Crashing, Grinding, Shunting, Taking out your rival... it never been so fun.
The features that make Burnout good in the first place are still in the game, just alittle bit better. The visuals and sound have improved. The new features add better gameplay and makes the game jump out of other games.
The newest feature is the ability to ram other rival vehicles, this has ever been so fun and when I mean FUN… I mean, that you'll be so excited, one race will never be the same again. Ramming or stunting the rival cars will cause them to lose control and crash into walls or other road vehicles. Ramming another rival to crash is called a 'takedown' and this will earn you an extra boost bar with more boost. The boost has been tweaked in this game, so you can use boost as much as you want or as little any time during a race. You can multiply you're boost bar up to 4 times, giving you enough boost to win a race.
However your rivals have the ability to take you out or reckless driving will make you crash. When this happens, crashing can never be fun, when you can activate 'Impact time'. Activating 'Impact time' allows you to control your 'wreck'. You can crash into other rivals scoring an Aftertouch Takedown.
This new gameplay has totally changed the Burnout experience.
There is also an improved crash mode, with a lot more crash 'junctions', there is 100 junctions in the game on different courses. Completing all of them and earning gold medals will earn you an award. Does get alittle be tiring after a while.
The newest mode is Road Rage, which had you driving at fast speeds and aiming to take down an number of rivals. The rivals keep on coming and they'll ever stop to take you out. It's never been so fun.
How does this whole game come together? In the World Tour mode. Allows you to choose your events and it brings the whole game together.
The graphics have been improved and are able to cope with the high speed you're vehicle can handle. The framerate is stable. The sound is brilliant and high quality. The music soundtrack selection could have been better, if you really love hard rock and punk. The soundtrack is for you.
The annoying part in the sound department of the game is the DJ, he does sound cool in the beginning of the game, however he keeps saying the same thing over and over again. The good news is that you can turn the DJ option off in the options.
Other awards can be unlocked in the game, mainly by get to a number of points or takedowns in total and other achievements can earn you other awards.
Online play adds a lot more, especiality Road Rage, as it's a simple 'Cat and Mouse' game, where one team tries to take out the other team members… it's never been so fun.
This game totally revamped the burnout experience and I really recommend everyone who is interesting in playing racing games. The Takedown experience and racing is totally different from any other game on the market.