I Played Five Burnout Clones (and here's what I think!)

[@CDROMFossil]

SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE

[@henrik971]

No U

[@IanRB26]

To quote the NFS Carbon meme M A J O R S K I L L I S S U E

[@widjojohuang7854]

@@IanRB26 Even the MW meme

[@widjojohuang7854]

@@IanRB26 I meant, the NFS MW 05 meme

[@HonduranMegatron]

@@CDROMFossil “split second too hard” SMELL LIKE BITCH IN HERE!

[@maxbucknell2921]

Need For Speed Most Wanted is basically just Burnout Paradise with licensed cars

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

Burnout Fairhaven

[@RichRacerType4]

And it's such an amazing game, just like Burnout Paradise.

[@wasirhelal7036]

Which Most Wanted, 2005 or 2012. If you are talking about 2012 you would be correct, it is basically Burnout.

[@RichRacerType4]

@@wasirhelal7036 both are amazing.

[@maxbucknell2921]

@@wasirhelal7036 yeah, 2012 MW, should’ve clarified

[@afhamdanish1957]

Fun fact ridge racer unbounded was made by bugbear entertainment the same dev behind of flatout 1/2 and wreckfest that's why the game looks familiar with burnout games

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Bugbear been cooking for 20+ years.

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

Imagine if Namco did it themselves and didn't try trend chasing... RidgeRacer 11 by now

[@dragoontype00alphaz19]

​@@Vulpes_Shinbiif it me I'd called rage racer unbounded or R unbounded

[@sloppynyuszi]

@@Vulpes_Shinbi to be honest, I don’t know. They just haven’t evolved with the new generation. I like both Ridge racer 6 and 7, but I think the nitros ruined the fun of finding that perfect drift and racing line. Now you had to find the balance of how much drift and how much speed nitros give you and where to launch them. And that’s fun, but kinda a different game. It seemed to have too much gimmick for the purist and not enough for the new comer. Maybe add a classic and modern mode so we have the old gameplay and newer one. It’s just a product of its time. I think they should just rerelease the PSP package every 10 years to keep it in circulation for people like me, and we good.

[@TGL_STUDIOS]

If you haven't played Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) I'd say ITS A MUST! - Made by Criterion - has takedown/crash camera - Ford GT is in the game aswell

[@P_D-px6iv]

*made by the actual Criterion OGs not the Ghost rebrand hacks

[@TGL_STUDIOS]

@P_D-px6iv that's probably the most depressing thing about modern EA. The name doesn't carry the same meaning anymore without the OG guys at the controls...

[@Ethereal2K]

the game is ruined by no quick race and too much filler

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I'm playing this with a friend of mine online, it's pretty fun! I like when it puts us on opposite teams. Though I find the track designs pretty bland and the singleplayer is boring as hell.

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

Imo that's more burnout than MW2012, it feels more like 3 to dominator but mixed with the older classic NFS games

[@GamerAlexVideos]

From what I know, Split/Second has a scaling difficulty. If you are doing well, the opponents get harder. If you are not doing well, they should scale down. I've played the game since like release, so I haven't noticed it all that much now, but I certainly have heard similar complaints before. I love the game, but it probably just should have had a selectable difficulties instead for the career.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Interesting! I didn't know this.

[@Afronaut64]

Split/second does have a selectable difficulty.

[@geoffreymillennium-maximus4140]

But it has selectable difficulty

[@ventilo1825]

@@Afronaut64 only in single races, not in campaign races

[@Enders1]

​@@ventilo1825What if I select the ultra secret difficulty for cool people that you don't know about

[@_Devil]

The fact that we never got a remaster of Takedown is actually criminal. That game is what gave me my current taste in music, and I still actively listen to most of the bands featured in that game. Some of them like The F-Ups (who made the main theme) and Letter Kills actually came back in 2023 and started making new music again, it's crazy. EA. If *any* of your old games are more than worthy of getting a proper remaster, it's definitely Takedown. That game helped make the PS2 as great as it was and there's definitely still a market for a Burnout-like game out here.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

18 Visions came back too!

[@goncalo33]

They would mess up that remake, just like they messed up what they did to Burnout: Paradise. History's better left untouched, sometimes.

[@robmortimer4150]

My favourite mostly forgotten clone was Crash and Burn. It was a low budget title, but was actually really fun to play and upgrade the cars

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Someone else recommended this game to me, looks awesome! It's on the list!

[@sanikku5]

Man I love that game, it's like a racing battle royale when trying to survive a 20+ lap race of kamikaze race

[@haskamoosic9371]

i LOVE Crash n Burn!! i had it on PS2 as a kid and i occasionally play it on PCSX2

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@haskamoosic9371 I definitely have to check this out!!!!

[@SnipingIsAGoodJobMate]

Wish it was on steam ngl

[@theviper7603]

Fun fact: Most Wanted 2012 had takedown cams during it's Beta phase but were cut because of EA

[@rohan2598]

It’s still there while taking down the most wanted cars

[@memorix101]

The takedown cam for most wanted was in the game but has been removed and i dont know why. if u get hands on the E3 version right before the release, u can see it was there.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Didn't know this! I'll have to check it out

[@BrunoMassao]

The reason was the license of the cars. Some manufacturers didn't want to promote this type of mechanic, so the devs had to compromise.

