Burnout Dominator (PlayStation 2)

Burnout Dominator
Developer: EA UK Publisher: Electronic Arts Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: September 20, 2007 Released in US: March 6, 2007 Released in EU: March 23, 2007 Released in AU: March 22, 2007 Released in KR: April 19, 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Burnout Dominator is the last game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It is, in some ways, a "best of" of the series, bringing back a few elements of the series that hadn't been seen for a while, like a scaled-down version of Burnout Legends. One of these elements is Boost Chaining from the first two games. Crash mode, however, was removed, which didn't exactly please long-time fans of the series. It also removed online multiplayer, because... reasons?

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Prototype Info

Build Information

Stored at 0x2C62BC in all of the executables is the information about the build timestamp, and who initiated the compile.

SLES-54627	25/01/07 19:32 ukstudbuild
SLES-54681	25/01/07 20:01 ukstudbuild
SLUS-21596	26/01/07 09:50 ukstudbuild
SLPM-66739	02/02/07 15:01 JAmor
SLKA-25260	09/02/07 12:54 Ibrown
SLAJ-25094	09/02/07 15:14 Ibrown

Burnout Revenge Leftovers

Pop-up Icons

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\Crash, CrashBreaker, RatingDown, RatingUp

The icon that displays when you crash, use the crashbreaker, or gain or lose your rating during an event. GLOBALE.TXD\Crashed is used instead for the crash icon.

Medals

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\medal_bronze, medal_silver, medal_gold

The Bronze, Silver and Gold medals from winning an event.

Crown

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\crown

It's a crown. It was unused in Burnout Revenge and returns here, unused once again!

Revenge Rank Bar

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\REVENGEbar

The bar that shows your progression through the current Revenge Rank.

HUD Elements

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\anchor, box_end, box_tile, ta_bg_end, ta_bg_tile

Online Multiplayer

Present in the code are many strings and menus regarding online network play. This was present in the PlayStation Portable port, but in this port it was removed.

gNetwork
gLobby
ONLINEGAMESWON
ONLINETAKEDOWNS
ONLINEREVENGETAKEDOWNS
ONLINEOPPONENTSBEATINGINTDS
HUDOnlineRoadRageEliminated
Online

Crash Mode

Interpolation Time (crash mode)
/Data/Export/ValueDB_PS2/CrashMode/BurnPickup.cfg
BurnPickup
HUDCrashTourTurnTitle
HUDCrashTourTargetTitle
GameModeCrashGolf
GameModeCrashBattle

"Golf" is a reference to how Criterion sometimes refers to Crash Mode as "golf with cars."

Leftover Props

eCS_RoadSnowyCobbles
eCS_RoadSnow
eCS_OfflineSnow
eCS_Lava
eCS_CrashRamp

While most props are shared between Dominator and Revenge, these are not, but still remain in the game's files. eCS_Lava is not used in either game. Perhaps there was going to be a Hawaii stage at one point?

Burnout 3: Takedown Leftovers

Crash Navigator

USA
Europe
Far East

The names of the three regions in the Burnout 3 World Tour. These were also leftover in Burnout Revenge.

Unused Tracks

Steeltown

There are two unused variants of the track named Steeltown. In some ways more polished than what's left of this track in the PSP version. The sky color used in these earlier tracks is more similar to what's shown in the loading screen for Steeltown Works. (RK_22_V1.BIN\rk_22_v1\RK_22_Image01; 02; 03.tif)

• Internally named RK_21_V1 (Philadelphia – Long Forwards)
  • An earlier and much longer variant of the used Steeltown Works track.
  • Far more denser in vegetation than Steeltown Works.
  • Has a road that leads to Steeltown Hills which is otherwise an entirely cut part of the map.
  • Steeltown Hills has a cut Signature Shortcut that was repurposed for the Midtown Mayhem shortcut, as it shares the same ID (RK_21_1).
    • The yellow barriers indicating the shortcut is there don't appear, but the collision detection is still present.

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• Internally named RK_21_V2 (Philadelphia – Long Reverse)
  • A slightly earlier and less polished variant from the Forwards track.
  • Uses the same sun flare that's used in Burnout Revenge.

