By this same metric Gran Turismo 2 should be a 3 stars game too because it's basically exactly the same what GT1 offered, down to almost identical graphics, just some more tracks and cars but no real changes to gameplay...
>NextGen Magazine
>PaRappa the Rapper 5 stars
>Wipeout 3, 3 stars
A game so short that you can finish it in an hour and with toddler-appealing graphics gets a better review that a solid futuristic racer with the best graphics of the console and a shitload of contents.
Apparently WO3 got this low because "it's just more of the same content of the first game"... which got 5 stars.
I seriously will have to take less serious these reviews from magazines or i will end missing a lot of good games.