Burnout, developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim Entertainment in 2001 (arriving on GameCube in 2002), laid the groundwork for one of the decade's most influential racing sagas: circuits with real traffic to weave through at full speed, no weapons or power-ups, and a 'boost' system that rewards risk -driving against traffic, narrowly dodging- instead of punishing it. Compared to its sequels, which refined and expanded the formula, this first Burnout is a rawer proposition, but it already had a clear grasp of the DNA that would make the saga famous: speed as pure adrenaline, and the crash as spectacle in itself.
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