C3 Racing is a racing game released in January 1999 by Infogrames

Infogrames

Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...

. The game allows you to race in 11 locations around the world in a variety of sports cars. In each country there are three tracks to race on. The term C3 Racing stands for three C's; Car Constructors Championship. The game was released in the UK as Max Power Racing as a tie-in to the magazine

Max Power (magazine)

Max Power was a UK-based magazine, headquartered in Peterborough, which covered the performance-tuning car market, boy racers and softcore pornography....

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Arcade Mode

In this mode the player races on all 31 tracks in the game, unlocking new and more powerful cars with every two victories. In the beginning of the game the player races in either Africa or Peru in either a Nissan Micra or a Renault Clio

Renault Clio

The Renault Clio is a supermini car produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Originally launched in 1990, it is currently in its third generation...

. These are separate tangents that unlock separate countries to each other.

If the player finishes first on all three tracks in Africa then they will unlock the Chinese tracks, and they finish first on those tracks then they will unlock the Indonesia tracks. From here, the USA tracks are unlocked followed by the Brazilian tracks. After unlocking the Brazilian tracks no more tracks can be unlocked in this tangent.

As for the Peru tangent, finishing 1st unlocks the Rome tracks, followed by Norway, Monaco and the United Kingdom. After unlocking all available GTI cars during the course of the Arcade Mode the choice of cars will change to High Performance Class, starting as with the GTI Class with two cars to choose from.

If you have finished all the 31 tracks, you will be able to race on all the tracks reversed.

Championship Mode

In this mode the player races in four Championship classes, with pre-determined circuits for racing on. Points are awarded in the order 10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 for finishing in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.

The championship classes are:

GTI Class Amateur Class

There are five races in this mode, generally in Africa, Peru and Italy. Beating this mode (i.e. coming first in the Championship) unlocks the GTI Pro Class.

GTI Class Pro Class

There are ten races in this mode, generally incorporating China, USA, Brazil and Indonesia. Beating this mode unlocks the High Performance Amateur Class.

High Performance Amateur Class

There are five races in this mode, coming from Monaco, Norway and Britain. Beating this mode unlocks the High Performance Pro Class.

High Performance Pro Class

There are ten races in this mode, generally incorporating the remaining circuits of the Arcade Mode. Beating this mode concludes the Championship Mode.

If a certain number of points are gained in any class then a certain number of cars will be unlocked for use in that Class Championship (e.g. by gaining 12 points 4 cars will be unlocked for use in the GTI Class Amateur Class).

Player Mode

Confusingly, the mode that allows multiplayer action for two players was named 'Player Mode', possibly a mistake from the developers.

Cars

• Marcos GTS
• Marcos Mantis
• Mitsubishi 3000GT
• Mitsubishi GTO
  Mitsubishi GTO
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• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
  Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
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  • V
  • VR
• Nissan 300ZX
  Nissan 300ZX
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• Nissan Almera
  Nissan Almera
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• Nissan Micra
• Nissan Skyline
  Nissan Skyline
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  • 25 GTX Turbo
• Peugeot 206
  Peugeot 206
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• Peugeot 306
  Peugeot 306
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  • GTi
  • XSi
• Peugeot 406
  Peugeot 406
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• Renault Clio
  Renault Clio
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  • Williams
• Renault Megane
  Renault Mégane
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  • 1.6 Coupe
  • 16V
• Škoda Octavia
  Škoda Octavia
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• Toyota Celica
  Toyota Celica
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• Toyota Corolla
  Toyota Corolla
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• Toyota MR2
  Toyota MR2
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• Toyota Supra
  Toyota Supra
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BONUS CAR

• The Max Power Car

Music tracks

• Bomb Praise - Red Sector Pink
• Digital Monkeys - Paralysed Paradise
• Forth- Reality Detached
• Life on Mars - Life in Mind
• Pink Bomb - Afterschock
• VFR - Tranceillusion (Forth Mix)
• VFR - Tranceillusion (Taucher Mix)