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Race through an open city, challenge rivals, wreck cars, and unlock vehicles by completing events, stunts, and road challenges.
Released 12 Mar 2009
Race Across Paradise
Ram Rival Drivers
Launch Off Ramps
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.
Developed by Criterion Games · Published by Electronic Arts
You are a driver let loose in Paradise City, an open-world setting built around arcade racing rather than a story campaign. Cruise its streets and underground passages, then start events as you encounter them around town.
Compete in races and time trials, take on rival drivers in Road Rage and Marked Man events, or try stunt challenges. Between events, explore for shortcuts, ramps, billboards, jumps, and other city challenges.
Wins advance your driver’s license and unlock vehicles, while some cars can be found driving around the city. The Ultimate Box also includes motorcycles and bike-specific challenges, along with day-and-night cycles and changing weather.
Players often enjoy the fast, accessible arcade driving, with crashes and takedowns providing a satisfying part of the racing. Reviews also praise the freedom to roam Paradise City, the soundtrack, and the nostalgic appeal. Some players find the events repetitive or the open-city routes difficult to navigate.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–9 |
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| Multiplayer | The store page lists Single-player and Multi-player. Steam tags include Multiplayer, Co-op, and Online Co-Op. Reviews indicate online multiplayer sessions, free driving together, races, takedown-focused play, ranked and unranked sessions, Freeburn sessions, and friends joining hosted sessions. One review explicitly states play with up to 8 friends online. Offline single-player is playable without logging in. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention mods filling gaps left by missing DLC, but no provided information states that mods change multiplayer features or are usable in multiplayer. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Metacritic | 87/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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