You can also use Google Earth's KML to specify your own locations. The advantage of this fictional city is that it's been custom built to drive in, and the corners, ramps, short cuts and so on that are littered liberally around mean it's always a fun place to be.Īs long as realism isn't your thing, Burnout Paradise City is the perfect driving playground. Find locations for Smashes, Billboards, Jumps, Shortcuts, and more (a visual FAQ, if you will) in this Burnout Paradise map as seen in video game Burnout Paradise, now available for your XBox 360 or PlayStation 3. Visually, the cars look great, the damage modeling is just what you would want, and the city is wonderful to look at, at night or day. Map Size: driving 06:37 from end to endBurnout Paradise, how Big is it Lets find out by driving because you cant get out of the car. But scaling these maps against each other is whats causing the problem. The GTA III-to-San Andreas scale seems legit. Some people may find the lack of defined structure a pain - you are never told to do anything, just enter competitions at your leisure, but you soon get into the rhythm of the game. Either the Burnout map is either a gross overestimation of its size, or the GTA III map is a gross underestimate. Alternatively, you can just drive around the enormous open world of Paradise City. On top of that, the stated size of the map is not even useful for a comparison, as games can use very different scales (a mile in one game can be completely different to a mile in another) and amounts of detail. There are numerous challenges from straight races to Road Rage, where the objectives is to takedown a number of other racers before you destroy your vehicle and Marked Man, where you have to reach a destination before pursuers destroy you. Ive played Burnout Paradise for an insanely long amount of time. This is all about adrenalin fueled, over the top, and psychotically dangerous racing. Crashes, as fans of Burnout will tell you, are not done better anywhere else, and they are well integrated into races (after a big crash you have a running start!). The physics are convincing while the handling of the cars is forgiving enough to permit long drifts and ridiculous jumps and crashes. If you demand realistic handling and simulation from your racing games, Burnout Paradise is not for you. These criticisms can't detract from what is an absolutely fantastic arcade racing game.