PGR4 Challenge Pack DLC Announced! Will be available on Feb 14th.
You know what they say about buses? Well, as if it wasn't enough that The Club launched in Europe today (and we're running a dirty great competition too), we're also finally allowed to tell you guys and gals about what we've been working on for Project Gotham Racing 4! Yay!
First things first - two brand new DLC packs will launch on Thursday February 14th. The first is a freebie, and includes the Peugeot Flux as well as two new game modes. Here are the full details:
Free Challenge Pack (Free)
"Download the new Free PGR 4 Challenge Pack from Bizarre, and you'll drive the hydrogen-powered 2007 Peugeot Flux, winner of the 2007 Peugeot International Design Competition. Plus, you'll get two new game modes-one of them the player-requested Tourist Mode, which lets you tool around any city in the game checking out sights with your friends. Or play Free Roam Cat and Mouse, where a slow mouse vehicle must avoid enemy cats. And you add another 10 achievements. Get more racing fun for the best price-free!"
The second variant is the Premium Challenge Pack. This one includes everything that's in the free pack, plus a bunch of new vehicles (cars and bikes), and a new World Challenge Arcade Mode. It'll set you back 400 MS Points, and includes all of this cool stuff:
Premium Challenge Pack (400 points)
"The Premium PGR 4 Challenge Pack from Bizarre, available for 400 Microsoft(r) Points, gives you seven new cars-the 2008 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept, 2007 Volkswagen Golf GTI W12-650, 2007 Peugeot Flux, 1987 BMW M3 E30 DTM, 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia, 2008 Honda S2000 CR, and 2008 Callaway C16 Speedster. You get three new bikes-the 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1, 1995 Aprilia RS 250, and 1998 Aprilia RSV 1000 Tuono R."
"Plus, new World Challenge Arcade Mode gives you 20 arcade events in 3 themed chapters, including 5 events that can only be done on platinum. In Tourist Mode, get a free ride with friends around any game city. In Free Roam Cat and Mouse, a slow mouse vehicle runs from enemy cats. Ten new achievements fill out the pack."
Both packs include brand new achievements (10 in total, although 3 are only available to owners of the premium pack). Here's the list:
1. Tourist Kudos King - Earn more kudos than anyone else in a Tourist event - 15 points
2. Open Cat Champion - Be a cat on the winning team in a Cat and Mouse Open Event - 15 points
3. Open Mouse Master - Be a mouse on the winning team in a Cat and Mouse Open Event - 15 points
4. Platinum Plus - Get all the platinum medals in the Platinum Plus Challenge - 60 points (earnable with Premium Challenge Pack)
5. Download King - Complete the DLC Challenge chapter - 60 points (earnable with Premium Challenge Pack)
6. Arcade Challenge- Complete Arcade Challenge chapter - 50 points (earnable with Premium Challenge Pack)
7. Cheater- Activate one of the cheats in the cheat menu - 5 points
8. Make the Grade - Attempt to qualify for a Tournament -10 points
9. 01 Yee Haw: Puzzle 4 -10 Points
10. Are You the One? Puzzle 5 -10 Points
So, about those game modes. Here's the breakdown:
World Challenge Mode
World Challenge Mode is a new option that appears in the single player menu. It contains 20 arcade events split into 3 themed chapters:
1. Platinum Plus - Arcade chapter that is harder than Platinum difficulty
2. DLC Challenge - Arcade chapter that limits vehicles to the Premium Challenge Pack cars
3. Arcade Challenge - Similar to the shipped Arcade mode
Online Race Modes
Free Roam Cat & Mouse Mode
Played in an open city, Free Roam Cat & Mouse is a team based game where each team has a slow 'mouse' vehicle, with the rest of the players in high powered 'cat' vehicles. The mouse earns kudos for every 2 seconds it avoids being hit by enemy cats. On being hit by a cat the mouse is 'wasted' and can't earn kudos for set period of time. Cat players get a kudos reward for hitting an enemy mouse and also for defending their own mouse. The team with the most kudos after a time period set by the host wins the event.
Tourist Mode
This is a simple mode our forum users have requested. Players drive round an open city for a period of time determined by the host. The player with the most kudos is determined the 'winner', but this is really a sandbox mode where players can drive around looking at the environment and making their own games up.
We've also added a new cheat to the game: TV Cameras. This can be accessed from the options menu, and allows you to drive around whilst viewing the action from the trackside cameras. This was an option in older Bizarre racers, and is now back by popular demand. Thanks for suggesting it folks!
So there you have it. Please feel free to leave feedback in the Comments section below.