Playstation lost a lot from not being out the PS3 before Microsoft brought out the XBOX 360 and to top it off the price of games on the XBOX were much more appealing to the consumer.

Will XBOX bring out something before SONY?

In my opinion XBOX has become a little stale in the ideas department and pushing the games console forward. SONY now have Home and what does XBOX have? I have posted before about questioning the new avatars that are being used but what for they don’t seem to have much of a use.

Reading tonight I cam accross this article: Rumor: Xbox 360 To Get USB Storage Support which would mean you could download your arcade games. More importantly it would mean you can backup the drive which up till now is near on impossible or such a pain to do it just doesn’t seem worth the effort.

The problem with this is that yet again Microsoft is behind what the PS3 can already do. The Playstation already ships with usb capability and a inbuilt backup so you can plugin an external hard drive and back it up with ease. Why has this not been available for the XBOX?

Yet another copy is that they may be planning to create a slim version of the 360 can they not think of their own ideas?

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I am glad i got it as well, the graphics are superb and it is just a fun classic rally game that will be fun on single player, XBOX Live or with your mates.

One question i do have though is there any difference in the different cars you can pick from?
It seems that some cars a faster than other but i am not sure. Can someone clarify that for me?

There are 4 main types of racing Championship mode which is racing different tracks against computer cars which is where you get to race fst on rally circuits and learn to master the power slide.

There is the time trial mode where you get to race times that have been set by others around the world. ( i think it is live from XBXO Live but i could be wrong as i’ve only had this game for a few hours)

Then there is quick play which lets you jump right in a test your driving skills on a few tracks.

Finally you can logon to XBOX Live and go head to head against others who are online.

For £23.00 it i great and well worth it.

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I couldn’t agree more that the achievements help to make the user want to play more but i would never buy a game purely based on the fact the game has more achiements for me to get.

I have never reviewed a game to see what achievements it has that just seems silly to me.

I do feel this is one area that the PS3 is lacking in.

The whole PS3 on line experience is in my opinion totally rubbish at the moment. that is not to say the XBOX Live is much better but out of the two i do prefer XBOX Live.

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This sounds awesome so is it time to get to the shops and buy the latest PGR4 and start building up the Kudos?

Check out the trailer here: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21477.html

Right from the starting line, Project Gotham Racing 4 creates an emotionally-charged racing experience, where you become attached to your careers, profiles, and vehicles. There are several new features that embody this emotional experience, the most significant being the new career mode.

Get ready to be rewarded with a growing fanbase that cheers you on, reacts to your every move, and supports you through victory. Just imagine hearing the roar of the crowd as you cross the finish line with your own style and flair.

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Would you buy one?

I don’t think i would, it just seems to be a gimmick. I just don’t think i would use it enough to warrant buying it. The PC is for messaging my friends and rarely use the basic message features on XBOX Live let alone signup for MSN on the XBOX i want to play games!

Here are the features listed from XBOX:

• Chat on Xbox LIVE with ease featuring dedicated keys to letters and characters.
• Don’t hamper your style—the Xbox 360 Chatpad attaches seamlessly to your Xbox 360 Controller.
• Backlit buttons allow you to accurately type words even in dimly lit environments.
• Messenger Kit includes the Xbox 360 Wired Headset for the ultimate communication bundle.

It just doesn’t make me want to buy it.

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What do you think?

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I am very undecided on if i like or not. Back in the day i was always a FIFA player but more recently ive been crossing over and playing PES. One of the reasons i decided to switch was more and more of my friends were playing PES so i went for it and switched.

The latest demo of PES08 ha been released and i have downloaded it from XBOX Live and eagerly been playing but im not sure if it is good or not. Yes the gameplay has improved but there are some annoying things in there like the passing and it has become very hard to get past your opponents. In the last version if you were on the wing you could slow up wait for the player to come near then power past them if the player you had the pace. In the PES 08 i can’t seem to be able to do that and it is frustrating.

Another thing which might just be me but if the ball floats out of the box to your player i want to be able to give it some and volley it back in the goal but you can’t, more often than not it keeps wanting to chest the ball down but i just want to hit it!

 The graphic have most definetly improved whih is good and the speed of the game is far better. PES has alwys been kno to be slower in the gameplaay but i am very glad it has speeded it up a little.

 I have decided to give it a rating of 3.5 out of 5 what do you think?

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Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU 

    * Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
    * Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
    * VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
    * 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
    * 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance 

    * 9.6 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor 

    * 10 MB of embedded DRAM
    * 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
    * Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance 

    * 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate 

    * 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance 

    * 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory 

    * 512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM – funny i thought it would have had more as teh average pc now runs with 1gb of RAM
    * Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth 

    * 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
    * 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
    * 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance 

    * 1 teraflop

Storage 

    * Detachable and upgradeable 20-GB hard drive – or if you a e lucky enough to buy an Elite package you get a 120gb hard drive!
    * 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
    * Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O 

    * Support for up to four wireless game controllers
    * Three USB 2.0 ports
    * Two memory unit slots

Optimized for Online 

    * Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
    * Built-in Ethernet port and in the Premium package i know you get the enthernet cable to help get you online if you have an Internet connection at home.
    * Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
    * Video camera–ready

Digital Media Support 

    * Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
    * Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, and Windows XP-based PCs
    * Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 Hard Drive
    * Custom playlists in every game
    * Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
    * Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support 

    * All games supported at 16:9, 720p, 1080i and 1080p, with anti-aliasing
    * Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Audio 

    * Multi-channel surround sound output
    * Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
    * 320 independent decompression channels
    * 32-bit audio processing
    * Over 256 audio channels

Physical Specs 

    * Height: 83 mm
    * Width: 309 mm
    * Depth: 258 mm
    * Weight: 7.7 lbs.

System Orientation 

    * Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Faceplates 

    * Interchangeable to personalize the console

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