$20 Game of the Week: Project Gotham Racing 3

I’ve never really been into racing games. The only reason I have this game is becuase my brother bought it for me as a christmas present. Once in a blue moon however, I have the itch for some racing action. For the most part Ridge Racer’s acrade-style action did it for me, but during the Playstation 1 era, there was one game that caught my attention becuase of it’s heavy handed approach to racing: Gran Turismo 2. I would spend hours trying to attempt the challenges and unlock all the cars. Now 7 years later, I got a racing simulation that was just as fun, and it took full advantage of Xbox Live.

Project Gotham Racing is to Racing what Halo is to FPS, which is Microsoft’s� breakthrough entry into the genre.� Take any one of several real cars from dozens of manufacturers and take it on one of five cities.� It isn’t just about going fast, but also about pulling off the coolest moves, such as drifting and 360 turns.� Completing challenges and winning races will earn you more money to buy better cars.� As one would suspect, this takes full advantages of Xbox Live.� In addition to racing against other players online, you can watch other players on Gotham TV as a spectator, and you can even buy new downloadable cars on the Xbox Live Market place.� It’s not perfect, and I know there are games that offer more and better, but comming from one who dosen’t normally play racing games, you could do worse than this solid Xbox 360 launch title.