Gear.Club Unlimited 3

The third game in the Gear.Club franchise is a total success in terms natural evolution within the genre, but still has points that show some amateurism from its developers.

There is a lot that you can potentially get out of Gear.Club 3, especially if you enjoy time trial challenges, where you’ll get a lot out of the large number of tracks and online leaderboards. Collecting all the cars and then playing around with them is a lot of fun, and ideal for pick-up-and-play sessions. It might not be a must play, but it’s one of those games that you’ll likely find yourself spending more time with than you realise.

With Gear.Club Unlimited 3, nothing gets reinvented, but plenty gets refined. The addition of Japan, a tighter Career flow, Highway Mode, and deeper customization give the game more variety and confidence, while Switch 2 finally lets it run the way it should. It’s an accessible racer with enough depth for car fans and competitive players alike, and an easy entry point for families. Not groundbreaking, just solid, polished, and comfortable in its own lane.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 is a great racing game that takes advantage of the Switch 2 hardware to deliver a compelling, immersive, and satisfying experience with smooth gameplay. With a roster of more than 40 car models with 50 tracks across France and Japan, racing game fans have a lot to play with in this content-rich story mode. Although there are a few graphical issues and some missing fan-favorite cars, the game is a great foundation for developer Eden Games to build on.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 brings licensed arcade racing to Nintendo Switch 2, offering an accessible experience across the scenic roads of Japan and France. While the visuals and club management mechanics shine, a lack of launch content and stripped-back multiplayer make it feel like a step backward from its predecessor. It is a solid choice for solo racers, though it still needs post-launch polish to reach its full potential.

While it lacks online multiplayer, you might want to pick up Gear.Club Unlimited 3 if you like the idea of developing your HQ in Japan, competing in races to unlock new features and put together an impressive garage of cars. You'll have to put up with a handling model that isn't all that impressive, however, and some will rue the lack of assist and difficulty options.

Despite its good ideas, which it does have, and technical improvements over previous installments, Gear.Club Unlimited 3 loses steam in practically every aspect. And that's a shame.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 is a tough game to rate. At its core, the driving is sound, the graphics are decent, the game mechanics are interesting, and the career is meaty enough to bother. It even offers a 60 frames per second mode, something previous episodes did not – at least, on Nintendo consoles. On the other hand, it has various important flaws related to the overall racing, and the lack of online multiplayer is a huge step-down from the previous game which did, eventually, add said feature. What we’re left with is a mostly competent, not particularly memorable arcade racer with a handful of highs, but some baffling lows as well. It is a fun game, and on Switch 2 there aren’t too many better alternatives for this kind of racer. But if it follows the previous episode’s path, it may get new content, proper multiplayer and astonishingly deep discounts before long. Perhaps you’re better off waiting for all of that to happen, before jumping in.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 is a title with good intentions and a competent gameplay foundation. However, it accumulates too many technical issues, the driving feel and physics are poor, the AI does not behave well, and the absence of online multiplayer along with the very limited content weigh too heavily.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 offers solid handling, a generous car roster, and welcome two‑player split‑screen support, yet the overall experience struggles to rise above average. Technical inconsistency across both visual modes, dated presentation, rubber‑banding AI, and a repetitive progression loop limit the game’s impact, while the absence of online multiplayer reduces its long‑term appeal. There are enjoyable moments, particularly in short sessions, but the Switch 2 debut of the series falls short of the standard set by Eden Games’ earlier work.

Gear.Club Unlimited 3 leans almost entirely on its Story Mode, yet even that fails to truly pull you in. Beyond that, frustrations stack up – clunky handling, technical hiccups and rubber banding – though the hub, duels and traffic-filled circuits offer brief flashes of promise. In the end, it falls short of must-have status, and you’re better off firing up GRID Legends instead.

There are moments where Gear.Club Unlimited 3 nearly comes together, but when other games like JDM and Tokyo Xtreme Racer exist, it becomes clear just how much of a poor facsimile it is.

You want to like Gear.Club Unlimited 3. Unfortunately, the lack of customization, ease of the story mode, AI problems, and laundry list of bugs keep it from being worth your time.