Project Gotham Racing 2
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GAME CONTROLS ONLINE ENABLED Brake/AutoReverse Accelerate (if stopped) Look back Shift up Steer Horn Use handbrake Pause Change camera Steer Shift down/ AutoReverse Look around/ (if stopped) Car stereo controls (click) Change camera RACE Race with style, speed, and daring to earn Kudos KUDOS Earn enough Kudos to increase your Kudos Rank KUDOS RANK Increase your Kudos Rank to receive Kudos Tokens KUDOS TOKENS Use Kudos Tokens to unlock new cars CARS Use your newly acquired cars to beat higher diffi culty levels Get the strategy guide 0903 Part No. X09-92153 primagames.com® TTABLEABLE OF OF CONTENTS CONTENTS SAFETY INFORMATION Introduction 2 About Photosensitive Seizures Your Goal 2 A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain Ranking Up 3 visual images, including fl ashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even What are Kudos? 4 people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games. Ghosts 7 These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered Scoreboards 7 vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, Game Controls 8 or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or Game Screen 10 convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Kudos World Series 12 Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—children and Arcade Racing 14 teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. Time Attack 15 The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by sitting farther from the Instant Action 15 television screen, using a smaller television screen, playing in a well-lit room, and not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued. Xbox Live 16 If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor Xbox Live Racing 20 before playing. Ghost Challenge 21 Other Important Health and Safety Information The Xbox Instruction Manual The Machines 22 contains important health and safety information that you should read and understand before using this software. The Venues 25 Avoid Damage to Your Television The Car Stereo 26 Do not use with certain televisions. Some televisions, especially front- or rear- Credits 29 projection types, can be damaged if any video games, including Xbox games, are Car Credits 30 played on them. Static images presented during the normal course of gameplay may Warranty 32 “burn in” to the screen, causing a permanent shadow of the static image to appear at all times, even when video games are not being played. Similar damage may occur Customer Support 33 from static images created when placing a video game on hold or pause. Consult your television owner’s manual to determine if video games can be played safely on your set. If you are unable to fi nd this information in the owner’s manual, contact your television dealer or the manufacturer to determine if video games can be played safely on your set. VX220™ 1 INTRODUCTION RANKING UP UP Finishing fi rst isn’t hard. Anyone can fl oor it and cross the fi nish line. What Project Gotham Racing® 2 is all about is fi nishing fi rst—with fearless style. Work RACE the handbrake to pull off a 360˚, slide through the curves, take the perfect Race with style, speed, and line...and still come in ahead of the pack. The braver you are, the greater your daring to earn Kudos reward. That’s what earns you glory in PGR™ 2. YOUR GOAL GOAL KUDOS The goal of PGR 2 is to be the best driver in the world. And to prove you’re the best, you need the highest Kudos Rank—the ultimate measure of your driving Earn enough Kudos to increase ability. You increase your Kudos Rank by earning Kudos (see pg. 4). your Kudos Rank You have two separate ranks: Single Player Kudos Rank and Xbox Live Kudos Rank. In Single Player mode, race in either Kudos World Series or Arcade Racing to increase your Kudos Rank. To increase your Xbox Live Kudos Rank, race against others on the Xbox Live™ service. Play… which is… to increase… KUDOS RANK Increase your Kudos Rank to Kudos World Series single-player Kudos Rank receive Kudos Tokens Arcade Mode single-player Kudos Rank Xbox Live Races multiplayer Xbox Live Kudos Rank There are also modes in which your Kudos Rank isn’t increased. Race an Xbox Live Ghost Challenge to improve your Xbox Live Scoreboard position (but not your Xbox Live Kudos Rank). In Time Attack and Instant Action, your goal is KUDOS TOKENS simply speed (there are no Ks for style, and thus you won’t increase your Rank). Use Kudos Tokens to unlock Play… which is… to increase… new cars Xbox Live Ghost Challenge single-player no Rank increase Time Attack single-player no Rank increase Instant Action single-player no Rank increase CARS Kudos Tokens and Locked Cars Use your newly acquired cars to Increasing either Kudos Rank also earns you Kudos Tokens. You can use those beat higher diffi culty levels Tokens to unlock new cars, no matter where you earned them. 2 3 WHATWHAT ARE ARE KUDOS? KUDOS? Kudos measure the style, speed, and daring you use when racing. Sure, you What do you do with Kudos? want to beat your friend around the track. But if you really want to get under his When you earn a certain number of Kudos, your Kudos Rank increases. Your skin—and earn plenty of Kudos in the process—you’ll pass him, get two wheels Kudos Rank is your badge of honor—it’s how you prove your worth to all the off the ground, slide around a corner, and then finish with no damage. other racers out there. Earn Kudos to increase your Kudos Rank. Increase your Kudos Rank to earn Each time your Rank increases, you earn Kudos Tokens. You can exchange your Kudos Tokens. Exchange Kudos tokens to unlock new cars. Simple, right? Tokens to unlock new cars (or save the Tokens for later). You receive Tokens for increasing both types of Kudos Ranks, and you can use those Tokens to unlock How do you earn Kudos? cars no matter where you earned them. When you perform a stylish maneuver during a race, a certain number of Kudos is added to your Kudos Stash. After about two seconds, the Stash moves into your Single-Player Kudos Kudos Bank. However, if you can do another maneuver before your Stash moves The Kudos you earn when racing in Kudos World Series or Arcade Racing are to your Bank, you earn a Combo Bonus. The more moves you can string together divided into two categories: Style Kudos and Completion Bonus Kudos. As the before your Stash moves to your Bank, the more Kudos you earn for your name suggests, you earn Completion Bonus Kudos when you finish a race (the Combo Bonus. higher the difficulty, the bigger the bonus). Style Kudos are earned during an Note that if you collide with an object before your Stash moves to your Bank, event and are not based on how fast you drive, but on how you drive fast. (See you will lose any Combo Bonus you may have. If you don’t have a Combo pg. 6 for details on earning Style Kudos.) Bonus, you’ll lose your Stash. Remember, the more you gamble with linking moves, the more reward you could reap...but just one mistake will cost you. Xbox Live Kudos How brave are you? As in single-player racing, you earn both Style Kudos and Completion Bonus Kudos when racing via Xbox Live. You earn Style Kudos in exactly the same way as in single-player racing (see pg. 6). However, Completion Bonus Kudos work a little differently in Xbox Live racing—they depend on where you place, which car you drive, and whether the other players have higher Xbox Live Kudos Ranks. How do you maximize your Xbox Live Kudos? Obviously, racing with style and coming in first are going to earn you Kudos. But if you really want to rack up Ks, you should race against more opponents, race against cars that are better than yours, race against players with higher Xbox Live Kudos Ranks, and finish with a faster time than your opponents. 4 KUDOS 5 GHOSTSGHOSTS Earning Style Kudos A Ghost, which is a replay of a previous race or Kudos Event, appears as a semi- transparent image of a car that races at the same time you do. Your car can pass 360˚ Quickly spin around in a complete circle through the Ghost image without crashing. Air Get all four wheels off the ground Why would you use a Ghost? Race an Xbox Live Ghost Challenge to improve Clean Section Drive cleanly through a designated section your Xbox Live Scoreboard position. Or race against your friends’ Ghosts to Cone Gate Drive cleanly between two orange cones learn how they drove and which car they used to set a fast lap and get the most Draft Get extra speed by tailing another driver as Kudos. Then upload a better Ghost to show them who’s the better driver. closely as possible You can download a Ghost by selecting Event Scoreboards/Ghosts or Ghost Overtake Pass an opponent Challenge if you’re signed in to the Xbox Live service.