Burnout bugs begone! Paradise patched
by Kyle Orland 
{ Mar 5th 2008 at 1:40PM }
Yeah, yeah, Burnout Paradise is the bees knees, the cat's pajamas, the, um, minimalist work of art. But that doesn't mean it's perfect, a fact that developer Criterion both admits and works to correct with a new patch that fixes many game-crashing and/or experience-altering bugs.The problems fixed by the patch range from the urgent ("Some online race start points face the players in the wrong direction") to the goofy ("Surround sound fix - Centre speaker was 4dB louder") to the just plain weird ("Hammering the A (360) or X (PS3) after unlocking a car can cause the game to hang.") But only one listed bug truly made us sad: the one that caused "total time driven in player stats [to] stick at 145 hours." We can't help but feel sorry for those poor souls who spent over six whole days playing the game, only to have the game's statistics cruelly low-ball the amount of time they spent crashing virtual cars. Thankfully, because of this patch, their long national nightmare is over.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
baby sea tuna @ Mar 5th 2008 1:47PM
Funny that they still hadn't fixed that Wrong Direction bug. I got that the first time I ever tried to play Burnout 3 online back in like 2004!
Bucket @ Mar 5th 2008 1:48PM
There's also a new option in the pop-up menu: "Restart race".
When you select it, a message appears saying, "You must not have understood the concept of 'streaming world'. Not our fault if you lose in the first 30 seconds. Fail less, crapbag."
I DeX I @ Mar 5th 2008 1:50PM
Ummm, yeah. I have had the game for a couple of weeks now and still have not been able to play online. Apparently there is a problem with recycled gamers tags and the info that EA has on them. I tried to leave a message and contact one of the administrators on the Burnout forum, but it will not let me. Tells me that the page will not load? Anywho, if this update does not fix the problem I will have to deal with customer support I guess. If any of the Burnout team happen to read this, my Gamertag is i dex i ... Please fix me :)
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 5th 2008 2:04PM
They can't fix the fact that the game sucks. The whole open city thing blows. They should have never deviated from past Burnout's game structure.
Just my opinion.
Intentless @ Mar 5th 2008 2:13PM
I thought that too... Then I played this online and took it back. The Challenges and the races are a blast and single player is fun too... But then again I like exploration...
Kye Grammar DF @ Mar 5th 2008 2:13PM
I agree with the above post.
To me the games peaked at 2 and 3.
If only 2 were online *sigh*
ScreamingSkull @ Mar 5th 2008 4:20PM
I would say the online rocks, but of the 30 people on my friends list, I'm apparently the only fool who bought it.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 9th 2008 3:15PM
Screaming Skull, that sucks... they should totally have an option to join random players cities... wait...
Intentless @ Mar 5th 2008 2:32PM
Only 1 smash left.... And lord only knows I have spent 10 hrs just driving around every possible inch of Silver Lake and I just can not find it to save my life...
Shape @ Mar 5th 2008 2:53PM
I got all the smashes, all the jumps and all the billboards. :) Feels pretty good to find them all, and you get some nice fast cars for doing it.
Intentless @ Mar 5th 2008 2:54PM
I love the one from the billboards it just looks so awesome... If I could afford to I would so use that scheme on a real car...
Char @ Mar 5th 2008 5:36PM
Not getting all the paradise hate. I really enjoy it especially online. And this is coming from a hardcore Burnout 2 and up fan.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 9th 2008 3:17PM
You see, you were willing to give it a chance. Shame on you, new and different should be hated just as sequelitis should be hated. Everyone forgets Burnout Revenge.... If Paradise wasn't done, we'd just have another forgetable Burnout on our hands.
Joe Cam @ Mar 5th 2008 5:56PM
If only it were some DLC instead of bug fixes...
I need to get back online... Just moved and I've been offline for like 3 weeks.
wickedpheonix @ Mar 5th 2008 6:31PM
DLC requires some serious oversight from Microsoft. Criterion said on their forums that, even if they had DLC 100% ready to go tomorrow, the earliest it could be released is in May.
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 9th 2008 10:27PM
I lament patches haven't given me night vision.