Another tired franchise

The first Burnout was kind of a sleeper. And the next few had a good following due to the additions of different game and race modes. This one is a stripped down version. It's all racing, although there are some variation to the types of races. The track roster is small, you'll be leaving skid marks over the same places quite often. The sense of speed and the thrill of drifting around a long turn is still there. The crashes seem a little less spectacular although the effects seem to have improved a little overall. The soundtrack is lackluster. How many versions of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" do we need to listen to, I don't care if it's in a different language. Luckily, you can choose which songs will play. I weeded down to around 6 songs I could tolerate. The controls are good, each car handles a little differently. Visuals are rock solid although I occasionally had an oncoming car come out of nowhere for me to run into. All in all, not a bad racer. The sheer number of races makes it somewhat tedious and the fact that they excluded some game modes that were in previous installments makes me think that this one was another last ditch cash grab title for the previous generation consoles.