Fun fact ridge racer unbounded was made by bugbear entertainment the same dev behind of flatout 1/2 and wreckfest that's why the game looks familiar with burnout games
@@Vulpes_Shinbi to be honest, I don’t know. They just haven’t evolved with the new generation. I like both Ridge racer 6 and 7, but I think the nitros ruined the fun of finding that perfect drift and racing line. Now you had to find the balance of how much drift and how much speed nitros give you and where to launch them. And that’s fun, but kinda a different game. It seemed to have too much gimmick for the purist and not enough for the new comer. Maybe add a classic and modern mode so we have the old gameplay and newer one. It’s just a product of its time. I think they should just rerelease the PSP package every 10 years to keep it in circulation for people like me, and we good.
From what I know, Split/Second has a scaling difficulty. If you are doing well, the opponents get harder. If you are not doing well, they should scale down. I've played the game since like release, so I haven't noticed it all that much now, but I certainly have heard similar complaints before. I love the game, but it probably just should have had a selectable difficulties instead for the career.
The fact that we never got a remaster of Takedown is actually criminal. That game is what gave me my current taste in music, and I still actively listen to most of the bands featured in that game. Some of them like The F-Ups (who made the main theme) and Letter Kills actually came back in 2023 and started making new music again, it's crazy. EA. If *any* of your old games are more than worthy of getting a proper remaster, it's definitely Takedown. That game helped make the PS2 as great as it was and there's definitely still a market for a Burnout-like game out here.
For Split second, clips show you were driving the heavier cars which are harder to enter drifts with. Many of the other cars you unlock are less grippy and are easier to enter a drift just by steering hard without even going off the gas, which is another way to enter drifts. (Fun fact, you could always enter drifts like this in most "brake to drift" nfs games just as much as tapping your handbrake so idk what the fuss was about with the community honestly.) Motorstorm apocalypse is goated. You didn't include the detail where driving through flames, getting hit with bullets, explosives, or molotovs raise the engine temperature. I feel bad for not giving ridge racer unbounded a chance. It may have some issues, but for the most part, it's solid. I think many were put off by a lot of the on screen text being too big and in our faces that often.
@@HonduranMegatronor burnout 6, i guess. "4" was revenge and "5" was paradise. Small detail, yeah, but my correcting ass won't let me not post this comment.
If you haven't played Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) I'd say ITS A MUST! - Made by Criterion - has takedown/crash camera - Ford GT is in the game aswell
@P_D-px6iv that's probably the most depressing thing about modern EA. The name doesn't carry the same meaning anymore without the OG guys at the controls...
I'm playing this with a friend of mine online, it's pretty fun! I like when it puts us on opposite teams. Though I find the track designs pretty bland and the singleplayer is boring as hell.
Hey Mercy, Mat from Story Thus Far here - love the video, was amazing and definitely lifted me up and got me inspired to try out some of these clones, especially the Motorstorm series. Have a good one, and as always, see you in the game!
Damn, you just put 4 new games on my list with one video. That's a 100% succesful suggestion rate xD . Been watching videos from reivewers like Gameranx and stuff for years, but never had this good of a success rate before hahah. Thank you so much for diving into the niche of arcade racing games and finding for us some absolute gems! Will be playing all of them.
If you haven't played FlatOut 1, 2, Ultimate Carnage, or Wreckfest, definitely worth looking at those games. Heck, I would gove DiRT Showdown a try as well! :D
@@NoMooreMercyTV The irony of you criticising people for not liking Ridge Racer Unbounded for not being similar to other Ridge Racer games, while also disliking Dirt Showdown for not being similar to other Dirt games
Even if it wasn't your favorite, I'm so happy you covered Split/Second. It's maybe my favorite game ever, and SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE But seriously, thank you for covering it. I always wished it got more attention.
That would take incredibly looooong, I'm thinking of doing some one-off videos on the bigger games that made an impact like MW2005, Underground 1 & 2, etc. They deserve to be covered exclusively and more in-depth than I do with these types of videos. I want to do them justice.
The takedown cam for most wanted was in the game but has been removed and i dont know why. if u get hands on the E3 version right before the release, u can see it was there.
@@BrunoMassao That's interesting because Criterion's Previous Game, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 also had a takedown Camera(which is in the final game), and that game have licensed cars as well with a lot of the included cars even making it's way to NFS Most Wanted 2012.
I remember being fascinated with Motorstorm Apocalypse when I first learned about it. It felt like the limo scene from 2012 turned into a whole game. I never looked into Ridge Racer Unbounded before but it sure looks awesome. The track editor alone really sold me on the game 😮 Those would be my picks, definitely.
The nostalgia hit me like a freight train. I'd pay insane amounts of money for a remastered Motorstorm game. I remember going to GameStop to buy Motorstorm: Apocalypse. I played that and Most Wanted 2012 on my old PlayStation 3, and played Split Second on my old Xbox One. Nowadays, I'm busy playing NFS Unbound and FH5 on my Series X. Crazy how time flies like that.
I'll be waiting for I played every "Need For Speed Title" soon. If you want the crash cameras and high adrenaline racing, Hot Pursuit 2010 is the game, especially the cop campaign. Still one of my favourite games to this day (great cars, great atmosphere, amazing soundtrack), even though people hate on it (and in general on criterion titles) because "hurr durr where me visjul tunnink, where me japaniz tunrs hurr"
Playing every Need For Speed is the ultimate goal! Buuuut there's like, 20+ games in that series. Maybe in a few years I'll tackle it haha. I enjoy HP 2010, I've been playing the remaster online with a friend of mine. I just find the track layouts to be pretty boring and the singleplayer is kinda ehhhh. I like the cop campaign a lot, not so much the racer one.
@@NoMooreMercyTV For the racer campaign, hot pursuits and gauntlets are great. Races themselves are fine, but you do end up finding yourself first place in the first minutes of the race, and then it mostly becomes a matter of avoiding traffic, blocking any racer from overtaking and enjoying the music
@@NoMooreMercyTV plus if you play it you might bring accidentaly in the MW05 fanboys and the NFS Unbound fanboys wich are quite a toxic and disgusting side of the NFS community
After buying nfs most wanted (2012) for like a dollar on a steam sale, I recently realized or remembered it was just a water downed Burnout paradise game, but I can definitely say it's damage models are way better than it should be for today's standard on Brand name car models. They barely let you get a dent in on the cars these days. Plus, the game over all once you grew out of the (it's not as good as the original most wanted by a long shot) it's pretty fun for what it is. And the intros to the races are a lot cooler than I remember. Some are like acid trips at times.
Not just "these days". Look at Gran Turismo. Always loved the games, but yeah as soon as you go for realism, car manufacturers become VERY skittish about car damage, especially showing internals
@@ablationerI've never understood this. They know what their cars look like wrecked; they test the damn things. I don't think how much they understand that damage from crashing adds to the immersion.
Need for speed most wanted was actually going to be a sequel to the 2005 one with a whole story line and things like that but because EA did not want the game release to be delayed and wanted the money aswell as burnout paradise being made by criterion and so was nfs most wanted 2012, the game also had customization and garages but because of EAs greed we were never actually able to see the full potential of the game
As a huge Burnout fan, I recommend: Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit/High Stakes Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Need For Speed Hot Pursuit/Remastered (2010/2020) Need For Speed The Run
@@NoMooreMercyTV considering criterion made nfs hot persuit 2010 you should do a review on it and its sequel nfs rivals too. i am a fan of both nfs and burnout but hearing what a burnout only fan has to say sounds really interesting(its kinda like how nfs mw 2012 is hated by nfs fans because it being nothing like the 2005 original while it is pretty solid from a burnout fan perspective).
Split Second is definitely up on the list of my personal favorite racing games. I'm been into the Ridge Racer series since, I believe the N3DS game, and while I haven't played Unbounded yet, it does looks like fun.
