But while its graphical style and real-world settings offer just enough of a taste of that simulation-style intensity to make it feel “real,” the core concept of Burnout is also what truly sets it apart: crashing.Ĭrashing sounds like a pretty simple concept at first, but the way it’s actually implemented constitutes a style of gameplay that is all about the balance between being a good racer and being a good “offensive driver.” The boost mechanic is your number one way to win the race, and a player is always intended to keep their boost meter filled, which is achieved by “offensive” driving skills such as dodging oncoming traffic, tailgating other cars, and drifting. Burnout takes a fairly common style of racing through busy city traffic with a decent selection of real albeit unlicensed vehicles, and as a straightforward racing game, it does quite well for itself.
Luckily for me, there’s the Burnout series - particularly Burnout 3: Takedown Burnout isn’t exactly a simulation, but it’s not a wacky kart racer either. But as far as actual racing, with real cars? As much as I’d love to understand the brilliance and technical grandeur that goes into every Gran Turismo title, putting the controller in my hands with a racing sim in my hand makes me feel like I’ve forgotten how to play games and how to drive.Īnd so these really great racing games with painstakingly recreated real world cars that I’d love to be able to admire are just like this one genre that completely mystifies me, even more than a hardcore RPG or a FIFA game. I’m as good as any Nintendo fan when it comes to Mario Kart, and sure, that spills over to plenty of other kart racers starring characters from Sonic to Crash Bandicoot to Pac-Man.
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