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Burnout is a fast paced, exciting feature rich game, but even that said and done it’s not as it could have been. Having recently bought a Gamecube I decided to go out and buy some games, one of which was Burnout, as I started it up with a fairly average loading time of about 5seconds I was already amazed by the graphics!!! So as most people would I went straight into the game.
Choose my car and its colour and straight away raced away, I COULDN’T CONTROL IT!!!! It’s insanely realistic, the only car racing game I can safely say I’ve played where the cars are driving on city streets and roads, with traffic coming at you…. With so many cars coming for me and swerving out of my way I decided to go for a few crashes :D (Don’t all lads?). Straight away I destroyed a lorry and two taxis both with instant replays and $50,000+ damage, after this I decided to drive like a Looney (as if I hadn’t started) going 125mph and swerving in and out of cars, lorry’s and buses with one goal in mind…. WINNING!!!
Your opponents are extremely tactful and seem to do absolutely anything to make sure you lose, but if you think as they do then you win almost every time!
Having won the race I was surprised to see a feature which allows you to replay all those delightful crashes, and save them!!!!! Anyway, moving on this game has a total of 6 cars, 1 Tow Truck, 1 pickup truck and 1 bus. Totaling 9 vehicles in total which to be pretty honest is poor for a racing game! Also Burnout has a fair few tracks but most of them all use the same scenery just different layouts, the various modes include:
Championship Mode Single Player Mode Head to Head mode Face off Survival Time Attack
Championship Mode allows you to unlock various extra’s like tracks and cars, it also gives you the chance to race in various championships funnily enough….
Single player mode is just basically racing 1-4 computer vehicles, on a track of your choice with no bonus’s.
Head to head mode allows you to race against you friends plus to extra computer controlled cars, on a track of your choice. Again with no bonus’s.
Face off is a mode where you race one other car which if you defeat you then win.
Survival mode you have to race around the track of your choice insuring that you don’t hit anything!!!
And Time attack is pretty self explantitory. I think this game does superbly in game play and graphics but could do a little better in car’s and tracks I dislike that you only have a limited amount of cars and that you can’t fiddle with their suspension etc, I also dislike that the developers Activision haven’t gone to the trouble of adding new tracks, instead they’ve just rearranged the originals.
I’ve found this game fairly easy but very enjoyable to play, definitely a good buy for only about £25 second hand, taking up 15 memory card blocks is a bit of a memory hogger, but I’m not complaining
I have the game, and although there is a significant lack of cars, there are lots of tracks if you can unlock them, including the monstrous 20 minute USA EX Marathon.
Good op, however :)
k. WithBurnout, Acclaim remove all pretence of going for a serious simulation and instead serve up a delicious dish of pure arcade fun. There are two key selling points ...
31.01.2003 22:40
Good opinion, would agree that its frustrating, especially in the survival mode and the one-on-one racing mode
06.01.2003 19:27
I have the game, and although there is a significant lack of cars, there are lots of tracks if you can unlock them, including the monstrous 20 minute USA EX Marathon. Good op, however :)
16.11.2002 11:59
Might buy this now, thanks mate.