Burnout
 

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this imo is the most perfect arcade racing game ever. it did everything right, the graphics, gameplay, soundtrack, etc,. i played this game for hours and hours. the destruction was unreal. paradise city never gave me the same vibe as burnout 3 takedown, but it definitely lived up to its purpose. anyone else enjoyed the game as much as i did? i really hope they do a remaster. you can never get the same feeling from any other games like it.

Yes Burnout Takedown is awesome. I never got into Paradise. Like you said I prefer the previous version. Cheers.

Paradise was a cool idea, but it was poorly implemented. Street racing in an open world is great, but if you have to check your map every two seconds it wrecks the vibe. I really felt that Burnout Revenge was the pinnacle of the series. They got better with every release up time that point.