Burnout Paradise is an open world racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. An Ultimate Box version came out in 2009 that had all the free DLC and game changing DLC released. It was later remastered and released on Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Playstation 4. In the original version of the game, in game unbreakable billboards would feature real world advertisements, which drew criticism for a game that cost $60 on release. In the Remaster, these billboards were replaced and no real world advertisements were shown.
Along with a number of other DLCs in the game, the game features a Legendary Cars pack, that included cars that had nods to the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, the General Lee from Dukes of Hazard, and the Delorean from Back to the Future. In 2014 when Harold Ramis passed away, Criterion gave away the Ecto-1 to all players of the game in honor of him.
Burnout Paradise always reminded me of Fast and Furious since you could wreck cars, there was no rules really and it was Dominic Toretto's dream city.
Like other games in the Burnout series, it wasn’t just strictly racing. There was time trials, cause as much damage as you can mode, etc. Unlike other racing games that give you a set path to run, the open world lets you take any route to the finish line, meaning you can find short cuts or go all the way around the map if you want to. In Burnout Paradise, it’s the destination and not the journey that matter.
Achievements
- Lookin' Good: Repair your first wrecked car.
- Watt?: Set a Time Road Rule on Watt St.
- It's Showtime: Set a Showtime Road Rule on East Crawford Drive.
- Great Start: Win a Race.
- Misdemeanor: Collect 5 Billboards.
- Off the Beaten Path: Collect 25 Smashes.
- Bottom of the Class: Get your D Class License.
- Perfect Rage: Get 10 Takedowns in Road Rage without Wrecking.
- Rising From the Ashes: Repair your car at critical damage in a Road Rage event.
- Spinnin' Around: Perform a 360 Flatspin in any car.
- Underachiever: Get your C Class License.
- Learning to Fly: Successfully land 5 SUPERJUMPS.
- Duckin' and Weavin': Win a Marked man without being taken down.
- The Show Must Go On: Get a 10x multiplier in Showtime.
- Rampage!: Get a Takedown Rampage.
- Must Try Harder: Get your B Class License.
- Parallel Park: Power Park with a 100% rating.
- Daredevil: Landed a 2 barrel roll jump.
- Boosting Around the World: Get a 20x Boost Chain.
- Flying Colors: Get your A Class License.
- Millionaire's Club: Score over a 1,000,000 in Stunt Run.
- Supercharged: Win 25 Burning Routes.
- Car in a China Shop: Get 500 Takedowns (online and offline).
- Paradise Won: Win your Burnout Driving License.
- All Pimped Out: Win all Burning Routes.
- Explorer: Find all Events.
- Paid and Displayed: Visit www.burnout.ea.com to find out more.
- Bustin' Out: Collect all Billboards.
- Totally Smashed: Collect all Smashes.
- Flying High: Successfully landed all SUPERJUMPS.
- Speed King: Set a Time Road Rule on every road.
- Crashin' All Over The World: Set a Showtime Road Rule on every road.
- Shopaholic: Find all Drive Thrus and Car Parks.
- Elite: Win your Burnout Elite License.
- Criterion Elite: Get your Elite License, win every event, find all discoverables and beat every Road Rule.
- Online Racer: Complete an online Race.
- First Win: Win Your First 8 Player Online Race.
- Online Champion: Win 10 online Races.
- Online and Kicking: Complete 20 online Events.
- Firestarter: Make 50 online Rivals.
- Just for Pics: Make Your First online Rivals.
- Join the Party: Complete 1 online Challenge.
- Party Crasher: Complete 25 online Challenges.
- Party Animal: Complete 250 online Challenges.
- Block Party: Complete 2 whole sections of online Challenges (excluding PDLC).
- Burnout Skills: In 8 Player online Freeburn lead 6 of the Today's Best Scores.
- Perfect Party Game: Complete a Party game where every player scores in every round.
- Massive Party Game: Complete a Party game of 8 rounds with 8 players.
- The Right Side of the Law: Awarded for being on the winning Cops team in a Cops and Robbers game online.
- The Gang Is Back In Town: Awarded for being on the winning Robbers team in a Cops and Robbers game online.
FAQs
Are Burnout Paradise cars real?
The car names are fake, but each car is modeled after a real life car. So for example, the Kitano Hydros Custom is based off of the 2002-2004 Acura RSX.
Where is Burnout Paradise set?
Burnout Paradise takes place in Paradise City. Paradise City is a fictional city that is on the east coast, but it’s heavily based on Chicago with some other cities blended in.
