Burnout Legends

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Burnout Legends

Developer(s)	Criterion Games
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Engine	RenderWare
Release date(s)	Playstation Portable September 13, 2005 September 16, 2005 October 20, 2005 DS November 29, 2005 December 09, 2005
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Singleplayer, Multiplayer (WiFi)
Rating(s)	ESRB: E10+ (Playstation Portable) ESRB: E (DS) PEGI: 3+ CERO: 12+ OFLC: M
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS
Media	Universal Media Disc, Cartridge
System requirements	PSP Firmware 1.52

Burnout Legends is another game in the Burnout franchise and the first to be released for Sony's PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS. The Playstation Portable version was released alongside Burnout Revenge for PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 13, 2005. Burnout Legends features many of the tracks and gameplay modes from the first three Burnout games, but repackaged for the handheld format. Many of the gameplay modes are similar to Burnout 3 using some old and new tracks.

A poorly received port of Burnout Legends for the Nintendo DS was released on November 29, 2005 [1]. It is widely considered vastly inferior to the Playstation Portable version of the game, which has received very high scores, and is considered to be a very good racing game for the Playstation Portable. Differences include extremely watered down sound and graphics. Also, none of the music from the Playstation Portable version was ported to the DS version. Instead, the DS version has "midi-music". These differences are likely due to having been handled by a different development team - whereas most of the critically-acclaimed Burnout games for home consoles and the PSP were handled by Criterion Games, EA Studios outsourced the Burnout license to Visual Impact for the DS version.

This article mainly refers to the PlayStation Portable version.

1 About The Game
2 Race Tracks
3 List of Cars
4 Soundtrack
5 External links

[edit] About The Game

The following list the types of modes:

World Tour: Compete against other cars in different varieties of modes (see below). The world tour is divided by car types. Get a medal (Gold:1st place, Silver: 2nd place, Bronze: 3rd Place) in a series to unlock Grand Prix. Finish gold in grand prix to unlock next world tour series. Also get 100% gold in a series to unlock Legend G.P., a grand prix with legend cars. World tour is the primary way to unlock cars.
- Crash World Tour: Compete in crash events to unlock new cars and levels.
Race: Race against up to four cars (world tour default is 4). Compete in a 3 lap race on any track.
- Eliminator: (Only accessible in world tour) Same as a race, only on each lap, the lowest ranking car is eliminated. Race goes until one winner is left.
- Face-Off: Race against a legend car to win the car.
Time Attack: Race against the clock. The goal is to complete a lap as fast as you can. You can do as many laps as you like.
- Burning Lap: World tour version of time attack. You try to complete a lap by the medal time (Example: Finish before gold medal time 1:00:00 to earn gold medal).
Road Rage: Make other cars crash to earn takedowns. In world tour, you will have a time limit. You finish by running out of time on the clock or inflict too much damage.
Pursuit: You play as the cop. Try to take out the bad guy before time runs out or when your health is too low.
Crash: Try to make a large traffic crash and make a large amount of money with the cars and items you have before you.

[edit] Race Tracks

Burnout Legends uses tracks from past Burnout games. All tracks are based on real-life places, but aren't noted in the game, although several hints show, such as the notable elevated trains in Chicago and the tuk-tuk's in Thailand.

Location	Track Name	Real-life Equivalents	Descriptions
USA	Silver Lake	Rocky Mountain Nat. Park	High speeds through Small Town, USA and steep inclines along a pristine lake.
USA	Downtown	Chicago, Illinois	A perilous drive through traffic-congested avenues and a pillar-lined elevated railway.
USA	Waterfront	San Diego, California	A wild ride down palm tree-lined highways and thuroughfares guarded by resort hotels.
USA	Airport T1 & T2	Los Angeles and Chicago O'Hare Airport	A fast-paced course through a busy international airport by the name of "Pacific International".
USA	Airport Terminal 3	Los Angeles and Chicago O'Hare Airport	A much smaller loop through Pacific Internatioanl Airport, but just as congested.
USA	Palm Bay Marina	Los Angeles and San Francisco	Steep hills and busy tree lined highways are the key challenges of this coastal metropolis.
USA	Interstate	U.S. Route 66 and California's State Route 1	A nonstop sense of speed overwhelms you on this strictly highway-based circuit.
USA	Big Surf Shores	Monterey Peninsula and Miami Beach	Rolling coastal roads and cliffside estates adorn this twisting and turning track.
USA	Sunrise Valley Downtown	Albuquerque and Las Vegas	A desert-based city with neon-filled boulevards and a Hispanic atmosphere.
Europe	Alpine	Autobahn in Germany	A fast-paced circuit on multiple overpasses that define the world-famous highway.
Europe	Vineyard	Avignon, France	Rolling winery hills and ancient cobblestone roadways give way to serious carnage.
Europe	Winter City	Vienna, Austria	A city clad in snow and decorated in massive cathedrals, embankment roadways, and royal theaters.
Europe	Riviera	Monaco	Take the high stakes in this luxurious circuit passing the local casino and multiple yacht harbors.
Europe	Harbour Town	Somewhere near Barcelona, Spain	A Mediterranean circuit past an ancient walled resort town.
Far East	Golden City	Bangkok, Thailand	A grid-based track that glides down modern highways and through a neon-clad marketplace.
Far East	Dockside	Hong Kong, China	An ultra-modern city surrounded by luxury apartments and one massive seaport.
Far East	Island Paradise	Koh Samui in Thailand	A tropical getaway, filled with tour buses just waiting to be destroyed.

[edit] List of Cars

Burnout Legends has 89 vehicles, including the 11 heavyweights, which are only accessible in Crash Mode. Every type of car has a similar lineup; each primary group (compact, muscle, coupe, sport, super) starts out with 3 basic cars, one cop car, 2 legend cars, one dominator, one tuned, one assassin, and 5 collectors(random collectors for each copy of the game). Each car is accessible by reaching a certain goal. Collector cars are earned by winning Collector Challenges in World Tour, and also by winning Collector Challenges in multiplayer mode. Once three of these cars are won in multiplayer mode, the last is given automatically.