Project Gotham Racing series

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Project Gotham Racing (PGR) is a franchise of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and is published by Microsoft. This series is exclusive to the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles only. This series of racing games consists of Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Project Gotham Racing 4.

The PGR series have a system called Kudos points. These are given for performing stunts with the vehicle (such as power sliding, overtaking another driver, two wheels, etc). The longer you can keep it up, the more points you receive. Colliding with the guard rails and other surroundings will cause you to lose points.

PGR2, PGR3 and PGR4 support gameplay via Xbox Live. The first installment in its series does not.

Each cover of the Project Gotham Racing franchise has featured a Ferrari on it, starting from the F50 (PGR) to the Enzo (PGR2) and F430 (PGR3), along with the 599 GTB Fiorano ('PGR4).

The PGR series is the successor to Bizzare Creation's Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, as evidenced by the similarities and the recycled content between the first Project Gotham Racing and Metropolis Street Racer.

On September 2007, after being bought by Activision, Bizarre Creations announced that PGR4 will be the last game produced for Microsoft ^[1]. The future of the franchise is uncertain.

Despite the name, this series should not be confused with the Gotham City, home of the DC Superhero Batman. Although it contains the name 'Gotham' for the second installment, the series is a full-fledged racing game, not a wacky racing game with Batman theme in it.^[2]

Game Information
Metropolis Street Racer Released: March 11, 2000 Platform: Dreamcast
Project Gotham Racing Released: November 9, 2001 Platform: Xbox
Project Gotham Racing 2 Released: November 17, 2003 Platform: Xbox
Project Gotham Racing 3 Released: November 22, 2005 Platform: Xbox 360
Project Gotham Racing 4 Release: October 2, 2007 Platform: Xbox 360