Burnout Paradise - Coming To Steam!

[Psykoboy2]

We just finished up the latest episode of IGC, and I asked on the show for anyone to get in touch with me who may be getting Burnout Paradise on the PC. I'm really, really interested in hearing how well it runs and looks and anything else about it you can tell me.

Personally, I'm in love with the wide screen mode, as shown here (http://www.criteriongames.com/packs/pc.php).

[biosc1]

I almost wish I had 3 screens and the hardware to run it on those screens. Unfortunately, I just have two mis-sized ones that wouldn't make it look so hot.

Wow, they really made me dig down deep on their store to even find the game, it wasn't any of the main banners...

EA Store link (http://eastore.ea.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ea&Locale=en_US&ThemeID=718200&Env=BASE&productID=106479900)

Hmm...$39.99...not a bad price. I already have it on my PS3, but I feel like I might actually play it more on the PC.

Features
An enhanced and improved version of Burnout Paradise.
New vehicles including motorbikes.
New game modes and challenges
All new offline party mode for 2-8 player
Day to night cycle and weather effects

PC Version Specifics
Ultra high resolution graphics
Motion Blur effect
Multiple monitor displays
Soft shadow effects
Head set, USB camera, gamepad and steering wheel support
Full screen Anti-Aliasing

ooo....and steering wheel support...I've always enjoyed a steering wheel attached to a desk as opposed to on my lap while sitting on a couch.

[Libuke]

That widescreen did look awesome.

Also in that link they are giving free trials of the game in February. Supposedly with full access to everything and their online play just with a time limit and only 3 cars. I am not much for racing games but I still may give it a try, although with no racing wheel it might not be as fun.

I've never really liked multi monitors though the lines between them really bug me for some reason.

[axion]

I should be getting this.

[Karmakin]

Hmmm. I should see how it runs on the PC. That widescreen looks amazing. I just picked it up recently for the 360 however...

And you know something? It might be my favorite game so far this generation. I was a big hater of the concept, to be honest. It didn't sound "burnouty" enough for me. But it works really well once you get used to it. As well, having the old music in the soundtrack (which I missed, it was very Top Gearish), and the Speed type cars using the old Burnout 1 and 2 style boost system....

It's a wonderful mix of the old, the new and the brand spanking new.

[axion]

A review courtesy of VideoGamer. (http://www.videogamer.com/pc/burnout_paradise/review.html)
Burnout Paradise on the PC looks great, sporting a great frame rate, superb lighting, incredible car damage, an unrivalled sense of speed and no loading at all once you're in the city - assuming you don't use the restart option, which does result in a fairly brief pause in the action. If you've been hoping your mega PC would run rings around the home console versions of Burnout Paradise, Criterion hasn't let you down. This PC version can be run at ridiculously high resolutions, features improved shadows, ambient occlusion (if your machine is up to it) and performs well on a fairly modest system. The game has lost some of its "wow" factor in the year that's passed, but seeing it run with all the graphical settings maxed is still a rather wonderful thing.
Sounds like a winner.

[Psykoboy2]

Fuck.

Well, congrats to them for it. Now I just have to spend a load of money on a rig just to get into the 303 club.

[headhunter228]

I played a demo on one of the consoles, and I must admit, I enjoyed it. It's great that it's coming out for the PC, but a) I'm not sure if it will run on my computer, and b) it's published by EA, and will therefore (probably) have SecuROM. So, even if my computer could run it, I couldn't play it because I have no Internet on my home computer. That, and I'm not a big fan of a program that burrows it's way into your system registry and resists removal. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

[axion]

SecuRom usually just does a disc check now I think.

[mesh]

I was going to get it, but after reading reviews I probably won't. Regardless of the drm or how online activated it is (like bioshock, mass effect, etc.) the game itself pretty much requires to be online for login, the shop and everything else. On top of that you can't just start it up and do whatever event type you feel like, you have to find it in the city with the right car at the right time. And apparently even if you find one you want, there's no restart.

[axion]

Actually they fixed those things in some of the updates. There is now a restart option and I believe they included the ability to pick and choose races from anywhere. Of course the shop requires online... how else would it work? Even on 360 and PS3 I'm pretty sure a lot of the gameplay is online, I could be wrong though.

