The Other Awesome, Somehow Non-Copyright-Infringing Burnout Cars
Posted at 10:06 AM Jan 13, 2009
If you recall, Burnout Paradise had announced it was releasing pretty much the greatest DLC ever by adding the Back to the Future Delorean--complete with flaming tire tracks and hover action--to the game, along with three other mysterious cars: the Manhattan Spirit, the Carson Nighthawk and the Cavalry Bootlegger. Those who had money on 'em being the ECTO-1, KITT and General Lee, collect your bets!
Note that the Nighthawk has a blue glowy thing in the middle instead of KITT's red glowy thing, and the Bootlegger actually has a Mexican flag on its top instead of the astoundingly insensitive Confederate flag, but it does have the horn and is available in several colors, including orange. And apparently, the Spirit has some kind of special feature, but what that is I have no idea.
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There's a video on like gametrailers or something that I'm obviously too lazy to link to where the developers are sitting around and very cageily avoiding all the things that would get them in legal trouble for these cars. They're not technically doing anything wrong, they're making cars with similarities, not exact recreations. Homages, if you will. Also, in those videos, I noticed that in one shot the Spirit has blue detailing, and in another it has orange detailing, which makes me think you can change the colors on all these cars until they look EXACTLY like the real thing.
Also, I don't like how the DeLorean still has the fire tracks when it's flying--what's up with that?
Posted 01/13/2009 at 08:58:07 AMWHEN
WHEN CAN I HAVE IT?
I NEED IT NOW!
NOW!
Posted 01/13/2009 at 12:15:39 PM(plus I need a break from LittleBigCrackAddict)
I haven't logged onto Burnout in over a month, but these do look pretty cool.
I can't see driving Ecto-1 around, though. I mean, if Ray's assessment is anything to go by, it's a hunk of junk.
I mean, it needs suspension work, shocks, brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end. . . Rings, mufflers, a little wiring...
Posted 01/13/2009 at 12:42:54 PMOh, and I meant to say that they should have put the Union Jack on the roof of the Bootlegger. That would make more sense and look closer to the original.
Posted 01/13/2009 at 12:44:41 PMDoes the bootlegger horn play "La Cucaracha" now instead of "Dixie"?
Posted 01/16/2009 at 11:34:46 PM