DVD9 is more than enough for PGR4, says dev

 

When word came out about Bizarre Creations having problems with DVD space, the flames of fanboy wars were almost uncontrollable. However, the folks behind Project Gotham Racing 4 were fast on their feet, quickly addressing the issue through a post on Bizarre’s official website.

Naysayers went crazy over the forum post by Bizarre staff about DVD size limiting the game from providing different times of day per city. Now, here’s what the guys in charge have to say:

DVD size is absolutely not a factor that we consider when designing our games… and PGR4 is no exception. DVD9 gives us more than we need to create a fabulous experience for you guys.

Rather than having two “fixed” times of day, this time around we decided to use our time to create a dynamic weather system, which effectively creates a much more dramatic palette from which to work with.

For those who are still confused, there is only one time of day for all tracks but the weather changes dynamically, which delivers more variation than day and night can give.

“We’ve never had to cut content to fit on the disc, and we probably never will,” Bizarre said. To those who are still skeptic about DVD9’s capacity compromising the gameplay experience, Bizarre added, “Each next-gen format has its own merits. It’s not a case of one system having less of this, and the other having more of that… we are given a fixed platform, and that’s what we work with.”

 

When word came out about Bizarre Creations having problems with DVD space, the flames of fanboy wars were almost uncontrollable. However, the folks behind Project Gotham Racing 4 were fast on their feet, quickly addressing the issue through a post on Bizarre’s official website.

Naysayers went crazy over the forum post by Bizarre staff about DVD size limiting the game from providing different times of day per city. Now, here’s what the guys in charge have to say:

DVD size is absolutely not a factor that we consider when designing our games… and PGR4 is no exception. DVD9 gives us more than we need to create a fabulous experience for you guys.

Rather than having two “fixed” times of day, this time around we decided to use our time to create a dynamic weather system, which effectively creates a much more dramatic palette from which to work with.

For those who are still confused, there is only one time of day for all tracks but the weather changes dynamically, which delivers more variation than day and night can give.

“We’ve never had to cut content to fit on the disc, and we probably never will,” Bizarre said. To those who are still skeptic about DVD9’s capacity compromising the gameplay experience, Bizarre added, “Each next-gen format has its own merits. It’s not a case of one system having less of this, and the other having more of that… we are given a fixed platform, and that’s what we work with.”