I've seen better racing games for the DS.

User Rating: 6.5 | Race Driver: Create & Race DS
V8 Supercars 3: Create and Race is just a racing DS game with some some pretty cool features. To give you a good idea of the game, I'll start with the graphics. I'm rather fond of V8 Supercars 3's graphics because they stand out on a DS. I bet someone would even mistake it for a PSP (if it didn't have two screens!). The cars look great and the little racing movies are fun to watch! Though, I bet someone watching you play it would enjoy it more than you playing it. It's fun to someone watching you because you can easily smash into cars and obstacles and destroy your car (though it never is totally destroyed) but is extremely frustrating to the player. Some corners are tight and sharp that make it almost impossible to drive on, forcing you to drift off the track into the dirt. Goodbye gold trophy.
Then there's the camera view. There are only 3 of them. One on the bonnet, one below the car and one facing the back of the car. None of these camera views are really that good. The one facing the back of the car is really too close to it which makes it even harder to turn. Just none of them work as good as you'd hope.
Overall, V8 Supercars 3: Create and Race isn't a bad platformer because there are HEAPS of tracks to race on, but I've seen better racing games for the DS.

GAMEPLAY-----------------5
GRAPHICS-----------------9
SOUND---------------------6
OVERALL-----------------6.5

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