It was crazy to me that NFS:MW2012 would let you swap out parts mid race while driving through the easy drive menu. I remember perfecting the ability to navigate the menu to swap between short and long gears for the transmission. Being able to swap it out on the fly allowed you to have insane acceleration with short gears in turn heavy races and then have your maximum top speed in the straights
Somehow you’ve managed to escape playing all the need for speed games that were uniquely “NFS” feeling lol. After 2010 EA shuffled studios around, and Criterion went straight from Burnout to the Hot Pursuit reboot, alternating with Spightly Mad (studio that went on to make the PCARS sim games), and then they enlisted Ghost games to try and emulate the criterion feel. EA black box became the lead studio starting with Underground 1, and made all the following games up to Undercover in 2008, each their own somewhat unique sets of physics. No brake to drift, it was grippy, but the environment and drivetrain layouts had consequences depending on how and where you drove. The underground segment you could initiate and maintain drifts with a semblance of real-world throttle and steering control, and MW/Carbon had understeer and high speed consequences. I don’t think there’s been many (if any) arcade/simcade racing games in over 10 years that do anything other than the “brake to drift” type feel that burnout made a staple in the genre, you should really check out those NFS games from ~2000-2007.
If you love burnout but want real licensed cars most wanted is the game. I recently got the airport DLC and it’s so much fun watching cop crashing into other racers
This comment will probably get lost but THE BEST BURNOUT CLONE was "ONRUSH" made by codemasters and published by EA. The best way I can describe it is "BURNOUT meets OVERWATCH" You race on 2 teams of 8 players (if I'm not mistaken) and there were 10 different chassis, each with different abilities, you didn't race to finish a lap faster than the other, but to beat the opponent team score, and the only way to earn score was to boost like in the BURNOUT series (at least in the main mode)
It featured crash cams, and traffic checks like in burnout revenge, it was VERY FUN and MASSIVELY UNDERRATED. It was eventually pulled out of marketplaces because of its lack of revenue (microtransactions imposed by EA) but it had GREAT POTENTIAL
I absolutely loved this game! I just wished the multiplayer was super active. I don't know if the servers are still up. But singleplayer was still intense and fun
I personally love MW 2012 seeing as how I owned it on 4 different consoles and its a huge part of my childhood. that being said i feel like its overhated by the general nfs community lmao. Its a really fun game if you ignore the title and think of it as just nfs burnout
@@IanRB26 Yeah exactly. Calling it Most Wanted gave us a hope that it would be a remaster of the game we all remembered and loved. Instead it was just Burnout with licensed cars and less destruction than Burnout, so it was more or less not Need for speed or Burnout but something completely different imo. It disappointed me when it came out and I uninstalled it after a few hours and never looked back, and never will. And I love the Burnout series and the early NFS.
@@xDecibelx I think it was supposed to be Most Wanted 2. But they scrapped the concept but still kept the name and somewhat similar premise. Personally I think it gets overhated just because of the name. It's a good game in its own right.
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) is the precursor to Most Wanted (2012). It's more of a "Burnout 3 with licenced cars" over MW2012's Paradise vibe, but it should be worth a consider too.
I've been playing it a little bit, it can be pretty fun online with a few friends. I don't really care for the track layouts, I think they have the same problem that Dangerous Driving has. Lack of distinct locales, it's all just rural winding roads. I've also been playing Unbound's hot pursuit mode, really fun actually! Just wish the handling was different, every car I've used so far has been really understeery.
I'm shocked you didn't include Flat Out in this vid. You might have to make a follow-up (or non-related) video on Flat-Out, Blur, Full Auto, and OnRush.
Dangerous Driving was ridiculously easy, but as someone who grew up on Burnout, it definitely satisfied the nostalgia of missing the old school arcade burnout vibes. However yeah youre right on everything. I hope Wreckreation will be much better. I also recommend the dual-stick racing game "Inertial Drift" if you like indie racing games with beautiful scenery and tight turns
you should try need for speed hot pursuit (2010) because it's also developed by Criterion and is where modern NFS peaked IMO. It also has takedowns and crashcams and felt a lot closer to a Burnout game than Most Wanted (2012) did for me.
If it makes you feel better I’m a need for speed fan, we’ll use to be haven’t played since believe it was 2010 that hot pursuit came out. Anyways I loved original most wanted but this one I somehow get bored after first few hours. At first I thought it was open world because I don’t like paradise but I liked ungrounded 2. Also loved split second. I’ll never forget the plane crashing. Motor storm was also fun. Got it with that PlayStation tv. Good video btw.
@@NoMooreMercyTV I actually did like last year. Had a hacked vita and put most wanted on it to try it again. Paradise I need to try again. Idk how long ago it was but I did get farther last time I played. Definitely interested in trying ridge racer. Never knew they made one in that style till this video.
fav game on this list : definitely split/second. Not on this list idk, I could maybe recommend to try crash time 5 undercover, I had a ton of fun in split screen multiplayer as a kid with my brother and sister. I was a bit young so I was struggling on the campaign tho 💀
I totally forgot about Ridge Racer Unbounded. When i was little we had this game on ps3. If i remember correctly my cousins gave it to us and man it brought memories. We don't have the game anymore but i hope to be able to play it someday.
From my understanding Dangerous driving was made on an insanely low budget by like a handful of people who left Cryterion. Making the graphics stylised rather than high fidelity would have been the better move and agree with the music. I think the hope was to find more money based on this for the sequel.
Three Fields Entertainment the development studio behind Danger Zone and Dangerous Driving is made-up of ex-criterion veterans and was founded by the original founders and directors of Criterion including Alex Ward and Fionna Sperry
@sloppynyuszi oh yeah from my understanding they don't even have AA level funding They're practically a "premium" indie studio at this point Compared to working with EA where they likely had a small AAA budget I'd think of it like imagine being a developer and going from making a game on UE5 to making a game on Unity lol
@@P_D-px6iv well unreal is free until you make money. The way Unity is these days unreal is probably for Indy developers. But I think now Godot has an influence. These days smaller developers just need to understand scope. Here it seems like they over aimed. Should have just tried to make a fun Switch game first and build on that. I hope they get another chance, as I really liked the original burn out series
I love burnout and I've been recently going after interesting games on the PS3 I might've missed. so thank for showing me ridge racer unbound, the bad reviews had certainly put me off it and now it's back on the list
I feel like FlatOut 2 could be considered a Burnout-Like game, since both games are centered around destruction races, with FO2 having a bigger emphasis on it's physics and fleshing out your opponents.
@@AkiRalcolfEh, it can be a *bit* clunky. Framerate isn't exactly consistent and the control scheme isn't exactly ideal. But yeah, it is decently fun.
11:42 - I know you're saying all of the cars have perfect grip, but one of the "benefits" of the Supercars and the Formula 1 racer in burnout 3 (as well as the supercar you get for all signature takedowns) was perfect rear tire grip. I know this because that was what made the GP for both so difficult for me, getting used to having zero loss of grip.
That's not entirely true, those cars in Burnout 3 definitely have wayyyy more grip than the early ones, but if you hit the boost while turning or even just turn the wheel too sharply, the back end will snap out from under you, and you have to correct.
Bro you could still lose rear end grip even in those cars. For example going over a hill while turning and boosting, it was almost guaranteed that you would lose the rear end. What made the GP so difficult, at least IMO, was the crazy rubberbanding of the AI on those events. You were basically not allowed to make mistakes, they were always right behind you to pass you, and catching up was almost impossible because once they were past a certain distance, they didn't have to deal with traffic, unlike you. And the formula car had the added difficulty of not being able to wall ride because you would lose so much speed doing so.
@IDyn4m1CI Not only that, but the traffic was purposely placed in that GP to screw with the racing line you'd tend to follow. And yeah I had forgotten there were certain ways to lose back wheel traction, I guess I just blocked that out because when you lost back wheel traction on the F1, you'd start slipping into a tight circle and therefore forcing a restart because the cars just passed you.
