While it remains a modest production, this third installment still shows real visual improvement compared to the previous episodes, and this PC version features some very nice graphics. The various cars are carefully modeled, including the cockpits, and the environments offer beautiful panoramic views with rather well-executed lighting effects. It’s a shame, then, to have to put up with fairly aggressive pop-ups that somewhat spoil the overall experience. Another issue specific to this version—at least on our test setup (RTX 5080 and i9 12900k)—is the frame rate: although it appears stable according to our machine’s FPS counter, the image still feels jerky and stuttery, even with DLSS enabled. It’s worth noting that the PC version offers a Path Tracing option, but enabling it has no effect on the game’s performance, which leads us to believe that this is either a bug or that the setting isn’t functioning as intended. Furthermore, there’s no option to enable NVIDIA Frame Gen, which is essential for playing with Path Tracing enabled and achieving a decent frame rate. However, there is a Ray Reconstruction option that confirms the presence of ray tracing. In practice, this seems to be mainly intended to handle reflections on liquid surfaces or on car bodies, even though the reflections visible in the hood view are, to say the least, pretty rough. As for the music, it’s obviously just as generic as ever—so much so that we started by turning it off during races—and we also regret that the engine sounds haven’t been improved and remain just as unconvincing when compared to the competition. That said, Gear.Club Unlimited 3 is still a somewhat enjoyable title for those who aren’t too familiar with the genre—and who are therefore less demanding than we might be. We had hoped for more, however, since the market has long since abandoned the idea of offering more arcade-style driving experiences without incorporating an open world. We wouldn’t have said no to a spiritual successor to DriveClub, for example, which also featured tracks set in natural environments without trying to mimic open-world racing games like The Crew, Forza Horizon, or even Need for Speed. In fact, some of the tracks in Japan are very reminiscent of the late Evolution Studios’ game, which would have been well worth a PS5 remaster... Of course, Eden Games doesn’t have the same resources as Sony’s first-party developers, and once again, this third installment of Gear.Club boasts more ambitious visuals than in the past. Still, for €49.99, we had every right to expect much more in terms of driving feel and overall production quality, especially given the overall lack of fluidity (at both 60 Hz and 120 Hz).