For example, racing in Las Vegas you can notice McDonalds, but you will be far too engrossed in the racing too even worry about food. The surrounding areas however are beautiful, they all feature clear and well-detailed textures, there are also some real licensed shops and restaurants depending on what tracks you are racing. Perhaps even more stunning are the surroundings of the tracks, the tracks themselves are not amazing- just standard race tracks. Each car has been built from the ground up, with each individual car pushing over 80,000 polygons’ each, 40,000 for the outside and 40,000 for the interior.

The visuals in this game are stunning there is no way around it. Some may argue that the game is not much different from others in the series, but as they say – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In fact the only thing that links the two is in your online career, where you can only choose the cars you have bought in your offline career. Bizarre has also decided to clearly define both the online and offline game modes, so that your offline progress is completely separate from your online progress. The sheer amount of different moves available is mind-boggling trying to perform them all in the one race is not easy I tell you. Unique to the PGR series has always been the Kudos system and it is again present in this version. That instantly makes you think of speed demons such as Ferrari and Lamborghini, all of these cars are featured in the game and more. Ditching things like minis from Project Gotham Racing 2, PGR 3 only features cars that can do at least 170 miles an hour. The main theme of the game, which is clearly listed in the manual, is all about speed. This led some people to believe the game would not be as good as it could be, I am glad to report that is most definitely not the case. There were rumours close to launch that this game would not be ready in time. The hype for this game started back with one of the Microsoft’s many viral marketing campaigns and since then it has only grown. Perhaps this title more than any other at launch, showcases what the next generation is all about, amazing high definition visuals. One of the most anticipated launch titles since the 360 was announced, Bizarre has done great work in order to ready this title for battle. Starting life as Metropolis Street Racer back on the Sega Dreamcast, Project Gotham Racing is now appearing on its third home console and what an effort it is. The third instalment of one of the greatest racing series ever created.

Project gotham racing 3 car list