From The Forum: 194

[Darran@Retro Gamer]

What's your favourite burnout game and why?
The best answers will appear in the magazine.

[ely]

Burnout 3, purely because of the introduction of Takedowns. The Road Rage mode often helped me de-stress after a rubbish day at work. Pity they ruined the Crash Junctions by adding power-ups (and downs)

[ely]

Jeez, it's quiet in here, doesn't anyone else like the Burnout series?

[MatOfTheDead]

Burnout 3 closely followed by revenge

[mr jenzie]

again yes BURNOUT3 was incredibly enjoyable, and really liked the demos of the next couple too
the mix of actual racing and barmy crash course was a nice combo .....
i was more of a M****S**** fan

the last time i was invested in crashing my car was INDY 500 on the pc .....

[merman]

Burnout 3 - first game I had on the original Xbox, played it till I completed 100%. So much fun, especially the Takedowns and Crash Junctions.

[kiwimike]

Burnout 2 I think was the first I played, and in that regard was my favourite. The crash effects looked so cool, it took the Destruction derby and upped it. I do like Paradise as well with the open world style thing going on, but 2 was my first go into the franchise so I remember that one particularly fondly.

[learnedrobb]

Either Burnout 3 for the "pure" Burnout experience, or Burnout Paradise for sheer, unaldulterated open world racing fun.

[RetroBob]

Burnout 3 is the pinnacle of the series for me, Burnout 4 is more of the same and I don't like the open world style of Paradise.

[Mayhem]

Burnout 2, took what was great about the original and made it better, and added the magic of crash junctions. 3 just seemed a bit of a step backwards in the requirement to actually drive accurately (and not wallride constantly) and the one after that was horrendous imo.

[thedustyjoypad]

Burnout 3 was my introduction to the series and I loved it - Think I had an official addiction to it at one point haha.

Recently started Burnout 2. Not far in to it at all, but Im enjoying it. Too early to say which I think is better, but both are enjoyable in their own right.

As for Burnout Paradise, for me, that game is in a league of its own. It cant legitimately be compared to the rest because the style is so different. I still play it now and love it. My 5 year old son loves it too

[mrmessy]

Aaaaaargh!

[ely]

Aaaaaargh!

I don't know this version of Burnout

[Chinnico]

It's the 80s arcade version

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaargh!

[Solegor]

Burnout 3 and Revenge are definitely the best. Was really opposed to Burnout Paradise when it launched. I tried it but was not amused. Only when it was given away with PS Plus subscription I cared to give the game a second chance and... it was great! Maybe the first time it was something that went against my expectations from the series but when 2 more years have passed - I could finally move on and accept Paradise for what it is.