Illegal racing across Atlanta, San Diego and Detroit under DUB Magazine licence, with visual and mechanical tuning cranked up. Three open cities, hip-hop and R&B score; a Midnight Club 3 surprisingly well suited to the PSP screen.
Your verdict
Category
Racing1 player12+
Description
Illegal street racing in Atlanta, San Diego and Detroit under the DUB Magazine licence, with vehicles customisable to the extreme. Published by Rockstar Games, released in the USA in September 2005. Advanced visual and mechanical tuning, police to avoid, ad hoc versus, hip-hop and R&B soundtrack, career mode across three open cities. Multilingual version.
Midnight Club 3 - DUB Edition review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The three cities are told apart by their daylight rather than by their monuments: Atlanta bathes in a green of trees and humidity, San Diego in a marine blue that washes out façades, Detroit in a factory and brick ochre. The parts catalogue, meanwhile, is laid out like a page from a car magazine.
Supercharged, the licensed selection rolls out hip-hop, electro and rock to electrify the nocturnal city races. Every track matches the speed and the tuning, spiking the adrenaline of the asphalt. This urban identity, cut for the night, is an integral part of the thrill of illegal driving.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Frantic night races through open cities, vehicle customisation of crazy depth and a hip-hop soundtrack glued to the asphalt: this arcade racer breathes style and freedom. Weaving through traffic at full speed delivers an instant thrill. Snappy, generous and full of tuned-up pride, a racing game that celebrates car culture with flair.
Is Midnight Club 3 - DUB Edition still worth playing in 2026?
Midnight Club 3 - DUB Edition brings Rockstar's illegal street racing to PSP, in which you tear through Atlanta, San Diego and Detroit at the wheel of extremely customizable vehicles under DUB Magazine license. The exhilarating sense of speed, the scale of the open-world cities and the depth of tuning make it a rich and snappy arcade racing game, surprisingly complete for the handheld. A few technical compromises and a tough difficulty temper the enthusiasm. For fans of arcade street racing and deep customization, it is a solid and generous conversion.