2:30 I think you should at least check out Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010. From what I've played and seen of it and the last 3 Burnout games, there's definitely some DNA there (to be expected, since it was also developed by Criterion), but aside from that, I just think it's a really good racing game overall and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. Edit: Hell yeah, loving the Ridge Racer Unbounded appreciation. Game never got the love it deserved, and it's a shame that the multiplayer was shut down and nobody's even tried to bring it back.
I'm happy I found another RR Unbounded lover! It's a real shame it never took off, I was reading some reviews from back in the day and even they were having issues finding matches. Bummer!
Another game that could be considered to be based on Burnout. (But is also based on mario kart at the same time) is Jak X. The races are very Burnout inspired, with "combat" system based on Mario Kart. The game has you build up boost by getting pick ups, taking out other racers, drifting, and getting 1 second or more of air time. My only con for Jak X is the insane difficulty from the start until you understand the workings of the game, but it remains hella fun, and holds a story mode with characters from the first three Jak games, and some new characters. every character you race barring 3 random ass racers are unlockable.
I've heard lots of things about Jak X, but never really gave it the time of day. It's on my spreadsheet for a future video, thanks for the recommendation!
another thing to note, I wouldnt pair split/second as a burnout clone-esc game due to it being a spectacle racing game. theres not mutually a heavy emphasis on aggressive racing and more-so just situational awareness of power plays and such. motorstorm: apocalypse also isnt my go-to motorstorm game out of the bunch as it wasnt too well received and notibly a downgrade from motorstorm: pacific rift which I highly request you to play. its much more aggressive and tracks dynamically can have you racing in volcanoes which fills up your boost meter much much faster forcing you to race strategically and use it sparingly as well as rainforests that want you to boost but being much more enclosed forcing you and other racers to widen that gap. I promise you will love it quick edit: it also I think has the best damage engine so boom you see flying cars n debris, super speed, huge jumps wowza car go boom.
There is one game that's flying under the radar that's somewhat of a clone - It's called Trail Out. I'd honestly say it's a love letter to ALL racing games of this era including burnout, Need For Speed, Flat Out, Split Second and even other games/movies like GTA, Carmegeddon, Fast and Furious, Drive, etc... It's wild but I genuinely had such a blast with it. It's some of the most fun i've had during this awfully long period of absence with no racing games to fill Burnouts void since 2013 essentially, apart from Wreckfest.
@@NoMooreMercyTV They had the Ridge Racer Unbounded with some DLC for £2.90 ish, so after looking at your Steam comment and your link the video, I thought, 'Why not ?' So thanks for the review !
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) was "Eh" with a Criterion Game. Which is a reboot. Dangerous Driving is a game who don't know what this game is: this game might be from the Burnout series, but they made a different burnout games. And Ridge Racer Unbounded is one of the most racing games that it's my favorite racing game that no one has ever played it before. In summary, these are my top 3 most epic racing games I've ever looked at in my life.
Dangerous Driving was made by former Burnout devs, but I just don't think they have the funding to be making games like this. Their next game is being funded by THQ, so hopefully it's good.
@NoMooreMercyTV I think I got it from gamestop just cause of the cover. No regrets. Played it after Split/Second and enjoyed it way more. The steering made more sense and you saying you were smiling even when you crashed describes it well
Crash n Burn for the original xbox is also a game i would love to see revistited. It had so called kamikaze races. 10 people raced clockwise and 10 raced counterclockwise. It was so much chaos.
Ridge Racer Unbounded used to have an online mode where you could do exactly what you want. All kinds of funny tracks and stuff were available back then. RIP RRU servers.
Well... Ridge racer was made by the guys who did the legendary Flatout, so it wasn't a surprise it looked the way it did. To this day Flatout is my favorite arcade title and i regularly switch these games, when i get tired of simracing. The ragdoll physics hold on so well even today.
I understand the frustration for making takedowns but not having a camera to see the wreckage of your destruction. 7:07-7:47 I figured, one of the reason this happened was because the open world gameplay was an online run and in order for the game to be enjoyable, the racing had to be "uninterrupted" in order to continue the race without the slo-mo camera. If there were, the camera would pan back to the player and its an instant reaction to steer away from a potential crash ahead, given you were blind to move away. The crash camera was mainly a self-effect, not affecting the racers or the race. So those 7 seconds of crash cam resets the player. Same rules applied when in a chase, the crash delay is in effect but it is not in a crash cam mode.
I did a Let's Play of Ridge Racer Unbounded a few months ago and had lots of fun with it but definitely stressed myself out going for 3-starring every event. That being said, having youtube automatically make every thumbnail say "DESTROY ___" was beautiful
I didn't find any of the events outside of the stunt ones I complained about in the video difficult to 3 star. I guess I've just been playing for that long lol.
Need for speed most wanted a criterion game is my favourite of the need for speed series, I've completed it to 100% completion multiple times on various platforms and I never tire of it, some people are critical of the game saying it's not like other need for speed games but that is the point, it still has the burnout flair with the addition of licenced cars that is what makes it unique imo!
I think you're the only one I've heard say that MW2012 is their favorite! But that's super cool, I enjoy the game for what it is. I wish I would've played it when it was brand new, it's hard to find online lobbies nowadays. I do wish it had more customization, I've been playing the original MW and I'm kinda blown away by how many parts you can swap.
It flopped at launch, hard lol. I read reviews from back then and even then they couldn't find players playing it online. Super sad cause it's a great game! Total hidden gem!
That's a fair assessment! I think the fact that it's still locked to Epic Games on PC and never goes on sale really sucks. $30 is too much for it still. I'd rather just play the old Burnout games again tbh.
I loved Split/Second's personality. Loved the little episode previews and would watch them over and over. Never got very far, maybe episode 4? The physics take a lot to get used to after a long break. RR: Unbounded is a lot of fun but i get why it didnt sell well. Its really nothing like a RR game and at least to me, feels like it lacks RR's identity. It's not uncommon for big publishes to slap a popular name on something just to sell it instead of making a new IP. Very common for BN to just abandon an IP anyway so its not surprising, Unbounded probably would've been the last RR game whether it sold well or not. I think its fair for people to say its not a RR game but I think its unfair to not even give it a chance. Especially now when it actively goes on sale for very cheap.
Ridge Racer Unbounded looks really cool. It totally went under my radar at the time. Flatout 2 and Wreckfest are some other nice Burnout alternatives (the latter doesn't have a boost mechanic though).
So the thing with Split/Second is that it has an adaptive difficulty system The more you win, the faster the opponents will get and the stronger the rubberband gets
I miss playing burnout. I remember finding the crash system so cool and refreshing. It was something else than nfs. Loved it. Especially when I had to deal with mental abuse not knowing when I would be picked on again living in fostercare. So afraid that I would be the next being forced to eat feces, luckily that was never the case...still, I cant get that image out of my mind..no!. At least this game in the burnout 3 era kept me buisy trying not to think about that, even tough I didnt liked that you couldn't have your own customizable car like nfs.
if you can even find a copy of Full Auto, it absolutely will scratch that "car damage" itch! such an underrated game i played wayyy too much of it when i was a kid!
@@NoMooreMercyTV Destruction Derby 1, 2, 64, Raw, Arenas, and spiritual successor Wreckfest, upcoming games Wreckreation and Wreckfest 2. It's the series that just won't die!
You should check out crash and burn on the ps2. It's kinda like burnout just minus the takedowns. It makes up for that though by having 16 cars or so cars race at once. No one talks about this game and I don't know why. It is a masterpiece. A must play for any burnout fan.
I bought Dangerous Driving as soon as it popped up (I think on Epic) and assumed it was in early access, figuring that they'd add a soundtrack later in development. I guess they knew what a clunker they had on their hands and decided they'd never recoup the money spent on licensing any music (or getting any original music made). Such a shame that a promising B3 successor couldn't deliver on its potential.
