PGR4 sets virtual stage for electric vs. petrol showdown
by Ross Miller 
{ Sep 19th 2007 at 4:25PM }
Can full, unadulterated speed be met without exhuming fossil fuels? It should make for a fun, philosophical monologue while you maneuver around corners. We do warn you, though, that beating the Ferrari in a race may lead to an excess in smug emissions.
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required @ Sep 19th 2007 4:31PM
electric for the win
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 19th 2007 4:36PM
Hybrid cars for the win.
Bloo @ Sep 19th 2007 4:40PM
Biodiesel destroys Hybrid...
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 19th 2007 4:44PM
Aye, lass! Whale oil fer th' win! Arrrr arr ar!
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 19th 2007 4:37PM
Arrr, I'll be sailin' many a voyage on th' high seas 'fore I've plundered enough booty ta afford one o' them Tesla Roadsters!
But who be needin' them fancy things? Gives me some sails and lantern oil! That's all a real man'd be needin'!
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 19th 2007 4:41PM
Pirate ship for the win?
The True Gamer @ Sep 19th 2007 4:45PM
Avast ye scurvy dog, it's national talk like a pirate day. Shiver me timbers.
Evan @ Sep 19th 2007 4:48PM
@Joystiq
If the face-off is against a Ferrari Testarossa, why did you post a picture of a Ferrari F512M?
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 19th 2007 4:54PM
YarrRRR! It be because Ross Miller is A NANCY BOY who don't know nothin' bout sailin' and he don't know nothin' 'bout cARRRRs!
*OOOOK! OOOK EEK!*
Aye, me monkey concurs!
komamura @ Sep 19th 2007 5:14PM
unless they changed the picture in the last half hour, that looks like a testarossa to me
Evan @ Sep 19th 2007 5:36PM
@komamura
The Testarossa had pop-up headlights, a square grill, and different mirrors.
Kye (NDF - Earth Ring) @ Sep 19th 2007 6:23PM
He be a land lover that's why!
Arrr...
Methinks a 355 or an F430 would have been a better comparison as well.
Truepatriot @ Sep 19th 2007 4:57PM
@fernando
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 19th 2007 5:03PM
I knew that, thanks anyway.
Truepatriot @ Sep 19th 2007 5:05PM
ah ok ^^;
WiNG @ Sep 19th 2007 5:07PM
ahoy lads!
three pence and a piece of eight on the power of the winds! she has not failed me fine vessel yet!
IlyaG @ Sep 19th 2007 5:14PM
Personally, I'm more looking forward to taking a DeLorean out for a spin. Yes, that's right! They put a DeLoearn in this game! There's even an achievement associated with it, called "88 MPH"! How sweet is that?
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 19th 2007 5:47PM
Arr Testa in italiano means Head and yar Rossa means Red so it's called Ferrarrgrri Redhead?
GaryM @ Sep 19th 2007 5:52PM
It's an arcade racer, so both vehicles will perform identically.
"Who holds back the electric car?
Who made Steve Guttenberg...a star?!"
Spartacus @ Sep 19th 2007 6:18PM
Have you played any of the PGR series?
Granted, it's not Gran Tourismo or Forza, but each car definitely has its own characteristics and handling. PGR is a sim/arcade hybrid, so while you can run into a concrete wall at 180mph with no casualties, the brakes that you should've used to avoid that wall would've responded fairly realistically for that particular car.
Whichever car is faster/quicker in real life (Tesla or Ferrari) will probably be reflected in PGR4.
Tom @ Sep 19th 2007 5:52PM
Good for yeeeeoo! Thaaaaayynks!
Mr Khan @ Sep 19th 2007 6:31PM
"hello, i'm an electric car. I can't go very fast, or very far, and if you drive me, people will think you're gay."
"One of us, one of us"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKTGpXrXL_U
off topic, but does anyone else think that, sans the MGS4 trailer, this is a fairly slow news day?
The calm before the storm, i guess
Andrew @ Sep 19th 2007 9:42PM
The Ferrari may be faster, but that Tesla has to have amazing acceleration; electric cars almost always do.