3D Games For Consoles: 10 Best Reviewed

You just can’t deny that Forza 4 is a worthy sequel to one of the best racing games in recent memory. If you're among the many gamers who have played and enjoyed Forza 3 you're rewarded for your efforts the first time you start up Forza 4. You're awarded a good car selection and a modest sum of money based on factors such as your Forza 3 driver level, VIP status and whether or not you owned any of the rare ‘unicorn’ cars.

Forza 4's World Tour mode is quite differently from Forza 3's career mode. The former gives you a great degree of freedom to drive what you want and when you want. Forza 4's racing action is enjoyed the most online where you can compete with up to 15 other drivers simultaneously.

PGR 4 is all about improvements upon PGR 3. The first noticeable thing is that the car list has grown bigger. Instead of only exotics and supercars, there is a much more varied list of cars to choose from. Another addition is that you can also ride motorcycles which add depth and fun because motorcycles and cars handle quite differently. Another significant feature is that now there are dynamic weather effects such as rain and snow that can change in intensity during the course of a race. When you add all of these improvements onto a great foundation, you end up with Project Gotham Racing 4. PGR 4 has the standard modes such as arcade, career and online. Career mode has been given a facelift and now seems more realistic. Online play is just as deep and is a definite high point once you finish with your career.

When DiRT 2 was launched in 2009 it boasted a lengthy and engaging career mode with great multiplayer options, all of it wrapped in excellence. The sequel loses none of the charm of its predecessor apart from making some great additions to this edition. Split screen multiplayer that supports two controllers is now an option along with more vehicle classes to choose from. Gymkhana events and snowy conditions pose fresh challenges and new multiplayer modes add to the overall thrill. Dirt 3 brings a variety of superb content to the gamers and because it offers a plethora of customizable difficulty settings and assistance. Newcomers as well as veterans can enjoy its excellent off road action.

GRID features more than 40 licensed cars which include most of the big names. The game puts more focus on pure racing. The races are usually competitive and the Artificial Intelligence does a decent job of racing cleanly without wrecking you.

The tracks are a nice bunch of real circuits from Europe, street racing tracks in the US and a combination of drifting, circuits and street racing tracks from Japan. The game also offers several other race variations in the form of open wheel race cars to drifting to circuit races to Touge races in Japan and even demolition derbies. There is a lot to do and loads of variety in GRID.

The career mode is split into three tiers that are further split among the US, Europe and Japan. As you race, you earn reputation which allows you to progress to the next tier in that region. Each region offers different cars and different racing styles, so there is always a new experience in GRID.

Whenever there is a racing game from Codemasters there is usually reason to be excited about it and the F1 2011 is no exception. F1 2011 has full F1 license and features all the official tracks, teams and drivers from the current season. F1 2011 builds on the roaring success of Codemasters' first F1 title by incorporating its most impressive features and fixing many of its flaws. The car handling and visual detailing are noticeably better and the new Co operative Championship mode presents an exciting way for friends to experience intense racing together. The complex driving physics and rules may cause complexities for motor racing novices but Formula One fans will definitely enjoy this incredibly loyal depiction of the sport.

The biggest difference between the Paradise and previous Burnout games is that you are given the freedom to explore a huge city. Rather than selecting races from a menu, events are scattered across the map at stoplights. Sprinkled around the city are jumps, billboards and shortcuts you can crash through and get rewarded with achievements. Exploring the city is a lot of fun in itself.

One of the best features of Paradise is the seamless integration of online play. You can jump online or offline with the d pad and there isn’t any loading or long waiting. Just a small pause and you are racing around the town with real people. It’s really impressive and is a lot easier than playing online in a lot of other games. The game’s online performance is amazingly smooth with very little lag.

Split/Second is presented like a TV show where you race through a 12 episode season in order to win a championship. It isn't normal racing as each track is specially rigged with explosives which the drivers can activate during the course of the race to wreck their opponents or open up new sections of the track.

Each episode has six events. Each event has its worth in points and those points add up to unlock new vehicles and events and qualify for the next episode. It’s not mandatory to win every event in order to progress through the game. So, if you are stronger at certain race types you can focus more on them and without worrying too much about others.

Race types include regular races with 8 cars. These are time trials where you try to set the best time while the game automatically actuates the hazards around you. The race types add a fair bit of variety to the game.

Midnight Club: L.A. lands you down in Los Angeles, hooks you up with shady characters you race for and then sets you free in the city to find other racers. There are lots of shortcuts and hidden paths you can take through the city and the overall design of the city is very pro racing as there is a dearth of unbreakable objects that stop you dead in your track and impossible tight corners. The traffic is the densest traffic you would have ever seen in an open world racer. Considering that this is L.A., it makes sense.

There are 40 plus vehicles in total split between muscle, luxury, tuner, and exotic cars and only 3 bikes. They are all real world vehicles that you can upgrade with real world parts but the choppers and SUVs from MC3 are a surprising omission.

Although, Blur is at core a kart racer but it uses real car models instead of karts. Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, BMW, Toyota, Audi, Nissan, Lotus and many more are represented with vehicle types ranging from tuner hatchbacks to sports cars to exotics to SUVs and even pickups. Each vehicle has full damage modeling. It is a unique thrill to be able to use real world cars like Viper, Corvette and Supra and smash them up in such an insane way. The tracks you race on are modeled on street racing style tracks found in cities like London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York and Barcelona among others. The tracks have been designed to provide the best racing experience possible for the style of racing that Blur offers. So you can expect a lot of wide corners and fairly simple track designs.

Need for Speed Most Wanted is simply the best of all the Need for Speed games. It combines great car customization and open world of Underground with police chases of Hot Pursuit and solid racing that is the hallmark of the series. Regardless of the console, Need for Speed Most Wanted is a must play for racing fanatics.

EA's long running series took a dark trip a couple of years ago when the developer focused solely on illegal street racing. While the night racing was certainly a hit, the rebellious world was always missing a key factor: the cops. This installment comes back to the daylight. The actual racing hasn't changed much but the omnipresent police make this game a great deal more interesting.