Since 2000, THQ and Namco have been producing similarly titled motorcycle racing games based on the MotoGrandPrix series, a seasonal racing series for motorcycles similar to Formula 1 or NASCAR. THQ's MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3 looks to put some distance between itself and the competition by offering a slew of new features, as well as a more distinguishable name.
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- MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3 is a motorcycle video game released in 2005. It is similar to MotoGP 2 but represents the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
- The MotoGP series is the definitive motorcycle racing game for the PC. The game accurately captures the excitement of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. This time, MotoGP 3 is taking the franchise to the extreme, expanding beyond the realms of Grand Prix racing to incorporate high adrenaline Street Racing.
Most notable of the new features is the 'Extreme' mode of play. Inspired by 'TT-style' street racing, this mode includes 16 new city and suburban tracks based on real race locations from all over the world. Players may choose to tear tarmac down the Day-Glo-lit streets of Japan, or spray dirt in the competition's face while racing down the country back roads of Donington, UK.
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Along with the new race locations comes a selection of new bikes. Modeled after real-world motorcycles, these latest additions range in power from 600cc 'sprinters' to 1200cc 'superbikes.' Other modes of play include 'Quick Race,' 'Grand Prix,' 'Time Trial,' 'Training,' and 'Multiplayer,' which supports split-screen action for up to four players.
Other new features include advancements made to online gameplay that allow for up to 16 online players in the same race. Three new online modes have been added -- 'Embedded,' 'Spectator,' and 'Commentator.' Embedded play is designed to allow players to slip seamlessly from single-player to online action, by simply being connected to Xbox Live or via broadband on the PC. Embedded gameplay also features a seeding system designed to create a more competitive online environment by discouraging experienced players from racing against beginners.
Spectator mode allows players to watch as the race unfolds instead of sitting idly by in the lobby, while Commentator mode allows the host of an online session to choose a spectating player to comment on the racing action.
For a Real Man, having a massive throbbing engine between your legs is the most important thing in life. For those of us not real men, this may well be the next best thing - sitting alone in our living rooms, whilst a small plastic box make vroom-vroom noises and we pretend that we're actually there. And this it achieves magnificently; it is an excellent artifice.
Control issues aside, the game handles beautifully. It has possibly the best biking physics engine yet committed to bits. The bikes corner silkily, and the thrill of a knees-on-tarmac hairpin at 200 mph feels about as gusset-rippingly terrifying as you would hope for.
There are an decent series of tutorials included, which will take you through throttling, leaning, braking (which helpfully mentions to you that braking is 'often neglected' in MotoGP, implying that real men know that only frilly-cuff wearing dandies brake in this game, thanks very much), cornering, sliding (there is something mind-numbingly stupid about power-sliding on a two-wheeled vehicle at 140mph. That's why I did it at every opportunity), hairpins, racing lines and what-may-you.
Once you're through the very forgiving tutorials, you're onto the Industry Standard Career/Tour/Championship mode. This plays much the same as this mode always does in racing games: realistic renditions of MotoGP tracks around the world (in as far as being able to drive at a wall head-first at 200mph and walk away unscathed can be considered realism) you can play in a maudlin mope, thinking of how much other people get paid for doing that for a living. And it's fine if you like that sort of thing. Done well, even. The tracks are carefully modeled and come with a fine learning curve. But, if you've played previous MotoGP games, this bit's more of the same.
But there is something new, which makes it a compelling new purchase. The 'big thing' which is the new addition to the current incarnation the series is the Extreme mode, which allows you to participate in a number of (fictional) city and landscape street races, weaving through narrow streets, hairpins nestled high above mountainous cliffs, foreboding forests in tropical rainstorms - the usual suspects are all present and correct. Yet the tracks for these are so incredible in their scope, detail and beauty, that they rise to a state of anything but ordinary.
In Extreme mode, you can practice a track by yourself for as long as you like, and then when you feel confident of leaning into even its most absurd chicanery, you run in a qualifier. Qualify within a certain percentage of the leader, get your position on the grid, hop on to your two-wheeled-genital-enhancement and throatily roar your way to victory. This gets you money, which you can use to spend on upgrading your bike's stats. If you're lucky, your bike might just avoid dying of Corrupt Blood it got from an infected realm.
All told, it's a rather neat little package. Good handling, beautiful landscapes, varied tracks, variety of modes and well-aimed tutorials make this probably the finest in its class, possibly the finest biking game of its generation. It is, however, not without a couple of flaws. First, there's the voice of the Man Who Likes Motorbikes Who Used To Be On Top Gear. He has an awful voice. Minor quibble.
The second flaw stems from a minor genre confusion that has started to creep in to this series. When MotoGP was released, it was a Biking Sim. Yet, with later incarnations, the games started taking on an arcade feel to them, which has left a few of the more sim-like controls a trifle complex for the game at hand. In keeping with the (wise) move towards arcade fun, a simpler, more automatic set of controls should have been provided as a default option.
