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{{short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Final Lap 3
|image = Final Lap 3 flyer.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Arcade flyer
|developer = [[Namco]]
|publisher = [[Namco]]
|composer = Masahiro Fukuzawa
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 1992|WW|1992}}
|genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]]
|modes = Up to 8 players simultaneously
|arcade system = [[Namco System 2]]
|platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Final Lap 3'''''|ファイナルラップ3|Fainaru Rappu Tsurī}}, as the name suggests, is the third title in the ''[[Final Lap]]'' series, released worldwide by [[Namco]] in 1992; like its precursors (as well as ''[[Four Trax]]'', and ''[[Suzuka 8 Hours (video game)|Suzuka 8 Hours]]''), it runs on [[Namco System 2]] hardware, and allows up to eight players to play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together.

It features four new tracks set in [[Silverstone Circuit|England]], [[Circuit Paul Ricard|France]], [[Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari|San Marino]], and [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya|Spain]] - and for the third time, the players must take control of either the Williams, McLaren, Ferrari or Tyrrell cars (which have again been redesigned; Ferrari and Tyrrell replaces March and Lotus from the previous games), in a Formula One race on one of the four tracks.

In the single-player mode, the player's score is again based on how far his car travels until the timer runs out or he completes four laps of the chosen circuit, and hitting another car or a billboard will again not cause a player car to explode, like it did in the two ''[[Pole Position]]'' games, but it can still send it (or the other car) spinning off the track, costing valuable time; in the multiplayer mode, up to eight players can again race simultaneously, which shall again allow for better lap times, as the plain green CPU-controlled cars (which have again also been redesigned) will appear less frequently.

[[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya|Barcelona]] is the easiest one of the four and is recommended for the novice players - once a player has mastered it he is ready to move on to [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]], followed by [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard]] (which had been replaced in 1991 by Magny-Cours in F1). [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] (in 1987-90 configuration, without the 1991 overhaul) is the most difficult one of the four and is therefore only recommended for the expert players and the ones who had managed to master [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] in the [[Final Lap|two]] [[Final Lap 2|previous]] titles.

== Reception ==
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Final Lap 3'' on their October 1, 1992 issue as being the third most-successful upright/cockpit arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=435|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 October 1992|page=33|lang=ja}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{KLOV game|id=7799}}
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=842 ''Final Lap 3''] at the Arcade History database

{{Formula One games}}

[[Category:1992 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:Namco arcade games]]
[[Category:Racing video games]]
[[Category:Sports video games set in France]]
[[Category:Video game sequels]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games set in England]]
[[Category:Formula One video games]]
[[Category:Video games set in Spain]]
[[Category:Pole Position and Final Lap series]]

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