PGR3 simply showcases the power of the XBOX 360.
Simply put this is the best in the series. The graphics are just beautiful. Every aspect of this games presentation is just amazing. The inerior views are perhaps the part of the graphics that will make you drool. The Dials work, they show your exact speed, temp, RMP, and everything else you'd find in the Dash Board of a car. You'll see the driver shift gears, and on the Ferrari's you'll see him shift from the steerwheels.
When inside the car, you can look around the interior in game. This is great because it increases your sense of actually being in the car. You can use the rearview mirrors, and side mirrors attached to the vehichle to see things behind you.
The games reflections are mirrored to the point of realism. The only problem with the graphics however is the framerate. It can drop down sometimes when a full set of cars just pile up on each other in one spot of the track, but this event rarely happens so you probably wont encounter this issue, unless you're online of course.
The games sound is fairly decent. Each car sounds different from one another, and the sound effects of road noises are nice. The sound track isn't as big as PGR2s, but it does have a large variety of music. If that isn't enough for your appetite then you can always use custom tracks. It doesn't matter where the tracks come from, whether it's your PC, Ipod, or PSP, the music will blend into the game. You can have it louder than the game sound if you choose. The XBOX 360 is truly a mervelous piece of plastic.
The gameplay is perhaps the primary reason why the game is loved so much. It's like apple orange. THe perfect cross of that sim stlye arcade racing. It's perfect for anyone whose looking to get out of the import tuner scene.
The on-line play is virtually butter. You can't ask for a better game on-line. Their is no lag what so ever, and the community is as diverse as the country we live in. Some racers are laid back and casual, and some get anal if you trade paint with them. Once you find the right set of people to race along side of, you'll be playing for hours on in. The on-line play will definitly keep you playing for months on in, just like PGR2 did. The only lag that you may possibly experience would be if you had a bad connectoin from you ISP, or a crappy router.
PGR3 is the ideal racing game to get for your 360. You've got a large variety of cars(all of which are stupendous) and a great variety and variation of tracks. The game does have product placement, but it's handled tastfully in way you can joke about it online with you buddies. It isn't rammed up your anus like in other racing games.