Project Gotham Racing 2

Project Gotham Racing 2 (Usually abbreviated to PGR2) is a racing game for the Xbox. Developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft, PGR2 is the sequel to Project Gotham Racing(2001) and is the second title in the Project Gotham Racing series.

In PGR, the game requires a combination of driving fast enough to meet the challenge set, and scoring enough Kudos points to advance. Kudos points are gained through the player's driving skills, such as power sliding around a corner at speed, or overtaking other drivers in the race. Kudos points are used to unlock new cars. The Kudos system, challenges set, available cars and the tracks around which players race were expanded greatly from the original. PGR2 supports Xbox Live and allows players to race against other people all around the world. However, Xbox Live did disconnect since 2010 for the Original Xbox. Additionally, the game features an in-game garage to play the cult-classic Geometry Wars. It also features an ingame showroom where players can actually test drive vehicles or exchange Kudos Tokens for it. PGR2 as of January 11, 2013 is compatible with the Xbox 360 through a downloadable update.

Gameplay
Single Player

There are four main parts to the single player game: Kudos World Series, Arcade Racing, Quick Battles and Time Attack. In Kudos World Series the player has to complete a series of races in 14 different categories of vehicles. The player begins with just three cars in the Compact Sports Series and eventually can have access to 102 cars (118 cars after purchase of the downloadable content). Most cars can be bought in exchange for kudos tokens, although some can only be obtained by completing enough races at a high level.

In Arcade Racing there are 60 medals available, 20 each for street racing, timed runs and cone challenges. Each race is with a car and track that you must race in.

In Quick Battles to Basically a racing game's version of a sport's game 'exhibition', the players can choose from most of the game's cars, and race on any of the courses. Custom Race is a single race against a CPU or human opponent, or alternatively, they can watch a CPU race, and can choose from Street Race, One on One and CPU Race.

Below are the list of cars available in this mode:

In Time Attack does not use kudos, where the purpose is for the player to try to get round the circuits as fast as possible. The player can either choose circuit or car challenges. In circuit challenge, the player can choose from a selection of up to 92 circuits and then choose any car to race in. In car challenge the player can choose from a selection of up to 102 cars and race on a predetermined circuit. In both styles circuits and cars may only be chosen if they have previously been unlocked in Kudos World Series or Arcade Racing. If you enter the showroom, you can view and test drive all cars on a test track. You can also race against a ghost car that got the record time. If you like the car and have enough kudos, you can exchange Kudos Tokens for it.

Challenges are divided into the following difficulties:

Steel (Novice)

This is for inexperienced players to the racing genre. Although it is very easy, as many expect the reward isn't very high and encourages the player to jump up the difficulty.

Bronze (Easy)

This is also best suited for beginners that just want to hop into a vehicle. It is more challenging than Steel and has a higher reward, but players with a love for racing games want to bring up the difficulty.

Silver(Medium)

Silver(Medium) is best suited for players with moderate experience for racing games. The difficultly and reward is greater as compared to Steel and Bronze. On the other hand, if the player wants to they can bump up the difficulty.

Gold(Hard)

Gold(Hard) is for more experienced players that are looking for a challenge. Although Gold is always seen as the most challenging difficulty with the greatest reward, there still is another difficulty that even challenges the very-experienced.

Platinum(Expert)

Platinum(Expert) is for very-experienced players who apparently have the highest-attention span to actually play the game multiple times just to receive the medal. This difficulty is the most challenging but also the most rewarding. Many agree that it is better to get all Platinum for Kudos World Series than Arcade Mode because it is actually less difficult (Remember in Arcade Mode players can't choose their own vehicle) and the player will be rewarded the TVR Cerbera Speed 12.

Online

Project Gotham Racing 2 offers the ability to play online against up to seven other players. You can choose the race type (Exhibition or Kudos), turn collisions on or off (only in Exhibition), set the city, route, laps, time of day, and weather, and restrict whichever car classes you want. The game will always show you real-time leader boards for each and every race. The online has been praised for being incredibly smooth and responsive, with no noticeable lag.

Soundtrack
Much like the first game, the soundtrack in Project Gotham Racing 2 plays an important part to the game. It is comprised of 241 songs through the radio stations of the 11 in-game cities, with their own different stations and DJs to add some personality. Players can also choose to create custom playlists from the 241 in-game songs, or rip their own created soundtracks from the Xbox dashboard.

There are a total 33 radio stations within the 11 cities, with 3 in each.

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 * Cadena Ole
 * Alter Nativo FM
 * Chispa FM
 * Q101
 * Frequency FM
 * Power 92
 * Beat 106
 * Fourth One - 1
 * Fourth One - 2
 * Rock Italia Radio
 * No Work Radio
 * Radio Y
 * Infiniti Speed
 * Star Dream
 * City Beat
 * Radio Ultra
 * Radio Nashih Ulitc
 * Dinamit
 * Hit Radio PPR
 * Radio Rockland
 * Radio Sunshine
 * 106,7 Rockklassiker
 * Power Hit Radio
 * Stocktown Radio
 * Triple M
 * Nova 96.9
 * 2Day FM
 * WPGC 95.5
 * Hot 99.5
 * DC101
 * FM Yokohama - Seaside Cruising
 * FM Yokohama - Boom Street
 * FM Yokohama - Escape Zone