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Burnout: Championship Drag Racing

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said, "The single race is nice for a quick, visceral moment, but the real game is competing in a season or going head-to-head with someone over a network – by far the most adrenaline-pumping way to play."
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According to Pete Hines, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Bethesda, the game is the best-selling drag racing game of all time.
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said, "Burnout has such a refreshing feel and intense bursts of white-knuckled action that it's really worth sticking it out for a while."
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Bethesda announced that Burnout, their drag racing simulation, has shipped and should be hitting stores in the next few days.
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It was originally scheduled to be released in November 1997. The game went gold on March 13, 1998
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The game was developed by Washington based MediaTech West, the same team that did
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Burnout: Championship Drag Racing - Player's Choice Edition
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Burnout Championship Drag Racing Player's Choice Edition
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Index


Developer(s)
MediaTech West
Publisher(s)
Bethesda Softworks
Designer(s)
Brent Erickson
Engine
XnGine
Platform(s)
MS-DOS
NA
Genre(s)
Racing video game
Single-player
multiplayer
MediaTech West
Bethesda Softworks
MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows
Hot Rod magazine
Burnout series
XCar: Experimental Racing
Hot Rod Magazine
XnGine
MPlayer.com
GameRankings
CNET Gamecenter
Computer Gaming World
GameRevolution

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