MotoGP 3

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MotoGP 3
MotoGP 3 2003 PS2 Cover.jpg
North American box art, featuring Namco's Hitomi Yoshino character in the background
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 18, 2003 [1]
  • EU: May 2, 2003
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MotoGP 3 (often stylized as MotoGP3) is a 2003 racing video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It is the third in Namco's series of MotoGP video games, which coincided with the THQ series for a number of years.

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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.

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'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Norick Abe 20Pere Riba
Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda Honda NSR500/Honda RC211V 74 Daijiro Kato NoneNone
Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 19 Olivier Jacque 56 Shinya Nakano
Kanemoto Racing Honda Honda NSR500 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh NoneNone
Marlboro Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 3 Max Biaggi 7 Carlos Checa
MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS Cube 55 Régis Laconi NoneNone
Pramac Honda Honda Honda NSR500 31 Tetsuya Harada NoneNone
Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR3 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 99 Jeremy McWilliams
Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 8 Garry McCoy 21 John Hopkins
Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC211V 11 Tohru Ukawa 46 Valentino Rossi
Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R 10 Kenny Roberts 15 Sete Gibernau
West Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500/Honda RC211V (Barros Only)4 Alex Barros 65 Loris Capirossi

Legends

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider
Marlboro Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 1 Wayne Rainey
Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 1 Kevin Schwantz
Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 Mick Doohan
Rothmans Honda Honda Honda NSR500 5 Wayne 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 TeamUnknownUnknownJ Jack 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 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Grand Prix of Japan
Paul Ricard Flag of France.svg  France Grand Prix de France (1999)
Jerez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Gran Premio de España
Donington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom British Grand Prix
Motegi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Pacific Grand Prix
Mugello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gran Premio d'Italia
Catalunya Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya
Assen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Dutch TT
Le Mans Flag of France.svg  France Grand Prix de France (2002)
Sachsenring Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Grand Prix Deutschland
Brno Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Grand Prix České republiky
Estoril Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Grande Premio de Portugal
Valencia Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg  Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana
Phillip Island Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Australian Grand Prix
Sepang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] MotoGP 3 was successful in Italy: Sony Computer Entertainment Italia reported just under 100,000 sales by March 2004. [13]

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