[Psykoboy2]

On top of that you can't just start it up and do whatever event type you feel like, you have to find it in the city with the right car at the right time. And apparently even if you find one you want, there's no restart.

There is a restart option. Also, you can do any event you want to do with any car you want to do it with. Stunt classified cars are better to do the stunt events with, but you aren't held to that rule. The ONLY events that require specific cars are the time trials.

[Jackel]

I'll probably pick this one up if it ever arrives on Steam.

[Karnov]

I have "acquired a pre-release version", and played some last night. It runs great on my q6600 8800gts at 1920x1200 with 4x aa as long as I don't turn on SSAO (fancy lighting), capped at 60 and rarely drops below. I havn't tried any online for obvious reasons, it requires an EA Online account to use the online features but singleplayer works fine without that.
I'll be buying it when it releases here in euroland in a few days. I don't understand why it's not on steam though.

[RandoM51]

I was going to get it, but after reading reviews I probably won't. Regardless of the drm or how online activated it is (like bioshock, mass effect, etc.) the game itself pretty much requires to be online for login, the shop and everything else. On top of that you can't just start it up and do whatever event type you feel like, you have to find it in the city with the right car at the right time. And apparently even if you find one you want, there's no restart.

You're wrong about most of what you just said, FYI.

Great game on console and on PC, but like any other game if somebody wishes to find some nitpicks to talk themselves out of playing it they can.

[Karnov]

Demo is out on nzone, downloading a bit slowly though.
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_burnoutparadise_downloads.html

[axion]

BTW for those who don't know, the demo is the FULL GAME, online and all, except restricted to a time trial. There is a store in the demo to unlock/purchase the full game. So in essence, the demo is really the full game install.

[axion]

Demo is out on nzone, downloading a bit slowly though.
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_burnoutparadise_downloads.html

I'm getting great speeds, just over 800 KB/s.

[Karnov]

Yeah, that's what I was getting, my cable can go up to 2.4 MB/s though.

[axion]

Game runs like a champ. 1680x1050, High Detail, 4x AA, never below 45 if even that low. There aren't many options to play around with in the trial version though, so it might get better looking. Also, there is no option for my gamepad? I assume this is also a trial issue. I'd love to buy their game if their servers were not down.

[axion]

Put just over an hour in, and I'm hooked. The sense of speed is incredible, especially on the bikes, wow. Graphically, looks amazing and never dips into low frame-rate. Showtime smash or whatever... that was hilarious and awesome, just pressed them wondering what it did, and boy was I surprised and happy. Bouncing around causing mayhem, sweet.

[Psykoboy2]

So you bought it, then?

[axion]

Yes, yes I did.

[Psykoboy2]

Well, please...keep us posted on the PC end of things. Screenshots and whatever else you want to show off.

[axion]

Damn, forgot to grab some shots. I'll throw some up in the morning.

[OrangePulp]

Axion, the gamepad won't show up until you go to map a key and hit the gamepad button. Then it'll be listed in the input devices area, under keyboard.

[axion]

Or until I re-enable it in Device Manager because it was showing up in games I don't want it to... doh. Thanks for the tip though.

[OrangePulp]

Ah. Yeah, for me, it didn't show up under input devices in game, even though it was working perfectly (had just played some Garou on GGPO with it). Once I decided to try pressing it when mapping a button, it worked, and now shows up under keyboard.

[J Arcane]

All I had to do is push a button on my Logitech pad and it started recognizing it immediately and switched all the onscreen button guides from keyboard keys to gamepad buttons.

For the most part, I'm impressed, especially by how well it runs. Blackbox has a dual core 2ghz Athlon X2 and only a 7300 LE, but I managed to run the game quite playably at low settings, and it still looks decent enough.

I've mostly enjoyed just running about though, I haven't had any luck with the missions at all. I was actively annoyed by the result of the first one I did, as I'd been under the assumption that the free form nature of the game meant I'd have some freedom to choose my own route in a race. Some clever navigating meant that even after a nasty wreck and one missed turn, I managed to hit the goal point in what should've been third place, but the game didn't recognize it at all and instead claimed I'd gotten 6th and failed the race.

The Marked Man mission I tried was just frustrating as crap on account of those guys chasing you are bastards from hell.

Next I'm gonna try it on Whitebox and see how well it runs there with the OC'd 6600.

