Gran Turis-Who?
Well PGR4 is truely the pinnacle of how far this series can go graphically and gameplay wise. Playing it you really cannot see how a game can look more realistic or handle anymore beautifully than this. The feeling of speed, weather conditions and hard cornering has never been well recreated than this.
This game is massive with an Arcade mode that will hold you for days before you even move onto the main bulk of the game in the Gotham Career mode. But the single player game takes back seat to the online mode which is where this game will be being played for YEARS!!! Play ranked or unranked matches, play in tournaments or single races or team races it really is all here and they've even added the Cat and Mouse game which rocks. I missed out on PGR3 but PGR4 feels like a true next gen racer. The streets around you blur as you whizz through them, your car gathers damage if you rub against other vehicles, rain spalshes on your windscreen, thunder flashes in the background it's just gorgeous looking.
If I could have one gripe with it, it's the soundtrack. There is something here for everyone and the prodigy theme song is great but most of the songs on the game annoy the crap out of me while driving....that is a tiny niggle though as you can turn the music off or play your own music via the xbox dashboard.
PGR is a passionate game to play, the people that made it love racing and you can feel this. This game is a joy to play for hours or minutes at a time and is well worth your cash especially if you are on live.