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TOCA Race Driver 3 (also known as DTM Race Driver 3 in mainland Europe, V8 Supercars 3 in Australia, and TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge in the PlayStation Portable version) is the third title of TOCA racing video game series, developed and published by Codemasters, and released in 2006. The game features several fully licenced championships, including the DTM series and V8 Supercar championship. This is the last in the series to have TOCA in its title as following on from this TOCA was dropped in favour of just Race Driver (e.g. Race Driver GRID).It includes 120 Championships and 35 Types of Racing through the Championship in World Tour, Pro Career, and Free Race. Also it has Bonus Championships in different disciplines. They take place largely in the UK and Germany, though many more tracks are unlocked by winning cups in Pro Career, or by setting a lap time record on a course within Pro Career mode. Open wheel, GT, Oval racing, Rallying and Off-road racing were all featured, and can be...

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    • Author: Nidora
    Read above, I'm not kidding. After the clinical pristine GT5 prologue, I played the Grid demo and was hooked. The damage modelling and physics are unbelievable, the grainy look of the environments add a realism that nothing else can match. I have it on 3 platforms and they're all great (360, PS3 and PC) and almost identical, although on my TV the 360 one seems to have a richer look. There have been criticisms of the relatively small number of cars, which might be valid as there are about 50 I think, less even than GT5 prologue. There is a strange inclusion of drift racing which I'm guessing is a nod to the Japanese market but I find dull. However, the lack of cars misses the point because the racing is so good, and you can easily avoid the drift racing or anything else if that's not your style. Oh, and the AI is phenomenally real, others have complained about your opponents running into you, but they do it with about the same chance as you running into them. Buy it.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Kirk Thornton Kirk Thornton - Pit Chief (voice)
    Michele Specht Michele Specht - Manageress (voice)
    Mel Fair Mel Fair - USA Announcer (voice)
    Lex Lang Lex Lang - USA Team Mate / Spanish Team Mate (voice)
    Joe Cappelletti Joe Cappelletti - USA Team Mate (voice)
    Steve Van Wormer Steve Van Wormer - USA Team Mate (voice)
    Josh Cohen Josh Cohen - British Team Mate (voice)
    Adam Rhys Adam Rhys - British Team Mate (voice)
    Simon Carlyle Simon Carlyle - British Team Mate (voice)
    Yoshi Tomo Kaneda Yoshi Tomo Kaneda - Japanese Team Mate (voice) (as Akira Kaneda)
    Eidan Hanzei Eidan Hanzei - Japanese Team Mate (voice) (as Henry Hayashi)
    Yuri Lowenthal Yuri Lowenthal - Japanese Announcer (voice)
    Liam O'Brien Liam O'Brien - Irish Team Mate (voice)
    Mark Bremer Mark Bremer - German Team Mate (voice)
    Patrick Strom Patrick Strom - Scandinavian Team Mate (voice)
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