Burnout Dominator

[Stroker Ace]

Dominator is certainly the farewell to the 'old' style of Burnout. Paradise is going to be something very different - the whole handling model has to change for starters - it wouldn't work in a free-roaming world, as anyone who's stopped and tried to turn around in Burnout will tell you.

[moosegrinder]

Aye, Burnout's always been a very 'one-way' game. I'm resigned to the fact that we'll never get Burnout 2 back in future installations. We'll just have to wait and see.

[K]

I was thinking about this a while ago, actually. Might it be possible to have a duel handling model for Paradise? I'm imagining something that handles like old-skool Burnout at high speeds, but when you slow down gradually shifts to a less-twitchy, more nuanced model with a more sensible turning circle. Modern sports cars do this, don't they?

[Stroker Ace]

I dunno, sounds like too good an idea to me. It can only be shot down by some focus-grouping cunt.

[moosegrinder]

It'd be ace if they did and it worked.

[Graham S]

An evening's play suggests this is good. Boost chaining is what Burnout is all about as far as I'm concerned. I like the improvements they've nicked from the later sequels. I like the music, presentation, difficulty curve, progression, game modes. Shame about the Dual Shock, load times, and memory card save times, but I can read the forum between races. I've no idea whether it will stand up to weeks of play like BO2, and familiarity has leached a bit of the excitement away but right now this is just what I wanted from a Burnout game.

[Dimahoo]

familiarity has leached a bit of the excitement away

Thats my problem with it too.

[Petrousgyre]

Might it be possible to have a duel handling model for Paradise?

One hand on the wheel, the other on a flintlock. Sounds ideal.

I'm so sorry.