I had the demo for RR Unbounded that I would play on repeat for like a year straight. It was weird to learn that it was the black sheep of the franchise and was more similar to Burnout, which I've never played
NFS Most Wanted 2012 was the first NFS game i played and finished. At the time i was not aware of the existence of the original Most Wanted. MW 2012 gets a lot of hate but I don't think it deserves it. It's still a beautiful game to this day and had it been given a different name i think it honestly would have had way more people give it a chance.
I can't believe how much hate it gets! I was shocked looking up reviews while making this video, I thought the majority would be positive at least. Oh well.
Ehh with the crash camera in most wanted, I always kinda hated the crash camera in burnout so it being gone at glance doesnt seem that big a deal to me, but its definitely taking something away to not have it there, like an inbetween would have been ideal, as I always hated how they would stop the game to either see you crash, or crash someone else out, like nevermind the stupid crash fetish, I'm trying to race here damn it so a picture in picture break away showing the crash in a corner so you can focus in on the race and glance down if theirs nothing coming at ya, or the crash on the rear view mirror would have been cool rahter than having it stop the race every 5 seconds for a crash taking place infront of you anyways and honestly till you explained it with the progression system, I didnt know that's how it worked, that's how little they told us with that game and I think outside of maybe 5 minutes of split second, it was one of the games where I actually did spend some time with it on this list but motorstorm is definitely one I would play if it wasnt a PS exclusive, stupid playstation, and it would probably run better as it probably IS having input lag issues like you bring up it seems to have with its controls as the PS3 back in the day was notorious for how hard it was to program, like if any game was to succeed on this list if it had just been cross platform, it was that one also I remember DSP playing it after the 2012 Sunami, which might have been why it kinda failed and they didnt make another one, it might have been one of those OH GOD OH MAN type deals for sony when that happened, and the music in it was pretty kick ass, like they had a custom version of like a remix of one of the songs from the 68 film Bullitt in it which was scored by Lalo Schfrin, the same guy who did Magnum Force, who's theme was used as the Snipers theme in TF2, so its not the first time that guys work has had an influence on the video gaming sphere
SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE
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To quote the NFS Carbon meme
M A J O R S K I L L I S S U E
@@IanRB26 Even the MW meme
@@IanRB26 I meant, the NFS MW 05 meme
@@CDROMFossil “split second too hard”
SMELL LIKE BITCH IN HERE!
Need For Speed Most Wanted is basically just Burnout Paradise with licensed cars
Burnout Fairhaven
And it's such an amazing game, just like Burnout Paradise.
Which Most Wanted, 2005 or 2012. If you are talking about 2012 you would be correct, it is basically Burnout.
@@wasirhelal7036 both are amazing.
@@wasirhelal7036 yeah, 2012 MW, should’ve clarified
Split second is incredible, so glad you added it. It’s got a crazy backstory to the team and the release etc if you dig deep!
It's just a shame it didn't get a sequel! Agh, it's so good!
Fun fact ridge racer unbounded was made by bugbear entertainment the same dev behind of flatout 1/2 and wreckfest that's why the game looks familiar with burnout games
Bugbear been cooking for 20+ years.
Imagine if Namco did it themselves and didn't try trend chasing... RidgeRacer 11 by now
@@Vulpes_Shinbiif it me I'd called rage racer unbounded or R unbounded
@@Vulpes_Shinbi to be honest, I don’t know. They just haven’t evolved with the new generation. I like both Ridge racer 6 and 7, but I think the nitros ruined the fun of finding that perfect drift and racing line. Now you had to find the balance of how much drift and how much speed nitros give you and where to launch them. And that’s fun, but kinda a different game. It seemed to have too much gimmick for the purist and not enough for the new comer. Maybe add a classic and modern mode so we have the old gameplay and newer one.
It’s just a product of its time. I think they should just rerelease the PSP package every 10 years to keep it in circulation for people like me, and we good.
Fun fact: Most Wanted 2012 had takedown cams during it's Beta phase but were cut because of EA
It’s still there while taking down the most wanted cars
@@rohan2598 in the E3 2012 gameplay, takedown cams happened to cops and other racers
You can get it back with mods.
@@ElViperr408 What's the mod? I can't seem to find it. Unless it's an option in the HD Effects one.
@@Yalden_ I’m not sure I don’t have it downloaded but there was one back in the day.
From what I know, Split/Second has a scaling difficulty. If you are doing well, the opponents get harder. If you are not doing well, they should scale down. I've played the game since like release, so I haven't noticed it all that much now, but I certainly have heard similar complaints before. I love the game, but it probably just should have had a selectable difficulties instead for the career.
Interesting! I didn't know this.
Split/second does have a selectable difficulty.
But it has selectable difficulty
@@Afronaut64 only in single races, not in campaign races
@@ventilo1825What if I select the ultra secret difficulty for cool people that you don't know about
The fact that we never got a remaster of Takedown is actually criminal. That game is what gave me my current taste in music, and I still actively listen to most of the bands featured in that game. Some of them like The F-Ups (who made the main theme) and Letter Kills actually came back in 2023 and started making new music again, it's crazy.
EA. If *any* of your old games are more than worthy of getting a proper remaster, it's definitely Takedown. That game helped make the PS2 as great as it was and there's definitely still a market for a Burnout-like game out here.
18 Visions came back too!
They would mess up that remake, just like they messed up what they did to Burnout: Paradise. History's better left untouched, sometimes.
Takedown has possibly the BEST soundtrack of all time. I discovered ALOT of good music that, just like you, I still love and listen to today.
My favourite mostly forgotten clone was Crash and Burn. It was a low budget title, but was actually really fun to play and upgrade the cars
Someone else recommended this game to me, looks awesome! It's on the list!
Man I love that game, it's like a racing battle royale when trying to survive a 20+ lap race of kamikaze race
i LOVE Crash n Burn!! i had it on PS2 as a kid and i occasionally play it on PCSX2
@@haskamoosic9371 I definitely have to check this out!!!!
Wish it was on steam ngl
I'm glad i'm not the only one who absolutely loved Ridge Racer Unbounded
It's an amazing game!!!! Such a hidden gem!
How have I never heard of rushed racer unbounded, I might have to look for it!
For Split second, clips show you were driving the heavier cars which are harder to enter drifts with. Many of the other cars you unlock are less grippy and are easier to enter a drift just by steering hard without even going off the gas, which is another way to enter drifts. (Fun fact, you could always enter drifts like this in most "brake to drift" nfs games just as much as tapping your handbrake so idk what the fuss was about with the community honestly.)
Motorstorm apocalypse is goated. You didn't include the detail where driving through flames, getting hit with bullets, explosives, or molotovs raise the engine temperature.
I feel bad for not giving ridge racer unbounded a chance. It may have some issues, but for the most part, it's solid. I think many were put off by a lot of the on screen text being too big and in our faces that often.
Nfs Hot Pursuit 2010 was definitely burnout in disguise
Was about to say it would be a better pick than most wanted
Transformers robots in disguise: ❌
NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT burnout in disguise: ✅
NFS “Burnout 5, but not really” Hot Pursuit 2010
@@HonduranMegatronor burnout 6, i guess.
"4" was revenge and "5" was paradise.
Small detail, yeah, but my correcting ass won't let me not post this comment.
@@Detoox21 touché
If you haven't played Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010)
I'd say ITS A MUST!
- Made by Criterion
- has takedown/crash camera
- Ford GT is in the game aswell
*made by the actual Criterion OGs not the Ghost rebrand hacks
@P_D-px6iv that's probably the most depressing thing about modern EA.
The name doesn't carry the same meaning anymore without the OG guys at the controls...
the game is ruined by no quick race and too much filler
I'm playing this with a friend of mine online, it's pretty fun! I like when it puts us on opposite teams. Though I find the track designs pretty bland and the singleplayer is boring as hell.
