No es una conversión de PS2.
Es una nueva temporada de carreras con un nuevo motor gráfico y buenas novedades.
La página de Xbox de australia hizo una comparativa del Juego.
Xbox vs PS2
Number of Cars: 20 vs 14
V8 Racing Season: 2002 vs 2001
Qualification Rounds: Yes vs No
Number of Players: 4 vs 2
Frames per Second: 60fps vs 30fps
Superior Graphics: Yes vs No
Huge Draw Distances: Yes vs No
Large Textures: Yes vs No
Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound: Yes vs No
The Xbox version also features:
-42 licensed touring & race cars including Mercedes CLK, Alfa Romeo GTV and Viper GTS
-38 international circuits recreated under licence including Bathurst, Hockenheim and Silverstone
-13 global Championships including official series: DTM from Germany, V8 Supercars from Australia and the British Touring Car Championship
-Superior graphic features include huge draw distances, increased texture size, greater colour depth and detailing such as fully modelled wheels
-Xbox's Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 enhances the reverberation and environmental audio effects
-Qualification "Shoot Out" system featured in Championship mode
-Customizable car setup provides a uniquely true-to-life driving and performance experience
-Standard-defining, real, visible damage, created using the crash test industry's FEM system
-A massive 13 full World Championships
-Great soundtrack featuring Ash, Iggy and the Stooges, Thin Lizzy, Morceeba, Al Green and Lynyrd Skynyrd