racing. If the player enters the showroom, it can view and test drive all cars on a test track. The players can also race against a ghost car that got the record time. Challenges are divided into five difficulties: Steel (novice), Bronze (easy), Silver (medium), Gold (hard), and Platinum (expert). Online Unlike many other Xbox Live enabled games, Project Gotham Racing 2s online ranking system is solely based on the kudos earned online. One can not go down in rank, only up. In this way, one's rank does not necessarily reflect their skill. Geometry Wars Within the player's car garage, an arcade cabinet can be interacted with to play Geometry Wars, a top-down multidirectional shooter. This marked the first appearance to the public of what would become an entire series of similar games. Downloadable content Microsoft released two downloadable content packages for Project Gotham Racing 2: the Paris Booster Pack (released in May 2004), featuring eight new cars and seven tracks in Paris, France, and the Long Beach Booster Pack (released in June 2004) with eight new cars and eight tracks based around Long Beach, California, United States. Reception Project Gotham Racing 2 received "universal acclaim" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40, while Famitsu Xbox gave it one ten, one nine, one eight, and one seven, for a total of 34 out of 40. See also FM Yokohama – a Japanese FM radio station featured in the game References External links 2003 video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Multiplayer online games Project Gotham Racing Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in Australia Video games set in Hong Kong Video games set in Sweden Video games set in Tokyo Video games set in Washington, D.C. Video games set in Moscow Video games with custom soundtrack support Video games with downloadable content Xbox games Xbox-only games de:Project Gotham Racing BAFTA winners (video games) Bizarre Creations games