It looks, sounds and feels almost like old good Gran Turismo 2 from Playstation.
Gameplay is so great! Framerate is so smooth and controls are very responsive. You can feel the speed, sharp corners and great atmosphere on tracks. If you are a hardcore player - you can choose between AT/MT changing gear style. And LICENSE...! It's so close to GT2 (PSX).. It's almost there.. even if this game wasn't developed by Sony.. Races are dynamic and the feeling of car is just amazing.
Graphics are well designed. Cars are clear, good animated, and tracks are almost the same like those from GT2 from PSX - those night races - mmm.. :) I love that feeling :) Even it's old-school Mode7 - GBA is designed and well fit to this kind of games. 2D is the best solution for this system. 3D racers are often looking ugly and having bad framerate. GT3 is perfect! After a while you wan't be looking at car, but watching the track and turning signs displayed just like in ColinMcRae Rally.
Sound - well... music during races is not perfect - it sounds like taken from GBC. But you can always turn it off (just like I did) - and there is still much more better SFX in menu. And what about engines sound? It's amazing!!! Every upgrade (muffler, engine, cpu) sounds different. You can almost recognize what upgrade was made after driving a car for a while.
Is GT3 long lasting game? I'm sure it is, however first three levels of races (from beginner to proffesional) can be easly beaten. But you have almost 80 cars to unlock! DRIFT MODE!!! Time Attack and... MULTIPLAYER...
Thank You THQ for releasing so fantastic racing game! :)
I recommend it for every GBA owner. It's absolutely "must have"!