

The controls weren't near as sensitive as Gran Turismo, but not as forgiving as games like Mario Kart. In many ways, I found that PG3 was a happy-medium between realistic and over-simplistic racing games.

So if you're looking to make a replica of the Toyota Corolla you drove through your senior year of high school, you may find yourself pretty disappointed in this limited selection. PGR3 is also pretty minimalistic - while there's an impressive list of cars you can purchase, they aren't near expansive as other games. The game stays incredibly linear, removing any "city dwelling" that other racing games (Night Club, Need For Speed) felt the need to include. It's hard not to smile when you're listening to classical music as you race - and I think developers probably thought it was funny as well. One thing that's nice about the game is that you can tell its developers had fun making it - I remember hearing "Night on Bare Mountain" by Mussorgsky for the first time while racing. In many ways it's proper to do so, but PGR3 did offer some things that may have been overly engineered in other realistic racing games. It's easy for many gamers to run this game along side any of the Gran Turismo series. Lastly, game saves will not transfer to Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S but once created on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, the game saves can transfer to other Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S consoles through the cloud.Even though this game was one of the earlier releases for the Xbox 360, PGR3 has some guts - especially when compared to other racers of the time. There are no Xbox achievements for Original Xbox games because this functionality was not available on the Original Xbox at that time of its release. With system-link (if game supports the feature), you can play with others across Original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S consoles. However, offline multiplayer scenarios such as co-op, party scenarios (multiple controller on one console), and system-link are supported if they were supported on the Original Xbox. Since these are the original games, not remasters, Xbox Live services such as online multiplayer and in-game marketplaces that were available on the Original Xbox, will not be available. You can play the digital or disc-based game you own, taking advantage of Xbox features like Game DVR and broadcasting.
