Burnout 2: Point of Impact is the eagerly anticipated sequel to the award-winning racing game that was praised by consumers and the media for its realistic and dangerous handling and most importantly, its outrageous crashes. Several American films inspired Burnout 2: Point of Impact, including “The Fast And The Furious,” “Bad Boys” and “Speed. Burnout 2: Point of Impact will offer a broad array of features such as:

• Six exciting new United States-inspired locations, including Los Angeles, The Rocky Mountains, New Mexico and a busy international airport
• Thirty-two new stages to drive
• Fourteen all-new vehicles to race
• Seven secret vehicles to unlock including police cars, 1950’s hotrods and stock cars
• Realistic weather effects, such as snow, rain and fog
• Point-to-point races
• All-new points-based championship gameplay structure
• Offensive Driving 101, where you can “Learn to Burn” from the Burnout Driving School
• All-new Pursuit races, allowing players to race a police car and ram opponents off the road
• Vehicles can get air and earn boosts by jumping
• Incredible all-new car crash and vehicle deformation system – tear up the traffic
• New Custom Series Mode – race modified vehicles complete with body kits and decals
• Awesome in-game soundtrack to help keep players rocking and racing
• Intelligent traffic system, featuring three distinct types of driver behaviours
• Unique new next-generation graphical effects – unrivaled on PS2
• Vibration enabled controller compatibility, letting players feel every turn and crunch of the car

Exclusive for Xbox

• 15 additional Crash mode junctions – the world’s favourite Burnout mode just got bigger. The `Crash for Cash’ mode is now bigger and better, with 15 brand new dangerous Crash junctions. Double the madness. Double the carnage. Double the insurance premiums.
• Extra decal sets available for all Custom Series cars – Four additional custom decal sets are selectable for all CS vehicles e.g. `Red Dragon’ and `Union Jack’ decal sets only available in Xbox version.
• Increased polygon count on ALL player cars – utilizing the extra graphical power available on the Xbox – vehicles have more than twice the detail than in the PS2 version.
• Real-time cubic environment mapping – all vehicles reflect the game world making the vehicles look much more realistic.
• Custom soundtracks option – this allows you to create your own Burnout 2 soundtrack, choosing the specially composed original music for Burnout 2 – or any of your own music you’ve stored on the Xbox hard disk.
• In-game real-time Dolby Digital 5.1 audio – experience Burnout 2 like never before. Dolby Digital 5.1 provides the ultimate Burnout 2 experience. Feel the roar of the traffic as 5.1 discrete channels of surround sound give the most exciting and entertaining racing experience yet.

Xbox Live features

• Xbox Live hi-score table support – Compare your Burnout 2 skills with the best Burnout players in the world and your friends.
• Over sixty online leader boards including best time on each track, highest scores in Crash Mode and other Burnout 2 statistics.