Burnout is a racing developed by Criterion Games, released 1 November 2001 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Burnout is
Burnout is a racing game developed by Criterion Games and released in 2001. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Burnout is a 2001 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001 and GameCube and Xbox in 2002. It is the first instalment in the Burnout series.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Burnout holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Burnout launched on 1 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Halo: Combat Evolved. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Burnout yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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