The Xtreme games have always been a mediocre racing series at best, but now, with the release of 3Xtreme, the series has hit an all-time low. The sprite-based graphics have been replaced with 3D polygons that actually manage to look worse than the sprites. Only six racers can race together, and the polygonal racers and environments don't look good. It still plays like the previous Xtreme games but you'd still be better off with the original than you would with this. All of the familiar modes of play are still here. You can choose from three different types of "extreme" sports equipment: bikes, skates, and skateboards. Each of these can be used in any one of the game's four modes: season, exhibition, time trials, and freestyle. Two players can play exhibition, freestyle, and time trials simultaneously. The season mode is the main single-player mode. You race through a season composed of three circuits. The first has six races, the second eight, and the third ten.