[Seika]

The SSAO was a little too much for my friend's computer, but from what I saw him play, it looks incredible. He even had it at 8x AA, and it was running smooth at a constant 60 fps.

The bikes rock so much! I need to buy this game as soon as possible. :(

[Libuke]

I am not a big racing fan and have no gamepad or wheel or anything like that so I wasn't sure if I should even bother giving it a try but after seeing the widescreen video and talking to Axion a bit I decided to give it a download.

The trial is the "full" game. You get half an hour of play time. I got to do 3 or 4 challenges in that time, it went by really quick. After my time was up I spent another half an hour just driving around the city in a speed car hitting ramps and crashing into things. It wouldn't let me do anymore challenges after the half hour. It was very fun and I enjoyed it a lot, very tempted to pick it up. Especially, since it ran ridiculously smooth with no lowering of FPS that I could notice.

I was running it at medium at 1680 by 1050 as I figured it would run good and since I only had half an hour I wouldn't waste any of that time playing with settings, as I was not sure if menu as such would count once the game was started up. It still looked fantastic though. I was playing it on my laptop with 8600M GT, T7500 Duo core at 2.20 with 2 gigs of ram. I would like to try it at a higher resolution and see if it still runs as smooth.

Control wise, even using the keyboard, it worked well and I could see myself playing with a keyboard and having a good time. It detected the built in webcam and I was able to take a picture for my license with it which was neat. Pretty shitty photo really but still interesting non-the-less.

I played one race, which I manged to take first place in. A destruction one where I had to take out 2 cars, I manged to get 6. My first race was the man hunt one which I manged to finish but was probably my least favourite, with a different car it would of been funner I suppose.

Well like I stated above the game was very fun, well ported and very impressive especially after hearing about all the shitty console to PC ports lately. I would recommend that everyone give the trial a try. With multiplayer I can only see the game being even greater. I didn't really want to buy another game, at this time, with just buying Dawn of War II and planning on picking up Empire: Total War but it was so damn fun I think I may just half to buy it.

Well I already stayed up to late trying this so I should stop there before I continue to ramble further.

[mister slim]

It's kind of funny how for PC gamers one of the cool things of Burnout Paradise will be missed, but Criterion is basically being the Valve of racing games. Every month or so they release an update that adds some polish to the game or radically improves it. Problem is the PC version wraps that all up and gives it to you at the start. Not that that's a bad thing, but it doesn't help you understand how much time and thought they've put into improving the game, or how much they've given us for free. Anyway, kind of ironic.

[J Arcane]

It's kind of funny how for PC gamers one of the cool things of Burnout Paradise will be missed, but Criterion is basically being the Valve of racing games. Every month or so they release an update that adds some polish to the game or radically improves it. Problem is the PC version wraps that all up and gives it to you at the start. Not that that's a bad thing, but it doesn't help you understand how much time and thought they've put into improving the game, or how much they've given us for free. Anyway, kind of ironic.
If you look at the Store section, it looks like they've left room for the PC version to continue getting the same content updates the consoles do. The Ultimate Box just gives PC users an all-in-one catch up.

[mister slim]

If you look at the Store section, it looks like they've left room for the PC version to continue getting the same content updates the consoles do. The Ultimate Box just gives PC users an all-in-one catch up.

Yeah, Criterion's going to keep the PC version up-to-date. It's just that as someone who bought the game on release I've watched them add weather, day-and-night cycles, motorcycles, new cars, a lot of online modes, and a ton of polish, and PC players are having all that come from the beginning. Not to claim that's bad, but a Valve level of polish and support is rare and I just thought I'd try to communicate to PC players how much Criterion has invested in making the player's experience better.

[axion]

Well I for one have still been following it and it's hard to miss all the news posts etc. about free DLC and how cool Criterion is. I would have to think most PC players who bought the game knew about it on consoles first and realise that they aren't getting vanilla Burnout.

EDIT: My online name is axion87 if anyone else grabs this, add me!

[jpublic]

Dear EA:
PUT THIS SHIT ON STEAM.

