| Mail |

You might also like: WoW Insider, Massively, and more

More Sites You Might Like

/ Register

Joystiq

Burnout Paradise goes Back to the Future

by James Ransom-Wiley on Nov 7th 2008 1:44PM

Go ahead: Blink twice. Yep, it's still here. You're not dreaming. Now, would somebody please whip up an award for Best DLC Ever? Thanks -- just hand it over to the folks at Criterion Games.

It may be the first time you actually pay for Burnout Paradise DLC, but we're gonna go ahead and put in writing that the Legendary Cars Pack will be well worth your hard-earned PSN money /

. Exhibit A: The ~~DeLorean DMC-12~~ "Jansen 88 Special" (see above). Time traveling? No*. Hovering? Yes! And be on the lookout for Exhibits B, C & D: The Cavalry Bootlegger, Manhattan Spirit and GT Nighthawk. (One of those has to be codename for the "Tumbler," right?)

*But there are burning flame trails!

Burnout Paradise: Jansen 88 Special

[Thanks, Bob]

Source

Tags: back-to-the-future, burnout, burnout-paradise, cavalry-bootlegger, criterion, delorean, dlc, geek-out, gt-nighthawk, jansen-88-special, legendary-cars, manhattan-spirit, PS3, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (77)

Its like Criterion is breaking each of my fingers one at a time in order to get my $30. And goddamn it, its working.

Where we're going, we don't need roads

GREAT SCOTT!

Whoa, that's heavy.

He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. Lorraine, if you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.

How much will it cost?

1.21 Jiggapoints!!

88 MILES PER HOUR!!!

There's that word 'heavy' again. Is there something wrong with the Earth's gravitational pull in the future?

Personally, I'm amazed I can reuse the same joke and still get such positive results.

MAAARRRTYYY!*

*I said the exact same thing about a week ago.

they removed the flux capcitor (sp?)

Jesus Christ, Doc! You disintegrated Einstein!

Stamp of approval from Mayor Goldie Wilson.

Mayor Goldie Wilson? I like the sound of that! *sweep* *sweep*

Beat it, spook, this don't concern you!

Whoa, this is heavy.

There's that word again... "heavy".

Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?

The earth's gravity will stay the same, we just get fatter in the future.

Awesome!

Ok so, Calvary Bootlegger is going to be the General Lee. Manhattan Spirit is still bugging me trying to figure it out. I hope GT nighthawk is the Tumbler

Maybe the nighthawk is Knight Rider?

What if there is a secret one that hasn't been announced that is Brum.
Did anybody know Brum? It was a UK thing. Not so sure on any American spin-offs. Or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

they said it was a "souped up" jansen p12 on CrashTV. I googled Mongomery GT and got a car that could definitely be souped up into an old an old school Batmobile, but the tumbler. boo.

lol, i meant NOT the tumbler

Well... now I'm going to pick this game today. This Back to the Future thing sold the game to me.

Back to the Future series, together with Ghostbusters, are the movies that I have seen more times in my life...

I have watched Back to the Future at least once a month since I the movie was released in home video.

This is an awesome update =p

Heh. Are you getting it from the PSN?

ditto!

I'll be buying the game from PSN tonight.

I hate to admit it, but this just strikingly increased the odds of me owning Burnout Paradise.

From the Criterion site:

"Fill the gauge and hit boost to trigger burning flame trails from your back wheels. The 88 Special’s fast, manoeuvrable and great in the air.

In fact, if you want to take off, this is just the car for you. Hit L3 to switch to hover mode – the wheels retract and the car takes off and hovers through Paradise City at head height.

Seriously. It hovers."

Nothing up for the other cars in the pack as of yet.

That, right there, is the power of love.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that the "The Cavalry Bootlegger" is a General Lee knock off.

I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!

Tumbler = batmobile?

oh I fail, vote me down. I should rtfa

Manhattan Spirit - Aren't the Ghostbusters located in Manhattan?

Agreed. It's 95% def the Ghostbuster's ambulance car. If it has the classic siren I call best DLC pack ever.

While we're talking about Back to the Future, check out this band called "Mr. Fusion and the Flux Capacitor"...they literally sing about Back to the Future haha.

http://myspace.com/mfatfc

I once saw a band named 1.21 jigawatts. Doubt they are still around.

Nice! I use to see Mr. Fusion everyonce in a while, their shows were great they had homemade shirts with the time circuits and the almanac drawn on them haha.

i would pay for this. i dont care for the other cars, just give me the delorean.

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit. "

if one of those ends up being the batmobile from 1989's Batman, The Mach 5 from the Speed Racer Series or Inspector Gadget's transforming police car/van thing, I think I'd . . . I'd . . . (sigh) need a kleenex.

For the tears of joy, right? RIGHT?

Please be for the tears...

. . . yeah . . . for the tears. . . . can you throw this tissue out?

GREAT SCOTT!!! I figured it out!!!

Manhattan Spirit is ECTO 1!!!

Skullfire beat you to it man.

Ronald Reagan? The actor??

Old man peebody.

F-Zero, I'm sorry, we don't need you anymore. You too Wipeout.

I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet.... but your kids are gonna LOVE it.

My guesses:
Cavalry Bootlegger = General Lee from Dukes of Hazard

Manhattan Spirit = ECTO1 from Ghost Busters

GT Nighthawk = KITT from Knight Rider

GT Nighthawk could be KITT, I guess, but I'm still hopeful for the Tumbler. GT could also stand for Gotham and Nighthawk is a plane that very much looks like it's related to the Tumbler.

| 1 | 2 | Most Recent | Next 50 Comments

Sorry, you must be logged in to leave a comment.

Breaking News

Burnout Paradise goes Back to the Future

Burnout Paradise: Jansen 88 Special

Reader Comments (77)

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:47PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:51PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:49PM MowDownJoe said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:50PM ForTheHuynh said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:51PM MarkezJM said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:14PM Obienator said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:46PM blash said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:47PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 4:34PM MowDownJoe said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 5:56PM Alex R said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 7:07PM juju187 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 7:28PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:50PM MarkezJM said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:46PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 7:34PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:51PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:53PM FernandoRocker said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:58PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 6:17PM Alex R said

Posted: Nov 8th 2008 10:26AM Snake Robot Podium said

Posted: Nov 8th 2008 10:29AM Snake Robot Podium said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:57PM FernandoRocker said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:12PM borland502 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 3:14PM MastaChaOS said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 10:48PM Courtney said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:57PM MarkezJM said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 1:59PM Double J said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:02PM Dirty said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:03PM Dirty said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:12PM Gaucho85 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:05PM Dirty said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:05PM Felipe M said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:05PM Gaucho85 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:41PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:50PM Gaucho85 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:10PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:17PM Gaucho85 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:11PM 343 Guilty Fart said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:17PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:15PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:18PM makoto99 said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:20PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:31PM (Unverified) said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

Double Fine Kickstarter passes $1 million in under 24 hours, breaking yet another record

Featured Stories

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier brings information warfare to the front

Rhythm Heaven Fever review: Crazy into you

Remedy not done with Alan Wake

The most popular postsin the last 7 days

Engadget

TUAW

Massively

WoW

The most popular posts
in the last 7 days