Imo that's more burnout than MW2012, it feels more like 3 to dominator but mixed with the older classic NFS games
Hey Mercy, Mat from Story Thus Far here - love the video, was amazing and definitely lifted me up and got me inspired to try out some of these clones, especially the Motorstorm series. Have a good one, and as always, see you in the game!
See you in the game buddy! Don't forget your shark card!
You deserve so much more than 4K subs! I hope you keep making these style of videos. Both of the burnout videos are amazing!
Thank you!!
Damn, you just put 4 new games on my list with one video. That's a 100% succesful suggestion rate xD . Been watching videos from reivewers like Gameranx and stuff for years, but never had this good of a success rate before hahah.
Thank you so much for diving into the niche of arcade racing games and finding for us some absolute gems! Will be playing all of them.
Hey you're welcome! Glad I could be of service and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
If you haven't played FlatOut 1, 2, Ultimate Carnage, or Wreckfest, definitely worth looking at those games. Heck, I would gove DiRT Showdown a try as well! :D
I have almost a thousand hours on wreckfest, love that game!
Dirt Showdown was so under-rated
Sure it wasn't a simulation rally game like the previous Dirt games but man it sure was alot of fun
@@P_D-px6iv I need to give it another shot, I hated it when it came out cause it wasn't like the other games.
@@NoMooreMercyTVi loved the shit out of it when i was like 6
@@NoMooreMercyTV The irony of you criticising people for not liking Ridge Racer Unbounded for not being similar to other Ridge Racer games, while also disliking Dirt Showdown for not being similar to other Dirt games
LOVED split/second. Another banger video 🔥
Glad you enjoyed!
Even if it wasn't your favorite, I'm so happy you covered Split/Second. It's maybe my favorite game ever, and SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE
But seriously, thank you for covering it. I always wished it got more attention.
It's a good game! I'd love to revisit it sometime.
I am 100% down with you doing a retrospective on all the Need for Speed games, like you did with Burnout.
That would take incredibly looooong, I'm thinking of doing some one-off videos on the bigger games that made an impact like MW2005, Underground 1 & 2, etc. They deserve to be covered exclusively and more in-depth than I do with these types of videos. I want to do them justice.
The takedown cam for most wanted was in the game but has been removed and i dont know why. if u get hands on the E3 version right before the release, u can see it was there.
Didn't know this! I'll have to check it out
The reason was the license of the cars. Some manufacturers didn't want to promote this type of mechanic, so the devs had to compromise.
@@BrunoMassao ahh damn, i understand that, but it still sux yo lol
@@BrunoMassao That's interesting because Criterion's Previous Game, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 also had a takedown Camera(which is in the final game), and that game have licensed cars as well with a lot of the included cars even making it's way to NFS Most Wanted 2012.
I remember being fascinated with Motorstorm Apocalypse when I first learned about it. It felt like the limo scene from 2012 turned into a whole game.
I never looked into Ridge Racer Unbounded before but it sure looks awesome. The track editor alone really sold me on the game 😮
Those would be my picks, definitely.
You're gonna love Ridge Racer! Let me know what you think.
@@NoMooreMercyTV
Unfortunately I can't afford a PS3 nor can my PC run Ridge Racer Unbounded :/
@@NoBillsOfCrashDamage RIP. Well, whenever you can you gotta check it out!
The nostalgia hit me like a freight train. I'd pay insane amounts of money for a remastered Motorstorm game. I remember going to GameStop to buy Motorstorm: Apocalypse. I played that and Most Wanted 2012 on my old PlayStation 3, and played Split Second on my old Xbox One. Nowadays, I'm busy playing NFS Unbound and FH5 on my Series X. Crazy how time flies like that.
It is crazy! How are you liking the new NFS Unbound update? As a casual, I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would.
Asphalt: wait till he hears about how i break the laws of physics into pieces and mold them into my mouth like a cheese.😂
I'll be waiting for I played every "Need For Speed Title" soon.
If you want the crash cameras and high adrenaline racing, Hot Pursuit 2010 is the game, especially the cop campaign. Still one of my favourite games to this day (great cars, great atmosphere, amazing soundtrack), even though people hate on it (and in general on criterion titles) because "hurr durr where me visjul tunnink, where me japaniz tunrs hurr"
Playing every Need For Speed is the ultimate goal! Buuuut there's like, 20+ games in that series. Maybe in a few years I'll tackle it haha.
I enjoy HP 2010, I've been playing the remaster online with a friend of mine. I just find the track layouts to be pretty boring and the singleplayer is kinda ehhhh. I like the cop campaign a lot, not so much the racer one.
@@NoMooreMercyTV For the racer campaign, hot pursuits and gauntlets are great. Races themselves are fine, but you do end up finding yourself first place in the first minutes of the race, and then it mostly becomes a matter of avoiding traffic, blocking any racer from overtaking and enjoying the music
@g1g3l ill give you that, the music is very good.
@@NoMooreMercyTV plus if you play it you might bring accidentaly in the MW05 fanboys and the NFS Unbound fanboys wich are quite a toxic and disgusting side of the NFS community
split/Second is hands down my favorite racing game of all time!
After buying nfs most wanted (2012) for like a dollar on a steam sale, I recently realized or remembered it was just a water downed Burnout paradise game, but I can definitely say it's damage models are way better than it should be for today's standard on Brand name car models. They barely let you get a dent in on the cars these days. Plus, the game over all once you grew out of the (it's not as good as the original most wanted by a long shot) it's pretty fun for what it is. And the intros to the races are a lot cooler than I remember. Some are like acid trips at times.
Not just "these days". Look at Gran Turismo. Always loved the games, but yeah as soon as you go for realism, car manufacturers become VERY skittish about car damage, especially showing internals
@@ablationerI've never understood this. They know what their cars look like wrecked; they test the damn things. I don't think how much they understand that damage from crashing adds to the immersion.
Need for speed most wanted was actually going to be a sequel to the 2005 one with a whole story line and things like that but because EA did not want the game release to be delayed and wanted the money aswell as burnout paradise being made by criterion and so was nfs most wanted 2012, the game also had customization and garages but because of EAs greed we were never actually able to see the full potential of the game
Thanks for this dude! now i got more games to check out!
You're welcome! Lmk what you think!
As a huge Burnout fan, I recommend:
Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit/High Stakes
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit/Remastered (2010/2020)
Need For Speed The Run
Great list! I've played a few of these and enjoyed them a lot. Thanks for the recommendations!
For offroad I'd recommend Test Drive Eve of Destruction. It's so good
@@TheRealCharter it's amazing! I did a video on it. :)
@@NoMooreMercyTV considering criterion made nfs hot persuit 2010 you should do a review on it and its sequel nfs rivals too. i am a fan of both nfs and burnout but hearing what a burnout only fan has to say sounds really interesting(its kinda like how nfs mw 2012 is hated by nfs fans because it being nothing like the 2005 original while it is pretty solid from a burnout fan perspective).
Amazing taste
Split Second Is My Favorite Burnout Clone Of All Time
It's a banger
Love the laidback tone of the video
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Split/Second is one of my favorite racers of all time. Still playing it in my xbox series x
Didn't realize it was backwards compatible, that's awesome!
Finally, a fellow Ridge Racer Unbounded enjoyer.
I'm so happy that so many of us exist! It's such an underrated gem!
@@NoMooreMercyTV I agree - Ridge Racer Unbounded is fun
A lot of people have a bone to pick with MW12, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's actually pretty fun.
Same! Idk if I'll be going back to it anytime soon, but it's pretty fun for a playthrough!
31:15 man that's a cool tru- SKRILLEX?!?
wub wub wub
Split Second is definitely up on the list of my personal favorite racing games.