[@elucidator1277]

​@@BrunoMassao ahh damn, i understand that, but it still sux yo lol

[@A_ARAFAT]

@@BrunoMassao That's interesting because Criterion's Previous Game, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 also had a takedown Camera(which is in the final game), and that game have licensed cars as well with a lot of the included cars even making it's way to NFS Most Wanted 2012.

[@D3VYN3]

I'm glad i'm not the only one who absolutely loved Ridge Racer Unbounded

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's an amazing game!!!! Such a hidden gem!

[@luxerhusku2609]

If you haven't played FlatOut 1, 2, Ultimate Carnage, or Wreckfest, definitely worth looking at those games. Heck, I would gove DiRT Showdown a try as well! :D

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I have almost a thousand hours on wreckfest, love that game!

[@P_D-px6iv]

Dirt Showdown was so under-rated Sure it wasn't a simulation rally game like the previous Dirt games but man it sure was alot of fun

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@P_D-px6iv I need to give it another shot, I hated it when it came out cause it wasn't like the other games.

[@tungabunga4107]

@@NoMooreMercyTVi loved the shit out of it when i was like 6

[@FellianTheDragon]

@@NoMooreMercyTV The irony of you criticising people for not liking Ridge Racer Unbounded for not being similar to other Ridge Racer games, while also disliking Dirt Showdown for not being similar to other Dirt games

[@fu102]

As a huge Burnout fan, I recommend: Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit/High Stakes Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Need For Speed Hot Pursuit/Remastered (2010/2020) Need For Speed The Run

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Great list! I've played a few of these and enjoyed them a lot. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@TheRealCharter]

For offroad I'd recommend Test Drive Eve of Destruction. It's so good

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@TheRealCharter it's amazing! I did a video on it. :)

[@Bluberyline827]

@@NoMooreMercyTV considering criterion made nfs hot persuit 2010 you should do a review on it and its sequel nfs rivals too. i am a fan of both nfs and burnout but hearing what a burnout only fan has to say sounds really interesting(its kinda like how nfs mw 2012 is hated by nfs fans because it being nothing like the 2005 original while it is pretty solid from a burnout fan perspective).

[@Leyuhm]

Amazing taste

[@khaosking2937]

Nfs Hot Pursuit 2010 was definitely burnout in disguise

[@Jend_rek]

Was about to say it would be a better pick than most wanted

[@MarcIzaichPavo]

Transformers robots in disguise: ❌ NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT burnout in disguise: ✅

[@HonduranMegatron]

NFS “Burnout 5, but not really” Hot Pursuit 2010

[@Detoox21]

​@@HonduranMegatronor burnout 6, i guess. "4" was revenge and "5" was paradise. Small detail, yeah, but my correcting ass won't let me not post this comment.

[@HonduranMegatron]

@@Detoox21 touché

[@carlbrown1000]

After buying nfs most wanted (2012) for like a dollar on a steam sale, I recently realized or remembered it was just a water downed Burnout paradise game, but I can definitely say it's damage models are way better than it should be for today's standard on Brand name car models. They barely let you get a dent in on the cars these days. Plus, the game over all once you grew out of the (it's not as good as the original most wanted by a long shot) it's pretty fun for what it is. And the intros to the races are a lot cooler than I remember. Some are like acid trips at times.

[@ablationer]

Not just "these days". Look at Gran Turismo. Always loved the games, but yeah as soon as you go for realism, car manufacturers become VERY skittish about car damage, especially showing internals

[@DTfan43]

​@@ablationerI've never understood this. They know what their cars look like wrecked; they test the damn things. I don't think how much they understand that damage from crashing adds to the immersion.

[@Bman-wm4ib]

Even if it wasn't your favorite, I'm so happy you covered Split/Second. It's maybe my favorite game ever, and SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE But seriously, thank you for covering it. I always wished it got more attention.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's a good game! I'd love to revisit it sometime.

[@elucidator1277]

I am 100% down with you doing a retrospective on all the Need for Speed games, like you did with Burnout.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

That would take incredibly looooong, I'm thinking of doing some one-off videos on the bigger games that made an impact like MW2005, Underground 1 & 2, etc. They deserve to be covered exclusively and more in-depth than I do with these types of videos. I want to do them justice.

[@YeahOkayGavin]

31:15 man that's a cool tru- SKRILLEX?!?

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

wub wub wub

[@StoryThusFar]

Hey Mercy, Mat from Story Thus Far here - love the video, was amazing and definitely lifted me up and got me inspired to try out some of these clones, especially the Motorstorm series. Have a good one, and as always, see you in the game!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

See you in the game buddy! Don't forget your shark card!

[@slixnoir]

The nostalgia hit me like a freight train. I'd pay insane amounts of money for a remastered Motorstorm game. I remember going to GameStop to buy Motorstorm: Apocalypse. I played that and Most Wanted 2012 on my old PlayStation 3, and played Split Second on my old Xbox One. Nowadays, I'm busy playing NFS Unbound and FH5 on my Series X. Crazy how time flies like that.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It is crazy! How are you liking the new NFS Unbound update? As a casual, I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would.

