I feel that Road Rash 3-D is a great follow up to the series. This has everything from racing on the back roads to racing down a 8 lane highway. It has a variety of bikes to choose from. There are different modes of racing. It also has a greatsoundtrack.

This game picks up where Road Rash 3 left off. It has tremendous graphics. The courses are a little different than the old ones. For the fact that there are different sections of the tracks where different bikers parts are. Although there are many places where you can turn off from the track and go off the course and just ride. You will never win a race that way but if you are just screwing around. (Like a lot of us do when we are bored.) Then you can just try to out run the cops on the tracks and just ride off the course and any where you want to. The tracks vary a lot. I minute you will be going down a 8 lane high way and then the next you are in the back woods of nowhere. But that makes the challenge. There is usually a choice of 2 or 3 tracks that you can choose from after each race. The races progress longer and longer as you advance up the game.

There are some killer bikes on this game. There are 4 different styles of bikes that you can choose from. These catagories are Racer, Sport, Rat, and Crusier. There are three bikes to each catorgorie. In the racer there is the Firecrackers 250RR, the Missileblade 600VCR, and the Tsunomi XRZ1000. In the Sport section you have the DuMoto999, the DuMoto 500, and the DMG 747. The Rat bikes you have the Predator 750, Scavenger 450, and the Excutioner 1000. In the Crusier catagory you have the Rattler, the Razerback, and The Hammerhead. In each level you need a faster bike. It is almost impossible to win with a slow bike when you progress in the game. So it is best to get a fast bike but also one you can control. When you start out (in big game) you get $5,000 to buy your bike. And like any other game the better bikes are more expensive than the not so good bikes. Racer, Sport, and Crusier are mostly for on the road use only. But the rat bike will performe much better offroad than the rest of the bikes will. Youshould try each style of bike before picking a favorite.

There are 3 different modes (not counting the options). Thrash, Big Game, and the time trails. Trash is mostly to try the different bikes and the styles. There is nothing up for grabs in Thrash. But there are different levels in Thrash. Big Game is a tournment. You compete against other racers, buy your own bike, win money and progress through the levels of the game. In this mode you can becomed wrecked and arrested. Which will each cost you money and they become higher fines and repiars as you progress through the game. In this mode you can also choose your name. The third mode is the Time Trials. You race to see if you can get the fastest. In this modeyou can choose any bike from any style of bikes.

In the options you have 6 choices. Juke Box(your music), Game Mode(choose your game mode), sound options(self-explantory), Controller Options(congfigure your controller), Credits(the people who made the game), and Load/Save your game(load or save a game from your memory card). In this game the options known as the restroom. You can find this at themain menu.

One of mine and many others features of the game is the fighing. In this game you can kick and punch to start out with. The weapons are the Baseball Bat, Crow Bar, Mace, Pipe, 2x4, Nunchakus, Chain, Stun Gun, and the Cattle Prod. You recieve a weapon by throwing a punch when someone trys to use the weapon on you. Each gang has a liking ot a weapon. I have found the best ones are the baseball bat, 2x4, crow bar, and the pipe. These work better than the rest because it is a solid weapon and they don't swing or anything like that. Like the chain when you swing it theres a second or two where you have to swing it and you might get hit before you hit them.

The soundtrack is also great. This is one of the few games where they got bands to do the music. They even took the songs of the game and made a cd intitled "Road Rash 3-D the music". I am not sure of the popularity but it has a lot of good music. The bands are CIV, Full on the Mouth, Kid Rock, The Mermen, Sugar Ray, and The Tea Party. The 2 most famous bands are Kid Rock and Sugar Ray. Which we all know of unless you live under arock.

This is a great racing game. It has everything from high speed chase to fighting against gangs to buying and racing your own bike. I feel that this is a great game. The time of this game is different for each player. It depends on your bike and your abilities. This is a one player game. Although in thrash mode you can set it up to six players but you have to alternate the control. You can also use the analog control. If you are looking to buy this game I feel it is a must for any gamer or racing fan. This game is only on PSX though so that is the only down fall in my eyes. This ends my review and happy riding. Also don’t be suprised if you see some old faces.