I'm been into the Ridge Racer series since, I believe the N3DS game, and while I haven't played Unbounded yet, it does looks like fun.
Gotta give it a shot! It's fun asf
fun fact: in NFS MW12, trac tires and offroad tires do change your ride height slightly
Interesting! I never noticed.
It was crazy to me that NFS:MW2012 would let you swap out parts mid race while driving through the easy drive menu. I remember perfecting the ability to navigate the menu to swap between short and long gears for the transmission. Being able to swap it out on the fly allowed you to have insane acceleration with short gears in turn heavy races and then have your maximum top speed in the straights
Imma be honest, I didn't even try to do this because I didn't think it was possible. THAT IS INSANE!
Somehow you’ve managed to escape playing all the need for speed games that were uniquely “NFS” feeling lol.
After 2010 EA shuffled studios around, and Criterion went straight from Burnout to the Hot Pursuit reboot, alternating with Spightly Mad (studio that went on to make the PCARS sim games), and then they enlisted Ghost games to try and emulate the criterion feel.
EA black box became the lead studio starting with Underground 1, and made all the following games up to Undercover in 2008, each their own somewhat unique sets of physics. No brake to drift, it was grippy, but the environment and drivetrain layouts had consequences depending on how and where you drove. The underground segment you could initiate and maintain drifts with a semblance of real-world throttle and steering control, and MW/Carbon had understeer and high speed consequences.
I don’t think there’s been many (if any) arcade/simcade racing games in over 10 years that do anything other than the “brake to drift” type feel that burnout made a staple in the genre, you should really check out those NFS games from ~2000-2007.
Lmao yup, you're not the first or the last person to say this haha. I'm very excited to try them out for the first time!
If you love burnout but want real licensed cars most wanted is the game. I recently got the airport DLC and it’s so much fun watching cop crashing into other racers
This comment will probably get lost but THE BEST BURNOUT CLONE was "ONRUSH" made by codemasters and published by EA. The best way I can describe it is "BURNOUT meets OVERWATCH" You race on 2 teams of 8 players (if I'm not mistaken) and there were 10 different chassis, each with different abilities, you didn't race to finish a lap faster than the other, but to beat the opponent team score, and the only way to earn score was to boost like in the BURNOUT series (at least in the main mode)
It featured crash cams, and traffic checks like in burnout revenge, it was VERY FUN and MASSIVELY UNDERRATED. It was eventually pulled out of marketplaces because of its lack of revenue (microtransactions imposed by EA) but it had GREAT POTENTIAL
I've never heard of this game, ill check it out
I remember playing this game! Is it still playable offline? I'd love to give it the time of day.
Codemasters EVO was actually Evolution Studios, the creators of MotorStorm.
I absolutely loved this game! I just wished the multiplayer was super active. I don't know if the servers are still up. But singleplayer was still intense and fun
hot pursuit is my favourite. Gives me a lot of burnout vibes, great soundtrack, great map and fun missions
I personally love MW 2012 seeing as how I owned it on 4 different consoles and its a huge part of my childhood. that being said i feel like its overhated by the general nfs community lmao. Its a really fun game if you ignore the title and think of it as just nfs burnout
I totally agree.
If it wasn't called Most Wanted it would be more fondly remembered. The engine sounds are still better than most games today.
@@IanRB26 Yeah exactly. Calling it Most Wanted gave us a hope that it would be a remaster of the game we all remembered and loved. Instead it was just Burnout with licensed cars and less destruction than Burnout, so it was more or less not Need for speed or Burnout but something completely different imo. It disappointed me when it came out and I uninstalled it after a few hours and never looked back, and never will. And I love the Burnout series and the early NFS.
@@xDecibelx I think it was supposed to be Most Wanted 2. But they scrapped the concept but still kept the name and somewhat similar premise. Personally I think it gets overhated just because of the name. It's a good game in its own right.
Burnout 3 Takedown was racing perfection. God damn I miss those days.
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) is the precursor to Most Wanted (2012). It's more of a "Burnout 3 with licenced cars" over MW2012's Paradise vibe, but it should be worth a consider too.
I've been playing it a little bit, it can be pretty fun online with a few friends. I don't really care for the track layouts, I think they have the same problem that Dangerous Driving has. Lack of distinct locales, it's all just rural winding roads.
I've also been playing Unbound's hot pursuit mode, really fun actually! Just wish the handling was different, every car I've used so far has been really understeery.
Its kin of funny that kirby and the forgotten land has better car physics than dangerous driving
I'm shocked you didn't include Flat Out in this vid.
You might have to make a follow-up (or non-related) video on Flat-Out, Blur, Full Auto, and OnRush.
They're definitely on the radar! Love Flatout and Blur.
Was about to make this comment, but you already do it ^^;
Love FlatOut 2. I have to play Ridge Racer Unbounded. xP
@@snuron Do it!
Dangerous Driving was ridiculously easy, but as someone who grew up on Burnout, it definitely satisfied the nostalgia of missing the old school arcade burnout vibes.
However yeah youre right on everything.
I hope Wreckreation will be much better.
I also recommend the dual-stick racing game "Inertial Drift" if you like indie racing games with beautiful scenery and tight turns
I hope Wrekreation is good too! Especially now that they have a big publisher funding them.
I'll add Inertial Drift to my list! Thank you.
you should try need for speed hot pursuit (2010) because it's also developed by Criterion and is where modern NFS peaked IMO. It also has takedowns and crashcams and felt a lot closer to a Burnout game than Most Wanted (2012) did for me.
Calling Split Second a Burnout clone is like calling Minecraft an FPS and thats a good thing
If it makes you feel better I’m a need for speed fan, we’ll use to be haven’t played since believe it was 2010 that hot pursuit came out. Anyways I loved original most wanted but this one I somehow get bored after first few hours. At first I thought it was open world because I don’t like paradise but I liked ungrounded 2. Also loved split second. I’ll never forget the plane crashing. Motor storm was also fun. Got it with that PlayStation tv. Good video btw.
Thanks for watching! Give it another shot sometime, you might like it now.
@@NoMooreMercyTV I actually did like last year. Had a hacked vita and put most wanted on it to try it again. Paradise I need to try again. Idk how long ago it was but I did get farther last time I played. Definitely interested in trying ridge racer. Never knew they made one in that style till this video.
All amazing picks! The only game I'm surprised didn't make it in was Flatout.
Love the Flatout games! I'm hoping to give them a proper video.
fav game on this list : definitely split/second. Not on this list idk, I could maybe recommend to try crash time 5 undercover, I had a ton of fun in split screen multiplayer as a kid with my brother and sister. I was a bit young so I was struggling on the campaign tho 💀
I've heard a lot of good things about the Crash Time games! Definitely gotta check those out sometime. Thanks for watching!
I totally forgot about Ridge Racer Unbounded. When i was little we had this game on ps3. If i remember correctly my cousins gave it to us and man it brought memories. We don't have the game anymore but i hope to be able to play it someday.
You have to! It's still a pretty cheap game afaik.
From my understanding Dangerous driving was made on an insanely low budget by like a handful of people who left Cryterion. Making the graphics stylised rather than high fidelity would have been the better move and agree with the music. I think the hope was to find more money based on this for the sequel.
Three Fields Entertainment the development studio behind Danger Zone and Dangerous Driving is made-up of ex-criterion veterans and was founded by the original founders and directors of Criterion including Alex Ward and Fionna Sperry
@@P_D-px6iv cool! It honestly looks a game that has its fundamentals fine, just missing a lot of the extra flavours of a top modern game.
@sloppynyuszi oh yeah from my understanding they don't even have AA level funding
They're practically a "premium" indie studio at this point
Compared to working with EA where they likely had a small AAA budget
I'd think of it like imagine being a developer and going from making a game on UE5 to making a game on Unity lol
@@P_D-px6iv well unreal is free until you make money. The way Unity is these days unreal is probably for Indy developers. But I think now Godot has an influence.