[@DLGaming2002]

A lot of people have a bone to pick with MW12, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's actually pretty fun.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Same! Idk if I'll be going back to it anytime soon, but it's pretty fun for a playthrough!

[@minoassal]

fun fact: in NFS MW12, trac tires and offroad tires do change your ride height slightly

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Interesting! I never noticed.

[@g1g3l]

I'll be waiting for I played every "Need For Speed Title" soon. If you want the crash cameras and high adrenaline racing, Hot Pursuit 2010 is the game, especially the cop campaign. Still one of my favourite games to this day (great cars, great atmosphere, amazing soundtrack), even though people hate on it (and in general on criterion titles) because "hurr durr where me visjul tunnink, where me japaniz tunrs hurr"

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Playing every Need For Speed is the ultimate goal! Buuuut there's like, 20+ games in that series. Maybe in a few years I'll tackle it haha. I enjoy HP 2010, I've been playing the remaster online with a friend of mine. I just find the track layouts to be pretty boring and the singleplayer is kinda ehhhh. I like the cop campaign a lot, not so much the racer one.

[@g1g3l]

@@NoMooreMercyTV For the racer campaign, hot pursuits and gauntlets are great. Races themselves are fine, but you do end up finding yourself first place in the first minutes of the race, and then it mostly becomes a matter of avoiding traffic, blocking any racer from overtaking and enjoying the music

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@g1g3l ill give you that, the music is very good.

[@danael0089]

​@@NoMooreMercyTV plus if you play it you might bring accidentaly in the MW05 fanboys and the NFS Unbound fanboys wich are quite a toxic and disgusting side of the NFS community

[@xALPHA266x]

This comment will probably get lost but THE BEST BURNOUT CLONE was "ONRUSH" made by codemasters and published by EA. The best way I can describe it is "BURNOUT meets OVERWATCH" You race on 2 teams of 8 players (if I'm not mistaken) and there were 10 different chassis, each with different abilities, you didn't race to finish a lap faster than the other, but to beat the opponent team score, and the only way to earn score was to boost like in the BURNOUT series (at least in the main mode)

[@xALPHA266x]

It featured crash cams, and traffic checks like in burnout revenge, it was VERY FUN and MASSIVELY UNDERRATED. It was eventually pulled out of marketplaces because of its lack of revenue (microtransactions imposed by EA) but it had GREAT POTENTIAL

[@elucidator1277]

I've never heard of this game, ill check it out

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I remember playing this game! Is it still playable offline? I'd love to give it the time of day.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

Codemasters EVO was actually Evolution Studios, the creators of MotorStorm.

[@ignyted1418]

I absolutely loved this game! I just wished the multiplayer was super active. I don't know if the servers are still up. But singleplayer was still intense and fun

[@mohsinalam7865]

Damn, you just put 4 new games on my list with one video. That's a 100% succesful suggestion rate xD . Been watching videos from reivewers like Gameranx and stuff for years, but never had this good of a success rate before hahah. Thank you so much for diving into the niche of arcade racing games and finding for us some absolute gems! Will be playing all of them.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Hey you're welcome! Glad I could be of service and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@willfantry2773]

Somehow you’ve managed to escape playing all the need for speed games that were uniquely “NFS” feeling lol. After 2010 EA shuffled studios around, and Criterion went straight from Burnout to the Hot Pursuit reboot, alternating with Spightly Mad (studio that went on to make the PCARS sim games), and then they enlisted Ghost games to try and emulate the criterion feel. EA black box became the lead studio starting with Underground 1, and made all the following games up to Undercover in 2008, each their own somewhat unique sets of physics. No brake to drift, it was grippy, but the environment and drivetrain layouts had consequences depending on how and where you drove. The underground segment you could initiate and maintain drifts with a semblance of real-world throttle and steering control, and MW/Carbon had understeer and high speed consequences. I don’t think there’s been many (if any) arcade/simcade racing games in over 10 years that do anything other than the “brake to drift” type feel that burnout made a staple in the genre, you should really check out those NFS games from ~2000-2007.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Lmao yup, you're not the first or the last person to say this haha. I'm very excited to try them out for the first time!

[@nsgames24]

Split Second is definitely up on the list of my personal favorite racing games. I'm been into the Ridge Racer series since, I believe the N3DS game, and while I haven't played Unbounded yet, it does looks like fun.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Gotta give it a shot! It's fun asf

[@SantaAzulCTZN]

7:24 I think it was like that because showing a licensed car getting totaled would land the publisher in hot water with the car manufacturers.

[@zeekfarrongaming5302]

It was crazy to me that NFS:MW2012 would let you swap out parts mid race while driving through the easy drive menu. I remember perfecting the ability to navigate the menu to swap between short and long gears for the transmission. Being able to swap it out on the fly allowed you to have insane acceleration with short gears in turn heavy races and then have your maximum top speed in the straights

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Imma be honest, I didn't even try to do this because I didn't think it was possible. THAT IS INSANE!

[@MitchGleco]

You should check out crash and burn on the ps2. It's kinda like burnout just minus the takedowns. It makes up for that though by having 16 cars or so cars race at once. No one talks about this game and I don't know why. It is a masterpiece. A must play for any burnout fan.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's definitely on my list! I gotta try it out!

