Game

Burnout Paradise

2008 · PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360 · Racing

87IGDB player score
523 ratings

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An 87 average from 523 ratings: not perfect, but the kind of game people keep recommending anyway. Built for speed: sandbox, open world looks, arcade heart, and lap times you'll obsess over. Come for the campaign, stay because your friends won't let you leave the lobby.

About this game

Burnout Paradise is an arcade racing game set in an open world called Paradise City, a departure from the fixed tracks of earlier Burnout games. Players roam the city freely and start events by pulling up to intersections, choosing their own routes to each finish line rather than following set courses. The series' emphasis on high speed and spectacular crashes returns through features such as the Showtime mode, which lets players trigger a crash sequence anywhere at any time. Completing events raises the player's driver rank and unlocks new cars, and an online system supports additional cooperative and competitive modes. It was the first Burnout game released on Windows and later received a remastered version bundling its downloadable content.