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Excellent Game with one major flaw

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The controls are good and the crash scenes are superb. The flaw is what almost all racing games have you have to earn money to unlock extremely good cars or radical race tracks. Get this game if you plan on just racing and HAVING FUN!

PLAY IT FOR A SHORT TIME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

IT`S a good game if your going to play a short period of time.
It would be better if you did not stop every time you crash!
plus it takes 15 blocks on your memory card. And it takes forever
for your burnout bar to fill, and when you crash it goes back down! BUY burnout two much better game.

Burned Out

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sometimes, racing games always seems to be exactly all alike from each other every single time. That comes within the feel of the race and thensome. For Burnout, the game actually seems to falter a bit through the lines. Largely because the game is one of the most lackluster video racing games ever. Not only that, the game also has its replays in crashes more likely than the game itself. Although they are nice, the feel of getting first place is really not there in this game at all. Instead, you're mostly draging around in the mud. The object of the game is for you to race and not only capture first, but also fill your boost meter to the max, by closely missing each of the ongoing cars. It does seem to falter a bit, and also the game is not the best in control. I strongly suggest you pass up this game, and instead get Mario Kart: Double Dash instead. You'll have a much better time.

Jaded - Get Burnout 2 Instead

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that I am probably jaded. I got Burnout 2 (B2) before getting Burnout 1 (B1) and there is a world of difference. Now, if I had gotten B1 when it first came out, I might have been impressed. But, now, there is no way I would trade them. B2 has much better graphics, better sound, slightly better control. B1 takes too long for many races. It forces you to see crashes way more often than you want to. I did not find B1 any "harder" than B2, just more annoying. The jaggies on B1 make it hard to see detail, so that makes B2 so much more impressive (it runs on the same hardware). Only get B1 if you want the "full" Burnout experience and/or are trying to be records (the latter is my perspective, obsessive-compulsive person that I am).

It's "ok"...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is good and fun and everything like that... but "Burnout 2: Point of Impact" is way, WAY better!!

Why this one

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't get why people would still buy this game (burnout) for 49.99, when burnout 2 is out and selling at 39.99. Burnout2 has more cars, has a crash mode were u try to crash into things for cash, it has many vehicles to choose from and has a wide selection of modes. Burnout2 has much better graphics.

GET BURNOUT 2

One of my favorite racing games.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Burnout is the type of game that I really wanted for quite a while; an arcade type racing game with huge detailed crashes. Burnout delivered most everything I was expecting.

Some people have complained about the fact that none of the cars are licensed reproductions of real cars. This doesn't bother me at all. The cars do lack detail but that still doesn't bother me. The tracks are pretty long (especially the Marathon tracks) but that just gives you more time to put the pedal down and smash into oncoming traffic.

The opposition drivers are pretty smart. They'll try to run you into cars and they don't crash very often. You don't really want to crash into other cars, but the amazing crash visuals make you want to make a huge wreck.

There are several different cars available, and then two special cars (a city bus and a big-rig tow truck). All of them handle differently and have different speeds. For racing I like the roadster. For causing huge wrecks I like the bus.

A big plus is the large number of tracks you can race on. Granted, several are just reversed version of other tracks, but there are different traffic patterns, weather changes, and some tracks are at night (really neat).

You can save your best replays, but each one takes up 15 blocks on a Gamecube memory card.

I was kind of sad that the dents and things don't stay on your car after a wreck. They somehow get fixed when you start to race again. I was also wishing it had a "demolition derby" mode where you had to try to smash up as many opponents as you could. No such luck. These little things don't really make me that upset though.

Last Word: Burnout is a very fun racing game that is an excellent time-killer. If you want to see some of the best crash visuals ever, do check out Burnout.

there are no 300 cars

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game ist the great big deal there are saying. The game only has 10 levls and 5 are the other-way-aroun version of the last five. The cars are not cool they suc and the graphics are ok not wow. they dont rewrd bad drivng they just give u a turbo if u pass clos to a car at a hgh speed. if u crash it takes away turb. You get like 20 secs per checkpoints and if u crash u loose like 3 seconds. if u dont like checkpoints it isnt ur game. there are only like 7 cars u can drive. its not a good game at all. Its too expensive for what it is.

none

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I gave Burnout 1 star beacause it didn't use the car's names. It used the janaric name of the cars like sportscar and pickup. That alone cost the at least one star. Second, I didn't think that the game presented a real chalange like other racing games such as Need For Speed do. In those games you get points for doing things like placing in races, but you don't get that in Burnout. You also have different options in NFS that you don't get in Burnout. You can Be the Cop and catch the annoying speedsters. In my opinion, you just get a better quality of game in NFS. I would say not to buy this game. If you like a real racing game, Burnout is a poor choice.

totally awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this game?It`s plain awesome!Cars are cool,levels are cool,everything about this game is cool!Graphics are excellant,gameplay is on,crashes are sweet,but it`s the boost that gets you.In my opinion,it`s called NOS.NOS is right on when you get it fully charged up.I don`t recommend getting this on the PS2,considering you might brake your controller,you`ll get so mad at it.But get this game on the GC.If I gave it a rating on a scale of 1 to 10,I`d give it a 15. :)

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