These days smaller developers just need to understand scope. Here it seems like they over aimed. Should have just tried to make a fun Switch game first and build on that.
I hope they get another chance, as I really liked the original burn out series
They're currently in the process of making "Wreckreation," and THQ Nordic is publishing it. I hope it's a more premium product this time around.
I love burnout and I've been recently going after interesting games on the PS3 I might've missed. so thank for showing me ridge racer unbound, the bad reviews had certainly put me off it and now it's back on the list
Let me know what you think!
Had you've made a video about the game, Blur? 😁
I have not, but it's a great game! Would love to at some point.
I feel like FlatOut 2 could be considered a Burnout-Like game, since both games are centered around destruction races, with FO2 having a bigger emphasis on it's physics and fleshing out your opponents.
Oh for sure, i wanna dedicate an entire video to the series.
If you are looking for a Burnout clone with guns, try Full Auto. It's a bit clunky at times but fun.
Thanks for the recommendation! I just bought another 360, so I'll definitely take a look.
Far from Clunky LOL. But it's soooo underrated
It's not a clone if it has boost or Takedowns. I really don't like it being labeled as a "clone"
@@AkiRalcolfEh, it can be a *bit* clunky. Framerate isn't exactly consistent and the control scheme isn't exactly ideal. But yeah, it is decently fun.
@@Traveler-VII Controls are fine.
11:42 - I know you're saying all of the cars have perfect grip, but one of the "benefits" of the Supercars and the Formula 1 racer in burnout 3 (as well as the supercar you get for all signature takedowns) was perfect rear tire grip.
I know this because that was what made the GP for both so difficult for me, getting used to having zero loss of grip.
That's not entirely true, those cars in Burnout 3 definitely have wayyyy more grip than the early ones, but if you hit the boost while turning or even just turn the wheel too sharply, the back end will snap out from under you, and you have to correct.
Bro you could still lose rear end grip even in those cars. For example going over a hill while turning and boosting, it was almost guaranteed that you would lose the rear end. What made the GP so difficult, at least IMO, was the crazy rubberbanding of the AI on those events. You were basically not allowed to make mistakes, they were always right behind you to pass you, and catching up was almost impossible because once they were past a certain distance, they didn't have to deal with traffic, unlike you. And the formula car had the added difficulty of not being able to wall ride because you would lose so much speed doing so.
@IDyn4m1CI
Not only that, but the traffic was purposely placed in that GP to screw with the racing line you'd tend to follow.
And yeah I had forgotten there were certain ways to lose back wheel traction, I guess I just blocked that out because when you lost back wheel traction on the F1, you'd start slipping into a tight circle and therefore forcing a restart because the cars just passed you.
You forgot about asphalt legends unite
Cool game!
3:00 Those road reflections are still stunning.
It's a great looking and sounding game!
2:30 I think you should at least check out Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010. From what I've played and seen of it and the last 3 Burnout games, there's definitely some DNA there (to be expected, since it was also developed by Criterion), but aside from that, I just think it's a really good racing game overall and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
Edit: Hell yeah, loving the Ridge Racer Unbounded appreciation. Game never got the love it deserved, and it's a shame that the multiplayer was shut down and nobody's even tried to bring it back.
I'm happy I found another RR Unbounded lover! It's a real shame it never took off, I was reading some reviews from back in the day and even they were having issues finding matches. Bummer!
Another game that could be considered to be based on Burnout. (But is also based on mario kart at the same time) is Jak X. The races are very Burnout inspired, with "combat" system based on Mario Kart. The game has you build up boost by getting pick ups, taking out other racers, drifting, and getting 1 second or more of air time. My only con for Jak X is the insane difficulty from the start until you understand the workings of the game, but it remains hella fun, and holds a story mode with characters from the first three Jak games, and some new characters. every character you race barring 3 random ass racers are unlockable.
I've heard lots of things about Jak X, but never really gave it the time of day. It's on my spreadsheet for a future video, thanks for the recommendation!
another thing to note, I wouldnt pair split/second as a burnout clone-esc game due to it being a spectacle racing game. theres not mutually a heavy emphasis on aggressive racing and more-so just situational awareness of power plays and such. motorstorm: apocalypse also isnt my go-to motorstorm game out of the bunch as it wasnt too well received and notibly a downgrade from motorstorm: pacific rift which I highly request you to play. its much more aggressive and tracks dynamically can have you racing in volcanoes which fills up your boost meter much much faster forcing you to race strategically and use it sparingly as well as rainforests that want you to boost but being much more enclosed forcing you and other racers to widen that gap. I promise you will love it
quick edit: it also I think has the best damage engine so boom you see flying cars n debris, super speed, huge jumps wowza car go boom.
I love Pacific Rift, it's my fav in the trilogy. I just haven't played in a looooong time.
There is one game that's flying under the radar that's somewhat of a clone - It's called Trail Out. I'd honestly say it's a love letter to ALL racing games of this era including burnout, Need For Speed, Flat Out, Split Second and even other games/movies like GTA, Carmegeddon, Fast and Furious, Drive, etc... It's wild but I genuinely had such a blast with it. It's some of the most fun i've had during this awfully long period of absence with no racing games to fill Burnouts void since 2013 essentially, apart from Wreckfest.
I like NFS payback
I bought this on steam sale today after seeing you mention this there. Then I watched this video and it sold me.
Which one did you pick up?
@@NoMooreMercyTV They had the Ridge Racer Unbounded with some DLC for £2.90 ish, so after looking at your Steam comment and your link the video, I thought, 'Why not ?' So thanks for the review !
@@sma7530 you're welcome!
what about flatout 2/ultimate carnage?
Great game, I'd love to cover it someday.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) was "Eh" with a Criterion Game. Which is a reboot.
Dangerous Driving is a game who don't know what this game is: this game might be from the Burnout series, but they made a different burnout games.
And Ridge Racer Unbounded is one of the most racing games that it's my favorite racing game that no one has ever played it before.
In summary, these are my top 3 most epic racing games I've ever looked at in my life.
Dangerous Driving was made by former Burnout devs, but I just don't think they have the funding to be making games like this. Their next game is being funded by THQ, so hopefully it's good.
A few of these games aren't rly clones...
I use the term loosely.
Ridge Racer Unbounded was a blast to play. Everytime I hear Scary Monsters&Nice Sprites, I think of it
It's a blast! Sooooo underrated!
@NoMooreMercyTV I think I got it from gamestop just cause of the cover. No regrets. Played it after Split/Second and enjoyed it way more. The steering made more sense and you saying you were smiling even when you crashed describes it well
Crash n Burn for the original xbox is also a game i would love to see revistited. It had so called kamikaze races. 10 people raced clockwise and 10 raced counterclockwise. It was so much chaos.
This sounds super fun! I gotta get this
Ridge Racer Unbounded used to have an online mode where you could do exactly what you want. All kinds of funny tracks and stuff were available back then. RIP RRU servers.
Sooooo jealous! RIP
Well... Ridge racer was made by the guys who did the legendary Flatout, so it wasn't a surprise it looked the way it did. To this day Flatout is my favorite arcade title and i regularly switch these games, when i get tired of simracing. The ragdoll physics hold on so well even today.
Bugbear are the GOATs of destruction derby type games.
I understand the frustration for making takedowns but not having a camera to see the wreckage of your destruction. 7:07-7:47 I figured, one of the reason this happened was because the open world gameplay was an online run and in order for the game to be enjoyable, the racing had to be "uninterrupted" in order to continue the race without the slo-mo camera. If there were, the camera would pan back to the player and its an instant reaction to steer away from a potential crash ahead, given you were blind to move away. The crash camera was mainly a self-effect, not affecting the racers or the race. So those 7 seconds of crash cam resets the player. Same rules applied when in a chase, the crash delay is in effect but it is not in a crash cam mode.
