Fantastic racing game with an excellent blend of arcade and sim racing.

User Rating: 9.6 | Project Gotham Racing 2 XBOX
PGR 2, combines sim and arcade racing to bring a unique racing experience. Usually racing games are one or the other and the ones that try to combine end up being confused. But PGR 2 manages to overcome that. The actual driving is more sim style racing but it is not ultra realistic so you do not have to concern yourself too much with anything outside of forwards backwards, left and right. Sounds simple? It is, it is very easy to get into regardless of previous driving game experience. It does not go overboard with technical jargon either so you certainly do not need to be a mechanic to understand whats going on. The sound track adds an excellent touch by allowing you to mix your own custom sound track with the games sound track and plays it back as a radio broadcast, the dj changes depending on which country you are in, and speaking of music, listen out for Toby Lightman's Devils and Angels, its excellent. Overall PGR 2 is simply a fun game to play, very addictive and sometimes a little frustrating especially when other cars bump you off course. But even with that it still gets a big thumbs up