[@Molassesr]

You deserve so much more than 4K subs! I hope you keep making these style of videos. Both of the burnout videos are amazing!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Thank you!!

[@ade9654]

Burnout 3 Takedown was racing perfection. God damn I miss those days.

[@ram_taka3436]

I personally love MW 2012 seeing as how I owned it on 4 different consoles and its a huge part of my childhood. that being said i feel like its overhated by the general nfs community lmao. Its a really fun game if you ignore the title and think of it as just nfs burnout

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I totally agree.

[@IanRB26]

If it wasn't called Most Wanted it would be more fondly remembered. The engine sounds are still better than most games today.

[@xDecibelx]

@@IanRB26 Yeah exactly. Calling it Most Wanted gave us a hope that it would be a remaster of the game we all remembered and loved. Instead it was just Burnout with licensed cars and less destruction than Burnout, so it was more or less not Need for speed or Burnout but something completely different imo. It disappointed me when it came out and I uninstalled it after a few hours and never looked back, and never will. And I love the Burnout series and the early NFS.

[@IanRB26]

@@xDecibelx I think it was supposed to be Most Wanted 2. But they scrapped the concept but still kept the name and somewhat similar premise. Personally I think it gets overhated just because of the name. It's a good game in its own right.

[@SuperKale2000]

Crash n Burn for the original xbox is also a game i would love to see revistited. It had so called kamikaze races. 10 people raced clockwise and 10 raced counterclockwise. It was so much chaos.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

This sounds super fun! I gotta get this

[@BenLefebvre-w6r]

Dangerous Driving was ridiculously easy, but as someone who grew up on Burnout, it definitely satisfied the nostalgia of missing the old school arcade burnout vibes. However yeah youre right on everything. I hope Wreckreation will be much better. I also recommend the dual-stick racing game "Inertial Drift" if you like indie racing games with beautiful scenery and tight turns

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I hope Wrekreation is good too! Especially now that they have a big publisher funding them. I'll add Inertial Drift to my list! Thank you.

[@BSRaven]

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) is the precursor to Most Wanted (2012). It's more of a "Burnout 3 with licenced cars" over MW2012's Paradise vibe, but it should be worth a consider too.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I've been playing it a little bit, it can be pretty fun online with a few friends. I don't really care for the track layouts, I think they have the same problem that Dangerous Driving has. Lack of distinct locales, it's all just rural winding roads. I've also been playing Unbound's hot pursuit mode, really fun actually! Just wish the handling was different, every car I've used so far has been really understeery.

[@TheLazyBoi_]

So the thing with Split/Second is that it has an adaptive difficulty system The more you win, the faster the opponents will get and the stronger the rubberband gets

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Didn't know this, thanks!

[@rubbertoe.]

hot pursuit is my favourite. Gives me a lot of burnout vibes, great soundtrack, great map and fun missions

[@Sryloth]

I totally forgot about Ridge Racer Unbounded. When i was little we had this game on ps3. If i remember correctly my cousins gave it to us and man it brought memories. We don't have the game anymore but i hope to be able to play it someday.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

You have to! It's still a pretty cheap game afaik.

[@Valdivia9494]

Love the laidback tone of the video

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MuscleCarLover]

My pick is Split/Second, as a non-Burnout player, I found it to be a ton of fun. Just silly, childish fun that speaks to the inner child in all of us

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Super over the top too!

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

Well... Ridge racer was made by the guys who did the legendary Flatout, so it wasn't a surprise it looked the way it did. To this day Flatout is my favorite arcade title and i regularly switch these games, when i get tired of simracing. The ragdoll physics hold on so well even today.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Bugbear are the GOATs of destruction derby type games.

[@billysnooze6608]

The original most wanted has an unironically engaging story

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I'm stoked to try it out!

[@antoniomillersaveukraine2716]

Split Second Is My Favorite Burnout Clone Of All Time

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's a banger

[@shishou_7639]

Had you've made a video about the game, Blur? 😁

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I have not, but it's a great game! Would love to at some point.

[@kaijuwarrior8917]

I had the demo for RR Unbounded that I would play on repeat for like a year straight. It was weird to learn that it was the black sheep of the franchise and was more similar to Burnout, which I've never played

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Never played Burnout?! You're in for a treat.

[@kaijuwarrior8917]

@@NoMooreMercyTV Don't worry I've been looking for a copy at my local game stores lol

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@kaijuwarrior8917 Good luck! They're so good!

[@beythastar]

I did a Let's Play of Ridge Racer Unbounded a few months ago and had lots of fun with it but definitely stressed myself out going for 3-starring every event. That being said, having youtube automatically make every thumbnail say "DESTROY ___" was beautiful

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I didn't find any of the events outside of the stunt ones I complained about in the video difficult to 3 star. I guess I've just been playing for that long lol.

[@KeirnothVT]

Ridge Racer Unbounded used to have an online mode where you could do exactly what you want. All kinds of funny tracks and stuff were available back then. RIP RRU servers.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Sooooo jealous! RIP

[@kevinmoore2474]

Another game that could be considered to be based on Burnout. (But is also based on mario kart at the same time) is Jak X. The races are very Burnout inspired, with "combat" system based on Mario Kart. The game has you build up boost by getting pick ups, taking out other racers, drifting, and getting 1 second or more of air time. My only con for Jak X is the insane difficulty from the start until you understand the workings of the game, but it remains hella fun, and holds a story mode with characters from the first three Jak games, and some new characters. every character you race barring 3 random ass racers are unlockable.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I've heard lots of things about Jak X, but never really gave it the time of day. It's on my spreadsheet for a future video, thanks for the recommendation!

