/12
I thought they went out of business after Blur?
@@robbiemcneish4459 Blur was a part of it because it didn’t sell well, but their final game 007 Bloodstone was the last nail in the coffin because that game sold abysmally bad
Oh well at least they still make Call of Duty
American don’t know how to keep game Franchise alive. Someday Call of Duty Franchise may be discontinue too
good news, activision got clapped and bought by MICROSOFT, justice for bizarre creations :)
Wish they'd make this backwards compat
Me too.
PGR4 luckily is backwards compatible on Xbox Series X console.
@@purwantiallan5089 Are you sure? I've not seen it listed
@@purwantiallan5089no is not Backward Compatible.
I play this game even today. I got ranked number 1 today which is the objective today and im so happy. I have been waiting for this review for over a year now.
Never gets old so good
today today, yesterday, today
There is a PGR4 Cat and Mouse lobby pretty much ever night (after 5pm Eastern)
I'm from Germany and I still play it.
For me it's still the best racing game besides Horizon 2
What do you play on?
'Shadow' by the Prodigy. One of the best theme tunes of a racing game ever.
Finally, I've been waiting for this review since the PGR1 review.
Same
Same here.
Same.
PGR 1 to 4 are still the GOAT even in March 21st 2024.
I rate PGR4 over any of the Forza Motorsports titles.
They added something new every time they made a game.
The bikes and the snow/ice was excellent
Same. PGR4 > GT7 and All Forza games since MOTORSPORT 5 to 8 and Horizon 3 to 5.
Project Gotham racing has a special place in my childhood, i love that series so much. The graphics were so great and it was great fun!
The graphics easily passed for a PlayStation 5 game in PGR4.
This was one on the first games I got when I had the 360. I loved every second of it.
This is my favorite game of all time, there's litterally nothing with this game that I have a problem with, it's just so good. The only thing I would do to make it even greater than it already is, is to add every city that was in PGR1 & 2, that would be just amazing. And the fact that it still looks so good even after nearly 13 years of it being launched really says something.
Still dont know why Blur failed... i had so mutch fun with it
My guess is it was too far a different direction than what people wanted or the marketing. To me its a real cars kart racer (at least that's how I see it and play it) and to me when I found out what it was about 1 year or a few months ago I thought it was brilliant. I've never been big on kart racers myself, going for more racing sims and arcade racers of different types to branch out, but with PGR's aspects with weapons and interesting track design/modes and challenges I think it was a fairly unique direction/different enough direction to felt interesting and wouldn't ever have been done before. I think just like PGR it carves it's own way/has it's own charm but isn't what a mainstream audience would care for or Activision's audience either.
It wasnt well marketed, also in that time the idea of "mario kart with real cars" was taken by most "gamers" like a joke. Even some reviewer was moking about the name "blur" if I can recall well.
Some of my fondest gaming memories are with Blur. 4 players on the same console, people willing to learn the game and some of the hardest fought races with alliances being made and broken in seconds. Some of the concepts are great and we haven't really saw them in other titles. The fact that you pick what power up you want and you can use all of them offensively or defensively was great and made for some great races. If the first player was too far ahead all the rest could just gang up on him but at the same time if he was good enough he could avoid everything they threw at him. Which is what I liked the most with it, instead of Mario Kart where if you win or lose is in most cases from pure luck.
Everything about Blur was original. The gameplay, the visual style and of the car list too. I wish they made a second one.
I'll need to rebuy it when I get a ps3 this September
one of my favorite racing games ever. I still have my black Xbox 360 and I still have this game project Gotham 4. Also the game intro is one of the best of all time.
I want to play this so badly, this and the Tokyo Xtreme Racer? series
This was the game I got with my XBOX 360 and it looked great even on a CRT (which was what I had at the time).
Same goes here too. Big Sony CRT TV.
Believe it or not, CRTs actually have better colour production and contrast ratios than the vast majority of LCD screens. The main reason they were phased out was because they were expensive to manufacture, hot and bulky. Some aspects of CRTs are STILL unrivaled even today in aspects such as ghosting, etc.
Ali Shaikh true even digital foundry made a video about it. That’s why some PS1 games looked on CRT.
I also only had a Standard def CRT TV when I got my PS3
@@AliShaikh_744 I remember getting a hd crt monitor with my 360 and it looked amazing
Love you review's man.
