Burnout 3: Takedown 2004

Is it still worth playing?

Criterion Games' 2004 arcade racing game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Its central mechanic is the Takedown: slamming rivals until they crash fills the boost meter and can extend it up to four times its size. Boost also comes from drifting, near misses and driving in oncoming lanes. Rammed opponents grow more hostile, and even a crash is not the end, since Impact Time and Aftertouch let you steer the wreck into a rival for a Takedown. The modes build on that. Road Rage asks for a target number of Takedowns within a time limit, and Crash Mode asks for the most monetary damage in a junction pileup. The World Tour career holds 173 events across ten locations. Aggression that pays for speed still makes every race a risk worth taking today.