Real Racing 3 Review
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It is a game that is not afraid to serve you a repair bill after you finish racing. Nor is it afraid to ask you to service your car and put some oil in.
And while all of that sounds great and engaging (your car becomes like a little tamagotchi you look after), it comes with one big caveat. Time and money.
Freemium at its worst
Here is an example. Say, you have raced a couple of tracks and you notice your car requires oil change. You choose to add new oil, and the game serves you a warning that it would take around 5 to 10 minutes. Annoying, but not all that much. Go through a couple of more tracks, and you’d need to further service your ride. The waiting time can jump to half an hour or more easily.
Speeding it up is done with the hard-to-obtain in the game gold coins.. or with real life money. You don’t want to give this game to your impatient kids who can quickly run up significant sums. Buying new cars is an equally expensive experience. It is an annoyance, especially for hardcore gamers that like to get lost for hours in front of the screen.
Freemium is a double-edged sword, though. For casual gamers that would just quickly race a few tracks without any colossal ambitions, the zero dollar price might work perfectly.
Gameplay
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For beginners, you can race with assistance - break assistance especially, but if you want higher speeds, manual control of the car and ultimately more adrenaline, you should switch all of that off.
With a wealth of cars, brilliant tracks, an engaging gameplay that will have you caring about your virtual ride, Real Racing 3 is an addictive racing game that easily ranks among the finest we’ve played. However it is also a demonstration of freemium at its worst - it feels like a greedy a money-draining creation. It is rare that we love and hate a game at the same time, but if there is one, it must be Real Racing 3.
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27 Comments
1. easymomo posted on 28 Feb 2013, 09:53 1 0
The Pay to Win existed in some games but now we have a new system: Pay to Play.
Each and everyday you want to play this free game, you will have to pay.
Try Frontline Commando or other Glu Mobile games, it's the same system.
8. Lifengineer posted on 28 Feb 2013, 10:42 6 0
Put on your headset or at least watch the video!
It's samsung express and not S3!
12. TA-21 posted on 28 Feb 2013, 11:19 0 0
Oh god amazing graphic, just use with a 1080p display to know quality of this game enjoying Real Racing 3 on HTC DROID DNA.
13. valapsp posted on 28 Feb 2013, 13:03 0 0
Here's the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.games.r 3_na&feature=search_result
4. imkyle posted on 28 Feb 2013, 10:24 1 1
It's boring. I'd rather par for Need For Speed and enjoy the graphics. Plus Asphault 8 is coming up soon.
21. darac posted on 01 Mar 2013, 02:56 0 0
Have you played real racing 2?
Or any serious racing game, in your time?
You must be a little kid, for comparing Asphalt with this
5. darac posted on 28 Feb 2013, 10:26 2 0
Is that the snapdragon version of the S3?
Not compatible with mine! (Exynos).
Btw, I'm really disappointed that they messed up the game like that.. the extra cost should be a few dollars to get rid of the waiting times PERMANENTLY!
Greedy pricks
6. darac posted on 28 Feb 2013, 10:29 1 1
Oh, now I see It's a S3 mini!
Damn, that is ridiculous
20. darac posted on 01 Mar 2013, 02:53 0 0
I mean, ridiculously ironic that It's supported for the mini and not for the big galaxy S3, which also has the same basic GPU
23. ojdidit84 posted on 01 Mar 2013, 05:00 0 0
It's the same for the DNA. Phones that have been out for a while with big screens, high resolutions, and the newest capable hardware aren't supported where older phones like the Rezound, EVO 3D and even the Photon are supported. This is the norm with EA. They might give you some good graphics but you can't expect much beyond that.
10. andro. posted on 28 Feb 2013, 11:00 2 0
I hate freemium,charge me 3.99 once off for a paid game,don't charge me 1.99 ten times to progress in a freemiun game
15. Zero0 posted on 28 Feb 2013, 14:07 3 0
I agree. It's just aggravating. Take my money now, and don't charge me on a per-use basis.
Who has two thumbs and won't be playing Real Racing 3? This guy right here.
11. nikenturd (unregistered) posted on 28 Feb 2013, 11:11 0 0
Well, too bad this racing game franchise got greedy and decided to suck thair faithful customers dry....downloaded it yesterday and it is both sloppy on my Note 2 and Nexus 4.
14. downphoenix posted on 28 Feb 2013, 13:44 0 0
Ive only done the initial race so far but the game plays very well and the graphics are very nice. I am not a fan of Freemium models, but I will give anything a try a few times. We'll see how good this one is. Btw Need For Speed Most Wanted on phones is made by the same developer, and that game was awesome, but even though you bought the game, it still has "Freemium" qualities to it, specifically how some cars in the game cost so much, and upgrades on the cars are just per race so you constantly have to pay more ot upgrade them, so let's not bash this one too much over it when a game you had to PAY FOR had the same thing.
16. papss posted on 28 Feb 2013, 16:56 2 0
I have played this on my Ipad 4 and it's truly an amazing looking and fast on it.
17. yyuu1000 posted on 28 Feb 2013, 22:10 0 0
i would get the need for speed most wanted it has better graphics and it is cheaper for full version but RR3 is a very good game
19. darac posted on 01 Mar 2013, 02:51 1 1
Better graphics?
You obviously don't know a thing about graphics.
NFS is a pure arcade, whereas this is a full blown driving simulation with much more polygons on cars and tracks, and multiple views.
27. darac posted on 05 Mar 2013, 16:13 0 0
I have :)
26. ChafedBanana posted on 03 Mar 2013, 22:59 0 0
If you're serious about racing games, you play Forza Motorsports 4 and nothing else. If anyone wants to play a real racing game, my gamer tag is Chafed Banana.
28. darac posted on 05 Mar 2013, 16:21 0 0
Alright, I've just bought my second car, and now there's no waiting issue any more.. you can just switch cars; while one is repairing, you race with the other.
I love how they made car damage.. when you wreck a car bad enough and then just take it into a 3D spin instead of repairing it, you can virtually see under the hood, and every component of the engine department.
Amazing dedication to detail!
Overall, I'd give this game an 8 on my S3.
With better IAP implementation, proper multiplayer, and replay option, it would be a masterpiece
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