V-Rally 3
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| Developer(s) | Eden Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PC, GameCube |
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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V-Rally 3 is a 2002 rally racing video game, developed by Eden Studios. It's the third game in the V-Rally series and the sequel of V-Rally 2.
The game focuses on the unique career mode, where the player races against bots in various rallies across an endless number of seasons, ultimately trying to become the champion.
Altenrnatively, the game offers a quick race mode, where the player can play time attacks on the stages provided by the game or compete in one of the five different challenges it offers.
The game features 24 tracks and 18 official vehicles, including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII, the Subaru Impreza WRX '01 and (the game's "flagship" car) Peugeot 206. There are four unlockable vehicles, which can be unlocked once the player has achieved a goal (like claiming the 2,0 L Championship).
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[edit] Tracks and areas
The game features six racing areas (Finland, Sweden, England, France, Africa and Germany), with four tracks each. The tracks can also be raced reversed, which makes the total amount of tracks 48. When racing a track reversed, the weather conditions of the track may change.
Each area has its main surface and to gain success in the game, the player needs to handle them all. The dominating surface in the game is gravel, and it is the main surface in the areas of Finland, England and Africa. France and Germany have asphalt as their surface and Sweden is the only rally raced on snow. In the career mode each area makes their own rally by 5 tracks chosen randomly from the 8 possible.
[edit] Drivers
V-Rally 3 features a total of 74 fictional drivers. These drivers compete against the player in the "V-Rally Mode", the career mode of the game. Each time the player begins a new career mode, a random algorithm selects 31 of the 74 drivers that, 16 for the 2.0 liter championship and 15 for the 1.6 liter championship. While the player progresses from season to season, the game automatically drops off a random set of drivers from the 2.0 liter championship (raging from 0 drivers to 6 drivers at the end of each season) and replaces them with new "rookies", that compete in the 1.6 liter championship. These drivers cannot be used in the "Arcade Mode" of the game.
If you win the 1,6 Liter Championship, you win a bonus car, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI, a car featured in all previous V-Rally games.
There is another bonus car if you win the 2,0 Liter Championship. That is the Subaru Impreza WRX '99 edition, which was also featured in all previous V-Rally games.
[edit] References
- ^ "GBA version release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gba/driving/vrally3/similar.html?mode=versions. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
- ^ "PS2 version release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/vrally3/similar.html?mode=versions. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
- ^ "Xbox version release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/driving/vrally3/similar.html?mode=versions. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
- ^ "GameCube version release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/driving/vrally3/similar.html?mode=versions. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
- ^ "Windows version release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/vrally3/similar.html?mode=versions. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