[Hotcod]

wow i'm really enjoying it in a way i didn't expect... buuuuuut i keep geting fully on system crashes during loading at points. I'm just not sure if this is due to over heating and my computer acting up (my fans still being a bit silly) or if it's a problem with the game... still i keep playing it... very tempted to buy it even if i can play it for to long at a time ha

[axion]

Some pics, love the crumple physics (?) in this game.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/234/burnoutparadise20090206uv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8928/burnoutparadise20090206ft1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6476/burnoutparadise20090206ud5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9481/burnoutparadise20090206de1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/499/burnoutparadise20090206az9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Libuke]

What detail are you running at Axion, doesn't look much or any different form medium, but hard to tell from 5 screen shots.

[axion]

Highest Detail and Texture or whatever it's called, 4xAA.

[Libuke]

Highest Detail and Texture or whatever it's called, 4xAA.

Figured it was fairly high, cause I figured you had a fairly beefy computer then noticed some good shadowing in one of the shots.

[axion]

Yeah, I'll post more shots as I go along. Vids too if anyone wants.

[Libuke]

Yeah, I'll post more shots as I go along. Vids too if anyone wants.

Videos are good way to show just how good it looks and how smooth it runs.

[Hotcod]

well after my post i gave the game another go and it didn't crash on me this time for the whole trail which was nice... makes me very tempted to pick it up now. The events are fun and different enough and even just driving around is damned fun.

i managed to do get the speed car but doing the road rage event and taking down the car. I was just driving that around for 10 minutes after the trail was up beacuse it was so much damned fun just speeding around in it put a smile on my face and not only that the crashes at those speed are damned epic so even messing up becomes a fun part of the game.

It's not often games really do just get me grinning while playing them so this is slamming in at number 2 in my must buy next list... number one being dowII

[axion]

How can I make respectable sized FRAPS videos? Mine is like 2.7 gigs, recorded at half-size, and sound isn't working :(.

[Hotcod]

i've never bothered with fraps but it will be down to what file format compression and codexes you are using.

Right, so i caved and went to buy it but there's no way i'm picking it up on EA download service so i find it cheaper on d2d (since EA isn't on steam here yet) cheaper and given that the realise date is today (the 6th of fed) as far as i know i thought i could just buy it grab the key and go back to playing... when i go to download page to get the key it's telling me the game is just per ordered which is crap, didn't say it was pre order on the page i brought it from and the realise date is today god dammit!

If i'd known i couldn't just play i would have left of buying it until next week :( boo!

[Karnov]

Ah, yes I've run into the same issue as you Hotcod, did you order from the US or UK D2D store? Ordered yesterday from the UK store, I've opened a ticket with their support but no reply today, and I bet there will be none during the weekend either... Their page still says "PLAY NOW", fucking bullshit. Last time I order from there.

Axion: FRAPS saves movies uncompressed, compressing as you record would be way too slow, you can use windows movie maker to compress the file into a wmv.

[Hotcod]

i ordered from the UK store and i've just opened a ticket asking what the heck is going on. I could have just picked up a box copy when in town later instead of dealing with this pain in the ass. Annoyingly the money i'm spending is being "taken away" from my weekend fund so if i go out tomorrow there will be less drinks and having to crash at a freinds or find a taxi to share... if i don't get a response this until after the weekend i'm going to be pissed.

Just looks like somes one fucked up and not flicked a switch to turn it from pre ordered to ready to download... grr... i just wanted to play a bit more before i go around my girlfriends in a bit :(

This is why steam is better!

edit:
Its still better than buying it from the EA store

[axion]

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Loses a bit of quality in the compression etc, watch in HD. Just a quick race I did.

[Libuke]

Just played some multi-player with Axion and a friend of his. Was good fun and would be interesting to play with 8 people. The transition from single player to multi is smooth and quick and I noticed no lag well playing. Overall the multi-player looks like an enjoyable, the challenges add something specific to do but if you want you can just drive around and smash into each other and try and beat each others street records. Some more of you need to try the trial then pick up the game and join us if you like it; I suppose some of you have played it on console but for those that haven't you should try it.

[Libuke]

Anyone know if custom music in game is possible?

I haven't been able to find anything in game or online.

[J Arcane]

Anyone know if custom music in game is possible?

I haven't been able to find anything in game or online.
PRobably not. You can at least thankfully disable all the goddamn emo rock track by track, as well as that damn GnR song Criterion thinks they're so clever for playing over and over.

[Libuke]

PRobably not. You can at least thankfully disable all the goddamn emo rock track by track, as well as that damn GnR song Criterion thinks they're so clever for playing over and over.

