Concept roadster plays on Xbox 360

Gentleman, start your video games.

Nissan Motor Co. this month will unveil at Detroit’s auto show a concept sports car, called the Urge, equipped with Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game system.

When the car is parked, the steering wheel, gasoline and brake pedals and a 7-inch liquid crystal display screen that drops from the rearview mirror function together as a personal video arcade, so that the driver can play the “Project Gotham Racing 3” game.

The game, which works only when the Urge is in park, allows players to speed virtually through the streets of London, Tokyo, Las Vegas, New York and to compete on a German test track.