MotoGP 3 (2003 video game)

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MotoGP 3
MotoGP 3 2003 PS2 Cover.jpg
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Composer(s) Hiroto Sasaki
Tetsukazu Nakanishi
Rio Hamamoto
Go Shiina
Series MotoGP   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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's the third game in the Namco series, which coincided with the THQ series for a number of years.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing premier championship of motorcycle road racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix, The foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme as the international governing body for motorcycle sport in 1949 provided the opportunity to coordinate rules and regulations in order that selected events could count towards official World Championships. It is the oldest established motorsport world championship. The current top division is known as MotoGP since 2002 when the four-stroke era began. Prior to that, the largest class was 500cc, both of which form a historical continuum as the official World Championship, although all classes have official status.

Namco Japanese corporation; video game developer and publisher

Namco Ltd. is a former Japanese developer and publisher of arcade and home console video games, originally headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. Several international divisions were established, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Shanghai Namco in mainland China, and Namco Enterprises Asia in Hong Kong.

THQ video game publisher

THQ Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Agoura Hills, California. Founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, the company developed products for home video game consoles and handhelds, personal computers and mobile devices.

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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 off 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 tend to be a bit of a handful while the 500cc 2-strokes are less faster but slightly better to handle.

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MotoGP is the first game of the MotoGP game series for the PlayStation 2 and the first one published by Namco and THQ. It is based on the arcade game 500GP and also based on the 2001 MotoGP season.

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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 which can be as simplistic as a straight line or as complex as having a cross road in it. When starting the game up for the first time, as per usual with Namco MotoGP games, players will be allowed to 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 as, 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 rather than racing against a number of opponents for a number of laps, they're racing against the clock to try to get the best time for as long as desired. Challenge mode is, as the title suggests, 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 their friends, which can be up to four of them, at the same time. 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. Then there's Options to make the game to the players liking and a Load/Save section.

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit race track

The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The current circuit was first used in 1956.

Paul Louis Marius Ricard was a French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged in 1975 with its competitor Pernod to create Pernod Ricard. Ricard was also an environmentalist and the developer of two Mediterranean islands, as well as the builder of the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Mugello Circuit motorsport venue in Italy

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Riders

2002

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider 1No.Rider 2
Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Norick Abe 20 Pere 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 Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 3 Max Biaggi 7 Carlos Checa
MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS Cube 55 Régis Laconi NoneNone
Pramac Honda Racing Team 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 Jr 15 Sete Gibernau
West Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500/Honda RC211V (Barros Only)4 Alex Barros 65 Loris Capirossi

Legends

TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider
Marlboro Yamaha Team 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 Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 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.

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TeamConstructorMachineNo.Rider
Namco TeamUnknownUnknown0 Jack Slate
Namco TeamUnknownUnknown0Susumu Hori
Namco TeamUnknownUnknown76Hitomi Yoshino

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge 6/10 [2]
EGM 8/10 [3]
Game Informer 7/10 [4]
Game Revolution B [5]
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GameSpot 8.2/10 [7]
GameSpy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
GameZone8.6/10 [9]
IGN 8.5/10 [10]
OPM (US) Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]

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]

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