You deserve more subscribers and views)
Because your channel is sooo underrated.
PGR2 was so good. Still, to this day, I have 2 events I haven't beaten on platinum. I've never come across another game with so much replayability. What a classic and underrated game imo. Pgr4 was a lot of fun too
S2kTi PGR 2’s Platinum Difficulty is insanely difficult. Great game for sure!
@@Wally17. those damn cone challenges ! Haha I still haven't beaten the tokyo one with the grand touring cars on platinum and the last race at the Ring with the exotics.
The best PGR by far, and it has a special place in my heart, because it had Quebec City.
Just bought an Xbox 360, to play this mainly. A truly classic series that still shines brighter than most racing games, over a decade later!
So good playing this again after so long...
This game still has one of the best cockpit views in any racing game. Not only are they detailed, but the sound is actually muffled to make it feel as if you're in the inside of the car. Plus, seeing the rain effects makes it even better.
I’ll never forget hearing “Stricken” for the first time and loving it.
colourshedproductions deserves more subscribers then 77k
14 years later this game still looks stunning
true
I think that Microsoft should release another game with the Forza Horizon 5 graphics. I think it was a boom in sales.
It's not often you see a RUclips'r covering racing games. That is why I enjoy your channel. It's glad to see someone reviewing racing games and even some old classic games as well.
I adore this game and Series this was one of my first 360 games i played it 3 months back and it looks so amazing still! This Channel is nastolgic😭
Thought you had a lot more subscribers, wow. Have been going back through your videos and they’re all excellent and well made. Good work!
My mate used to come over after school and play PGR back in the day. We'd go to the oval track in class A cars, set all the opposition as superbikes and drive the opposite way smashing them all off. Good times lol
Man and old buddy and I used to hop on this game back in the day, go online and play bulldog! What a classic mode! We'd customize our rides to look like police interceptors and chase people around for days. Such good memories! Still holding to a little bit of hope that the PGR series gets resurrected some day!
Finally! The one I’ve been waiting for. Proper job once again mate!
i’ve been waiting for a video like this , let’s gooooo
Rest In Peace, Project Gotham Racing series, you shall be sorely missed, I still wished that the Batmobile would be in the games
Man, that intro mucic hits me HARD.
LOVED blur!!!! can't wait!!
PGR4 was the best racer last generation, like Forza Horizon 4 is this generation. PGR4 still looks superb. It's a ten year old game that holds up extremely well and if there was ever an emulator or way to run the game at high resolutions and high frame rates I am convinced it would still hold up and look great against much more modern racing games.
Another amazing video ColourShed! PGR4 was my favorite racing title until Forza Horizon came around, I still play it on my 360 to this day and I love it a lot.
First game I got for my 360... and that theme music (I'm pretty sure the prodigy made it) is brilliant
I really look forward to your review of Blur. Such an underrated game that I had so much fun playing.
I really hope Playground games looks at this gem. Having Motorbikes and Cars racing is the best. Some of the bikes in this game felt so fun to drive, hope they make a return
I doubt it most IP's that been on the shelf for so long and ignore by publisher by not being a high seller like their bigger ones. The closest you get to a new one is a small mission or mode of them saying "Hey remember that one game you like yeah here's a nostalgia trip"
Is PGR the only series to have car and bike race together in a legal, sport track?
This was one of the first games I played on the 360, love it
Been waiting for this, really enjoyed the video and the game.
This game was way ahead of its time. I loved how they used the tach from the actual car on the HUD.
PGR, now those were the days..... Played them all and have fond memories of me and my dad battling it out against each other :)
I was surprised to see the Tesla at 8:36. Didn't expect game devs would care about this car brand back then.
I live in Saint-Petersburg and in this game i can see my home ^_^
yeah its on 11.14 in this video ))
It's my favourite racing game of all times. Played the crap out of it, especially in split screen 2 player mode. I think it had some mystical fun factor in it and something that made it so satisfying to drive and getting better and better over time. The graphics, sounds, handling, simplicity without being simple - all fit so well together.
Loved the Forza Horizon 1 tease in this video, can’t wait for the next one
The online was truely something else, so much fun to have on so many different game modes
This, this is the game of my childhood. I got it when it came out in 2007, and it still play it today on exactly the same 360. It makes me really sad to think that the IP is lost in legal limbo, or in the hands of someone who doesnt want to make another game. And honestly maybe thats for the better. 2007 was a different time, a different era.
