MotoGP 3
North American box art
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Hiroto Sasaki
Tetsukazu Nakanishi
Rio Hamamoto
Go Shiina
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: February 27, 2003
  • NA: March 17, 2003
  • EU: May 2, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

MotoGP 3 (often stylized as MotoGP3) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2003, it is the third game in the Namco series, which coincided with the THQ series for a number of years.

Gameplay

The gameplay is very similar to past games by Namco, like MotoGP (PS2) and MotoGP 2. MotoGP 3 is based on the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, but with the introduction of four stroke bikes, the gameplay has some slight differences. The new 990cc 4-stroke bikes are faster but harder to handle, while the 500cc 2-strokes are slower but slightly better to handle.

Features

MotoGP 3 has far more tracks than the previous game, with 15 real world courses which include Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Paul Ricard, Motegi and Mugello. There are also a combination of fantasy layouts. When starting the game up for the first time, players can create a custom rider. After that, they will be brought to the menu screen where they can access a number of options. The first is arcade, where the players can choose the bike they wish to ride, number of laps, weather, difficulty and settings to do a race. Season mode puts them into a season with any team (depending on difficulty) and the player races on a combination of circuits to try and win the championship. Time Trial is like Arcade, except that rather than racing against a number of opponents for a number of laps, the player races against the clock to try to get the best time for as long as desired. Challenge mode is a series of challenges that players can play. They range from beating another rider, riding between cones, setting a specific lap time in Time Trial or winning a race at a specific track. Completing challenges will unlock riders, movies and pictures. Multiplayer allows players to race against up to four other people. Legends mode is, like Time Trial, similar to Arcade mode, except rather than facing riders from 2002, they face riders from past seasons, including the likes of Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan to name a few.

Riders

2002

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider 1No.Rider 2
Antena 3 Yamaha d'AntinYamahaYamaha YZR5006Norick Abe20Pere Riba
Fortuna Honda GresiniHondaHonda NSR500/Honda RC211V74Daijiro KatoNoneNone
Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3YamahaYamaha YZR50019Olivier Jacque56Shinya Nakano
Kanemoto RacingHondaHonda NSR50017Jurgen van den GoorberghNoneNone
Marlboro YamahaYamahaYamaha YZR-M13Max Biaggi7Carlos Checa
MS Aprilia RacingApriliaAprilia RS Cube55Régis LaconiNoneNone
Pramac HondaHondaHonda NSR50031Tetsuya HaradaNoneNone
Proton Team KRProton KRProton KR39Nobuatsu Aoki99Jeremy McWilliams
Red Bull Yamaha WCMYamahaYamaha YZR5008Garry McCoy21John Hopkins
Repsol Honda TeamHondaHonda RC211V11Tohru Ukawa46Valentino Rossi
Telefónica Movistar SuzukiSuzukiSuzuki GSV-R10Kenny Roberts15Sete Gibernau
West Honda PonsHondaHonda NSR500/Honda RC211V (Barros Only)4Alex Barros65Loris Capirossi

Legends

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider
Marlboro YamahaYamahaYamaha YZR5001Wayne Rainey
Lucky Strike Suzuki SuzukiSuzuki RGV5001Kevin Schwantz
Repsol Honda TeamHondaHonda NSR5001Mick Doohan
Rothmans HondaHondaHonda NSR5005Wayne Gardner

Fantasy

The game also includes fictional riders based on Namco game franchises. Susumu Hori is only available in the PAL and Japanese version of the game.

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider
Namco TeamUnknownUnknownJJack Slate
Namco TeamUnknownNamco-drillmach10Susumu Hori
Namco TeamUnknownNamco-nfr990h76Hitomi Yoshino

Circuits

The game features 15 circuits based on the 2002 season of MotoGP.

CircuitCountryGrand Prix
Suzuka JapanGrand Prix of Japan
Paul Ricard FranceGrand Prix de France (1999)
Jerez SpainGran Premio de España
Donington United KingdomBritish Grand Prix
Motegi JapanPacific Grand Prix
Mugello ItalyGran Premio d'Italia
Catalunya CataloniaGran Premi de Catalunya
Assen NetherlandsDutch TT
Le Mans FranceGrand Prix de France (2002)
Sachsenring GermanyGrand Prix Deutschland
Brno Czech RepublicGrand Prix České republiky
Estoril PortugalGrande Premio de Portugal
Valencia Valencian CommunityGran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana
Phillip Island AustraliaAustralian Grand Prix
Sepang MalaysiaMalaysian Grand Prix

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] MotoGP 3 was successful in Italy: Sony Computer Entertainment Italia reported just under 100,000 sales by March 2004.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "MotoGP 3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic.
  2. ↑ Edge staff (July 2003). "MotoGP 3 (PS2)". Edge. No. 125.
  3. ↑ "MotoGP 3". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 165. April 2003. p. 116. Archived from the original on May 6, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
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  7. ↑ Winegarner, Tyler (March 20, 2003). "MotoGP3 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Rice, Kevin (April 18, 2003). "GameSpy: MotoGP3". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 16, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ Valentino, Nick (March 29, 2003). "MotoGP3 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ Hwang, Kaiser (March 18, 2003). "MotoGP3". IGN. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ "MotoGP 3". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. April 2003. p. 90. Archived from the original on May 6, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Multiplayer.it Business to Business". www.multiplayer.it. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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