Burnout

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Description

Burnout is an arcade style racing game in the mold of the Test Drive or Need For Speed series. In this game, you are racing on realistic streets with real traffic to contend with.

There are 6 courses on which to race, 3 of which are reminiscent of Europe, and 3 from the USA. There are several vehicles to choose from, ranging from compact cars to pickups. However, they are not based on real makes and models.

One notable feature of Burnout is the "Burn Meter." The Burn Meter is a gauge that is filled by performing reckless stunts, like racing into oncoming traffic, or power-drifting through corners. Once the Burn Meter is filled, your car gets a super speed boost. If you crash, however the Burn Meter is reset and must be filled again to achieve boost.

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Alternate Titles

• "横冲直撞" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Shiny Red Car" -- Working title
• "Driving Hero" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Burnout series
• Middleware: RenderWare
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Xbox Classics releases

User Reviews

The humble beginning	Xbox	Infernos (24713)
Sleepy Little Racing Game	GameCube	Game22 (42)
Showing its age, but still crashtastic!	PlayStation 2	Searly (30)

Critic Reviews

Consoles Plus	GameCube	Jul, 2002	93 out of 100	93
VicioJuegos.com / uVeJuegos.com	PlayStation 2	Feb 01, 2008	88 out of 100	88
Netjak	GameCube	Mar 24, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
64 Power / big.N / N Games	GameCube	Apr, 2002	84 out of 100	84
Next Level Gaming	Xbox	Jan 10, 2003	84 out of 100	84
Gaming Target	GameCube	Jul 10, 2002	8.1 out of 10	81
Gameplanet	GameCube	Jun 17, 2002		80
PGNx Media	PlayStation 2	Jun 04, 2002	8 out of 10	80
The Next Level	GameCube	Jun 18, 2002	B	75
Kombo.com	GameCube	Nov 14, 2003	6 out of 10	60

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Related Web Sites

• Burnout (Official Website)
• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
• Wikipedia: Burnout (Information about Burnout at Wikipedia)