#Midtown madness 3 pt cruiser manual#
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The first night I played online I started around 8:00 or so, the next time I looked at the clock it was fast approaching 11:00 (I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or bad thing). So the Single player is a little ho-hum, why the high score then? I’ll tell you why,the Multiplayer kicks ass in spades. Completing the Undercover missions unlocks cars, Blitz and Checkpoint maps but there really isn’t a lot of incentive to do so unless you really want to. There are several dozen missions spread across the two cities with each city having it’s own central theme. Some of these are races against other drivers, some of them are Taxi cab missions, but for the most part it’s getting from point A to point B.

There’s a little bit of plot wrapped around the missions (something to do with a shadowy guy in a hat giving you missions) but the missions themselves are basically you trying to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible.

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The bulk of the Single Player mode is the Undercover mode where you are an undercover agent and you must work your way through a series of missions. For both Blitz and Checkpoint you must complete certain parts of the Undercover mode to unlock additional races. The Checkpoint mode is you racing against the computer in short courses. The Blitz is you versus the clock as you have to complete short races in the shortest amount of time with the time being based on which car you pick. This is a little frustrating since you’ll have to unlock the car and then go hunting for the paint job for that car. you can’t pick up the new paintjob for the Chrysler Crossfire while driving the Mini Cooper S). The only catch to this is that you must be driving the vehicle that the paint job links to (i.e. Why would you want to just drive around Paris or DC? Two reasons, the first is to familiarize your self with the city and the second is to pick the extra paint jobs for the cars in the game. Cruise allows you to explore the city on your own with little interruption (you can add the police if you want to be chased around the city, although the police just seem intent on damaging your car rather than actually arresting you). Single Race is broken into three parts, Cruise, Blitz, and Checkpoint. You have two single player modes modes, Single Race and Undercover. Midtown Madness 3’s single play mode is decent but not overwhelming. By the end of my first session I could actually hear my S controller begging for mercy. You feel every bump in the road, every lamp post you hit, and you get a nice massage when traveling over cobblestone streets. Your force feedback will also get a workout as the game tosses a ton of it at you. The game has a few different layouts so you can pick the one that’s right for you.

#Midtown madness 3 pt cruiser manual#

The game features the usual controls, accelerate, decelerated, hand brake, headlights, horn/sirens and up shift/down shift buttons if you’re man enough to drive a manual transmission car. The controls for Midtown Madness 3 are straightforward and tight once you get used to them. Since you can use your own MP3’s you aren’t limited to what Microsoft and DICE created and it’s a nice touch to be able to create your own soundtrack. The in game music is adequate but it’s not something you’re going to burn off and listen to in your car (although it is certainly better than the music for Midnight Club II).

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Maybe it is the French accents in the French missions but there were times when I was close to muting the TV to prevent myself from tearing out what is left of my hair. The only annoying thing is that some of the voice audio is a bit grating. The audio for the game is also solid, the engines sound nice and there is a nice crunch every time you smack into something. Even with all of the graphical goodness I never experienced any kind of slow-down, everything was nice and silky smooth and provided a nice feeling of speed. The artists did a nice job of representing the major monuments of each city and it’s cool to race around the Eiffel tour and the Washington monument. The in-game graphics are also well done and the cities are very nicely rendered while the car graphics are good but not groundbreaking. The game is done with very bright colors (especially in contrast to Midnight Club II) and there’s a real bright feel to all of the menus and interface screens. The design team did an excellent job of creating a nice vivid world.

The graphics Midtown Madness 3 are well done and tight. Midtown Madness 3 features 30 fully licensed cars that you can drive around (and under) two major cities, Paris and Washington DC (trivia fact: DC and Paris are the only cities in the world with underground railroad systems called “Metros”). Midtown Madness 3 is the latest in a string on non-linear racers, instead of forcing you to follow a track you have the freedom to choose the best path possible to get from point A to point B (and in some cases, navigate to points C, D, E, and F).