Eh, I like paradise city.

I just figure it would be nice to hear different songs eventually, especial considering that the PS3 can have custom tracks I figured we might have it on PC to.

[J Arcane]

Eh, I like paradise city.

I just figure it would be nice to hear different songs eventually, especial considering that the PS3 can have custom tracks I figured we might have it on PC to.
I don't like GnR, but I don't mind them on occasion.

However, I do mind having to hear the song like 12 times every time I start up the game and at every blasted loading screen.

[axion]

I will say I was surprised when Avril Lavigne came on. Surprised and happy ;).

[Seika]

@axion

Best song ever (for playing this game), just a little behind Vivaldi. ;)


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I'm disappointed at the quality of youtube videos. I'll try vimeo for the next one.

[axion]

And they let you know it too :p. What's your name for online?

[Hotcod]

STILL NO FREAKING KEY FROM D2D... i'm really rather pissed about this

edit: update

found some one on a forum that has had a reply

"We're currently awaiting further information regarding availability of Burnout Paradise UK, as soon as EA give the official go-ahead for digital release, we'll be providing the game to our customers. We do apologise for any delays arising as a result of this. The game has not been released digitally anywhere yet.

I appreciate your patience in this matter and I apologise on behalf of EA and D2D for any inconvenience caused."

bullshit... i'm going to open a 3rd ticket and tell them that i'm going to look in to taking up this with any relevant consumer watchdogs i can find. It's blatant false advertising, not only dose the site still say "play before retail" when they clearly had no idea if they had permission to do so it's still listed as "download now" when it's clearly not. If the product had been labelled correctly i wouldn't have brought it. In other words they have taken my money based on false claims.

[axion]

Libuke and I have been tearing it up online, but we need some more peeps so we can access other challenges, get on this game people.

[Hotcod]

i would be playing already if it wasn't for fucking d2d :( the trail keeps booting me too so can't even come online to mess about with you guys

edit:

I've updated my ticket for the last time stating that if this isn't sorted out by tomorrow evening then i'll be asking for a refund from paypal. If i can't get a refund from paypal or from d2d then i'll go on to take it up with trading standards. I'm sick of being ignored by them

[Libuke]

I'm going to echo Axion's post here and say more of you should pick this game up. We tried playing with random people but some of them have trouble doing the challenges, like drifting 100 yards or hitting a billboard, it is not like they can't do it they just don't it seem, and ruin the game for everyone else.

Karnov joined us which was good and I hope Hotcod (I know its not your fault) gets his stuff in order from D2D, so 4 people should be fun but 8 would be better!

[H.Bogard]

I checked out the trial of the game last night.

HOLY SHIT

This is the best racer ever on the PC. I never thought I could witness crashes and velocity more spectacular than GRID but dear God this game is fucking awesome.

Runs butter smooth with WMPlayer playing my own playlists in the background at 1280x1024 4x AA and no SSAO (Didn't notice as much a difference as Clear Sky's implementation).

[Psykoboy2]

I'd love to join you guys, I just don't have the computer power to run it right now. Gots to get me a better PC.

[Libuke]

I checked out the trial of the game last night.

HOLY SHIT

This is the best racer ever on the PC. I never thought I could witness crashes and velocity more spectacular than GRID but dear God this game is fucking awesome.

Runs butter smooth with WMPlayer playing my own playlists in the background at 1280x1024 4x AA and no SSAO (Didn't notice as much a difference as Clear Sky's implementation).

Yes, it runs and looks ridiculously well.

I'd love to join you guys, I just don't have the computer power to run it right now. Gots to get me a better PC.


My four year old computer runs it pretty well, have you tried the trail on your rig or is it just obviously not going to run it?

[J Arcane]

Yeah, my computer has one hell of a piece of shit video card, and I can still play the game.

[kyrieee]

Does anyone know if it's coming to Steam?
Also, EA are suckers =/ it's 49,99€ here

[Hotcod]

still no download from d2d or response from there suppourt. I've told them that if its not sorted out by tonight i will be starting a claim with paypal to get my money back and if i can't get my money back i'll take it up with trading standards on the base of there false advertising of there product.

