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Project Gotham Racing 3 on Xbox 360 (2005)

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Average rating: 68%
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3.5
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Certificate: TBC
User collections: My Favourite 360 Games
Genres: Xbox 360
Released: 02/12/2005

Brief synopsis of Project Gotham Racing 3

There's nothing clever about the current rash of street racing and showy driving. Well before all the pimping, before the Need for Speed Undergrounds and even before the Burnouts, we were all playing Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast. The people at Bizarre Creations learned about racing games making their successful F1 games for the PlayStation. MSR was a much more ground breaking kettle of fish, though, awarding players 'kudos' points for flashy driving as they raced through the streets of London Tokyo and San Francisco. It didn't hurt that the soundtrack was written by Outrun music legend Richard Jacques either. As the Xbox eclipsed the poor, hard done by Dreamcast, it was decided that this was the ideal new home for Bizarre racing game. Two versions of the re-christened Project Gotham Racing came out for the Xbox, the second of which sported desirable Xbox Live! support. So it won't surprise those browsing shelves filled with software for the new Xbox 360 console to see the supercar-emblazoned mush of Project Gotham 3 peeking mischievously out at them. If you've managed to miss the screenshots released on the internet throughout the year, take it from us that this is one beautiful, jaw-droppingly shiny and lovely videogame. Online and offline modes have been improved and expanded to allow you to tailor your racing experience. Select any one of the dreamy supercars on offer and get closer than ever to your mechanised icons. You'll discover that every detail of the cars, down to the dashboards inside, is faithfully modelled. The cities are no less impressive, and your tour of the world takes you through photorealistic reconstructions of anywhere from New York to Tokyo. And of course there's the good old kudos system, rewarding you at every turn for flamboyance and panache. Let's not beat about the bush, PGR3 is the absolute must have 360 launch title and there's just no arguing about it.

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Rated - 1 starsBoring!

Tom Newman from Essex , 05/07/2006

I sent this game back after one day! The graphics were dissappointing, playablity was poor and the menu system was overly complicated. Really dont bother with this one.

  23 out of 31 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 1 starsWhat a shame

damian from cramlington england , 25/04/2006

what i can say about this game is the visuals are brilliant 42inch plasma hd tv cant fault it now for the bad stuff the game is slow and the cars handle like a tank total disappointment. i would recomend to any 1 not to buy this game but if you do like a good race then rent or buy burnout revenge as thats 1 of the best games i have ever played

  19 out of 28 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsAwesome in almost every way

David Hetherington from Newcastle , 24/03/2006

This game delivers just about everything you could ask for in a launch title - basically its a showpiece for the 360.

The graphics and sound are phenomenal, Live play has improved and the controls are so precisce that you never feel cheated - if you crash you know its your fault!

However there is one drawback in that, besides a welcome but limited map maker, the game doesn't have any new game elements, meaning essentially it plays exactly like the PGR2 did on the xbox - not such a bad thing as that was pretty much perfect, but some new challenges would have been nice.

But then with the promise of new cities available on live it looks like this games gonna last you!

  16 out of 22 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsBest driving game

IanLov from Dunoon , 15/03/2007

If there is one thing the 360 is lacking and thats a fantastic driving game. This was a launch title and it rocked the and still does.

Due to Christmas demnd this game has become one thr more popular online games again.

This game has option for the option which is ideal for your custom online matches and the campaign is pretty good as well.

  10 out of 15 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 0 starsSH*T!

A customer from Manchester, England , 28/03/2007

When i bought my xbox 360 this was one of the games that come with it, i got home, played on it, and took it back, they said i couldnt trade it in, and i said i dont care you can have it, worse game i have ever played on xbox 360, try burnout revenge or Need for speed: most wanted

  5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 2 starsDissapointing

A customer from Sheffield , 09/07/2007

I have to say I was rather dissapointed with this game. I expected great things from a 360 racing game. Game was very much a cross between forza/need for speed/burnout revenge and had nothing original to offer. Was bored of game very quickly, graphics were nothing to write home about and even the music was rather dull. All in all I would avoid it.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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