Project Gotham Racing 3
| Project Gotham Racing 3 | |
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| Developer(s) | Bizarre Creations |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Designer(s) | Martyn Chudley Ged Talbot Gareth Wilson |
| Series | Project Gotham Racing |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 88.59% |
| Metacritic | 88/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 9/10 |
| EGM | 9/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | B+ |
| GameSpot | 8.8/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| GameTrailers | 8.5/10 |
| GameZone | 9/10 |
| IGN | 8.8/10 |
| OXM (US) | 9/10 |
| Detroit Free Press | |
| USA Today |   |
Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. Developed by Bizarre Creations, it is the third installment in the Project Gotham Racing series. Project Gotham Racing 3 was rated by Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) to be Xbox 360 "Game of the Year" (2005). OXM also rated it "Best 1st Person (Not Shooter) of the Year", because of its realistic inside-car view.
PGR3 offers players four cities—Las Vegas, London, New York City, and Tokyo—as well as the Nürburgring to race through. PGR3 features 80 licensed cars from over 30 manufacturers such as Ferrari, Dodge, and Lamborghini.
The polygons used to make up a car model increases in PGR3, to between 80-100,000. The increased polygon count allows for smoother, less jagged-shaped cars than in earlier games. Of the 80 cars in the game, 71 are unlocked and available for play at the start of a new game, while the remaining 9 (prototypes, one-offs, and concept) cars are left for the player to unlock.
In a change from the previous two games, PGR3 emphasizes supercars and special models instead of generic production cars (cars with a top speed of over 170 mph). One of the starter cars is the Acura NSX. While there are production cars in PGR3, PGR2 emphasized common vehicles such as the Ford Focus. However, the BMW Mini is available via download content. Similar to its prequels, each car in PGR3 is allocated to a specific class. There are five classes, A through E, the high performance cars being Class A, and the low performance cars in Class E.
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