


An early development build was showcased to the public for the first time in May the same year. Midtown Madness 3 was announced as being in development in April 2002 as an Xbox-exclusive title, with a tentative release date of late 2002. "Tag" is a mode where players chase each other and try to bump each other's cars. "Stayaway" is a mode where whoever holds the rabbit for the longest time wins. As the Hunter captures Prey, they in turn become Hunters, and the last person who is Prey stands alone as the winner. In "Hunter", one player starts off as the Hunter and everyone else in the game is Prey. "Cruise" is a free-roam mode around the city with others. "Checkpoint" has players race against others on pre-defined tracks around the city. Other players will attempt to steal the gold. "Capture the Gold" is a mode where gold is stashed around the city and the player must take it to a hideout. Extra downloadable content was available via Xbox Live to expand the game's original premise. The game supported Xbox Live for online multiplayer gaming, and featured a split-screen mode for offline multiplayer. In the "Work Undercover" mission mode, the player attempts to complete driving-based objectives that vary for each city: in Paris, the player works as a delivery guy, taxi driver, chauffeur, security guard, ambulance driver, police officer, and special agent, while in Washington, D.C., the player works as a pizza delivery man, rental car driver, limo driver, car salesman, stunt driver, police officer, and private eye. In "Checkpoint" races, the player goes through the checkpoints in any order and gets to the finish line before their opponents. In "Blitz" races, the player goes through all the given checkpoints in any order and races to the finish line before time runs out. In "Cruise" (free roam) mode, the player can modify the number of pedestrians and amount of traffic, change the weather and season, the time of day and the season, and collect car-specific paint jobs, in a car selected by the user. In single-player mode, the player can freely roam, race, or complete objective-based missions. The city maps cover smaller areas than the real-life cities, though they are larger than their comparable counterparts in Midtown Madness and Midtown Madness 2. Midtown Madness 3 recreates the cities of Paris and Washington, D.C. As with the previous games in the series, the player drives any of several different vehicles around open world maps modeled on real-life cities.
