Burnout: Championship Drag Racing
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| Burnout: Championship Drag Racing | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Bethesda Softworks |
| Publisher(s) | Bethesda Softworks |
| Designer(s) | Brent Erickson |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Racing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player video game, multiplayer video game |
Burnout Championship Drag Racing is a video game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks for DOS, released on March 20, 1998.[1][2]
Gameplay
Burnout Championship Drag Racing is a drag racing simulation.
It features both heads up eliminator and bracket racing.
The game uses Bethesda's XnGine[3] and features an adaptation Motion Software's PC-Dyno, which allows for very accurate simulated engine building and testing.
The game supported online multiplayer via IPX on LAN, Dial Up Modem, and Internet over Mplayer and Kali. During the games peak, there was a large and very active organization called the Simulated Hot Rod Association (SHRA) that mimicked NHRA and ran competitive events much like real world drag racing.
The game did not simulate forced induction engine designs, but the PCE Player's Choice Edition did feature Nitros Oxide injection.
Depending on class of car being raced, the individual races may last only as little as 6 seconds, much of the game was spent in the building and testing of the cars to be raced in competition with either AI racers or online against other humans.
Reception
Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "The 40 seconds spend ripping towards the finish line is worth the five or 10 minutes spent setting up the car. The bragging rights are prize enough."[4] Stephen Poole from GameSpot said that "Burnout has such a refreshing feel and intense bursts of white-knuckled action that it's really worth sticking it out for a while."[5]
Reviews
- Computer Gaming World #175 (Feb 1999)
- PC Gamer (June 1998)
- Cincinnati Enquirer - 1998
- PC Games - May 06, 1998
- PC Player (Germany) - May, 1998
References
- ^ Gentry, Perry (March 13, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "News for March 20, 1998". Online Gaming Review. March 20, 1998. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
"March 20, 1998: Bethesda announced that Burnout, their drag racing simulation, has shipped and should be hitting stores in the next few days." - ^ Buttars, Shaffer (May 8, 1998). "Burnout Championship Drag Racing Review". gamezilla.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2002. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 43. Imagine Media. July 1998. p. 115.
- ^ Burnout: Championship Drag Racing Review