Of course, it's only really on the PC that the unnecessarily complex controls are even a problem, which highlights the only serious problem with this game. It is a pity, for it is a would-be 'great' game, and on the Xbox would be reasonably scored as such. But, on a PC, the complexity of the default controls and the horrors of the PC keyboard for this kind of thing force the mark down to a mere 'very good'.
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MotoGP 3 | |
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Developer(s) | Namco |
Publisher(s) | Namco |
Composer(s) | Hiroto Sasaki Tetsukazu Nakanishi Rio Hamamoto Go Shiina |
Series | MotoGP |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
MotoGP 3 (often stylized as MotoGP3) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2003, it is the third game in the Namco series, which coincided with the THQ series for a number of years.
Gameplay[edit]
The gameplay is very similar to past games by Namco, like MotoGP (PS2) and MotoGP 2. MotoGP 3 is based on the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, but with the introduction of four stroke bikes, the gameplay has some slight differences. The new 990cc 4-stroke bikes are faster but harder to handle, while the 500cc 2-strokes are less faster but slightly better to handle.
Features[edit]
MotoGP 3 has far more tracks than the previous game, with 15 real world courses which include Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Paul Ricard, Motegi and Mugello. There are also a combination of fantasy layouts. When starting the game up for the first time, players can create a custom rider. After that, they will be brought to the menu screen where they can access a number of options. The first is arcade, where the players can choose the bike they wish to ride, number of laps, weather, difficulty and settings to do a race. Season mode puts them into a season with any team (depending on difficulty) and the player races on a combination of circuits to try and win the championship. Time Trial is like Arcade, except that rather than racing against a number of opponents for a number of laps, the player races against the clock to try to get the best time for as long as desired. Challenge mode is a series of challenges that players can play. They range from beating another rider, riding between cones, setting a specific lap time in Time Trial or winning a race at a specific track. Completing challenges will unlock riders, movies and pictures. Multiplayer allows players to race against up to four other people. Legends mode is, like Time Trial, similar to Arcade mode, except rather than facing riders from 2002, they face riders from past seasons, including the likes of Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan to name a few.
Riders[edit]
2002[edit]
Team | Constructor | Machine | No. | Rider 1 | No. | Rider 2 |
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Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 6 | Norick Abe | 20 | Pere Riba | |
Honda | Honda NSR500/Honda RC211V | 74 | Daijiro Kato | None | None | |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | 56 | Shinya Nakano | |
Kanemoto Racing | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | None | None |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | 7 | Carlos Checa | |
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RS Cube | 55 | RĂ©gis Laconi | None | None |
Honda | Honda NSR500 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | None | None | |
Proton KR | Proton KR3 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 8 | Garry McCoy | 21 | John Hopkins | |
Honda | Honda RC211V | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | 46 | Valentino Rossi | |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSV-R | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr | 15 | Sete Gibernau | |
Honda | Honda NSR500/Honda RC211V (Barros Only) | 4 | Alex Barros | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Legends[edit]
Team | Constructor | Machine | No. | Rider |
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Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | Wayne Rainey | |
Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 1 | Kevin Schwantz | |
Honda | Honda NSR500 | 1 | Mick Doohan | |
Honda | Honda NSR500 | 1 | Wayne Gardner |
Fantasy[edit]
The game also includes fictional riders based on Namco game franchises. Susumu Hori is only available in the PAL and Japanese version of the game.
Team | Constructor | Machine | No. | Rider |
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Namco Team | Unknown | Unknown | 0 | Jack Slate |
Namco Team | Unknown | Unknown | 0 | Susumu Hori |
Namco Team | Unknown | Unknown | 76 | Hitomi Yoshino |
Reception[edit]
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The game received 'favorable' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1]MotoGP 3 was successful in Italy: Sony Computer Entertainment Italia reported just under 100,000 sales by March 2004.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'MotoGP 3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews'. Metacritic.
- ^Edge staff (July 2003). 'MotoGP 3 (PS2)'. Edge (125).
- ^'MotoGP 3'. Electronic Gaming Monthly (165): 116. April 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^Kato, Matthew (April 2003). 'Moto GP 3 [sic] (PS2)'. Game Informer (120): 85. Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^DJ Dinobot (March 21, 2003). 'Moto GP 3 [sic] Review for PS2 on GamePro.com'. GamePro. Archived from the original on February 1, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^Gee, Brian (April 2003). 'MotoGP 3 Review'. Game Revolution. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^Winegarner, Tyler (March 20, 2003). 'MotoGP3 Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^Rice, Kevin (April 18, 2003). 'GameSpy: MotoGP3'. GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 16, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^Valentino, Nick (March 29, 2003). 'MotoGP3 - PS2 - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^Hwang, Kaiser (March 18, 2003). 'MotoGP3'. IGN. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^'MotoGP 3'. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 90. April 2003. Archived from the original on May 6, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^https://web.archive.org/web/20040823065932/http://www.multiplayer.it/b2b/articoli.php3?id=10959
External links[edit]
- MotoGP 3 at MobyGames
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