[@Justus4Libertea]

Ridge Racer Unbounded was a blast to play. Everytime I hear Scary Monsters&Nice Sprites, I think of it

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's a blast! Sooooo underrated!

[@Justus4Libertea]

@NoMooreMercyTV I think I got it from gamestop just cause of the cover. No regrets. Played it after Split/Second and enjoyed it way more. The steering made more sense and you saying you were smiling even when you crashed describes it well

[@Zerohour2k12]

Thanks for this dude! now i got more games to check out!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

You're welcome! Lmk what you think!

[@wyattmunger5529]

Finally, a fellow Ridge Racer Unbounded enjoyer.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I'm so happy that so many of us exist! It's such an underrated gem!

[@Racing_Game_Merchant]

@@NoMooreMercyTV I agree - Ridge Racer Unbounded is fun

[@sloppynyuszi]

From my understanding Dangerous driving was made on an insanely low budget by like a handful of people who left Cryterion. Making the graphics stylised rather than high fidelity would have been the better move and agree with the music. I think the hope was to find more money based on this for the sequel.

[@P_D-px6iv]

Three Fields Entertainment the development studio behind Danger Zone and Dangerous Driving is made-up of ex-criterion veterans and was founded by the original founders and directors of Criterion including Alex Ward and Fionna Sperry

[@sloppynyuszi]

@@P_D-px6iv cool! It honestly looks a game that has its fundamentals fine, just missing a lot of the extra flavours of a top modern game.

[@P_D-px6iv]

@sloppynyuszi oh yeah from my understanding they don't even have AA level funding They're practically a "premium" indie studio at this point Compared to working with EA where they likely had a small AAA budget I'd think of it like imagine being a developer and going from making a game on UE5 to making a game on Unity lol

[@sloppynyuszi]

@@P_D-px6iv well unreal is free until you make money. The way Unity is these days unreal is probably for Indy developers. But I think now Godot has an influence. These days smaller developers just need to understand scope. Here it seems like they over aimed. Should have just tried to make a fun Switch game first and build on that. I hope they get another chance, as I really liked the original burn out series

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

They're currently in the process of making "Wreckreation," and THQ Nordic is publishing it. I hope it's a more premium product this time around.

[@Texshy]

I was completely happy with Dangerous Driving. Yeah its low budget but its probably the closest to a new Burnout game we will ever get.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

That's a fair assessment! I think the fact that it's still locked to Epic Games on PC and never goes on sale really sucks. $30 is too much for it still. I'd rather just play the old Burnout games again tbh.

[@spongebobfan78]

7:43 Funny enough. Some of the betas for MW2012 has the camera angles of Paradise when driving through gas stations.

[@voltcorp]

I love burnout and I've been recently going after interesting games on the PS3 I might've missed. so thank for showing me ridge racer unbound, the bad reviews had certainly put me off it and now it's back on the list

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Let me know what you think!

[@Partypaddo]

Split/Second is one of my favorite racers of all time. Still playing it in my xbox series x

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Didn't realize it was backwards compatible, that's awesome!

[@9ty1]

you should try need for speed hot pursuit (2010) because it's also developed by Criterion and is where modern NFS peaked IMO. It also has takedowns and crashcams and felt a lot closer to a Burnout game than Most Wanted (2012) did for me.

[@silverwoomy0]

MotorStorm servers were revived around a year ago by the community (yes, even Apocalypse), so go check that out if you're interested

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Whoa really?! I'd love to see this!

[@Knux84]

I bought Dangerous Driving as soon as it popped up (I think on Epic) and assumed it was in early access, figuring that they'd add a soundtrack later in development. I guess they knew what a clunker they had on their hands and decided they'd never recoup the money spent on licensing any music (or getting any original music made). Such a shame that a promising B3 successor couldn't deliver on its potential.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Right?! It doesn't feel like a complete game, like a beta or even an alpha. It's such a shame too, I had high hopes for it.

[@givowo]

Split/Second's survival mode is a lot of fun splitscreen

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Okay I gotta try this!

[@elucidator1277]

I'm shocked you didn't include Flat Out in this vid. You might have to make a follow-up (or non-related) video on Flat-Out, Blur, Full Auto, and OnRush.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

They're definitely on the radar! Love Flatout and Blur.

[@Lasukie]

Was about to make this comment, but you already do it ^^;

[@snuron]

Love FlatOut 2. I have to play Ridge Racer Unbounded. xP

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@snuron Do it!

[@IIyana08]

I loved Split/Second's personality. Loved the little episode previews and would watch them over and over. Never got very far, maybe episode 4? The physics take a lot to get used to after a long break. RR: Unbounded is a lot of fun but i get why it didnt sell well. Its really nothing like a RR game and at least to me, feels like it lacks RR's identity. It's not uncommon for big publishes to slap a popular name on something just to sell it instead of making a new IP. Very common for BN to just abandon an IP anyway so its not surprising, Unbounded probably would've been the last RR game whether it sold well or not. I think its fair for people to say its not a RR game but I think its unfair to not even give it a chance. Especially now when it actively goes on sale for very cheap.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I got my copy for $2, I would've gladly paid 10-20 times that and still thought I got my money's worth. Just an absolute blast from start to finish.

