PGR3 is the best Xbox360 release game and It's one of the best racing games I've ever played.
The Xbox360 has shown of some fantastic graphics in games like Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power, and Call of Duty 2. But I must say that PGR3 is the prettiest game in the pile. I mean, the cars look even better than in real life! They're allways clean and shining! The environments also look great, especially the cities. The whole audience is built up by 3-D people! Which is so much cooler than the regular flat guys. If there's one bad thing about the graphics, it's the trees. They don't look as good as the rest of the game.
PGR3 sounds like the real thing. The sound effects are awesome. The sounds from your car changes when switching between the five available camera angles, and even changes when looking around. To have good music is very important for a racing game. PGR3 features many very cool songs, and also classical music which fitts perfectly while driving the huge racing tracks in Nurburgring. There's a huge number of songs for you to switch between, and they're all gathered into groups by genre, which makes it easier to avoid all that rap music!
As said before, PGR3 is not a pure racing simulator nor a pure arcade racer, it's something in between. You can't upgrade your car at all, but the racing is very serious, though not as realistic as in Gran Turismo 4. You earn cach by completing challenges and championships, and you buy new cars that'll be available from your own beautiful garage. The game features around 80 cars, and this number may seem small at first, but every car is top notch. You won't be driving family cars, nor huge wagons. You'll be driving Ferrari, Lamburgini, Austin Martin, RUF and Koenigsegg. The fastest cars in the world are at your disposal. There are many tracks for you to drive on, but they are only spread across 5 countries, so you get pretty used to the environments after a while. But the countries are just like the cars, the finest in the world. You drive through New York, London, Las Vegas, Tokyo and Nurgurgring. You can also create your own tracks in Project Gotham Racing 3, which is great. The single player is pretty short, but you'll replay the challenges on higher difficulties just to earn more money, and thereby buying new cars. The multiplayer in PGR3 is very good, both online and offline. You have several modes for you to compete in, and you can even share your self made tracks online. A new addition to the series is the Gotham TV, which is basicly the adility to watch the best racers in the world drive! It's very cool that the drivers on Gotham TV gets a note telling them they're on the air! One thing that's allways been in the PGR series is the Kudos, and it's still appearant. This is a counter that counts up points when you're doing stylish things like drifting and driving perfect laps. These points tell your rank, the more points you've earned in total, the higher your rank is. PGR3 also features the best cockpit view ever. All the mirrors are working, and the interior of all the cars are accurate. I allways drive in cockpit view, cause it's the best camera view I've ever seen in a racing game! PGR3 is an awesome racing game, and everyone that owns a Xbox 360 should run out and buy it, cause it's just so much fun.
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The graphics are stunning, and especially the car models are breathtaking. The music is top notch featuring everything from rap to classical music. The sound effects are amazing. All the best cars are here! The multiplayer is great.
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Short single-player. The AI is a bit aggresive at times.