Burnout - Xbox

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Review ------ Like your racing games fast, furious, and full of spectacular smashes? You're in luck. With Burnout, Accl removes all pretense of providing a serious simulation and instead serves up a delicious dish of pure arcade fun. The title features two key selling points--the speed of the action and the spectacular ces. To facilitate these, the setup couldn't be more straightforward, as the is simply to be first past the post. You can increase your chances by driving more dangerously, although that comes with obvious pitfalls in the shape of those aforementioned smashes. Let's just say that to get through the game you're going to have to take your chances. Contrary to the serious approach of racing simulators like Gran Turismo 3 ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000503MO/${0} ) for the PlayStation2, this is foot-to-the-pedal stuff, and it's tremendously good fun to play. And when you do put your proverbial foot down, get ready to move, for this is a blisteringly fast title that deceptively requires more concentration than at first appears. The downside is that this won't appeal to those who like their racing games nice and serious, nor to those looking for anything particularly innovative. Burnout has few qualms about marrying the multimedia power of next-generation game systems to a game engine that forsakes bells and whistles for speed, destruction, and sheer good fun. Fortunately, in this case, it's all the better for it, making it yet another four-wheel treat. Highly recommended. --Simon Brew Note: This review refers to the PlayStation2 version ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RCPR/${0} ) of this game. -- .co.uk