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Unused Vehicle Colors

Most vehicles have 8 palettes, despite the fact that the game by default is limited to only allow cycling through the first 6 palettes, where it only contains 3 unique colors repeated twice. The last 2 vehicle palettes were originally reserved by Burnout 3: Takedown exclusively for Online Road Rage events and therefore are only in red and blue. Burnout Revenge also has the last two colors set to red and blue, but it doesn't block you from cycling through them all during the World Tour. Many Dominator vehicles also have those two colors as the last 2 palettes, on top of which 15 vehicles that are hardcoded to be blocked from cycling through vehicle colors, even if they have more than one unique color available.

These restrictions can be bypassed with the following codes, which work for all known retail releases. While some 7th/8th palette vehicle colors may appear identical to existing red/blue colors if there are any, they usually do have very subtle differences in brightness.

2018C7C4 00000000
002DE888 000000F8

(Codes: Edness)

All of the unused vehicle palettes

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Classic Series

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  7th palette for the Drift Classic

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  8th palette for the Drift Classic

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  7th palette for the Classic Muscle

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  8th palette for the Classic Muscle

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  7th palette for the American Classic

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  8th palette for the American Classic

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  7th palette for the Euro Classic

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  8th palette for the Euro Classic

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  7th palette for the Burnout Classic

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  8th palette for the Burnout Classic

Factory Series

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  7th palette for the Factory Sports

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  8th palette for the Factory Sports

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  7th palette for the Limited ST

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  8th palette for the Limited ST

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  7th palette for the J Coupe

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  8th palette for the J Coupe

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  7th palette for the Factory Muscle

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  8th palette for the Factory Muscle

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  7th palette for the American Drifter

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  8th palette for the American Drifter

Tuned Series

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  7th palette for the Works M-Type

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  8th palette for the Works M-Type

Hot Rod Series

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  7th palette for the Blue Lightning

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  8th palette for the Blue Lightning

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  2nd palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  3rd palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  4th palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  5th palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  6th palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  7th palette for the Custom Hot Rod

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  8th palette for the Custom Hot Rod

Super Series

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  7th palette for the Royal X3

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  8th palette for the Royal X3

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  7th palette for the Works GT

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  8th palette for the Works GT

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  7th palette for the American Super

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  8th palette for the American Super

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  7th palette for the Super Muscle

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  8th palette for the Super Muscle

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  7th palette for the Euro Super

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  8th palette for the Euro Super

Race Specials

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  7th palette for the Euro Circuit Racer

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  8th palette for the Euro Circuit Racer

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  7th palette for the Euro Classic LM

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  8th palette for the Euro Classic LM

Dominator Series

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  7th palette for the Low Rider

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  8th palette for the Low Rider

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  7th palette for the Factory GT

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  8th palette for the Factory GT

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  7th palette for the Super Coupe

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  8th palette for the Super Coupe

Unused Text

Miscellaneous

The results screen only shows how many Dominator Points are needed to unlock the next series, but the progress to unlocking menu screen damage seems to also have been meant to be shown on the results screen, which are unlocked at 2500 and 7500 Dominator Points.

String ID	String Label	String
A3F151A8	FE_NEXTUNLOCK_DAMAGE	DAMAGE LEVEL %1 UNLOCKED AT %2

All of the used loading screen tips are defined in the executable, but while one of them has a missing tip sequentially, the string still exists.

String ID	String Label	String
EC0B20F3	FE_LOADING_TIP_GENERIC9	YOU CAN GET BY WITH BRONZE MEDALS. BUT ELITE BURNERS ALWAYS GO FOR GOLD!

Cut Vehicles

All the used series have exactly one removed car, but there are two completely cut classes as well.

String ID	String Label	String
02EE8467	CLASCAR5	CLASSIC CAR 5
2CA3AD3E	FACTCAR1	FACTORY CAR 1
7102C998	TUNECAR3	TUNED CAR 3
19E7DDE8	HRODCAR6	HOT ROD 6
32F2D517	SUPRCAR6	SUPERCAR 6
E1C42325	SPECCAR3	RACE SPECIAL 3
CC55B69C	DOMICAR3	DOMINATOR 3

String ID	String Label	String
5B3D8FAC	MODICAR1	MODIFIED 1
C234DE16	MODICAR2	MODIFIED 2
B533EE80	MODICAR3	MODIFIED 3
2B577B23	MODICAR4	MODIFIED 4
5C504BB5	MODICAR5	MODIFIED 5
C5591A0F	MODICAR6	MODIFIED 6

String ID	String Label	String
D639EC77	OFFRCAR1	OFFROAD 1
4F30BDCD	OFFRCAR2	OFFROAD 2
38378D5B	OFFRCAR3	OFFROAD 3
A65318F8	OFFRCAR4	OFFROAD 4
D154286E	OFFRCAR5	OFFROAD 5
485D79D4	OFFRCAR6	OFFROAD 6

The Offroad class also has its own title left over that would appear on the class select menu in the garage.

