Burnout Legends is the first spin-off game in the popular Burnout franchise and the fifth game overall, specifically released for the PlayStation Portable on 13 September 2005 in North America, 16 September in Europe, 20 October 2005 in Japan and the Nintendo DSon 29 November 2005 in North America and 9 December 2005 in Europe. The game features many of the tracks and gameplay modes from the first three Burnout games, but repackaged for the handheld format. Many of the gameplay modes are similar to Burnout 3: Takedown using a mixture of old and new tracks.
In the game, players will compete in a series of racing modes to unlock new tracks, cars, and events. The following list includes the 9 main types of modes in the game.
World Tour: Compete against other cars in different varieties of modes (see below). The tour is divided by car types. Get a medal (Gold: 1st place, Silver: 2nd place, Bronze: 3rd Place) in a series to unlock Grand Prix. Finish gold in the GP to unlock next World Tour series. World Tour is the primary way to unlock cars.Race: Race against up to four cars (world tour default is 4) in a 3 lap race on any track.Eliminator: (Only accessible in world tour) Same as a race, only on each lap the lowest ranking car is eliminated. Race goes until one winner is left.Face-Off: Race against a legend car to win it.Time Attack: Race against the clock. The goal is to complete a lap as fast as possibly. The player can do as many laps as they like.Burning Lap: World tour version of time attack. Try to complete a lap by the medal time (Example: Finish before gold medal time 1:00:00 to earn gold medal).Road Rage: Make other cars crash to earn Takedowns.
There are a total of 95 cars to unlock through the various classes – these are Compact, Muscle, Coupe, Sport, and Super. There is also the Race Special and Heavyweight classes. Some cars can also be unlocked by completing achievements. The cars featured in the game are from Burnout 2 and 3.The game also has Collector cars. There are five collector cars for each class, however the player only starts out with just one. To get the other four, the player has to challenge another player on a Wi-Fi battle mode, betting their collector car against theirs and win their car in the challenge (the Collector cars are exclusive for the PSP version).
| Burnout Legends | |
| Developer(s) | EA UK (PSP) Visual Impact (NDS) |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Series | Burnout |
| Engine | RenderWare |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS |
| Release | PlayStation Portable
Nintendo DS
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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