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ust a few short years ago Microsoft and Bizarre Creations started the niche racing game Metropolis Street Racer and branded a new franchise from its Dreamcast ashes with Project Gotham Racing. Forming a game around style points felt a little like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, but the crowds grew because the system was built upon a fun premise of driving well and trying to pull off moves that formed combos. With Project Gotham Racing 2 came improved graphics, performance, greater accessibility, and with the most impressive trait, its vast online component, PGR2 landed on an Xbox shelf in gamers' game library. Even with a handful of Need For Speeds, two Midnight Clubs, and a Forza Motorsport, dedicated Xbox fans say one of their favorite games on the system -- that they still play online today -- is PGR2. 

What a legacy to build upon, and what a bar to have to surpass with Project Gotham Racing 3. Right now, in fall 2005, Bizarre Creations has fashioned a supremely good-looking racing game with a trunk-full of superb features and is totally prepped for the next generation launch of Xbox 360. Bizarre's racer is beautifully crafted with 80 genuinely gorgeous cars and primed for a long-lasting career on Xbox Live, and yet this arcade-style racer with a flair for realism also doesn't feel like a complete and fully whole sequel in the way a sequel should feel like. When you get right down into the roots of this next-generation racer, it's unmistakably similar in almost every way to PGR2. It feels like PGR 2.5, or maybe PGR 2.75, and that's fine. But it feels like it's just barely scraping the surface of the next generation, and given the power and promise of this system, Project Gotham Racing 3 settles so easily into a nice comfy and very familiar place. 

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̦   Release Date....: 2006/06/03              CD Count.........: 01 CD      ̦
 ¦   Source..........: PAL DVD9                Language....: En/Sp/It/Fr/Ger ¦
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