Project Gotham Racing 2

"The perfect racing game"

Intro:
That's true. Not many games deserve a perfect 10 but this is an exception. For someone like me that does not like the hassles of upgrading your car to make possible to win. In P.G.R.2 you just buy and race. You don't have to go insane with useless upgrades like in most racing games and it is not overly hard either. (Unless you set the races to expert) Anyway, on to the review!

Graphics: 9.2/10
These are some outstanding graphics! The cars and cities look real. They have shiny eye candy graphics. The buildings look real from all the cities from all around the world! That's all I can say about the graphics. Move on.

Sound FX: 8.0/10
There pretty good sound. It makes good crashing noises when you damage your car like other racing games. Not much else to say.

Music: 10/10
This gets a 10 because you can copy your music from your CDs to the X-box. If you cant the radio stations and the songs are alright. Some you can't understand because they are from other parts of the world. There is a song CD that they give you has songs on it but their just "meh". Their mostly heavy metal music and talk shows.

Difficulty: Varies/10

Novice: 2/10
Easy: 4/10
Medium: 7/10
Hard: 9/10
Expert: 10/10

I gave them all different ratings because you set them at the beginning of the race. You can change the difficulty and get the steel (novice), bronze (easy), silver (medium), gold (hard) or platinum (expert) medals. What you choose depends if you just want to get through the game or get a better challenge. The difference bewthen it is depends on the game. In racing it will make the cars faster and more skilled. In timed events you will have less time and in cone events you will have to earn more kudos.

Replayability and playtime: 8/10
This game has a lot of replay because with so many tracks it never gets boring. P.G.R.2 has a lot of playtime too with so many races and things to do. It will keep you hooked for a long time!

Game play: 10/10
The game play in this game is mostly about racing with some other challenges to. Kudos is the money of the game. If you earn a set amount you will get kudos tokens. Kudos tokens are used to buy cars in the game. The more you level up the more kudos tokens you earn at once. They have all different kinds of classes of cars. There are Fords, Nissan's and many more types of cars. There are tons of game play hours and so many races.

Overall
This is a fun and addictive racing that will keep you occupied for a while and you might even play through it a second time.

Pros:
+ Addictive.
+ Custom sound tracks
+ Lots of races.
+ Great sound FX
+ Great graphics.

Cons:
- There could have been more cars.

Rent or buy?
Rent first to see if you like it or if you're a driving fan just buy it. You will like it!
Game play: 10/10
Graphics: 9.2/10
Sound FX: 8.0/10
Music: 10/10
Overall: 10/10

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 05/09/06