PGR4 gets career mode, 'dynamic' weather, and (duh) new cars

"Dynamic." The coveted buzzword adds a Hemi-like boost to Project Gotham Racing 4's newly announced gameplay element: a weather system -- a dynamic weather system. Wipe out as you power around a corner into a rare Shanghai snow storm, or get pounded by a sudden downpour on your last lap through St. Petersburg. Expect the unexpected. That's next-gen, er, dynamic.

Of course, the stakes are higher while competing in the new career mode. As you act a fool, earning Kudos and dedicated fans along the way, you'll have to balance an addiction to flair with the unsettling fear that a freak weather occurrence could cut short your days of thunder-less glory. That or the "new" AI (the "dynamic" adjective was already taken) will just own your ass -- in style. Yes folks, Bizarre has promised virtual fist-pumping.

PGR4 is tentatively scheduled for a fall 2007 release.

[Via Microsoft media blast]

PGR4 car roster will include:

• 2004 TVR Sagaris
• 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
• 2005 Vanwall GPR V12
• 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo
• 2005 Gumpert Apollo
• 1997 Panoz GTR-1 Coupe
• 2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
• 1957 Maserati 250F