Project Gotham Racing 3 is a great leap in the racing franchise on this seventh generation era of video gaming.
The gameplay elements feels a lot like its predecessor, Project Gotham Racing 2, and added several new elements to it's franchise. This game offers a single player campaign where you encounter several types of races such as generic racing, eliminators, speed challenges and cone challenges. In every race, you can execute special maneuvers with your car and earning points called kudos. Kudos can be compared to standard money currency which can be used to buy new cars and stock them in your expanding garage. By completing several sets of races, you earn trophies and there are a total of 23 trophies to earn in this game.
In multiplayer, you have the choice to do an online career where you do different types of races for different classes of cars. The more races you win, the more your rank will go up in the leaderboards. If you are not into ranking, you can always play the standard multiplayer races which are similar to the single player races but lets you play with real players. A new element they've added to the multiplayer is Gotham Tv. Gotham TV is a real show broadcast of other races in the game. You can select what race you want to watch of the available races being held on xbox live. Whenever there is a tournament hosted by the creators of this game, you can also watch it live on Gotham TV.
The graphics in this game are stunning and looks realistic while keeping attention to the details in the environment and most importantly, the cars. Players will see a great graphical upgrade from its predecessor on the Xbox while satisfying your eyes on this great looking game. For instance, while driving, you can turn your right thumbstick around and truely see how they did a great job with the drawing distance in the environment. Everything around you looks real and smooth.
The sound will once again be as realistic as PGR2 and each car will respect it's real engine sound. There is great attention to the sounds of a car accelerating, the sound of others approaching behind you and even the translation of sound when approaching a nearby building or gateway.
Overall, this racing game takes real care of detail and realism. If you are a racing fan, you will truely enjoy this game and it has great value. There is a lot to be done in this game and that will keep you're days busy while racing in this realistic world of Project Gotham Racing 3.