Burnout Paradise is the best arcade racing game I have ever played. Tons of replay value, for $5 EA and Criterion games should be allowed to sodomize you and laugh at you while filming the act. Yes, it's that good.

Thanks OP - can you put "downloads" in the title? thanks!

bought NFS: HS

I see no dirt 3...

also burnout got bad reviews for controls and DRM. I am not buying

http://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Par...pd_cp_vg_0

Quote from dsnotgood : also burnout got bad reviews for controls and DRM. I am not buying http://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Par...pd_cp_vg_0

It has pretty good/excellent reviews on Metacritic and Gamespot....

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc...timate-box

http://www.gamespot.com/burnout-p...atform/pc/

Quote from dsnotgood : I see no dirt 3... also burnout got bad reviews for controls and DRM. I am not buying http://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Par...pd_cp_vg_0

DRM is called Steam. If you haven't heard of Steam, please stop playing games on PC.

And Dirt 3? Google it. I never said it was on sale in this thread. I mentioned it cos it's a newer PC driver that's also cheap. I said, "you can find the download codes for sale cheap on eBay."

Quote from Shroomer : It has pretty good/excellent reviews on Metacritic and Gamespot.... http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc...timate-box http://www.gamespot.com/burnout-p...atform/pc/

amazon review

intalled this on Windows Vista 64 Bit. This appears to be a poorly converted console game. There was no Joystick support apparent in the game menus. There was not even an exit program, or quit option in the game. It would not go online because it wanted an update. I updated the program to version 1.1 and still was unable to go online because it reported the EA server was down. Still no Joystick or Exit/Quit button in game. Then the next time I tried to reboot my PC it would not boot, and I had to restore my PC from a backup that I had fortunately made about a week ago. On a positive note after throwing away the disc and the sleeves, I now have a black plastic DVD case that I can store something useful in.
Help other customers find the most

Quote from dsnotgood : amazon review intalled this on Windows Vista 64 Bit. This appears to be a poorly converted console game. There was no Joystick support apparent in the game menus. There was not even an exit program, or quit option in the game. It would not go online because it wanted an update. I updated the program to version 1.1 and still was unable to go online because it reported the EA server was down. Still no Joystick or Exit/Quit button in game. Then the next time I tried to reboot my PC it would not boot, and I had to restore my PC from a backup that I had fortunately made about a week ago. On a positive note after throwing away the disc and the sleeves, I now have a black plastic DVD case that I can store something useful in. Help other customers find the most

Either the guy pirated it or messed up his install. I experienced none of the problems he described. The joystick comment is an outright joke as everything is already preconfigured when I plugged in my 360 controller receiver.

Finally, just had to throw it out there. This guy can't even find the exit/quit option. Do you REALLY want to trust his review?

As for the actual game itself, great game. Probably the best arcade racing game I've played since Underground or Midnight Club.

Quote from gh188 : DRM is called Steam. If you haven't heard of Steam, please stop playing games on PC.

DRM is called SecuROM. From the Amazon Burnout Paradise product page:

Internet connection, online authentication and acceptance of end user license agreement required to play. To access online features, you must register online with the enclosed serial code. Only one registration is available per game. EA online terms & conditions and feature updates can be found at www.ea.com. You must be 13+ to register with EA online. This game uses SecuROM anti-piracy technology by Sony DADC. For more information about SecuROM, visit www.securom.com

EA may retire online features after 30 days notice posted on www.ea.com.

Includes software that collects data online necessary to provide ingame advertising.

Quote from gh188 : DRM is called Steam. If you haven't heard of Steam, please stop playing games on PC. And Dirt 3? Google it. I never said it was on sale in this thread. I mentioned it cos it's a newer PC driver that's also cheap. I said, "you can find the download codes for sale cheap on eBay."

DRM is called Steam ? Please stop playing PC games.

You'll be surprised how well this game works on Keyboard. It's probably not meant for hardcore racing fans (are there any of those?) but damn it's fun to crash. I hope this means people will be playing online.

Hot Pursuit was fun as hell despit its unrealistic-ness.

Would Burnout Paradise work fine in Windows 7 64bit? Asking because
the platform says Vista or XP. Thanks!