28 Inch Rims - Crush other cars in your way, you're the king of street racing!
Over 60 absolutely stunning cars from real-life companies such as Dodge, Chevorlet, Lexus, Toyota, Aprilla, Cadillac, Lambourghini, Saleen, Chrysler and many more.
Those glorious cars include street-racing Tuners, Sports-Bikes, Choppers, Luxury Sedans, Exotics, SUV's and Trucks. Notables include the Murcialago, Viper, Corvette Z06, 1968 and 1981 Camaros, ME 412, Escalade and Escalade EXT, Cien, IS300, S7, Sixteen, there are many more cars and bikes.
Three gorgeous cities in which to do your racing. Detroit, Michigan. Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California. All three have landmarks, appropiate weather and pedestrians, and of course, plenty of big air and secret alleyway opportunities.
Career Mode is easily the best of all three Midnight Clubs to date. Hands-down, it rules. There are new mechanics this time around. Tournaments, Club Races and the usual Career races are the types in DUB Edition, and each have their own unique qualifications. Club Races are specific. They only want one type of a certain vehicle, tournaments ask for the best time, you win a car, and career races are the same from the other two games. The game is extremely helpful in this department, the map is redesigned and shows the player every single event that is availible to do. The Navigation System that is used when pressing Select during Career Cruise tracks races in all three citites. You'lll never become confused as to what to do.
Three new skills you have. Zone, Aggro and Roar, all with their unique advantages. Very useful indeed.
To advance through career, you're going to need cars. Okay, got my car. But is's so drabby. Customization in DUB is legendary. You can change everything from the performance of your vehicle, to the color of your vehicle, using styles such as Pearlescente, Metallic, Gloss, you may pick any color known to man. You can alter Window Tints, Headlights, Tailights, Tires and their sizes, there are at least 30 different sets of rims you can use. Some are plain and cheap, others are truly bling and spin by themselves. Hoods, Backends, even Vinyls and Decals can be altered to a player's exact taste. And on top of that, to add that cherry on top of the sundae, all license plates from all 50 states are in the game. Even better, you can customize the plate to your own words and numbers. Absolutely incredible.
Adding the sweet sauce. Music is unbelievable. The soundtrack included virtually all kind of trendy music today. You'll see Hip-Hop and R & B, Techno, Rock, Alternative by artists such as The Game & 50 Cent, Petey Pablo, Sean Paul just to name a few.
This game has online play! Race your friends over the INTRAWEB!
Arcade Mode has several different, fun minigames to try.
THE BAD:
Arcade Mode doesn't have unlockables. This hurts the balance of the game.
Opponents do not talk trash like they did in the other two games. The game suffers from that as well, it was a classic feature.
The environments can sometimes be a bit too drab for my taste. It does preserve the image of gritty world of street racing, however.
SUMMARY: I am an avid Midnight Club Series fan, and have played and beaten the other two, recently finishing up this one as well. I can honestly say that Midnight Club has rightfully YANKED control of the Street Racing Genre from Need for Speed Underground and re-established itself as the KING of the mountain once again. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition needs to be played to be believed, to put it bluntly. Rockstar San Diego really need to give themsleves a pat on the back on such a well-done game. Where shall I begin? - My entire career should do.
I started in San Diego, got a message from the garage owner. I had to buy a car - and quick. My decision came on the Dodge Neo SRT4, and I quickly changed colors and saw what I could do to modify it. Blown away, right there. I spent nearly an hour just experimenting with different things. There are countless, infinite number of ways you can make your car uniquely you. So I did, and I was happy, with a New York License Plate that read my last name. I reported to my very first race, and I won. Racing never gets old, no matter how you do it. But it was extrmely different this time around. The graphics reflected your speed so well, I notice. Lights blur, other cars's headlights and horns become faded, the camera changes and shakes. What a ride. As I progressed and earned more money and parts, my ride had gone from a regular car, not different from what you see on the road into a street-racing warrior, armed with the latest armaments. What makes this game so addicting, even when career gets a bit slow, is the fact that you can have an army of these warriors, all under your spell. The power you have over these cars, from how they run to how fast they go to how their appearance reflects you, it's simply unbelievable.
Approaching the end of Career Mode here, a huge fast-foward. I have, by this point won tournaments unlocking unbelievable, premade warriors. I have just unlocked sports cars, but still ride my Mercedes sedan, which still can beat exotics. I win a tournament, unlocking the first one, Cadillac Cien. Takes the game to a whole new level. Modifying Sports Cars is incredibly fun, because so many styles work, and so many don't. I have unlocked all three power-up moves, though on different cars. I later win the Murcialago, and the ME-412, and after wrapping up the Club races, reach 100%. I reflect and say, now that, was an excellent game.
Do yourself a favor, if you even remotely like automobiles, get it. The difficulty curve might be a little steep at first, but keep trying and you'll succeed. - bri 5/05
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