[@artgokrew]

ridge racer feels like burnout revenge with the artstyle

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's a bit similar yeah.

[@RaddChad]

split/Second is hands down my favorite racing game of all time!

[@nicholaspeterurgero1675]

i was huge into games at 2012, how did i never hear about unbounded

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It flopped at launch, hard lol. I read reviews from back then and even then they couldn't find players playing it online. Super sad cause it's a great game! Total hidden gem!

[@lochl2]

Would love to see you do a series on Destruction Derby, seems like your kind of vibe

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I've only ever played Destruction Derby 64, these games look cool! Thanks for the recommendation.

[@lochl2]

@@NoMooreMercyTV Destruction Derby 1, 2, 64, Raw, Arenas, and spiritual successor Wreckfest, upcoming games Wreckreation and Wreckfest 2. It's the series that just won't die!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@lochl2 Wreckfest rules, I'm hoping I can get a review code for Wreakreation & Wreckfest 2!

[@fuelcapgaming5753]

There is one game that's flying under the radar that's somewhat of a clone - It's called Trail Out. I'd honestly say it's a love letter to ALL racing games of this era including burnout, Need For Speed, Flat Out, Split Second and even other games/movies like GTA, Carmegeddon, Fast and Furious, Drive, etc... It's wild but I genuinely had such a blast with it. It's some of the most fun i've had during this awfully long period of absence with no racing games to fill Burnouts void since 2013 essentially, apart from Wreckfest.

[@NoBillsOfCrashDamage]

I remember being fascinated with Motorstorm Apocalypse when I first learned about it. It felt like the limo scene from 2012 turned into a whole game. I never looked into Ridge Racer Unbounded before but it sure looks awesome. The track editor alone really sold me on the game 😮 Those would be my picks, definitely.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

You're gonna love Ridge Racer! Let me know what you think.

[@NoBillsOfCrashDamage]

@@NoMooreMercyTV Unfortunately I can't afford a PS3 nor can my PC run Ridge Racer Unbounded :/

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@NoBillsOfCrashDamage RIP. Well, whenever you can you gotta check it out!

[@HonduranMegatron]

Dangerous Driving is literally "we got Burnout 3 at home"

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Burnout 3 on temu

[@HonduranMegatron]

@@NoMooreMercyTV Burnout 3:AliExpress Edition

[@Lukenald]

i was kinda expectin to see BLUR here, it is a forgotten gem

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Great game.

[@megapro125]

Ridge Racer Unbounded looks really cool. It totally went under my radar at the time. Flatout 2 and Wreckfest are some other nice Burnout alternatives (the latter doesn't have a boost mechanic though).

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Loooooove Flatout and Wreckfest! Great picks!

[@tungabunga4107]

Ridge racer is a fucking crazy nostalgia trip for me

[@reissyboi7527]

One game I had fun with back in the day was Blur, although it was less Burnout and more Wipeout but with cars instead of anti-grav ships

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Blur was awesome! Like Mario Kart but with real cars

[@cursedfishtanx9087]

NFS Most Wanted 2012 was the first NFS game i played and finished. At the time i was not aware of the existence of the original Most Wanted. MW 2012 gets a lot of hate but I don't think it deserves it. It's still a beautiful game to this day and had it been given a different name i think it honestly would have had way more people give it a chance.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I can't believe how much hate it gets! I was shocked looking up reviews while making this video, I thought the majority would be positive at least. Oh well.

[@svvwoo]

i remember playing ridge racer unbounded when i was younger on the xbox 360. and for whatever reason i loved putting the powerplants in the track editor and smashing through them and making the game lag lol

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I'm jealous! Did you play the multiplayer? Was the game populated at all back then?

[@svvwoo]

​@@NoMooreMercyTVmy bad for responding i dont get notifcations for yt comments. But from what i remember i never played multiplayer

[@limerico3517]

Really sad they not make it again this franchise, this thing literally goat for car crash genre, just imagine burnout with latest engine, ik we have wreckfest but wreckfest sense of speed is not like burnout, high speed demolition derby is peak

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Facts. Hoping Wreckreation can recapture some of that magic!

[@Black-ct4qb]

I miss playing burnout. I remember finding the crash system so cool and refreshing. It was something else than nfs. Loved it. Especially when I had to deal with mental abuse not knowing when I would be picked on again living in fostercare. So afraid that I would be the next being forced to eat feces, luckily that was never the case...still, I cant get that image out of my mind..no!. At least this game in the burnout 3 era kept me buisy trying not to think about that, even tough I didnt liked that you couldn't have your own customizable car like nfs.

[@JustMartha07]

In case of NFS, I came back to old games thinking "Yeah it's just nostlagia talking" but nope, Most Wanted from 2005 gave me more joy than Unbound and Heat. That game doesn't feel like huge mess and dunno why EA tries to make so complicated games what can be overhelming. Too much unnecessery stuff. MW2005 is short, you can beat it in one day without using exploits, but it's fun.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I definitely have to check it out then!

