[GameMaster]

9.0 Presentation
Beautiful, stylish, and distinctly Rockstar. Great presentation.

8.5 Graphics
For the amount of stuff happening on screen simultaneously, MC3 is visually impressive. But it drops in FPS every so often, and the characters and civilian vehicles are OK looking. Good but not great.

9.0 Sound
Easily the best import-tuner game on the musical front. Also, the only import-tuner game with a musical clue. Good voices, and support of Dolby 5.1. Online, Xbox Live supports headsets. PS2 doesn't.

9.0 Gameplay
Wider streets, less rail-branching, but more chaos onscreen, plus a wide variety of cars, including much more accessible motorcycles. Intense, deep and addictive.

9.5 Lasting Appeal
The single-player campaign is hefty (18-plus hours), and the online mode provides more options, and excellent technical advancements over its brethren.

9.2 OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

9.3 Reader Average

If you like hardcore, street style racing, this game is where it's at, homeslice.