Everybody start your engines. Project Gotham Racing 4 is here.

We know you are eager to conquer the tracks from Tokyo to Las Vegas to New York to Shanghai, making your motorcycles and cars perform with style and rack up the Kudos. We know you’re itching to blast by your rivals on Xbox LIVE®. We built PGRNations.com with you in mind, and we’ll continue to be here to build this site into your top destination for all things PGR.

We’re very excited about what’s ahead for the PGR community. PGR 4 is unlike any other racer out there. We know this, you know this. We love the game, you love the game. In the upcoming weeks and months, we’ll introduce and update PGR 4 news and features you won’t find anywhere else. Here are some things you can enjoy right out of the box, and a few others that will be coming a little farther down the road:

• Leaderboards are online! So you think you’re the best? There’s no better time to prove it; put in the hours, pile up the Kudos, and see your Gamertag rise to the top of the rankings.
• The My Stats & Photos page is now live! Once you’ve got the game, you’ll be able to sign into this site with your Windows LIVE ID and browse the stats you’ve accumulated in the game. You can also use PGR 4’s Photo Mode to capture and upload pictures to an online scrapbook on this site, suitable for framing.
• National Voices can now be heard! You, and gamers like you, create one of the best things about PGR: the community. Now we’ve selected some of the most passionate members of the PGR 4 community to write for the website. Look for their thoughts on gaming and their PGR 4 experiences in regular National Voices features. In fact, the first three are live today, so say hello to Masscot, LemonJelly, and JayDubya NL.
• Track guides will soon be here! Are you wondering what twists and turns PGR 4 might have in store for you? We’re developing detailed breakdowns of every track in the game, and right now we are putting the finishing touches on our detailed breakdown of St. Petersburg, guiding you through every track with screenshots and video of some of the more notable spots you’ll encounter. After we tame St. Petersburg, it’s onto Quebec. Check back for a no-holds-barred guide to a Canadian city featuring old-world charm and hair-raising turns.

Want more? We got more. We’ve bragged about some of these before, but that’s because you’re going to love them. How does this rev your engine?

• How about a fully global stats system, tracking the racing exploits of PGR 4 players from around the world? As PGR 4 rolls out worldwide the stats are rolling in from every corner of the globe. Come back here soon to get a taste of the battle for international bragging rights.
• A statistical breakdown of your nation. When you race in PGR 4, you race not just for yourself, but also for your nation. But what does that nation look like? Find out here, where we will profile leading statistics about your nation of choice.
• Regular news articles and features about your favorite racing game. PGR 4 is a game that will hold your attention for a long time to come, and we’ll be here for all of it.

There’s more, but we don’t want to spoil the surprises. Rest assured, we are planning some amazing features to make your PGR 4 experience as rich and deep as it can be.

Now go hit the road, mind those turns, and rack up Kudos, because soon the rest of the world will be watching you here at PGR Nations.