V-Rally 3

V-Rally 3 is a rally racing game developed by Eden Studios and published by Infogrames for Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2 in 2002 and for Xbox, GameCube, and Windows platforms in 2003. It is the third in the V-Rally series, as well as the only one to be released under the same name across all regions.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Deep and engrossing career mode.
 * 2) 24 tracks and 20 officially licensed vehicles.
 * 3) The player can look up information on the route and strategically tweak their vehicle at service areas between rallies to give it a better setup for the event.
 * 4) Challenging but fun tracks with differing terrain and weather conditions.
 * 5) Excellent physics.
 * 6) Several nice touches like how your car gradually becomes dirtier when racing over surfaces like mud or snow and each car having fully rendered cockpits.
 * 7) Great sound effects.
 * 8) Time attack and challenge modes can be played with up to four players.
 * 9) The GBA port is very impressive for the hardware. It uses the same engine that would later be used for the GBA ports of Driv3r and Stuntman.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even though being playable, but the PC port is slightly inferior to the console releases as it's a rushed port: It lacks car shadows, the graphics look somehow worse than the actual Demo, AND your car, in some cases, will constantly shake (in which is seizure-inducing) depending which computer/laptop you're using. It’s likely the reasons why this version stayed in Europe.
 * 2) The career mode seems to be endless.