Version 3 (V3)

Version 3 was released near 4/6/18.

Information
V3 was the final version of Lake County until Lake County: Remastered was released 2 years later. A large amount of V3 teasers were released. One of these teasers included what looked to be a freeway and two Illinois State Police vehicles, but ISP was never added back to V3. Instead, ISP was replaced by the Waukegan Police Department.

The first available footage of V3 is found on the cinematic trailer "How Could You Leave Us - Roblox Cinematic - Teaser" on aTypicalMid's youtube.

V3 was incredibly focused on law enforcement, with no emphasis on fire and rescue. There was an automatic fire system in the game, but it remained largely unused due to a very small amount of firefighters ever playing the game.

Real Life Counterpart
V3 was a recreation of the City of Waukegan and the Village of Gurnee. V3 was the first map to utilize smooth terrain to make a map, and was also the smallest map by area. Waukegan was portrayed as a gang ridden, low-income community, with Gurnee being slightly more upscale, but still effected by the problems in its neighboring municipality.

Despite Gurnee being in the game, there is no reference or access to I-94. US-41 (Skokie Highway) is portrayed within the game as a small, 2 lane divided highway. Most locations from previous games did not make a return, such as the "Two Gas Stations" or Train Station. Most important locations were located within downtown Waukegan, including the police station, city hall, sheriff's headquarters, courthouse, the parking garage, and more.

V3 was also the only other game to feature Lake Michigan, with the other being V2.

The One Character Rule
V3 was the only version that prohibited people from being both a civilian and a police officer. You either had to fully dedicate to becoming a civilian or fully becoming a police officer. This rule created severe community backlash, as there was no court system to expunge one's records. If you were arrested, your chances of becoming a police officer were no longer viable.

Iconic Game Landmarks
Locations such as the county government facility, police station, and parking garage were located nearby each other. However, most icons from previous games would never make a return until Lake County: Remastered.

Trivia

 * The Fake River in Waukegan runs down the IL-137 corridor. Since there was never ISP, there wasn't a highway added.
 * V3 was the only other game besides V1 (and later Lake County: Remastered) to bring back a municipal police department.
 * V3 saw the most active LCSO subdivision, Gang Unit.
 * The county jail had a full interior.
 * The location of the hospital in V3 is completely fictional, as no hospital lies within downtown Waukegan in real life.
 * V3 was most likely the least active version of the game, with most traction lost from delays within development causing most players to leave the community for other alternatives.
 * This was the only version to feature a hunger system and money system.