I hate remixes. I'm like the anti-remix, the remix hunter, Van Remix, the person who goes out of his way to tell people that he hates remixes - that's me, the remix hater. Of course, I'm talking about music - rappers to be exact. Thanks Kanye, for ruining every old classic track you touch, and to be honest, you don't really do that much to them, except add a lot of swear words. Release and reap that number one, there's one born every minute to help you reach the top slot. Thankfully though, I'm not one of them. Okay, I'll calm down. I just have this fear of the word remix, I hear it on the radio before hearing a song - what have they done to you, what have they done?! But Kanye aside, let's talk about 50 Cent. Actually, let's not. Because we all know where I stand on that little matter - at least editor Geoff certainly does. Hi Geoff! [Hi Dex, yes I hate him too lol! Ed]

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix then, took me a while to approach. I already have the original on my shelf and because I generalise the word remix with the definition of ruined, I was a little dubious about touching this one. Thankfully though, good sense prevailed and I was quite surprised with what is on offer.

Unlike regular musical remixes, the core, raw, stellar gameplay remains intact and unchanged. People looking for gameplay changes will have to wait for Midnight Club 4, so if you were hoping a particular bug would be fixed in this remix, then I'm going to have to disappoint. With that said, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is near perfect. Rather than go over what you may already know, I'm jumping right into the new additions. If you don't know what the original Midnight Club 3 consists of, then I suggest you read Christopher Martin's magical review - I can't top it, he's covered everything, so to try and upstage his gameplay, graphics and audio descriptions would be wrong. It would be criminal. It would almost be like me remixing his review. Never!

What Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix comes with is more or less simple. You get a nice new Tokyo City to race around, as well as over 20 new vehicles and 25 'banging tunes' - I haven't heard any Kanye West yet, but Sean Paul did pop his head out to annoy me once. Still, 25 new songs on top of the large collection we had before is amazing - nobody will ever be short of music to listen to in this game. The new Tokyo City can be found under a new mode in the main menu, titled Tokyo Challenge. You can bring all your cars over from the main game, so in essence it's exactly the same as changing cities in the main mode, except this way you can access Tokyo City right away, without having to unlock anything. You can also use your old unremixed saves on this too, which is handy to know.

Tokyo Challenge has a new front man, as opposed to that cheeky plump Puerto Rican who talks you through the main missions, you know, the guy who owns the garage. This new guy is, of course, Japanese, and seems to think that Japan is a hell of a lot better than America for rides and routes. I'll be the judge of that, thanks! This new guy does what the other guy does on the main modes; he congratulates you when you win races, he talks you through some tutorials and he sells you cars. I think you're going to like him. Tokyo as a city doesn't really look like I'd expect Tokyo to look like - more Chinatown from GTA III to be honest, with some futuristic buildings from the American cites thrown in. I don't know, I've never been to Tokyo, but if it wasn't for the Japanese writing plastered on the side of the buildings, you'd think you were somewhere else.

The graphics and sound remain the same as they did before, graphically it has been superseded by other releases unfortunately, but the cars still look shiny nonetheless. The audio remains music to my ears, as mentioned before, with hundreds of tracks from loads of artists; if you can't find a handful of tracks that you love from the wide variety of genres in here then there's something wrong with you. There's an online mode here, just like the other Midnight Club, which might cause problems actually. People who are content with their older version might have to upgrade to play with their friends who will be either buying for the first time, or who are wealthy enough to upgrade. Still, I don't suppose you have to be all that wealthy at only £20 - and with the exchange rate being so darn accurate these days, the USA gets it at $20. Not bad.

The content on offer in Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix is pretty great. New buyers are getting the entire classic original game, plus the extras, for a cheap price tag. Hardcore fans should probably upgrade for the new cars and the nice new big city full of new races and many shortcuts to explore - and the online mode, if they want to play freshmen, is hard. Casual gamers who already have this on their shelves might have to think twice before upgrading though, because sometimes a new city, a few new cars and a few new tracks doesn't just cut it with the casuals, hey Kanye? Still, if there's a remix worth having this spring, DUB Edition Remix is the boy.

Reviewed by Dexter Pearson for AceGamez (All Rights Reserved).