There was a completely destroyed car heading towards me, its tilted wheels gathering all the power. Its front bumper has been completely torn off, exposing the engine block, which is breaking away from the rest of the chassis, angrily spewing flames as it does so. The driver’s face was covered by a simple black helmet, and his expression was terrifyingly cold.
We’re going to have a meltdown, but it’s going to be brilliant.
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In the slew of driving and racing games I’ve played since I first picked up a PS2 controller, crashing has been what I’ve spent the most time doing. This often became a source of frustration for me, and occasionally annoying, and even now that I’m out of the carefree life of a kid, my reflexes and hand-eye coordination have improved slightly and are passable as an adult. . video games.
There used to be a series that served as my refuge whenever I was tired of trying to avoid the looming obstacles, grassy edges, and cliff-side cliffs that regularly left my poor car battered, scraped, and Injuries and falls. Unable to move on. This is Burnout, a kind of nirvana for people like me whose virtual driving explorations, whether intentionally or not, have always tended to carve a path of destruction along our prescribed paths.
And 2011’s Burnout Crash! (yes, the exclamation point is part of the title) Technically it’s the final entry in the series, and depending on whether you think remakes are important or not, 2008’s Burnout Paradise (the recipient of that remake) was a big deal to me It is both the pinnacle of the series and the pinnacle of the series. The point at which it begins the process of ceasing to exist. Ever since EA got the team involved in the development of Need for Speed, I’ve had to look elsewhere for solutions to the adrenaline-filled automotive apocalypse.
Today, Wreckfest celebrates its tenth anniversary via Steam Early Access and was released as the Next Car Game, and it’s the closest game to delivering this experience for me. Ironically, Bugbear Entertainment and THQNordic’s game about demolition derby and violent racing is actually the spiritual successor to games like FlatOut, another beloved arcade racing series from the 2000s, and Destruction Derby 64. It doesn’t matter. Still, its ethos and gameplay mechanics are enough to make Burnout fans feel right at home.
Start by picking a car with a rather silly made-up name – because real manufacturers tend not to like the idea of their products being reduced to steaming hunks of broken metal – and painting it a tasteless bright or searing edgy color . Things only get better when you choose a court or arena designed specifically to make beatings, beatings, and knocks not only possible, but downright inevitable. It reaches its peak when you’re thrown into the action and surrounded by a maelstrom of squealing tires, traded paint, and ripped chassis – slamming into another car, sending it careening into a wall and knocking its health out of it Twist to zero.
You’re not angry at all, but this is full-blown road rage. This isn’t the only burnout mode where you can easily simulate the challenges in Wreckfest, either. Pick a track that doesn’t have a completely killer first turn (it’s hard, but they exist, I swear) and you can set yourself up for a straight-line race with a lot of variables that can make point A and A Things in between stay interesting. B. Choose to drive a regular-sized car against a truck, school bus, or combine harvester, and you’ve got a tag-man event.
Then, there’s derby, or in this case better known as “crash mode”, where there isn’t much of a run-up. It’s measured in the number of rides you completely destroy or how long you survive rather than the monetary damage you cause, but the results are roughly the same. Knocking people down, dragging them, throwing them onto the bar counter like a heated brawl between a bunch of multi-ton machines that can only exit by passing out.
All of this activity feels like a sermon to the rather violent but completely bloodless god of automotive apocalypse, whose patron saint once encouraged you to slam your brightly colored cars, vans, and pickup trucks into the landscape while blasting Faith No More Or games like Guns and Roses. You won’t find DJ Atomika (thankfully), Notorious Boosters or anything directly called a knockout at Wreckfest.
However, you’ll discover what exactly makes Burnout the best. Simple fun, and tons of insanely gorgeous crashes.
