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Good Luck Skid for F1 Racing Kid

The concept of 'Skid Art' is also the theme of the Project Gotham Racing 4 TV advertisement

By Filip Truta, Games Editor

18th of October 2007, 12:49 GMT

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Lewis Hamilton, Formula One British racer is just ahead of his Brazilian Grand Prix. As such, Battersea Power Station was a noisy place this morning, where engine revving and screeching tyres were combined to leave a special message of good luck to Hamilton onto the tarmac. 22-year-old Lewis Hamilton is very close to becoming the Formula One World Champion, if he does well for himself this weekend.

According to the official report the message
saying 'Go Lewis!' is a giant 50-foot letterer, with a motorcycle being used for applying the brakes and hitting the gas for thousands of RPMs, to lay down the hot rubber.

The message was created in light of the launch of Project Gotham Racing 4 for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The concept of 'Skid Art' is also the theme of the Project Gotham Racing 4 TV advertisement currently being aired, according to the same piece. Recently, Microsoft Game Studios and Bizarre Creations have confirmed that PGR 4 has gone gold shipping to manuring plants, with the game's official website being up and going.

Fans of the PGR series and future players of the fourth installment in the PGR franchise should know that, for the first time in PGR history, drivers will have the option of racing a variety of motorcycles from top manufacturers, such as Ducati, BMW and Honda. Whether on two wheels or four, you'll be performing daring and stylistic moves.

More than that, it has also been confirmed that through a new content server, drivers will be able to save their favorite races and search over Xbox Live for race content that is specific to their interests. For example, you can find out who has the longest slide or wheelie in Shanghai or St. Petersburg.

One more thing: if you're wondering who's driving the Caterham sports car in the pictures, that's UK's top stunt driver, Russ Swift. He got through three sets of tyres this morning at Battersea Power Station.
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