I did a Let's Play of Ridge Racer Unbounded a few months ago and had lots of fun with it but definitely stressed myself out going for 3-starring every event. That being said, having youtube automatically make every thumbnail say "DESTROY ___" was beautiful
I didn't find any of the events outside of the stunt ones I complained about in the video difficult to 3 star. I guess I've just been playing for that long lol.
Need for speed most wanted a criterion game is my favourite of the need for speed series, I've completed it to 100% completion multiple times on various platforms and I never tire of it, some people are critical of the game saying it's not like other need for speed games but that is the point, it still has the burnout flair with the addition of licenced cars that is what makes it unique imo!
I think you're the only one I've heard say that MW2012 is their favorite! But that's super cool, I enjoy the game for what it is. I wish I would've played it when it was brand new, it's hard to find online lobbies nowadays. I do wish it had more customization, I've been playing the original MW and I'm kinda blown away by how many parts you can swap.
My pick is Split/Second, as a non-Burnout player, I found it to be a ton of fun. Just silly, childish fun that speaks to the inner child in all of us
Super over the top too!
The original most wanted has an unironically engaging story
I'm stoked to try it out!
Dangerous Driving is literally "we got Burnout 3 at home"
Burnout 3 on temu
@@NoMooreMercyTV Burnout 3:AliExpress Edition
i was huge into games at 2012, how did i never hear about unbounded
It flopped at launch, hard lol. I read reviews from back then and even then they couldn't find players playing it online. Super sad cause it's a great game! Total hidden gem!
I was completely happy with Dangerous Driving. Yeah its low budget but its probably the closest to a new Burnout game we will ever get.
That's a fair assessment! I think the fact that it's still locked to Epic Games on PC and never goes on sale really sucks. $30 is too much for it still. I'd rather just play the old Burnout games again tbh.
I loved Split/Second's personality. Loved the little episode previews and would watch them over and over. Never got very far, maybe episode 4? The physics take a lot to get used to after a long break.
RR: Unbounded is a lot of fun but i get why it didnt sell well. Its really nothing like a RR game and at least to me, feels like it lacks RR's identity. It's not uncommon for big publishes to slap a popular name on something just to sell it instead of making a new IP.
Very common for BN to just abandon an IP anyway so its not surprising, Unbounded probably would've been the last RR game whether it sold well or not.
I think its fair for people to say its not a RR game but I think its unfair to not even give it a chance. Especially now when it actively goes on sale for very cheap.
I got my copy for $2, I would've gladly paid 10-20 times that and still thought I got my money's worth. Just an absolute blast from start to finish.
Ridge Racer Unbounded looks really cool. It totally went under my radar at the time.
Flatout 2 and Wreckfest are some other nice Burnout alternatives (the latter doesn't have a boost mechanic though).
Loooooove Flatout and Wreckfest! Great picks!
So the thing with Split/Second is that it has an adaptive difficulty system
The more you win, the faster the opponents will get and the stronger the rubberband gets
Didn't know this, thanks!
honorable mention Flatout 2
Great game too!
Split/Second's survival mode is a lot of fun splitscreen
Okay I gotta try this!
7:24 I think it was like that because showing a licensed car getting totaled would land the publisher in hot water with the car manufacturers.
I miss playing burnout.
I remember finding the crash system so cool and refreshing. It was something else than nfs.
Loved it. Especially when I had to deal with mental abuse not knowing when I would be picked on again living in fostercare.
So afraid that I would be the next being forced to eat feces, luckily that was never the case...still, I cant get that image out of my mind..no!.
At least this game in the burnout 3 era kept me buisy trying not to think about that, even tough I didnt liked that you couldn't have your own customizable car like nfs.
if you can even find a copy of Full Auto, it absolutely will scratch that "car damage" itch! such an underrated game i played wayyy too much of it when i was a kid!
I keep hearing about this game! It's definitely on the list! The second one too.
@@NoMooreMercyTV excited to see ya play it! Keep up the great content!
@@simplestreetcarclub thank you! Glad you enjoy it!
18:50 the HUD being an extension of the car is a revelation to me. 🤯
Would love to see you do a series on Destruction Derby, seems like your kind of vibe
I've only ever played Destruction Derby 64, these games look cool! Thanks for the recommendation.
@@NoMooreMercyTV Destruction Derby 1, 2, 64, Raw, Arenas, and spiritual successor Wreckfest, upcoming games Wreckreation and Wreckfest 2. It's the series that just won't die!
@@lochl2 Wreckfest rules, I'm hoping I can get a review code for Wreakreation & Wreckfest 2!
You should check out crash and burn on the ps2. It's kinda like burnout just minus the takedowns. It makes up for that though by having 16 cars or so cars race at once. No one talks about this game and I don't know why. It is a masterpiece. A must play for any burnout fan.
It's definitely on my list! I gotta try it out!
I bought Dangerous Driving as soon as it popped up (I think on Epic) and assumed it was in early access, figuring that they'd add a soundtrack later in development. I guess they knew what a clunker they had on their hands and decided they'd never recoup the money spent on licensing any music (or getting any original music made). Such a shame that a promising B3 successor couldn't deliver on its potential.
Right?! It doesn't feel like a complete game, like a beta or even an alpha. It's such a shame too, I had high hopes for it.
I had the demo for RR Unbounded that I would play on repeat for like a year straight. It was weird to learn that it was the black sheep of the franchise and was more similar to Burnout, which I've never played
Never played Burnout?! You're in for a treat.
@@NoMooreMercyTV Don't worry I've been looking for a copy at my local game stores lol
@@kaijuwarrior8917 Good luck! They're so good!
I have enjoyed these burnout vids ❤
Thank you! I plan to make more episodes based on other franchises in the future, stay tuned!
i was kinda expectin to see BLUR here, it is a forgotten gem
Great game.
NFS Most Wanted 2012 was the first NFS game i played and finished. At the time i was not aware of the existence of the original Most Wanted. MW 2012 gets a lot of hate but I don't think it deserves it. It's still a beautiful game to this day and had it been given a different name i think it honestly would have had way more people give it a chance.
I can't believe how much hate it gets! I was shocked looking up reviews while making this video, I thought the majority would be positive at least. Oh well.
One game I had fun with back in the day was Blur, although it was less Burnout and more Wipeout but with cars instead of anti-grav ships
Blur was awesome! Like Mario Kart but with real cars
Ehh with the crash camera in most wanted, I always kinda hated the crash camera in burnout so it being gone at glance doesnt seem that big a deal to me, but its definitely taking something away to not have it there, like an inbetween would have been ideal, as I always hated how they would stop the game to either see you crash, or crash someone else out, like nevermind the stupid crash fetish, I'm trying to race here damn it
so a picture in picture break away showing the crash in a corner so you can focus in on the race and glance down if theirs nothing coming at ya, or the crash on the rear view mirror would have been cool
rahter than having it stop the race every 5 seconds for a crash taking place infront of you anyways
and honestly till you explained it with the progression system, I didnt know that's how it worked, that's how little they told us with that game and I think outside of maybe 5 minutes of split second, it was one of the games where I actually did spend some time with it on this list
but motorstorm is definitely one I would play if it wasnt a PS exclusive, stupid playstation, and it would probably run better as it probably IS having input lag issues like you bring up it seems to have with its controls
as the PS3 back in the day was notorious for how hard it was to program, like if any game was to succeed on this list if it had just been cross platform, it was that one
also I remember DSP playing it after the 2012 Sunami, which might have been why it kinda failed and they didnt make another one, it might have been one of those OH GOD OH MAN type deals for sony when that happened, and the music in it was pretty kick ass, like they had a custom version of like a remix of one of the songs from the 68 film Bullitt in it
which was scored by Lalo Schfrin, the same guy who did Magnum Force, who's theme was used as the Snipers theme in TF2, so its not the first time that guys work has had an influence on the video gaming sphere