[6] 3Xtreme rewards doing trick moves as good as possible by giving points, judging by how well they were performed.

[7] The game contains several modes: exhibition (is used to prepare for the race against the opponents), freestyle (competition in who gets the most trick points), and season (playing through three circuits which unlocks some equipment and extra tracks).

The idea was to incorporate the speed pace from ESPN Extreme Games, while keeping some fighting elements from 2Xtreme.

[6] Unlike the previous games in the series which used sprites, every in-game object was fully polygonal and all tracks were designed to be longer.

[10] Next Generation said that the game was "yet another formula 'don't do much for the sequel, because they're gonna buy it anyway' production.