Project Gotham Racing 3
by Microsoft
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Video Game Reviews of Project Gotham Racing 3
Customer Review: Great game if you're looking for a good racer.
Summary: 4 Stars
Project Gotham is one of the better racing games out there today. PGR3 is a pretty good instalment into the franchise. The high-def graphics are amazing, and the cars are extremely realistic. The only gripe I have with this game is the repetitive career mode where you continually do the same thing over and over. Other than that, it's a very solid game. My geuss is PGR4 will be better.
If you like racing games, you should also check out Forza Motorsport 2.
Customer Review: Great but imperfect launch title
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is coming from a guy who is waiting with baited breath for Forza Motorsports 2 to come out, so take it with a grain of salt.
Things I really liked:
- Stunning Graphics: The backgrounds, cityscapes, people, car models, everything, really take it up a notch.
- Immersion: the in-car view is customized for each car, and is probably the single most impressive aspect of this game. I've never felt more "in the car."
- Online: Cat and most is some of the most fun I've had online.
- Gameplay: This isn't as "arcady" as you might think. It's no Forza, but it seems a little more realistic perhaps than PGR2, for example. It's a pretty satisfying driver, even for a Forza junkie.
Things I didn't like:
- Kudos: Ok, that's just part of the game, but I'm into racing, not tricks. Guess I'll have to wait for GTR or Forza to not have to deal with that nonsense.
- Menus: If you back out of an online game, it takes you back too many menus . . kind of wierd, and frustrating.
- Online: You can't tell if the game is in progress, so very often you're throwin in to a game where you're "watching" the other racers finish up. That's not too big of a deal because most races don't last that long.
- Load times: probably a function of Microsoft's idiotic decision to not make a hard drive mandatory, so the game apparently isn't tuned to stream data to it. You'll spend more time than you're used to looking at load screens than you did with the original XBOX.
- Tracks: the ones they have look great, would have liked some licensed tracks (Road America, Road Atlanta, etc), or at least more variety.
Bottom Line: Now at 29 bucks, probably soon to be a platinum hit (20 bucks), this is a steal, and if you're a racing fan this is almost a must-have, at least until Forza 2 or GTR comes out.
Customer Review: Life Begins at 170? Not In My Opinion.
Summary: 4 Stars
PGR 3 is a game that will not overwhelm you in terms of features. There are only 80 cars and many of them are widely unknown. That said, the graphics are definitely next gen. Shading and light are magnificently combined with sharp, crisp lines and an overall very realistic game. In fact, if you look in the mirrors of the cars you can actually see the real background going past. With five distinct camera viewpoints one will definitely suit you. Physics are sort of realistic, but seem rather simple; most likely based on weight and power. Something that impressed me was the engine sounds; they were considerably different from car to car, but still need some work on the V8 vehicles. You start out with 85,000 credits and have the choice of some ten to fifteen cars at first.
It is clearly an arcade style game and I hate to compare it to the Gran Turismo series, but to me it is a standard which pretty much every other racing game is held to. It falls well short. A kudos system is still used as was in the first and second PGR, which is a thing that when you do powerslides and other crazy driving you get kudos points which I'm not really sure what they do. The only thing I can gather is some of the races involve getting a large amount of kudos in order to finish. I think that is ludicrous-it is a racing game not tokyo street drift. There is an online mode where you can watch other people race or race them yourself. I do not subscribe to xbox live, but I imagine this adds another valuable dimension to the game. In the solo career mode you start with a couple of cities and different challenges are afforded to you-speed camera, cone challenge, street race. There are five game difficulties: hardcore, hard, medium, easy, beginner. For each successive difficulty you gain more credits for completing the challenges.
What I have a problem with is the fact that a car that costs 50,000 credits drives faster and manuvers better than the 300,000 credit Ferrari. The second thing I see wrong with the game is the actual cars. Makers of PGR3 only put cars on the game that have a top speed of 170 mph. That is good and all but you feel kind of like basically Ferrari and Lamborghini are using the game as an advertisement. I would say 25% or more of all the cars on the game are just these. Of course they are amazing race cars but I want to see some more cars that I have heard of. There are plenty of amazing cars electronically limited which I'm sure could easily top out and 170 mph or better. Maybe it is just because I'm used to simulation games where you have fifty car makers are able to customize everything from the air filter to the muffler for more power. What was done most poorly on PGR3 was the illusion of speed, everything seems slower than it should. In the end the game is fun but falls short of what I expected. What I would do to improve the game is add more car makers, better known cars and at least the ability to upgrade the engine. Overall I would give it a 7 out of 10.
Customer Review: Not able to do split screen online
Summary: 3 Stars
Sure the game has great graphics and sound/music, but if you have someone next to you that wants to play online you have to take turns, both cannot play at the same time. In PGR2 you were able to do split screen and race or do cat and mouse online, but they have taken that mode off from this game. What a shame! Only buy this if used, do not spend the full new price of $49.99.
That's all I have.
Customer Review: Great Racing Title
Summary: 5 Stars
If you love cars like myself then you will appreciate being able to drive in the cars that most of us will never be able to afford. The graphics are outstanding, every car has a little description and the fact that you can testdrive every car is good and bad. I personally dont like it cause it takes away from the surprise factor that comes when you get a new better car and drive it for the first time. Its kind of a let down if when at the beggining of the game you decide to test drive the best car and then youre dissapointed when you can only afford something else. But thats pretty much the only flaw that singleplayer has, the kudos system is great rewarding you for basically being a good racer, ie taking turns really well, going so far without hitting anything etc. theres alot of cars to chosse from and 24 more available to download i hate paying for extras but even i couldnt resist the style pack that came with the bmw m6 and m3,online play is great and what you would expect, word to the wise if you like to pimp out your cars this is not the game for you. all the original cars in the game all exceed 200mph and are exotic so they are fine the way they are, sorry need for speed fans not a street racer game with all the rims and car tatoos. If you want a pure racing game and love cars its the next best thing to having a garage full of them.