Burnout 2: Point of Impact

Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Developer: Criterion Games Publishers: Acclaim Entertainment (US/EU), Sammy (JP), Electronic Arts Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Released in JP: April 1, 2004 (PS2) Released in US: October 3, 2002 (PS2), April 9, 2003 (GCN), May 1, 2003 (Xbox) Released in EU: October 11, 2002 (PS2), May 9, 2003 (GCN, Xbox) Released in KR: May 22, 2003 (PS2) This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

Think you know Burnout? Think again! More cars! More tracks! Crash mode! Better graphics! Burnout 2: Point of Impact is arguably the first game to truly resemble the later Burnout games, and was also the last in the series to be published by Acclaim before their bankruptcy in 2004.

This entry also marks the debut of the series' mascot, the Custom Coupe/Custom Coupe Ultimate/Kitano Hydros Techno/Green Rice Rocket from Mars.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Graphics

File Name: FRONTEND.PS2\Beta

The Japanese version has an unused graphic which says "BETA - NOT FOR RELEASE".

File Name: frontend.dic\SkillButtons

The Xbox version has an unused graphic which says "Drift", "Oncoming", "Air", and "Burnout Chain" with an asterisk next to the buttons. Given the name, these would have been used on the Skill Records section of Track Records. The retail game simply uses text to display these category names.

Weather Condition Strings

Fog 
Wet 

While the Fog and Wet weather conditions are used, these strings are not, as they cannot be manually chosen in the track selection screen.

Debug Message

HAVENT LOADED POLICE SIREN! AWOOOGAH!AWOOOGAH!AWOOOGAH!

A debug message related to the police siren used for the police car(s).

Burnout WOW

After the 999th boost, it will display "BURNOUT x WOW" instead of the number of burnouts performed.

Revisional Differences

Credits Images

Both the Xbox and GameCube ports both have an additional image shown in the credits that doesn't appear in the PS2 version named MissingPeople. And the GameCube has one more image in the credits named GCNPortPeople.

Xbox & GameCube	GameCube
frontend.dic\MissingPeople	frontend.gcn\GCNPortPeople

Font Texture

The Japanese version's Impact font graphic replaces the Đ character with an invalid character symbol.

International	Japanese
GLOBAL.DIC\impact2

Electronic Arts Rerelease

The Platinum PlayStation 2 version was re-released in 2004, changing the legal screen as well as removing the Acclaim logo from the startup, and replacing it with the EA logo instead.

Original	Rerelease
FRONTEND.PS2\Acclaim	FRONTEND.PS2\EaGames
FRONTEND.PS2\legal

Developer's Cut

The Xbox version is subtitled as the "Developer's Cut" which features 21 new car skins, 15 more Crash mode tracks, (which totals up to 30 Crash mode tracks), and an Xbox Live online leaderboard, which was also the first use of Xbox Live in a Burnout game. The GameCube version also includes the 15 additional Crash mode tracks.

Track Textures

Later releases changed some graphics seen around the tracks. Some changes are very minor, e.g. a few rows of pixels being invisible or different downsampling artifacts that aren't documented here, but others have some noticeable changes.

Airport Terminal 1 & 2

Original	Rerelease
APTL.PSS\APT_Tunnel_Wall
APTL.PSS\APTL_Gas_Station

Airport Terminal 3

Original	Rerelease
APTS.PSS\APT_SkySHORT

Big Surf Shores

Original	Rerelease
CSTL.PSS\CST_skyLongW

Big Surf Grove

Original	Rerelease
CSTS.PSS\CST_skydark

Palm Bay Marina

Original	Rerelease
CTYL.PSS\CTY_sky_L

Palm Bay Heights

Original	Rerelease
CTYS.PSS\CTY_sky_L
CTYS.PSS\eu2

Sunrise Valley Springs

Original	Rerelease
DSTL.PSS\DST_shrub2
DSTL.PSS\sky

Sunrise Valley Downtown

Original	Rerelease
DSTS.PSS\DST_shrub2

88 Interchange

Original	Rerelease
FWYL.PSS\FWY_RdSigns
FWYL.PSS\sky_sunny1

Interstate Loop

Original	Rerelease
FWYS.PSS\FWY_RdSigns

Crystal Summit Lake/Peak

Original	Rerelease
MNTL.PSS, MNTS.PSS\MNT_road6
MNTL.PSS, MNTS.PSS\MNT_road10_B3
MNTL.PSS, MNTS.PSS\moody

Ocean Sprint

Original	Rerelease
P2P1.PSS\CST_skyLongW

Heartbreak Hills

Original	Rerelease
P2P2.PSS\FWY_RdSigns
P2P2.PSS\MNT_road6
P2P2.PSS\p2p2_sky1

Freeway Dash

Original	Rerelease
P2P3.PSS\trunk	P2P3.PSS\CTY_trunk
P2P3.PSS\FWY_RdSigns
P2P3.PSS\MNT_road6
P2P3.PSS\MNT_road10_B3