2006-04-14 20:14:24 Project Gotham Racing 3 autoupdate is up

PGR3 Auto Update
Posted: April 14, 2006 @ 10:02 am (1 hour, 11 minutes ago) By: Major Nelson

PGR3

Toss in PGR3, and when you connect to Xbox Live, there is an awfully nice auto update waiting for you. This AU adds some new features, including the following:

Tournaments – Be one of 64 players to qualify with the best lap time using a car and route that’s predetermined. If successful, move on into the Elimination rounds to compete with 7 other drivers. The top 4 in each race move on until the final race where only the first place driver earns the victory.

Tournament Channel (Gotham TV)– Watch other players race in tournament Elimination rounds.

“Quit to Lobby” (Abandon option in PlayTime race) Host can now take all participants back to the lobby in a play time session, rather than booting them all back to the Play Time menu.

“Lock to Host Car” and “Lock to Host Car Class” (PlayTime | Xbox Live | Create Race | Race Mode | City | Route) are two new toggles that the lobby creator can turn on or off to limit what type of cars his/her competition can use in a play time race over Xbox Live.

Previously Played Routes List (PlayTime | Route Creator | Previous Live Routes) – Play other gamers routes that they created in the Route Creator over Xbox Live and store up to 10 in your “Previously Played Routes List”. You have the option to save or discard them and use them in your own sessions.

All Cars Position Toggle (More | Options | HUD | Position toggle) – In races modes with multiple cars where target is not displayed, this shows the current place every car in the race is in throughout the event.

Hide HUD Toggle (More | Options | HUD | HUD toggle) – This gives the player the option to turn off ALL in race HUD displays in all camera views.

Voice Communicator Identifier – In a multiplayer race the name of the gamertag will now flash in the upper left hand corner when speaking into a voice communicator, making it possible to identify the speaker.

Online Career rotating car class hoppers – All 8 hoppers in the Online Career (Breakneck Racing, Nurburgring F1 Challenge, Speedway Skirmish, Knockout World Tour, Nordschleife Drivers Club, Urban Rally, Gotham Duelling, and Dusk Til Dawn Racing) now change the required entry car class daily.

Wheel Support – Control set for steering wheels and dynamic updates have been added for the Hori, Mad Catz, and Joytech Nitro wheels (all via the More | Options | Controller | Wheel A configuration).

Online Qualifier Achievement – 50 gamerscore is now awarded for qualifying, then attempting the first elimination round of a tournament.

PLUS:
The HUD no longer remains invisible after looking back, hitting the Guide button, and then re-entering the game and it’s now possible to view if you have already purchased a car while shopping in the showroom via the “Cars Owned” tally under the Car Stats section.

Have fun!



there are also some new burnout cars up too

2006-04-14 20:15:51

The Speedpack is released too.

2006-04-14 20:21:36

the speedpack w/ the cars is also available, 32 mb.
you can download the whole pack for 400 points, the aston is free by itself, and the other cars are 60 points each.


they already started rotating car classes in the various career modes also.

2006-04-14 20:34:49

Hmm..sounds pretty cool. Haven't popped this one in in a while, I'll have to check it out.

2006-04-14 22:07:00

Yup was playing today.
There's no more screamers, wanna be rappers and singers as you can see their names as they speak.
Unfortunatly Roxwel is now banned from most games.

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2006-04-14 22:36:32

Feck! i've been 3 nours D/L the demo just to annoy you

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2006-04-14 23:02:54

Holly crap, so I guess we will never see an update to transfer photomode pics to.......SOMEWHERE, that f***** sucks.

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2006-04-15 00:19:44

Surely it would not be hard for them to allow you to send pics to your registration email??

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2006-04-15 00:23:00

It's actually quite possible to retrieve them off the HDD using any SATA adapter..it's a bit much for some people I suppose--but Datels new device should make the process more user friendly.

Official support for sharing photomode images would be nice though.