Project Gotham Racing 3
Developer(s)	Bizarre Creations
Publisher(s)	Microsoft
Series	Project Gotham Racing series
Release date(s)	November 22, 2005 December 2, 2005 January 12, 2006
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: 10+ PEGI: 3+ CERO: All ages
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Input	Gamepad, Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel

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 recently rated it "Best 1st Person (Not Shooter) of the Year", because of its realistic inside-car view. Image File history File links ProjectGothamRacing3_CoverArt. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Bizarre Creations is a Liverpool-based video game developer beginning development under this name in 1994. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division or Microsoft Games), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. ... Project Gotham Racing (initialised PGR) is a franchise of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and is published by Microsoft. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) is the organization that rates video game and computer software in Japan with levels of rating that informs the customer of the nature of the product and what age group it is suitable for. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Xbox 360 game console, developed by Microsoft, features a number of first-party components and accessories. ... A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bizarre Creations is a Liverpool-based video game developer beginning development under this name in 1994. ... Project Gotham Racing (initialised PGR) is a franchise of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and is published by Microsoft. ... Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch time of the original Xbox. ...

This game was featured on the Xbox 360 demo in stores. It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...

A sequel has been released under the title Project Gotham Racing 4.^[1] Project Gotham Racing 4 is the fifth title (after the mobile title) in the Project Gotham Racing series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Game Studios. ...

Cities

PGR3 offers players four cities to race through: Tokyo, Las Vegas, New York and London, as well as the Nürburgring. For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... Vegas redirects here. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Detailed Nürburgring map showing both the Nordschleife and the new GP section. ...

Cars

PGR3 features 80 licensed cars from over 30 manufacturers such as Ferrari, Dodge and Lamborghini. For other uses, see Ferrari (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Automobili Lamborghini S.p. ...

In PGR2 the car models were comprised of 10,000 polygons and damage looks like it was made of clay, but with the next generation hardware's power Bizarre's modelers have been able to put as many as 105,000 polygons worth of detail into the cars, although it was initially stated that most cars comprise of 80,000- with 40,000 of those being spent on the exterior and the remaining 40,000 on the interior, Bizarre issued a statement of apology stating that the average polygons per car is actually closer to 96,000.^[2] 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 after attaining a new rank in their career count of earned Kudos. Look up polygon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

On April 14, 2006 Bizarre made the PGR3 Speed Pack containing 12 new cars available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. On May 22, 2006 Bizarre and Microsoft formed an advertising deal with Cadillac to feature four of Cadillac's cars in PGR3, all available on Live Marketplace for free (three were also available in-game for free). On July 12, 2006, the third downloadable car pack for PGR3, the Style Pack was released with a total of twelve cars and made available for a small number of points. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for Microsoft s Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live subscribers to download purchased or promotional content. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation). ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Unlike PGR2, where new cars were bought using Kudos Tokens (gained by reaching accumulated Kudos milestones known as Kudos Ranks), new cars are bought with virtual cash (credits) in PGR3. Credits are gained by winning online races, earning Kudos, which are like style points and winning offline tournaments. The cars in the game retail for their rough real-world showroom value.

Also unlike PGR2, there are no Porsches to be found, apart from one which can be purchased once on has earned 90,000 "Kudos" in career mode.But to make up for the lack of Porsches, Porsche-based RUF is used, originally reserved for Gran Turismo. This is due to the licensing agreement between Porsche and Electronic Arts games. Gran Turismo (GT) is a racing video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. ...

Car classes

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.

Multiplayer

PGR3 allows multiplayer offline with up to two players on one Xbox 360 console or more players via system link. PGR3 offers online integrated scoreboards for single player career events as well as Time Trials and test track times. A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. ... In many racing sports an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. ...

Gamers with Xbox Live Gold are able to race with up to seven other competitors in races online. Online career (ranked) and playtime (unranked) are both offered as online multiplayer modes. Scoreboards also track standings for online career. Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ... A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. ...

PGR3 also allows for online tournaments, the first of which was the PGR3 Global Tournament, won by a Swedish player.

GothamTV

PGR3 has a new feature known as GothamTV. With this, gamers connected to the Xbox Live service are able to watch selected online career races. Live ticker-tape information is also available providing information on when top racers are on GothamTV or when a gamer breaks track records. Up to 30,000 Xbox Live spectators are able to watch a selected race. Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ...

Kudos

Kudos once again play an important part in Project Gotham. Kudos points are given for stylish driving, for example drifting around a corner, taking a good line around that corner, or getting two or four wheels off the ground. Different sets of points can be linked using a combo, by performing more stylish maneuvers before the Kudos become 'banked' (in PGR2 this cut-off time was 2 seconds). When combos are linked up, you are given a bonus for keeping them linked together, and this builds up to huge amounts if the combo is held for a substantial length of time. This bonus is however lost if the player crashes into any barriers, though the base Kudos (all but the combo bonus) are kept. Look up kudos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Tournaments

PGR3 is also included in the Championship Gaming Series and the World Cyber Games . The Championship Gaming Series is an international electronic sports league based in the United States of America, though they have expanded to every continent except Antarctica for Season Two. ... The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international e-sports event (or Cyber Games Festival) operated by Korean company International Cyber Marketing and backed by Samsung and, starting in 2006, Microsoft. ...

Soundtrack

In the first two installments, there were radio stations in each city. However PGR3 does not offer any of the city's radio stations like in the first two games.

Reviews

The game scores 88% on Game Rankings based on 92 reviews. The game scored 88% on Metacritic based on 74 reviews (based on 94 votes from metacritic.com users, Project Gotham Racing scored 8.2 out of 10). Game Rankings is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Main article: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

PGR2 featured a well known Easter egg, a player could play an old arcade machine type game named Geometry Wars. The game has been revamped by Bizarre Creations for inclusion in PGR3. It is similar to the classic games Asteroids and Robotron: 2084, though far more advanced graphically whilst keeping the same basic gameplay aesthetic. This hidden mini-game even features its very own Xbox Live scoreboard. It is also downloadable on Xbox Live Arcade. A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. ... Bizarre Creations is a Liverpool-based video game developer beginning development under this name in 1994. ... Asteroids is a popular vector-based video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari. ... Robotron: 2084 (often simply called Robotron) is an arcade game created in 1982 by the company Vid Kidz (Eugene Jarvis and Larry Demar) for Williams Electronics. ... Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is an online service operated by Microsoft that is used to distribute video games to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners and from late 2007 to Games for Windows - Live users [1]. The service was first launched in late 2004 and offers games from about US$5...

References

1. ^ Bizarre Says Project Gotham 4 Will Go Even Faster. Official Xbox Magazine (UK). Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
2. ^ http://www.bizarreonline.net/news_article.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=61

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External links

• PGR3 official site
• Bizarre Creations' consumer site
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved official site