Burnout 3: Takedown

Reviewed by:
Alex Porter

If rubbernecking during the bumper-to-bumper A.M. commute is the closest you've ever gotten to a high-speed pileup, we suggest you approach Burnout 3 with caution—and a pair of adult diapers. It's a game that combines gut-churning speed and beyond-recognition wreckage to make road kill out of all others in the driving genre. Choose from two modes: Race and Crash. The first offers a smorgasbord of races—Road Rage, Eliminator, Grand Prix—all about road-hogging, triggering accidents, and earning speed boosts on your Burnout meter. In the meatier Crash mode, an "Aftertouch" function lets you slow down crashes to control the car while it mangles foes, earning you extra points for rolls, skids, slides, and nose grinds. Easy controls help you play chicken with oncoming traffic at speeds so real, you can practically feel the G-forces pinning your jowls against your ears. Make scrap of nearly 60 different cars, spatula yourself off the blacktop, and repeat as necessary for a highly therapeutic experience.

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