Buy Ford Racing 3

Worth a look as look as long as you're ready to accept mid-2000's arcade racer physics. This is no sim. You'll rarely need brakes, there's no damage affecting performance, wall-riding and AI-shepherding is a thing, etc etc. Think NFS Hot Pursuit 2 as a budget title. Once you're over that, the game is quite fun, with a variety of unique gameplay modes and challenges, and a ton of unlockables to keep you coming back for a while.

Best control option: Gamepad.

i remember playing this game when i was nearly 10, it was great.

Has a lot of cool things I've never seen in racing games before like model t and relay races.

The two main game modes; competition and challenge, force you through a mix of all of Ford vehicles (which is actually a lot more variety than expected.) Although limited on graphics there are still nice environments from china, snow and rocky mountains all which have their own proper feel.

This is a fairly average arcade racing game from the PS2 era. The physics aren't great and the graphics have dated (you will need to manually alter the screen resolution from the game's folder in order to stop it stretching things from 4:3 to 16:9), but this game has a few tricks up its sleeve.

It has a wide variety of unique game modes and is one of few PC games that supports split-screen multiplayer. The car selection is also great, with a mix of rare classics and unique concepts from Ford's history. Some of these cars (like the Ford GT70 Concept) are literally in no other video games, so if you're a fan of Ford this will definitely get your inner car-nerd excited.

Admittedly the performance of these vehicles is not accurate. They're split into classes which supposedly feature similar vehicles, and the vehicles within these are balanced to be competitive with each other. But in the Off-Road class you get a mix of pickup trucks and rally cars, including the formidable Ford RS200 from Group B rallying and the original Ford F-Series from 1948. In reality, these vehicles wouldn't even be close to the same league, but here they can both bring the fight to each other.

But the game does have a really nice race and unlocks structure which I really haven't seen enough of in recent games. And at the low price of £4, there's really no reason to not get it if you like these cars.

As a successor of the famous Ford Racing 2, it adds a few more modes and a lot of more cars, yet the fun stays the same.

Released in 2004, Ford Racing 3 still keeps the same amount of fun!
Considering that the game is already 10 years old, which is obvious for those graphics, I think it's still worth buying it, if you are a Ford-Fan and/or like racing arcards!

Also, the game contains some unique cars you will only see in this game, and nowhere else.

Furthermore it is a great reminder of the times you may have spent with playing Ford Racing 2 from a CD you got from a cereal. :)

This really brings me back to the old days. I remember getting this on the ps2. I remember how angry i got when the save data on the ps2 got corrupted. This has aged and the graphics show that but this is your classic old school arcade racer. Its like a low budget nfs game but it plays out pretty well and in the end it gives me that same awesome feeling that i did when i was like 7-8 years old. Crazy how things change in a decade. its worth a shot espeically for a single pound, £1 is a steal. The tracks are simple but are in interesting settings and there is a clear difference between them. granted ive not got a lot of time in it yet its its still doing well. Runs stable at 4500fps on my i3+7870xt

Well, who thinks that its a "Racing simulator" is wrong. It is a funny game, but just dont expect top graphics or gameplay.

You cant go wrong for 99 cents.

So much memories about this game and Ford Racing 2...

It's like racing with cars designed by honda, except these are fords. great racing game for all kinds of gamers, from noobs to experts. 9/10.

this game is not like a racin simulator......

is ten times more fun!

This game was my childhood, and now almost 10 years later I still know every turnon every track. Fun arcady game. Definately worth a buck on sale. Graphics are dated of course, way worse than I remember, but decent enogh for what it trys to do. 7/10 for the nostalgia.

