Burnout 3

The Burnout series has been around for a while and this is the third installment of the series, and it far surpasses all of its predecessors.
First off let’s start with the gameplay. Burnout 3 is fast, the graphics give players an extreme sense of speed. Each car handles differently and has their own unique qualities as to why the player would choose one over the other. The track selection of Burnout 3 is huge and there are 3 areas that players can travel to choose from its courses. The single player experience of Burnout 3 offers a lot to players to keep them hooked for quite some time, with plenty of unlockables and extras. Burnout 3 also has its traditional crash mode and even features a new “road rage” mode where players try to take out as many computer opponents as they can before time runs out. Burnout 3 also has an online multiplayer mode, with crash sessions, races, and road rage modes.
Burnout 3’s soundtrack has music which is high paced and energetic to fit the game, and it does so perfectly. The soundtrack features artists such as yellowcard, finger eleven, my chemical romance, and many more. As far as sound design goes, it too is up to par with the rest of the game. Each car has a different sounding engine, which is a nice touch. Tires screech like they should. When cars crash the sound of crunching metal and shattering glass fill the air, as cars smash into each other on screen.
The graphics are top notch for the generation of consoles that it’s on. The cars look beautiful and each one shatters, bends and breaks like a car should. Crash sequences are a sight to behold; each one is as unique as the last. While it may be frustrating when players crash into the many pedestrian cars that occupy the road, it is almost forgiven by the sight of the car pirouetting though the air with shards of metal and glass following in an almost choreographed fashion.
All in all Burnout 3 is an excellent racing game with amazing graphics, sound, and gameplay, and it is a necessary addition to any racing fans library of games. The only complaints that I have with Burnout 3 is the load times on the Playstation 2 version. Also some songs the soundtrack cannot be turned off.