Colin McRae Rally 3 PlayStation 2
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86 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: (Colin McRae Rally 3 isn't just about cars and tracks; it's about giving gamers the professional rally driver experience. The game makes a massive leap in terms of playability, motor sport detail and rich visuals; above all it delivers a game that captures every drop of sweat, the split-second decision and the teamwork that goes into actually being Colin McRae. Capturing the emotions and consequences of being a professional rally champion, it takes the gaming experience to the limit as the player attempts to become the planet's greatest rally driver. As Colin McRae, get behind the wheel of his internationally famous Ford Focus PS WRC with co-driver Nicky Grist and set the course alight as you race to become champion. [Codemasters]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    100
    The game IS gorgeous. The graphics are beautiful the sound effects are spectacular, and the overall presentation is extremely stylish. [May 2003, p.92]
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  2. TotalGames.net
    92
    In what has to be a first for rally titles, much of the scenery, which should be breakable... is! No more bouncing off seemingly solid tape barriers - they now snap and even flap in the wind.
  3. GameSpy
    84
    Only graphical impoverishments, a terrible secret-unlock method, and a lack of features prevent perfection.
  4. Absolute Playstation
    70
    Codies made too many changes from CMR2 (the front end and in-service menus) and not enough (the graphics!) at the same time.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. WillV.
    10
    Exellent detail in the cars and scenery will keep you staring at it for days. Everything said about bad handling is rubbish, it's called REALISTIC! I wonder if the people who comment on the bad handling have ever actually driven.… Expand
  2. LeeH.
    8
    This game is cool!
  3. NeilW.
    7
    Good game, Don't think its the best.. WRC is probably better.. its hard to comare the two.. thought they were very similar..
  4. PaulB.
    4
    Compare driving the cars in CMR3 to the rally cars in GT3, and see which game feels realistic - Gran Turismo wins hands down! The cars in CMR3 have no apparent mass and turn in very strange ways. There really is very little feeling of the cars' physics, and the views are a let down - it is very hard to place the wings (fenders) in relation to the terrain when you choose any of the "inside-looking-out" view modes. To summarise, this game was a BIG disappointment! … Expand

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