Burnout plays like any ordinary racing game.Try to finish in first place.But,you also have to drive recklessly through a fully populated city.If you drive into oncoming traffic,and almost miss other cars,you'll fill your Burnout meter,and when it's full,you gain an incredible amount of speed.So fast,everything around you (cars,ECT.) will start to blur!

PROS:
1.Great graphics
2.Exciting gameplay
3.You get to go super-fast
4.You have to weave through a fully populated city,avoiding crashes
5.Realistic crashes

CONS:
1.Only a few cars to choose from
2.Only a few courses
3.Whenever you crash,the game shows two or three replays of it,meanwhile other cars are leaving you in the dust
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GRAPHICS: 9/10
Not the best on Xbox,but still good.You can see windows shatter into particles,reflections off of you car and on the road,ECT.
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SOUND: 10/10
Your car's engine sounds realistic,you can hear the glass break from a crash,cars smashing against the ground,and horns beeping throughout the city clearly.
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CONTROLS:10/10
The controls are simple. Right trigger for gas,left for brake,ECT.

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GAMEPLAY:8/10
You still have to finish in first,but to add a little excitement,you have to dodge cars and fill up your Burnout meter.Whenever you crash,you have to watch two or three replays of your car crashing,and after them,it shows the crash's points,in insurance money.Once,one of my friends got a $600,000 fine for destroying a tanker along with several other cars.

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Overall,Burnout from Acclaim is a great arcade-like racer for Xbox,GameCube,and PS2.If you don't have it already,then you should wait for Burnout 2 to come out on May 1st.Burnout 2 is a lot better than Burnout 1.