You may look at the price of this game and think to yourself:
"With that low-budget price tag it HAS to be absolut ♥♥♥♥♥, right?"
You can take that opinion and ram it down a trashcan, because for 4,99€ you get alot of stuff that modern day racing games wouldn't think about putting in their game!
Controls work great, only tried with keyboard yet though.
Every single car handles differently....every...single...ONE, wich is the way it should be.
I highly recomend this game to anyone that likes to play games....yeah, it's that much fun.
There are alot of fun to be had in Ford Racing 3, and you are missing out by continuing to read this ;-)
//Mr.Muppio
http://youtu.be/r2QphF-ImCQ

Sure it doesn't look briliant nor is a sim or anything like that but the point is to have fun, right? Well even tho it origins from PS2 and is around 10 years old, this game still knows how to deliver all the fun you need. And for a price like this, must say it's worth bringing back the good old memories and to just have a quick run when you don't know what to do. :)

I am a ford guy, I like ford alot and this is a great racing game. Alot of people are complaining about horrable graphics and no sound for the surface you ae driving on, remember this is an OLD GAME, old as in windows 98 is in minimum stuff. I can recomend this to anyone who likes racing.

This game is amazing! Very smooth. The scenery in some maps take me away, also the graphics are very good for a game in 2006! 10/10 <3

Ford Racing 3 is a fun game. It is, by no means, a game designed with every slight detail in mind (like Forza.) It is a simple, arcadey game geared towards the casual gamer.

PROS:
-Wide variety of cars, maps, and gamemodes

-Can be challenging

-Multiplayer

-Inexpensive ($5, £3.19, €4.02)


CONS:
-Physics can get a little... broken at times

-No resolution settings, the game does not take up the whole screen

-Multiplayer is dead

-Gets boring quickly


Conclusion: 74%, if you have a few bucks lying around and want to burn them, this is the way to do it.

My childhood

Spent atleast 500 hours on this game in 2005

Lots of cars and tracks, fine graphics (for a 2005 game) + gameplay

Only bad thing i'd say is the difficulty. It's super easy to complete.

Defiately worth the 1 dollar!

TL;DR: Is fun. looks ok, Supports 1080p with stretched visuals. Supports 360 contoller. Meh sound, good for 99p.

I had Ford Racing 2 around the time it came out, and remembered it being quite fun at the time. I thought I'd buy this to pass the time whilst Theif downloads. At 280mb, FR3 only took a few minutes. This is basically an arcade racer before Arcade Racers became showy, boombastic, DUB filled, EA-Sign-In-Please Racers, and it is all the better for it. Essentially you just race races to unlock cars, and do special challenge races to unlock other cars.

At its core, the racing physics are pretty good for an Arcade Racer; there is a good balance between grip and powersliding fun, and the cars go far faster than in real life, All in all the driving works well and is the reason why it kept me entertained as well as it did. It supports the 360 controller in that you can bind the triggers to acellerate and brake.

The graphics are probably equivalent to late Xbox, early 360 graphics, and almost look cartoony. At the end of the day they get the job done well enough, and support all resolutions that Windows allows, but only supports 4:3 so at 16:9 the game looks stretched. Have a look at http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27281114&postcount=1243 for some better screenshots than the steam page.

The sound is passable.

Overal, I was going to spend the 99p on a coffee at work on Monday, so, did I get more enjoyment than I would from a coffee? Yes, absolutely.

I absolutely love this game. I used to play Ford Racing 2 all the time on the PS2. I am more into computer gaming now, but i was looking up a racing game and had happened to stumble upon this one. While I was thinking of it, it brought back so many memories. It was only $.99, which is a great deal, but had mixed reviews. I still knew i had to get it anyway. REMEMBER: This game is from 2005, so its graphics are not the best. But the gameplay and style of it are very fun. Only one thing to keep in mind: You CANNOT change the resolution of this game. But those downsides are definitely not enough to ruin my love for this game.

DON'T Listen to any bad reviews. most of them are haters who cant apreciate a classic game or those who spent lots of money on some rediculous gaming pc and are disapointed with the graphics. this game was released in 2005 for crying in the sink...do not buy a game released at that time with no updates and expect 4K graphics. granted, the game will crash every now and then when you use boost, but that is a minor inconveniance...