Asphalt 3 - Street Rulez
In regular races, you have to finish in the top three to progress, earning cash for your position as well as from stunts along the way, such as making huge jumps and bumping rival drivers off the road in wipeouts. As you drive, your Wanted level rises, which means cops will give chase, while if you're really spectacular, a live TV helicopter appears to broadcast your exploits to the world (and more importantly, boost your earnings).
Asphalt 3 is now properly
fun, with you zooming along battering cars out of the way, and even using two nitro boosts at once if you want. As you earn more cash, you unlock new cities, tracks, cars, tuning upgrades and, erm, girlfriends. The tuning lets you upgrade a huge number of components on your car to boost its performance, while the girlfriends... well, they look nice, but also affect the gameplay. Really!
The more you play
Asphalt 3, the more you unlock. The wider variety of locations – including St Petersburg, Honolulu, Rome and Bombay – offer plenty of graphical spice and an incentive to keep playing. As you progress, the game gets tougher too, so it's not the sort of thing you can breeze through in a few hours. A counter keeps track of what percentage of the game you've unlocked, as motivation.
The additional racing modes also add depth. Beat 'Em All is a
Burnout-style romp where you have to just smash as many cars out of the way as possible, Cop Chase has you following other miscreants, Duel puts you in a head-to-head battle, while Cash Attack focuses on pulling off jumps and drifts to earn as much money as possible.
Asphalt 3 is truly impressive, both for the amount of detail it squeezes in, and the way it has directly addressed the faults of its predecessor. Put your thumb on the accelerator and enjoy the ride!
Linear Mode
