Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9928 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Codemasters Limited
• Released on: 2007-02-16
• Platform: Sony PSP

Manufacturer's Description:
TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge roars in with a cavalcade of officially licensed racecars, world-famous tracks and a new, progressive central game mode – the World Challenge. As the piston-pumping heart of the game, the World Challenge has players competing through a series of international championship tiers, each packed with skill tests, specialised events and championships that span different racing styles.

Each World Challenge tier is designed to enhance and expand your race driving skills and experience. First, a series of tests and events will build your racing prowess in areas such as damage control, using the racing line, manoeuvring, timely pit stops and braking accuracy. Now you’re ready for the main event: the tier’s specialist Championship season with a series of closely-fought multiple car races on different circuits. Come first overall in the championship and you’ll move up to compete in the next tier of the World Challenge.

Throughout TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge, you’ll be racing the world as each tier has its own international location and theme: from the British GP, to the heavyweight touring cars of Australia’s V8 Supercars and Germany’s DTM events, through to American Race series across the USA and then to a global Masters championship tier where you’ll compete against the best of the best.

Of course, with all this competitive racing, TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge features spectacular collisions thanks to its realistic damage system; sparks fly when you bottom out, smoke billows from tyres, doors flap, windscreens shatter, wings get ripped off, spoilers break and fly from the car and bodywork realistically deforms with every impact.

In addition to the World Challenge, TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge comes loaded with additional play modes including Free Race and Time Trial. There’s also wireless WLAN multiplayer action play for up to a staggering 12 players simultaneously and further multiplayer action via Game Share, enabling up to four players to enjoy fantastic WLAN racing from just one UMD.

Customer Reviews

Where's the fun gone?
TOCA 2 on the PSP was fantastic. Obviously the graphics were of slightly less quality than the PS2 version but apart from that the PSP was a direct port from the PS2 one.

TOCA 3 on the PS2 is one of the best driving games available on any platform and there is literally hours and hours of fun to be had. Maybe I should have taken more notice of the word "challenge" in the title of the PSPS version. I was expecting it to be another direct port but sadly it isn't.

Gone are the huge variety of different cars to complete events in and its place are just five championships at ever increasing difficulty levels. This would be OK but before you compete in any of them, there are a number of tests you have to do. They include following the racing line around a track, breaking in blue boxes (why?) amongst others. But, the most irritating one of all, is having to complete a race with no damage. It is so ridiculously hard because even the slightest nudge on another car will result in failure. I thought it would be easier to just let the other cars go and get round the track, finish last and progress. This is not possible though as you have to finish within a certain place. I have had to stop playing it for fear of throwing my PSP across the room and smashing it out of frustration. I love a challenge, and racing games are my favourite type, but this game is just so difficult that it doesn't feel like a challenge, more like something which is near impossible.

Codemasters games are generally very good. Their Colin McRae series is excellent and up to now TOCA games have been superb. Sadly this game is ridiculous and sucks all the fun out racing 20 other cars round a track which they nailed so perfectly in TOCA 2.

If you want a TOCA game please stick with the previous version. It may be only way to save your PSP!

Another TOCA release of quality for PSP
Once again, TOCA on the PSP is great!
Okay so some of the tests (Braking) seem pointless as there aren't many occasions when you need to stop dead on a race course, but these should serve to place even TOCA beginners in good stead for 'completing' the challenge mode. The challenges themselves are as varied as TOCA fans would expect, and the variety of vehicles is once again impressive.

As close to realistic as you could make a racing sim for the PSP, and worth every bit of the money, time and effort that's there for your enjoyment.

Moo Man Reveiw
A very good game. Worth every penny that I spent. I play on it quite often a never get bored. It is cool. The graphics are good for a PSP and the gameplay is realistic. I have a lot of fun on it. I recomend it for everyone. Buy Buy Buy!!!