Being a huge fan of the Burnout series, I was super excited about this game, but for some reason, didn't buy it until it dropped in price. I heard mixed reactions on this game, but I'm always one to make my own decisions. This Burnout is very different than the other titles in this series.

First off, the game is set in an open world. No more menus to choose your races, you are able to start an event at any intersection in the game. It's a great way to familiarize yourself with the map and know the ins and outs of each shortcut. And a lot of shortcuts there are. You will find yourself looking for every single shortcut, smashes, billboards, and super jumps in this game (Or maybe just me, because I'm an achievement whore). The graphics are amazing in detail, and the controls are very smooth. This doesn't mean that I have a few gripes about this game though.

There is no retry option if you fail a race, so if that race took you to the other side of the map, you now have to drive all the way back to do it again. It's not too bad until you are almost finished with the game; thats when it starts to become a pain. They replaced the Crash Events from previous games to a new mode called Showtime. On any street you can activate this mode to start bouncing up and down the street, crashing into cars until your boost meter runs out. Personally, while this mode is fun, it doesn't compare to the old Crash Events found in the other Burnout's. And then there is DJ Atomica, the voice in the game that randomly tells you how you are doing. It's a feature I wish that could be turned off, cause he starts to get really annoying.

Overall, this is a great game to pick up, and at $30 brand new, I believe it's a must buy. But there will be some fans of the series that will be turned off by the drastic change in this series. Maybe a demo or rent is in line first if you are not sure.

I don't play racing games that often but this is a exception. I have never played a racing game like burnout before. It has fantastic graphics, sound, and controls.They made it so it's just one huge map that you can do just what ever you want.

The game is like GTA in the fact that it is a sandbox/ open world game, but it does only evolve cars and no one else, except that annoying DJ. Its fun if you like any other burnout games and if you enjoy car games in general, but don't expect to see you favorite car, because all the cars have fake names, so if you know the build and design of the car you can choose your favorite.

This game as you may know, rules, the graphics are awesome, the sounds are great, the controls are great too. This game's crashes are amazing, the cars crash as realistically as they can make it and it works, cars jump, roll bash in to walls, crush like cans, The races are great but thanks to the new open map setting one wrong turn will screw you over, so it's a lot harder to win now, but still fun, from the marked man where you get to one point without totally destroying your car( there are black cars that will make it their mission to take you down) to the awesome road rage, to normal races. The dissapointing part of the game is that they replaced the legendary crash mode with showdown mode, while it fun, it isn't as fun as crash mode was. This game is on the long side took me 5 to 6 days to get the A license, now all i have to do is win every event to get the elite license, but the credits rolled so i feel like i finished it anyways. A must have ESPECIALLY if your gonna play online. Review: graphics: great crashes and car models and damage. Sound: the cars sound great and the crashing sounds even better, BUUUUT the soundtrack's really sucks, i had to put my own soundtrack using the my controller's guide button. Controls: comfortable and they do their job, never felt out of place or uncomfortable playing the game. Fun factor: a fun game to play, especially online or with a friend.

This is by far the best racing game for the 360 Its fast paced, graphicly awsome and just an overall great game! I love the online and single player modes! BUY THIS GAME!