GAME CONTROLS Launch Xbox Guide Brake/AutoReverse Accelerate (if stopped) ® Toggle driver names Change camera Look back ® Shift up Steer Shift down/ AutoReverse (if stopped) Use handbrake Back Pause Music controls Look around Get the strategy guide primagames.com® 0905 Part No.
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YOUR GOAL RANKING UP Life Begins at 170 Race If you’re ready for the ride of your life, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to Project Gotham Racing® 3, home of more than 75 of the world’s fastest, most expensive, and most desirable cars. Race with style, speed, and daring to earn Kudos and credits. Your Goal Your goal in PGR® 3 is simple: achieve the Number One Driver ranking, which identifies you as the most skilled of PGR 3 players.
GAME CONTROLS GAME CONTROLS Launch Xbox Guide Accelerate Brake/AutoReverse (if stopped) Change Toggle camera names Look driver back Shift down/ AutoReverse (if stopped) Shift Steer Use Back handbrake Pause Music 4 up controls Look around 5
GAME SCREEN Current position Goal GAME SCREEN Kudos Bank (see page 8) Combo Bonus Kudos Stash Current split time Circuit map Current gear Lap counter Speed Rev line 6 7
EARNING KUDOS & CREDITS EARNING KUDOS & CREDITS Kudos measure the style, speed, skill, and daring you demonstrate when racing. Xbox Live Kudos How Do You Earn Kudos? You earn Kudos when racing on Xbox Live in exactly the same way you do in Single Player racing. When you perform a stylish maneuver during a race, you earn a certain number of Kudos that are added to your Kudos Stash. After about two seconds, the Stash moves into your Kudos Bank.
EARNING KUDOS & CREDITS EARNING KUDOS & CREDITS Earning Style Kudos Earning Credits 360 Quickly spin around in a complete circle. Air Get all four wheels off the ground. Clean Section Drive cleanly through a designated section. In addition to earning Kudos to move up in rank, you also earn credits that you can use to buy cars.
GHOSTS & LEADERBOARDS DRIVING VIEWS Ghosts PGR 3 features five different driving views. To switch among the views while driving, press the left and right bumpers on your Xbox 360 controller. A Ghost, which is a replay of a previous race or Kudos event, appears as a semi-transparent image of a car that races at the same time you do. Your car can pass through the Ghost image without crashing.
GOTHAM TV GOTHAM TV With a live news ticker and multiple channels broadcasting the hottest Xbox Live race action, Gotham TV keeps you in the know on all the record-breaking performances, white-knuckle races, and other newsworthy events going on in PGR 3. Heroes Channel The News Ticker When you are signed in to Xbox Live, the Gotham TV news-ticker service displays a live feed of all the latest news from the PGR 3 world.
GOTHAM CAREER GOTHAM CAREER Gotham Career is the main Single Player mode in PGR 3. It is made up of 23 Championship Series events. Each Championship Series is made up of individual events in locations that span the globe. Complete the unlocked events to open up more events in the same Championship Series. Complete all of the events in a single Championship Series to unlock the next one.
XBOX LIVE ONLINE CAREER Play anyone and everyone, anywhere on Xbox Live. Build your profile (your gamer card). Chat with your friends. Download content at Xbox Marketplace. Send and receive voice and video messages. Get connected, and join the revolution. The Online Career mode in PGR 3 is where you get the chance to show off your slick style and speed skills to your friends... and a worldwide audience watching your every move over Gotham TV.
CITIES CARS Catch the sights of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities as you hurtle through the streets of Las Vegas, London, New York City, and Tokyo in PGR 3. PGR 3 sets a new standard for speed. Every vehicle in the game was chosen for its ability to meet a minimum speed bar of at least 170 mph.
PLAYTIME PLAYTIME Playtime is the freeform game mode in PGR 3, where you can race almost any car on any track or build your own custom routes through any of the cities using the Route Creator. Find Race When racing in Playtime mode, you can forget about showing off your slick moves, because you’re not eligible for Kudos or credits. If you lay down a record lap time in Race Against the Clock, however, your name will be recorded on the Race Against the Clock Leaderboards.
ROUTE CREATOR ROUTE CREATOR The Route Creator is one of the main game features available in the Playtime mode. With the Route Creator, you can build your own custom tracks that you can use in a variety of different ways.
MUSIC PLAYLISTS YOUR MUSIC While racing, you have your choice of nine music playlists that you can change on the fly. Each playlist features both big names and ground-breaking newcomers showcasing a different music genre. If you want more control over the music you hear, you have a couple of options for listening to your own personal music while you’re racing.
TEAM CREDITSBizarre Bizarre PGR3 Leads Gren Atherton Beverley Bright Nick Bygrave Derek Chapman Alan Mealor Roger Perkins Mark Sharratt Ben O’Sullivan Paul Spencer Ged Talbot Gareth Wilson Ian Wilson Nick Wiswell Game Vision Martyn Chudley Animation Jeff Powell Audio Jon Cutter Emma Jackson Mathias Grunwaldt Car Art and Dynamics Jason Bowers Peter Moneypenny Peter O’Sullivan City Art Gavin Bartlett Dianne Botham Pete Collier Matthew Coward Christopher Davie Edward Draper Chris Downey Special thanks to: Da
CAR CREDITS CAR CREDITS Ariel and the Atom 300 Supercharged names, emblems and body designs are trademarks and intellectual property of Ariel Motor Company and are used under license to Microsoft Corporation. Approved and Licensed Product of Group Lotus plc. Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin Racing DBR9 and both Aston Martin logos are trademarks owned and licensed by Aston Martin Lagonda © 2005 Aston Martin Lagonda.
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