As for the online stuff, the whole thing confuses me slightly heh i've hardly done anything with it yet but you might have to bear with me while i get the hang of it all... i'm likely to suck too :( heh

[axion]

Online is pretty fun because there is so much you can do. Libuke and I did all of the 2 player online challenges which are like specific goal oriented tasks to do all over the map (eg. Get 2000 oncoming uphill at the same time or something). Then with Karnov we did a bunch of the 3-player ones. With pubbies, it was nigh impossible to accomplish anything, since all players must co-operate to achieve the goals. You can also do Races, Road Rage, Marked Man etc. online, but I personally enjoy doing the challenges.

[Hotcod]

well i messed up and started my pay pal claim early but honestly screw them if they can't keep there advertising deadlines i have no idea why the hell i should. If they sort it out before 5 then i'll close it, if not then screw them. If they can maybe get it sorted by tomorrow and offer something in the way of saying sorry i may let them off but i don't what those assholes to have my money. I'd much rather give my money directly to the damned EA store and that's something i never thought i'd do!

[Hotcod]

woo the game is out at last... funny how it happens after a number of people i know opened up paypal claims

[Psykoboy2]

My system is pretty old. I built it in 03...I think it's got an ATI 9800 512 in it. It's also a P4 2.8 Ghz.

I still have plans on just doing a better re-build.

[Hotcod]

my user name should just be hotcod if you want to add me as a freind

[Psykoboy2]

I wish this was cross-platform play.

[axion]

I wish this was cross-platform play.

QFT. This is the kind of game where that would work perfectly I would think.

[CES]

Do I want to buy it again for PC knowing i'd be back to square one in terms of cars? Can someone tell me if it auto-recognises the 360 pad?

God damn you Criterion, when you build, you build awesome.

[axion]

Pretty sure it autor-recognizes it, as it did my Rumblepad which is probably a lesser used joystick. Gotta say this game is definitely sucking up a lot of my time, I love it. I'm going to have to go for 100% completion as well. All bill boards etc. I think I only have about 7 jumps left to find.

[Psykoboy2]

You should go for 101%...all jumps, smashes, & billboards along with getting record times and showtime scores on EVERY road in the city (against the AI, not online).

[axion]

I just might have to :p.

[MagGnome]

I'd be all over this if it was on Steam. Come on EA!

I'll probably wait until I have a new rig anyway, but I hope this is up on Steam by then.

[Nura]

On the gamepad topic, they talked about it in one of their video-casts. And they wanted all gamepads to be autorecognize by the game, so even though you may have some noname random gamepad, you would still be able to plug it in and play. So they really went to great lengths to get as many gamepads-configs in the game.

[Libuke]

I'd be all over this if it was on Steam. Come on EA!

I'll probably wait until I have a new rig anyway, but I hope this is up on Steam by then.

I bought the game retail because I don't like the EA store or D2D and they also said you do not need the DVD in the drive, which is most certainly true. You just need the key to play, which you can plug right into your trial which will change it into the full game.

I think it works well as I figured if it ever came to steam it would be some time.

[MagGnome]

I bought the game retail because I don't like the EA store or D2D and they also said you do not need the DVD in the drive, which is most certainly true. You just need the key to play, which you can plug right into your trial which will change it into the full game.

I think it works well as I figured if it ever came to steam it would be some time.

That's good to know.

I won't be picking up the game for at least a month or two anyway, as I have a lot on my plate right now. If it's not up on Steam by then I'll just grab it at retail.

[Hotcod]

I have to say, i'm not a racing game kind of guy for the most part but i'm really enjoying this. Partly it's at it's core just a kind of game i don't play often but not only is the core fun it layers lots of awesome stuff on top of it to make it even better. I like collecting the cars and how different the events are (wish there was more than just the 3 but can't have everything) and the road rage event is wonderful, when you've got heavy traffic and can cause awesome crashes it's just addictive. I've not even really taken it online yet. Just playing and learning the city. Which is a fun thing about the races not only do you have to out drive every one you have to pick a good root and the crashes with a speed car going full tilt are just beautiful to watch :D

[axion]

Make sure you try showtime crash if you haven't yet.
Edit: This game is just so much fun, I'm not sure exactly what it is, but even just looking for billboards/smashes/jumps is fun. Not to mention the plethora of vehicles and upgrades, races, online content, and future content to come. That Island expansion sounds awesome.