Yeah, today you can't even think about doing an arcade racer that isn't open world because people will immediatly moan because it doesn't have one.
Great review my dude u should review enthusia professional racing on the ps2 don't know if it's easy to get in Australia tho.
Amazing review. I literally bought this 2 weeks ago and i love it.
not surprised :) best arcade racer of an era (non openworld nonsense)
Német Attila i think that the previous generation of games and consoles had better games overall
@@pianta4403 Hard to decide... I dont like openworld games so I am with you I guess.
PGR was the reason I bought an Xbox. This needs to make a comeback!!
Man I Thouraya I was gonna wait months for this thank u colourshed
Used to love playing this game online on bulldog mode, spent many hours on that game back in the day. Wish they never went bankrupt and made pgr5
Hell yeah ColourShed is back
As a kid I hated the snow Nurburgring in the classic car race , time trial wasn’t it , completed 3 and 4 , both great games
Same dude. Fucking hated it
As a teenager that race was horrible, now though, it's some of the most fun you can have in the game, take a bad handling car and take it to snowy Nurburgring, way too much fun.
Snow hit the actual Nurburgring 24H race in 2016 and it was complete chaos, GT3 cars strewn about like Hot Wheels dumped out of a bucket.
I'm still waiting for the r:racing evolution review
good video, maybe review driveclub next its a gem
Game I spent the most time on back then, I loved Bulldog mode. The DLC was amazing too.
PGR4 was arguably my favorite game on the 360 at the time and I miss it so much.
I had so much fun with PGR 3 when I first got my 360 then when this came out, almost blew 3 out of the water. Both classic simcade racers that I am proud to still have in my collection!
I remember the invitational event, where you drive a 250f around a snowy Nordschleife, with House of Wolves blasting in the background. That was sick af!
Excellent Review! I been waiting for this one. This is my favorite arcade racing game of all time! It has the best online multiplayer setup to this day, hosting your lobbies was great. The variety of cars/bikes/tracks/weather is real nice. I poured hours into this game. Thanks for reviewing this one for the memories! This game is a gem! If I got an Xbox 360 again, this would be my first game I'd get to my collection.
"If I had a Xbox 360 again, these are the titles I must have!"
-PGR4
-Forza 4
-Test Drive: Unlimited
-Test Drive: Unlimited 2
-Grand Theft Auto IV
-Fallout 3
-Fallout: New Vegas
-Ninja Gaiden
-Ninja Gaiden 2
-Call of Duty: MW2
-Call of Duty: MW3
-Call of Duty: Black Ops
-Call of Duty: Black Ops II
you must not own tdu2 (terrible handling)
I grew up on PGR4 and the bike mechanics get natural eventually
I used to slay all my mates on every track with the aston not the fastest but i masterd it
On my original Xbox save I had at least 20+ days played on it with a total of 70 million kudos, I’m pretty sure it was the only game I played for a year.
PGR 4, Race Driver Grid & Dirt 2. Three arcade racers that still haven't been surpassed, great times. Watching the review makes me feel like deleting my save go for the second time.
Hands down, my favourite racing game of the Xbox 360 era. Bountiful track list, beautiful car sounds, dynamic weather, dedicated single player with genuinely competitive AI. So many features like Gotham TV, wheel cam, ranked multiplayer all ahead of their time. Handling was great, remember getting some #1 times using D-Pad.
I was still playing this in 2017, tiny but fun loving player base at that point. Michelin Test Track remains a fav track, wish Forza had it. PGR4 had a brilliant bug whereby Platinum AI on Michelin Test Track were legit world class pace, very hard to beat. Most top PGR players are still live and kicking on Forza Motorsport, we all miss this beautiful game.
Edit: my gamertag back then was Jon1289. I also made the now dead pgr4ever.com site. I hosted forums and weekly hotlap challenges. It was more active than I expected, but alas the forums were wiped forever (thanks Wix ;-(
Hey boss I love your videos, have you played the test drive series? I would love to see your reviews on those!
Would love to see you do some Motorstorm games
Great review as always
If theres a guy i watch to know if a game is good or not you’re the guy to come too I’m also Aussie so that helps.
