So lets talk about project gotham, or what I like to call project suck. According to Microsoft, life starts at 170 mph...so lets talk about gameplay. After manuevering through the easy to use though somewhat pixelated main menu (yes I am running it on HDTV 1080i) you get to choose from either live racing, xbox only, or career mode. Choose whatever, though career mode is how you unlock cars. The cars look nice but only on 1080i. When I ran the game on 720p the game looked like crap. It looked almost the same as the last project gotham, so microsoft sure did a lot of work prettying up the pictures they released to the public. The game does not look that good to be honest. The only time the graphics look as good as they should is when you are walking around the garage, other than that, the worlds are made up of not so polished textures, accompanied with really jagged lines on some of the cars.
The Handling of the cars sucks. In general they are not that maneuverable, and so you must be able to learn to drift. Drifting is pretty hard as opposed to NFSMW or NFSU2, and the world is not nearly as fast.
The sound sucks. The soundtracks feature some craptacular artists, though if you are a sucker for pop culture then you might feel right at home. You can choose from japanese pop all the way to industrial with bands like skinny puppy (who sucks) among others. The cars sound flat and unrealistic, the sound is just...it sounds analog. The engines sound fake with the exception of the ferrari and a few others, say like the lamborghini's.
All in all, this game is just poorly made, as it seems most microsoft games are anymore. Perhaps these guys should take a lesson or two in developing racing games from EA or someone who knows. Don't waste your money on this title.
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