MegaRace 3 is an ancient game from 2002. It's a whopping 21 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks proper widescreen aspect ratio (it's 4:3 only) and lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions, hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a relatively high price tag for such an ancient/abandonware game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge.
It's a sci-fi racing game that has you take on the role of a futuristic sci-fi vehicle pilot/driver as you race other sci-fi punks around various low poly sci-fi/hallucinogenically inspired tracks. The game does feature some old-school curiousities such as full motion video as you get a rather well performed intro by an older actor who acts as a commentator and compere for the game and the racing scene. That's pretty well done and Microids obviously spent some money making this game all those decades ago.
This nostalgia gouge didn't catch on, as reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number on Steam was only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is to be expected. It's just too old.
MegaRace 3 is relatively expensive for an abandonware nostalgia gouge, at $3 USD, and it's not worth it. The game is just too old, hasn't been modernised. And as the old saying goes, you can't go home again.