[@simplestreetcarclub]

if you can even find a copy of Full Auto, it absolutely will scratch that "car damage" itch! such an underrated game i played wayyy too much of it when i was a kid!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I keep hearing about this game! It's definitely on the list! The second one too.

[@simplestreetcarclub]

@@NoMooreMercyTV excited to see ya play it! Keep up the great content!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@simplestreetcarclub thank you! Glad you enjoy it!

[@jasonwhigham335]

Motorstorm apocalypse and split/second are absolutely twins separated at birth after my experiences with playing both. As much as I LOVE the Motorstorm series I can say that apocalypse is definitely the weakest of the all the games. It feels more heavier and slower than the prior games, as well as toned down just a bit in the vehicle destruction like you said. In the earlier games such as the first game and pacific rift vehicles had way more visible details in their damage models along with more snappy feeling controls and speed. The tracks even feel more smaller than usual with less unique routes, verticality and even settings since all the tracks in apocalypse take place in the same handful of places just with different times and layout. Overall the Motorstorm series is still FANTASTIC to this day and I wish sony would at least show some love to the series

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Absolutely agree 100%! Well said.

[@PIMPTD]

If it makes you feel better I’m a need for speed fan, we’ll use to be haven’t played since believe it was 2010 that hot pursuit came out. Anyways I loved original most wanted but this one I somehow get bored after first few hours. At first I thought it was open world because I don’t like paradise but I liked ungrounded 2. Also loved split second. I’ll never forget the plane crashing. Motor storm was also fun. Got it with that PlayStation tv. Good video btw.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Thanks for watching! Give it another shot sometime, you might like it now.

[@PIMPTD]

@@NoMooreMercyTV I actually did like last year. Had a hacked vita and put most wanted on it to try it again. Paradise I need to try again. Idk how long ago it was but I did get farther last time I played. Definitely interested in trying ridge racer. Never knew they made one in that style till this video.

[@sma7530]

I bought this on steam sale today after seeing you mention this there. Then I watched this video and it sold me.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Which one did you pick up?

[@sma7530]

@@NoMooreMercyTV They had the Ridge Racer Unbounded with some DLC for £2.90 ish, so after looking at your Steam comment and your link the video, I thought, 'Why not ?' So thanks for the review !

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@sma7530 you're welcome!

[@M4sterKr0nicTac0s]

Genuinely consider checking out Crash N' Burn on PS2. It was made by a smaller studio but has an enjoyable reward loop with 4 vehicle classes with moderate customization. It's a demolition derby style of game, yet I would argue that one of its only shortcomings was the lack of split screen. Cheers!

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Hey thank you for the recommendation! I keep getting this one a lot, it's on my spreadsheet for a future video. The game looks sick as hell, thanks for watching!

[@Fhrxst]

I highly suggest Onrush, im not sure if the game is shutdown or anything but man that game is pure insanity when it comes to speed and takedown opportunity. a real show for speed and aggression with the idea of racing as a group to finish an objective.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It was shut down, is it playable offline?

[@Fhrxst]

@@NoMooreMercyTV I seen someone recently play it maybe 3 weeks ago so maybe you have mileage against bots. Its over-the-top carnage so give it a looksy.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@Fhrxst I will! Thanks for the recommendation.

[@MINKIN2]

Was half expecting to see Blur. Similar game but with Mario Kart -esque ower ups.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Love Blur! Great game.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

22:00 Split Second's rubber-band AI is bad, but the game's concept requires other vehicles to always be ahead of the player to force them to use power plays. Still annoying/funny to drop a tower on six cars and see them all blow past you five seconds later though. Crash Time 5: Undercover has lots of Burnout-style crashes, and Trail Out is a pretty good FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage re-imagining. They're both on Steam.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

LMAO exactly! It's so infuriating, at least let me trigger them behind me or something!

[@peanutfish94]

Not quite a Burnout clone but has a similar vibe to it - Jak X: Combat Racing. It's a fast paced racing game with weapons. It has stuff like Crash cam, offensive and defensive weapons, lotsa tracks and game modes, aggressive AI (and an even harder AI in Hero Mode), great OST and even has an Adventure mode with for what it's worth it's pretty good for being a racing game. Would very much heavy recommend Jak X, especially if you like destructive fast paced racers.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I love the Jak and Daxter games yet never gave Jak X a chance, I dunno why. I always thought it looked fun. I remember playing it on a kiosk at Gamestop, but nothing more than that. I'll definitely check it out!

[@peanutfish94]

@NoMooreMercyTV It's alotta fun and was how I got into this kind of racer (never got into Burnout but heard how good it was) heavy recommend!

[@Flip5ide]

I didn't even know about that Ridge Racer, man if I knew about it back then I would have definitely got it.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

It's sooooooo good! You gotta try it!

[@Flip5ide]

@@NoMooreMercyTV hmm, my PS3 disc drive is dead unfortunately 😕

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

@@Flip5ide RIP. Maybe its still available to buy? It is on PC.

