Project Gotham Racing is a racing developed by Bizarre Creations, released 15 November 2001 on Xbox.
What Project Gotham Racing is
Project Gotham Racing is a racing game developed by Bizarre Creations and released in 2001. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Project Gotham Racing is a 2001 arcade-style racing video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Game Studios, released exclusively for the Xbox console as a launch title. It serves as the spiritual successor to Bizarre's Metropolis Street Racer and retains the Kudos system, which awards points for driving skills and style, necessary for progression rather than solely finishing races in first place. Races occur across four real-world cities, featuring a total of 204 unique circuits. The game achieved both critical and commercial success, launching the exclusive Project Gotham Racing series that continued with Project Gotham Racing 2 in 2003.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Project Gotham Racing holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Project Gotham Racing launched on 15 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Project Gotham Racing yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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