Fantastic arcadey simulator for all car fans
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is really good if all you're into is racing and unlocking new cars and probably into skidding smooth turns. Other than that, the modes on Career are quite bleak, but the game as a whole is so graphically amazing, it makes up for it. The gameplay can be quite repetitive in single player career. There are a good selection of supercars/retro cars to unlock and purchase and store in your garage. The garage feature is excellent and adds to the whole race driver simulation. Also, in the garage, you can play a free XBLA game called Geomotry Wars 2 which i found excellent but not worth going on the game for.
One thing that needs mentioning is that the loading times are abit of a pain.
MULTIPLAYER
Online is SO fun. Excellent modes which makes up for the repetiveness of the single player career. However, there is only 8 player slots for xbox live which is kind of low. Other than that this game is excellent online and there is not much waiting around.
GRAPHICS
Ultimately the best graphical game which was in the launch titles list for the 360. Ultra sharp graphics in gameplay and the cars look amazing outside and inside the drivers cockpit! Amazingly fun to drive using the drivers look view.
RACE TRACKS
Race tracks in PGR3 are decent sized and look amazing. So good that you might stop and screw the race just to have a look at the scenery. Although on multiplayer things can get competitive with the fast actioned gameplay on xbox live.
SOUND
Excellent soundtrack. Very vairied ranging from Indian music to Rock. Car sounds go with the graphics - simulationly stunning
CONTROLS
Very easy controls on the xbox360 controller. Feels perfect for a racing game.
Cars control very well allowing easy turns aiming this game at any style gamer in the world.
OVERALL
Great game especially for a launch title for the 360. It is not worth 40 quid these days but back in its days of late 2005/early 2006 it was!