[basementjack]

Guys,

Let me pipe in and say, if you like driving games, Pick up a copy of Burnout Revenge for the 360, or Burnout Takedown for the xbox (it's on the BC list so it should work on the 360) If you have the original Xbox (or a PS2) you could start with Burnout 2.

I thought burnout looked like some lame game a few years ago. I was at best buy with my friend, and he picked it up cause he read about it. The package art didn't do it justice. We went back to my place and tried it. It blew me away. totally fun - addictively - I played that thing all the way through, it's one of the few I've finished.

The Burnout series is fun to drive, but it's just as much fun to loose....
take cornering for example...
If I go to fast into a corner in project gotham, my car comes to an abrupt halt. At this point, I have lost the race I'm in, there is no way I will win against the computer cars -who can do no wrong...
In Burnout, if you take a turn too fast and hit the wall, you car crashes into pieces - parts go flying, the camera angle changes so you can enjoy the spectical and you're on your way. You're a bit behind the other players, but eventually you'll see them all crash too. (in Later versions of Burnout, that becomes an element of the game - you can shove the other cars into a pole, traffic etc..)

So you don't mind playing the game, even if you're no good at it.

Burnout also has a 'crash mode' these are scenarios where you drive into some traffic, with the goal being to rack up as much damage as possible.

Everyone I've ever shown burnout to has loved it - gamers and non-games, moms, dads, kids - they all love it - it's fun, it's easy to pick up, and it's not violent like some shooting games are.

All in all, it's one of my favorate games of all times.

Please give it a try.

- Jack