Burnout

Burnout is a racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2. Nintendo GameCube and Xbox versions were released in 2002. It is the first installment in the Burnout series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Impressive visuals and over-the-top crashes.
 * 2) Tight and responsive controls.
 * 3) There are a total of 16 tracks to race on.
 * 4) To fill up your boost bar, you must drive dangerously and perform maneuvers such as near misses, drifting, and driving into oncoming traffic.
 * 5) To perform a burnout, you must chain together multiple driving techniques in quick succession. If you do, the boost bar immediately refills upon being emptied.
 * 6) A variety of modes are available including championship, time attack, face-off, single race, and survival.
 * 7) Detailed graphics.
 * 8) Smooth frame-rate.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are only nine cars in the game.
 * 2) The collision detection can be spotty at times.
 * 3) Traffic will sometimes pop in with no warning.
 * 4) Tracks have little to no variety, and drag on for way too long.

Reception
The game received positive reviews across all platforms and its success led to several sequels.

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Trivia

 * Burnout was inspired by another game with similar gameplay called Thrill Drive, which was released in arcades only.

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