Oh and if you’re ever wanting some good story games to review… The Walking Dead games by Telltale are probably some of the best storytelling games ever
Still being played on my modded 360...awesome. Still my go to racing game of any description.
This is one of my absolute favourite racing games of all time alongside Forza Motorsport 4 from it's great graphics and awesome car list which includes favourites such as Ferrari Enzo Ferrari and Maserati MC12 the dlc was good as well and I still play it to this day and online also works great and I currently just completed the career mode once again with all dlc and vehicles unlocked it's sad to see what happened with Bizarre Creations later on
Oh, the warmth in my heart.
I’m sad you didn’t mention the pop culture easter egg achievements such as driving 88mph in a DeLorean in a thunderstorm, stopping outside a Casino in an Aston Martin, jumping a certain distance on a motorcycle
i still have and play this till this day
i bought this the other day when you reviewed pgr3
im a big pgr2 fanboi and it was time to extend my nostalgia to the followups, so i dedusted my xbox 360 and bought pgr4 off ebay for 4 euros
Aah the memories
You should do a review of Metropolis Street Racer!
My favourite of the series is still the original on the Dreamcast, Metropolis Street Racing. MSR.
12:40 hay you did mention it.
Why?
@@benvids Not that guy but the way the timing worked out MSR on Dreamcast was the best looking racing game with the most sophisticated handling model on a console at the time as it would take a couple more years for Gran Turismo to make the leap to PS2.
id love you to look back at the test drive unlimiteds
Easily the best and most realistic sound design in any game to this day.
PGR4 is still one of the best arcade racing games on the 360...maybe even this generation included.
I miss that franchise.
Pgr4 is great to I like that you can drive in the snow on the Nurburgring and the game still looks good today and the smoke and weather effects are good in this game
Could you please review "Blur" some day? One hell of a game. EDIT: Spoke too soon, you did mention this.. Good.
Do you have any plans to review the ridge racer series?
would love to try this game one day :)
Quebec City was amazing Canadian Content for a racing game. I grew up in the Montreal area and was holding out hope that they'd get to Montreal in Project Gotham Racing 5 (since it's a city with a lot of elevation changes and a large "mountain" park in the middle, plus bridges and the Formula 1 circuit on Ile Notre Dame), but, alas, they stopped at PGR 4.
Aw yesss here it is. I think being a teen and having like, a rivalry against a named opponent in the career mode really was something else when it came down to the final race being a 1v1. You could also cheat the Kudo rewards system by buying certain things as you turn the console off to get some achievements for free.
And then there was the jet powered bike. That one was scary because it doesn't stop accelerating at all and with the poor bike handling, it was probably the most frustrating to complete.
Yeah i loved this game back in the day . graphics were just wow and the control of the car . great game
I remember comming home from school everyday and throwing this on and playing bulldog mode online with people. I must have done that everydau for about 2-3 years. I played this game through the entire time owning a 360. I wish he showed off the online in this review as the bulldog mode is fantastic, it's am open world hide and seek / infected mode all barrier removed from the maps, except for the borders of the boindrys of the maps. What a fun game. Love PGR4 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Multiplayer Bulldog mode was a lot of fun.
Am I crazy in thinking this graphically rivals even current gen games? Easily some of the best weather and lighting effects of any racing game ever. Blows me away now as much as it did in 2007.
And to think that rain wasn't added into Forza until FH2 in 2014 and snow until 2016 in FH3 with Blizzard Mountain, and that PGR4 had all of them is amazing.
Starfire Storm Wow, I never realized that. I will say I booted FM4 back up recently for the first time in a while and was disappointed in how poorly its graphics have aged... especially compared to this game.
@@HS-mm2yz PGR 4 is definitely one of the best looking games in the X360, despite being launched in the early years of the console
@ColourShedProductions Have you tried or reviewed any of the Juiced games? I remember them from when I was much younger!
I played all the PGR Series of games and I enjoyed each and every one of them.
One of the best racing games of all time! No doubt.
The UI is sick
i had a great set of aussie online friends on pgr 2, on xbox1 , never had that since
One of the best racing games of all time in my opinion! The online modes were just brilliant fun! My favourite being the Team cat and mouse or car tag! It didn’t have to be a serious racing game because you had fun either way
I remember playing this game many moons ago, I fucking loved it
Just finishing playing through it all for the first time haha!