[axion]

I got all billboards and jumps. Need 2 more smashes!

[Psykoboy2]

Damn...you're fast.

[axion]

That's what she said! Unfortunately :(.
EDIT: Done all smashes as well.

[mister slim]

Nice, I just noticed the trophies for the next three packs are up. I'm not sure how the "Hawker Mech" has all three boost types. Still, I can't wait.

[axion]

I think you can switch between them at will.

[CES]

Nice, I just noticed the trophies for the next three packs are up. I'm not sure how the "Hawker Mech" has all three boost types. Still, I can't wait.

They did say it'd have a new boost system unlike any previous car. Being able to switch on the fly (L3?) would be very interesting.

[Libuke]

Got all the smashes, billboards and jumps. The last couple were a pain in the ass to find.

Now just 90 wins for my burnout elite license.

[Hotcod]

you people are crazy, i'll never get all the stuff... well maybe other than the cars heh... on my class A working to a burnout :)

[axion]

You can't get all the cars without doing all that stuff, sorry :).

[jpublic]

Is there an electronic distro for this? I want the game, not the media.

[Hotcod]

You can't get all the cars without doing all that stuff, sorry :).

well yes, i meant as many cars as i can get just doing events :P if i ever do get the itch to 100% everything i may just cheat and look up the ones i'm missing and how to get them... less fun i'm sure but dear god i'm just not the type of person who can do this kind of stuff on my own :(

[axion]

Is there an electronic distro for this? I want the game, not the media.

EA games store has a digital download. I think Direct to Drive also has it.

[jpublic]

Bah. Those suck.

[mister slim]

Is there an electronic distro for this? I want the game, not the media.

http://www.criteriongames.com/packs/pc.php

Note: The demo is the whole game, with a store inside that you can unlock the full game from.

[Hotcod]

only problem is that you have to buy the code from the EA store just like you normally would. So long as you keep a back up of the trail (or can download it still from file sites) then EA's stupid download thingy shouldn't be a problem.

So what's every ones favourite car so far?

Mines the carson fastback special. It's the right balance for me, the more powerful speed cars are just too hard for me to control right just yet where as this thing i can drift, in boost, around bends with a grate deal of control. It's winning me races even if i'm not finding quicker roots even if it's starting to cut it fine that way. The carson annihilator also seems awesome, only just unlocked it and the phoenix version but in rode rage it handles well and packs a punch. They both also look rather cool.

[axion]

Carbon Hawker FTW. That thing is an animal.

[Psykoboy2]

The Hawker, yes. The carbon version of it...little too tough for me. A bit too much weight.

[Libuke]

I like the Carbon Carson GT Concept, although I am not a huge fan of the speed boost as I can not do it whenever I want.

I'll probably stick with the Carson GT Flame for now until I open up some more cars from working toward my Burnout Elite.

[Jackel]

Gah.

Hurry up and release on Steam already!!!

[Shadowstorm]

Is this game going to be released on Steam sometime? I really want to buy this, but I'd like to have it with the advantages of Steam.

Also, is there a custom soundtrack feature in this?

[Shadowstorm]

The game really does look gorgeous. Plays very nice, too. But for the life of me, I can't find the option to turn off the damn soundtrack.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/Agentstorm/burnout1-1.jpg

[Karnov]

Just turn the music volume all the way down, you'll still get the occasional dj blabber, and the title song still plays, but it's the bets option i've found.

[H.Bogard]

There's an EA Tracks menu in audio options.

[Karnov]

anyone up for some challenges, right now? sick of trying to do them with random pubbies..

[Bone]

Carbon Hawker FTW. That thing is an animal.This is the car I am currently winning all my races with. Crazy fast and somewhat durable.

[Hotcod]

anyone up for some challenges, right now? sick of trying to do them with random pubbies..

that was fun, should be even more fun if we can get a few more people playing. 3 or 4 of us tooling around the city would be awesome.

Add me as hotcod if your up for it!

[Codicier]

If you've got the PS3 version, add me. I'd be down for some online play since so far I seem to be able to stomp the AI in most races barring any mistakes/misfortune on my part. ( Though I am only B class license, so maybe they'll get tougher )

It's an addictive game though. I've played a bit before bed for a couple of nights now and it's hard to pull myself away from "just one more event".