String ID	String Label	String
212D59E3	FE_OFFROAD	4x4

Cut Tracks

There are a lot more cut track entries left over besides the already known Steeltown track. The RK tracks are for Dominator, whose codename during development was Burnout Reckless, but the LG, RR and RV tracks are uncertain. It's possible that they could stand for Burnout Legends which normally has 18 tracks and coincidentally has 17 entries, and Burnout Revenge which normally has 13 tracks (excluding Crash exclusive ones) and again coincidentally has 12 entries here, which could've been used as placeholder test tracks during development.

Boulder Colorado is the placeholder name for Glacier Falls.

String ID	String Label	String
75496DDA	LG_01_V1	LG_01_V1
EC403C60	LG_01_V2	LG_01_V2
98033D34	LG_02_V1	LG_02_V1
010A6C8E	LG_02_V2	LG_02_V2
20BF5A51	LG_03_V1	LG_03_V1
B9B60BEB	LG_03_V2	LG_03_V2
42979DE8	LG_04_V1	LG_04_V1
DB9ECC52	LG_04_V2	LG_04_V2
FA2BFA8D	LG_05_V1	LG_05_V1
6322AB37	LG_05_V2	LG_05_V2
1761AA63	LG_06_V1	LG_06_V1
8E68FBD9	LG_06_V2	LG_06_V2
AFDDCD06	LG_07_V1	LG_07_V1
36D49CBC	LG_07_V2	LG_07_V2
F7BE2250	LG_08_V1	LG_08_V1
6EB773EA	LG_08_V2	LG_08_V2
4F024535	LG_09_V1	LG_09_V1
D60B148F	LG_09_V2	LG_09_V2
0F95230F	LG_10_V1	LG_10_V1
969C72B5	LG_10_V2	LG_10_V2
B729446A	LG_11_V1	LG_11_V1
2E2015D0	LG_11_V2	LG_11_V2
5A631484	LG_12_V1	LG_12_V1
C36A453E	LG_12_V2	LG_12_V2
E2DF73E1	LG_13_V1	LG_13_V1
7BD6225B	LG_13_V2	LG_13_V2
80F7B458	LG_14_V1	LG_14_V1
19FEE5E2	LG_14_V2	LG_14_V2
384BD33D	LG_15_V1	LG_15_V1
A1428287	LG_15_V2	LG_15_V2
D50183D3	LG_16_V1	LG_16_V1
4C08D269	LG_16_V2	LG_16_V2
6DBDE4B6	LG_17_V1	LG_17_V1
F4B4B50C	LG_17_V2	LG_17_V2

String ID	String Label	String
38209780	RK_05_V1	HIDDENVALLEY FWD
A129C63A	RK_05_V2	HIDDENVALLEY REV
D56AC76E	RK_06_V1	HIDDENVALLEY SHORT FWD
4C6396D4	RK_06_V2	HIDDENVALLEY SHORT REV
8D092838	RK_09_V1	RED GATE
14007982	RK_09_V2	RED GATE
CD9E4E02	RK_10_V1	REDGATE SHORT FWD
54971FB8	RK_10_V2	REDGATE SHORT REV
20D41EEC	RK_13_V1	CARNIVAL POINT
B9DD4F56	RK_13_V2	CARNIVAL POINT
42FCD955	RK_14_V1	CARNIVAL CITY
DBF588EF	RK_14_V2	CARNIVAL CITY
170AEEDE	RK_16_V1	OCEAN DRIVE SHORT
8E03BF64	RK_16_V2	OCEAN DRIVE SHORT
AFB689BB	RK_17_V1	CAPE COLONIAL FWD
36BFD801	RK_17_V2	CAPECOLONIAL REV
F7D566ED	RK_18_V1	CAPECOLONIAL SHORT FWD
6EDC3757	RK_18_V2	CAPECOLONIAL SHORT REV
4F690188	RK_19_V1	NEWORLEANS FWD
D6605032	RK_19_V2	NEWORLEANS REV
75C1CB2D	RK_20_V1	NEWORLEANS SHORT FWD
ECC89A97	RK_20_V2	NEWORLEANS SHORT REV
CD7DAC48	RK_21_V1	STEELTOWN
5474FDF2	RK_21_V2	STEELTOWN
988B9BC3	RK_23_V1	ARIZONA FWD
0182CA79	RK_23_V2	ARIZONA REV
FAA35C7A	RK_24_V1	ARIZONA SHORT FWD
63AA0DC0	RK_24_V2	ARIZONA SHORT REV
AF556BF1	RK_26_V1	BOULDER COLORADO SHORT
365C3A4B	RK_26_V2	BOULDER COLORADO SHORT
4F8AE3C2	RK_28_V1	BLACK GOLD HIGHWAY SHORT
D683B278	RK_28_V2	BLACK GOLD HIGHWAY SHORT