[@VictorBRz]

Just get yourself a pirate version, for Pc or any console ​@@Flip5ide

[@phoroclock]

There was a mobile game called “ destruction highway derby “ or was a simple subway surface type game with you sipping thru Highway traffic but When you crash it was like burnout 3 style and you can explode your car with dynamite with other cars you can use which had special abilities like a tank which is self explanatory.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Just saw this! Looks pretty cool for a mobile game! I'll have to cover that sometime. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@phoroclock]

@@NoMooreMercyTV I love sharing fun games. And it’s also called “ highway crash derby” sorry about that

[@Therealpapermario]

Its kin of funny that kirby and the forgotten land has better car physics than dangerous driving

[@MrDeathwish94]

I’m surprised full auto didn’t make the list

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

This game looks awesome, I'll be checking these out for sure.

[@danixghozt7568]

I understand the frustration for making takedowns but not having a camera to see the wreckage of your destruction. 7:07-7:47 I figured, one of the reason this happened was because the open world gameplay was an online run and in order for the game to be enjoyable, the racing had to be "uninterrupted" in order to continue the race without the slo-mo camera. If there were, the camera would pan back to the player and its an instant reaction to steer away from a potential crash ahead, given you were blind to move away. The crash camera was mainly a self-effect, not affecting the racers or the race. So those 7 seconds of crash cam resets the player. Same rules applied when in a chase, the crash delay is in effect but it is not in a crash cam mode.

[@TodaWars]

Full Auto Battline 2 is also a great game from around the time. Put guns on your cars. Avoid getting wrecked or wreck them. Also destrutable tracks for hazzard or short cuts. As far i know sadly only on Ps3.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Game looks awesome! It's definitely on my list for a future video. Have you heard of Crash N Burn on PS2? It's another common request, looks sweet!

[@SeeOHZee]

For Ridge Racer Unbounded, the devs also made a live service version of it subtitled Driftopia about a year after Unbounded's release. Although I never touched Driftopia it was pretty bad as a F2P business model.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Just looked up some gameplay, I actually really like how the cars deform in Driftopia. Shame that wasn't in Unbounded!

[@ericwirfs5578]

It's wild to me that Spilt/Second was published by, of all people, DISNEY Interactive.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Pure was too!

[@TommyCrosby]

Unbounded, really? That game is so frustrating to me. I can't believe the number of time I saw that big rwd dot pointing at at crash place and boosting wile lining my car to it just to see my boost end 1 second before I wreck my car to the wall...

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Timing! Boost a little later and you'll hit it everytime. I had the same issue at first.

[@kavinskysmith4094]

Ehh with the crash camera in most wanted, I always kinda hated the crash camera in burnout so it being gone at glance doesnt seem that big a deal to me, but its definitely taking something away to not have it there, like an inbetween would have been ideal, as I always hated how they would stop the game to either see you crash, or crash someone else out, like nevermind the stupid crash fetish, I'm trying to race here damn it so a picture in picture break away showing the crash in a corner so you can focus in on the race and glance down if theirs nothing coming at ya, or the crash on the rear view mirror would have been cool rahter than having it stop the race every 5 seconds for a crash taking place infront of you anyways and honestly till you explained it with the progression system, I didnt know that's how it worked, that's how little they told us with that game and I think outside of maybe 5 minutes of split second, it was one of the games where I actually did spend some time with it on this list but motorstorm is definitely one I would play if it wasnt a PS exclusive, stupid playstation, and it would probably run better as it probably IS having input lag issues like you bring up it seems to have with its controls as the PS3 back in the day was notorious for how hard it was to program, like if any game was to succeed on this list if it had just been cross platform, it was that one also I remember DSP playing it after the 2012 Sunami, which might have been why it kinda failed and they didnt make another one, it might have been one of those OH GOD OH MAN type deals for sony when that happened, and the music in it was pretty kick ass, like they had a custom version of like a remix of one of the songs from the 68 film Bullitt in it which was scored by Lalo Schfrin, the same guy who did Magnum Force, who's theme was used as the Snipers theme in TF2, so its not the first time that guys work has had an influence on the video gaming sphere

[@memorix101]

If you are looking for a Burnout clone with guns, try Full Auto. It's a bit clunky at times but fun.

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

Thanks for the recommendation! I just bought another 360, so I'll definitely take a look.

[@AkiRalcolf]

Far from Clunky LOL. But it's soooo underrated

[@AkiRalcolf]

It's not a clone if it has boost or Takedowns. I really don't like it being labeled as a "clone"

[@Traveler-VII]

​@@AkiRalcolfEh, it can be a *bit* clunky. Framerate isn't exactly consistent and the control scheme isn't exactly ideal. But yeah, it is decently fun.

[@AkiRalcolf]

@@Traveler-VII Controls are fine.

[@ventilo1825]

fav game on this list : definitely split/second. Not on this list idk, I could maybe recommend to try crash time 5 undercover, I had a ton of fun in split screen multiplayer as a kid with my brother and sister. I was a bit young so I was struggling on the campaign tho 💀

[@NoMooreMercyTV]

I've heard a lot of good things about the Crash Time games! Definitely gotta check those out sometime. Thanks for watching!

[@PolishPetronaPolskiPetrona]

As an avid fan of Split Second, I have a few words to say… Keep going Keep going still… Almost there…. SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE SKILL ISSUE