[Hotcod]

won the burnout licence thingy :) now i just need to do the elite.... and smash all the billboards (64 of 120) gates (300 out of 400) and half the jumps... dammit!

[Psykoboy2]

won the burnout licence thingy :) now i just need to do the elite.... and smash all the billboards (64 of 120) gates (300 out of 400) and half the jumps... dammit!

And rule the roads in both time and Showtime against the presets.

[Hotcod]

And rule the roads in both time and Showtime against the presets.

No, just no, the others i can see my self maybe doing over time but that is just a litttttttle to much for me :)

[Karnov]

You get a lot of the time road rules by just blasting around the city between events, I have all of those done. I have only done ten at most of the showtime road rules though, so that will take a while. I suppose you can stop when you reach a score high enough so you don't spend 15 minutes bouncing down the road for each one.

[Psykoboy2]

Trailers (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=5951) for the legendary cars.

[Karnov]

The flying cod:
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/micke_drf/BurnoutParadise2009-02-1801-43-48-4.jpg

[Hotcod]

haha that is pure awesome!

[Shadowstorm]

How do you activate your boost? I haven't been able to find where to disable the soundtrack either.

Also, jumping off huge cliffs and what not is amazingly satisfying.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/Agentstorm/holycrap.png

Edit: Gah, Photobucket resized it :(.

[Psykoboy2]

No boost on bikes.

[JayK47]

Damn, I was planning on avoiding this game. But I do like destruction and high flying action. Does the PC version come with all of the console goodies like the Delorean?

[Psykoboy2]

PC gets the Legendary car pack in about a month. Other than that, it comes with everything the console gets.

[axion]

FYI on the bikes you can shift weight forward/backward to do wheelies/go faster.

[JayK47]

PC gets the Legendary car pack in about a month. Other than that, it comes with everything the console gets.

Hmmm. I have a 360 and a decent PC. However, I always prefer console controllers with racing games and my 360 is hooked up to my widescreen with surround. Is there really any reason for me to get the PC version besides to support PC gaming? This game is currently $20 for 360, and $40 for PC. I'm really leaning towards 360 here.

[Psykoboy2]

You really can't go wrong either way. There's people to play with on both.

[H.Bogard]

Hmmm. I have a 360 and a decent PC. However, I always prefer console controllers with racing games and my 360 is hooked up to my widescreen with surround. Is there really any reason for me to get the PC version besides to support PC gaming? This game is currently $20 for 360, and $40 for PC. I'm really leaning towards 360 here.

Depends on whether you have three monitors or not. (http://eu.llnet.burnout.cdn.ea.com/u/f/WebContent/flv/t_burnout_PC.mov)

[axion]

Still playing this daily, working towards 101% slowly but surely. I think I have 67 of the cars and ~45 events left to win. Then all the road rules.

[Hotcod]

I've been jumping on to just do an event but mainly to drive around. If i see a gate or a billboard i'll try and smash it. There's some real joy to be had just driving around doing that stuff which is the biggest complement i can give the game really as i'm not a person how normally wants to 100% a game but i can see my self trying with this

[Psykoboy2]

I just checked my 360 stats online.

Miles Driven: 3334.44 Miles

I can't fuck up that number pattern!! Damn my OCD!

[Crittias]

I just checked my 360 stats online.

Miles Driven: 3334.44 Miles

I can't fuck up that number pattern!! Damn my OCD!You need to come up with a new goal, like 3456.78 miles. That'll allow you to progress from OCD to OCD. :D

[Suave Peanut]

I'm finally in possession of this game for 360 and I am having such an amazing time.

Anybody who wants to play, please, send an invite.

[axion]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6834/burnoutparadise20090226.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Psykoboy2]

Burnout Paradise is coming soon to Steam!

Got that by way of a dev's twitter.

[Suave Peanut]

Burnout Paradise is coming soon to Steam!

Got that by way of a dev's twitter.

Going for 303% now?

[Psykoboy2]

Going for 303% now?

When I build a rig to play it on, yeah? I'll be getting the game.

[axion]

That's cool that it's coming to Steam, already works great with the overlay as a non-steam game.

[Jackel]

That's cool that it's coming to Steam, already works great with the overlay as a non-steam game.

I've been waiting for it to come to Steam. Definitely looking to pick this one up.