Official Plystation Magazine have published a rather interesting preview of Burnout Paradise in their July Issue (007). The preview reveals LOADS of new information regarding features of Burnout Paradise for the PS3. Below is a rundown of what to expect in Paradise.
- Paradise City is 70 kilometres square.
- No more huge yellow markers directing you where to go, instead players will have to use the on-screen map (which shows the objective but not the route) to find their way.
- Introduction of a handbrake.
- The Playstation Eye or Eyetoy will be used to capture a picture of the opponent you just took down and also to capture your image as you take them down.
- Car will be able to literally be torn into two.
- Each street has its own name (Named after the developers).
- Stats will show where the accident black spots are.
- There will be shops and services placed around Paradise City.
- Petrol Stations to refill boost.
- Body Shop to repair damage.
- Paint Shop to change car colour.
- Junkyard to change vehicles (All cars you win will be here).
- Win cars by racing them at traffic lights or trash them when you see them driving around the city.
- Race up to 8 people online.
- Start an online race simply by stopping at one of the 175 sets of traffic lights.
- Crash mode is integrated in the same seamless way, just cause a crash anywhere you want and press R1 and L1 to enter the crash mode.
- Traffic checking is back(!) The article says in a caption “Only heavy vehicles can Traffic Check as standard – light ones must be modified to do it”.
- Each street will have stats called “Road Rules”. They will include all the records such as best time and most expensive crash.
- These Road Rules will constantly be updating through the internet.
- Road Rules records will be set only from those on your friends list.
- “Freeburn” is the name of the free roam mode.
- Online powerups will include ability to reverse your opponents steering or jam their boost.
- Personal records will be stored on your Burnout Drivers License.
Be sure to pick yourself up a copy of the magazine as it also shows some pretty cool crash screens, but don't expect too much in the way of new images as most of them are already on the web.
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