Burnout 2: Point of Impact is the eagerly anticipated sequel to the award-winning racing game that was praised by consumers and the media for its realistic and dangerous handling and most importantly, its outrageous crashes.
Several American films inspired Burnout 2: Point of Impact, including "The Fast And The Furious," "Bad Boys" and "Speed.
Burnout 2: Point of Impact will offer a broad array of features such as:
- Six exciting new United States-inspired locations, including Los Angeles, The Rocky Mountains, New Mexico and a busy international airport
- Thirty-two new stages to drive
- Fourteen all-new vehicles to race
- Seven secret vehicles to unlock including police cars, 1950's hotrods and stock cars
- Realistic weather effects, such as snow, rain and fog
- Point-to-point races
- All-new points-based championship gameplay structure
- Offensive Driving 101, where you can "Learn to Burn" from the Burnout Driving School
- All-new Pursuit races, allowing players to race a police car and ram opponents off the road
- Vehicles can get air and earn boosts by jumping
- Incredible all-new car crash and vehicle deformation system - tear up the traffic
- New Custom Series Mode - race modified vehicles complete with body kits and decals
- Awesome in-game soundtrack to help keep players rocking and racing
- Intelligent traffic system, featuring three distinct types of driver behaviours
- Unique new next-generation graphical effects - unrivaled on PS2
- Vibration enabled controller compatibility, letting players feel every turn and crunch of the car
Exclusive for Xbox
- 15 additional Crash mode junctions - the world's favourite Burnout mode just got bigger. The `Crash for Cash' mode is now bigger and better, with 15 brand new dangerous Crash junctions. Double the madness. Double the carnage. Double the insurance premiums.
- Extra decal sets available for all Custom Series cars - Four additional custom decal sets are selectable for all CS vehicles e.g. `Red Dragon' and `Union Jack' decal sets only available in Xbox version.
- Increased polygon count on ALL player cars - utilizing the extra graphical power available on the Xbox - vehicles have more than twice the detail than in the PS2 version.
- Real-time cubic environment mapping - all vehicles reflect the game world making the vehicles look much more realistic.
- Custom soundtracks option - this allows you to create your own Burnout 2 soundtrack, choosing the specially composed original music for Burnout 2 - or any of your own music you've stored on the Xbox hard disk.
- In-game real-time Dolby Digital 5.1 audio - experience Burnout 2 like never before. Dolby Digital 5.1 provides the ultimate Burnout 2 experience. Feel the roar of the traffic as 5.1 discrete channels of surround sound give the most exciting and entertaining racing experience yet.
Xbox Live features
- Xbox Live hi-score table support - Compare your Burnout 2 skills with the best Burnout players in the world and your friends.
- Over sixty online leader boards including best time on each track, highest scores in Crash Mode and other Burnout 2 statistics.