

Checkpoint has players race against others on predefined tracks around the city. Other players will attempt to steal the gold. Capture the Gold is a mode where gold is stashed around the city and the player must take it to a hideout. Extra downloadable content was available via Xbox Live to expand the game's original premise. The game supported Xbox Live for online multiplayer gaming, and featured a split-screen mode for offline multiplayer. In the Work Undercover mission mode, the player attempts to complete driving-based objectives that vary for each city: in Paris, the player works as a delivery guy, taxi driver, chauffeur, security guard, ambulance driver, police officer, and special agent, while in Washington, D.C., the player works as a pizza delivery man, rental car driver, limo driver, car salesman, stunt driver, police officer, and private eye. In Checkpoint races, the player goes through the checkpoints in any order and gets to the finish line before their opponents. In Blitz races, the player goes through all the given checkpoints in any order and races to the finish line before time runs out.

In Cruise (free roam) mode, the player can modify the number of pedestrians and amount of traffic, change the weather and season, the time of day and the season, and collect car-specific paint jobs, in a car selected by the user.

In single-player mode, the player can freely roam, race, or complete objective-based missions.

The city maps cover smaller areas than the real-life cities, though they are larger than their comparable counterparts in Midtown Madness and Midtown Madness 2. Midtown Madness 3 recreates the cities of Paris and Washington, D.C. Reception for Midtown Madness 3 was positive, with aggregators GameRankings reporting a score of 80.24%, and Metacritic a score 76 out of 100.įurther information: Midtown Madness § GameplayĪs with the previous games in the series, the player drives any of several different vehicles around open world maps modeled on real-life cities. Online modes were available via Xbox Live. Here players can compete in a variety of race types and take on roles such as taxi and ambulance drivers. Like the first sequel, the game features two major cities in which events take place Paris and Washington, D.C. The Xbox-exclusive console release and change of developer heralded a significant graphical improvement to maintain the console's graphical standards. This marked a change from the developer of the first two games, Angel Studios, which had moved on to work on the Midnight Club series. A version for mobile phones was developed by In-Fusio and released in 2004. It is the third and currently final game in the Midtown Madness series. Midtown Madness 3 is a 2003 open world racing video game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox.
