Midnight Club 3 : DUB Edition (PSP)

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The player begins in San Diego by meeting Oscar ( David Barrera), the mechanic of Six-One-Nine Customs, a tuning garage in San Diego. Eidos Montreal deftly updated the game to give it more modern sensibilities while retaining the core of what captivated us with the original. Frenzy events also available in Arcade, are time trial races where the player gets every 15 second a nitrous boost, also the handbrake won't work and the race only ends when the time is over.

Atlanta was chosen for its pioneering of automobile customization, Detroit due to its status as the birthplace of the U.

Switching cars takes what feels like forever, the stat bars don't always load in the meantime, and there's a full pause while you wait for the 3D car to load instead of having the car model load in the background. Of course, to customize the crap out of things, you have to earn money and, not to patronize you, dear reader, but you earn money through racing. Reflection mapping on your car is rendered with whirling hues and impressive atmosphere (even if it is a clever trick that's not really as accurate as the reflection looks -- it'd take a total blowhard or a jealous rival developer to fault the cheat when it works this well).

The three cities presented still don't distinguish themselves in any large way -- everywhere looks just dark at midnight, I guess -- but that was an issue from the console game as well, and the PSP version doesn't suffer from any scaling back to lose locale identity. But as far as ambition and total package, it's only got maybe one or two other handheld games in its league.None of the material contained within this site may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. Even with this loading problem, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is a great game that you should add to your collection. There are even other vehicles, including trucks and motorcycles that you can customize the crap out of. You've seen big-name games cut down to fit the system, and other big-name games ported almost pixel-for-pixel to the handheld. Even so, the framerate shutters are a let-down that you have to get over every time you pick up the game fresh.