String ID	String Label	String
97F9C9B8	RR_01_V1	RR_01_V1
0EF09802	RR_01_V2	RR_01_V2

String ID	String Label	String
9CB612AB	RV_01_V1	RV_01_V1
05BF4311	RV_01_V2	RV_01_V2
71FC4245	RV_02_V1	RV_02_V1
E8F513FF	RV_02_V2	RV_02_V2
C9402520	RV_03_V1	RV_03_V1
5049749A	RV_03_V2	RV_03_V2
AB68E299	RV_04_V1	RV_04_V1
3261B323	RV_04_V2	RV_04_V2
13D485FC	RV_05_V1	RV_05_V1
8ADDD446	RV_05_V2	RV_05_V2
FE9ED512	RV_06_V1	RV_06_V1
679784A8	RV_06_V2	RV_06_V2
4622B277	RV_07_V1	RV_07_V1
DF2BE3CD	RV_07_V2	RV_07_V2
1E415D21	RV_08_V1	RV_08_V1
87480C9B	RV_08_V2	RV_08_V2
A6FD3A44	RV_09_V1	RV_09_V1
3FF46BFE	RV_09_V2	RV_09_V2
E66A5C7E	RV_10_V1	RV_10_V1
7F630DC4	RV_10_V2	RV_10_V2
5ED63B1B	RV_11_V1	RV_11_V1
C7DF6AA1	RV_11_V2	RV_11_V2
B39C6BF5	RV_12_V1	RV_12_V1
2A953A4F	RV_12_V2	RV_12_V2

While Red Gate and Carnival Point ended up being released on the PSP as bonus DLC, they still have unused placeholder signature shortcut strings.

String ID	String Label	String
E712A016	SHORTCUTINFO_RK_09_1	REDGATE SHORTCUT 1
0C33B668	SHORTCUTNAME_RK_09_1	REDGATE SHORTCUT 1
7E1BF1AC	SHORTCUTINFO_RK_09_2	REDGATE SHORTCUT 2
953AE7D2	SHORTCUTNAME_RK_09_2	REDGATE SHORTCUT 2
52C642A5	SHORTCUTINFO_RK_13_1	CARNIVAL SHORTCUT 1
B9E754DB	SHORTCUTNAME_RK_13_1	CARNIVAL SHORTCUT 1
CBCF131F	SHORTCUTINFO_RK_13_2	CARNIVAL SHORTCUT 2
20EE0561	SHORTCUTNAME_RK_13_2	CARNIVAL SHORTCUT 2

Cut Rival Challenges

Normally, there are only 5 different rival challenges that can be given throughout the world tour - Maniac Points (FE_​REWARD_​CRITERIA_​RECKLESSPOINTS), Drifting a certain distance (FE_​REWARD_​CRITERIA_​DRIFTEDMETRES), Chaining Boosts (FE_​REWARD_​CRITERIA_​BOOSTCHAINS), Near Misses (FE_​REWARD_​CRITERIA_​NEARMISSES), and taking down the rival (FE_​REWARD_​CRITERIA_​TAKDOWNSONDRIVER1), but there seem to be a lot more reward criteria that was likely planned to be used at one point. While some of these don't seem to fit as rival challenges (such as Hours Played), it's likely these would've been checked at the end of an event and also awarded a new car.

It's also important to note that these are separate from the existing trophy awards, which use an entirely different label format and also aren't written in past tense, but it's also possible these were eventually reworked into the final trophy awards. The game also seems to retrieve the existing reward criteria strings mentioned above during the car unlock cutscene, but doesn't display it anywhere.

For the record, the Gamer Points mentioned below are the early name for Dominator Points.

String ID	String Label	String
EBA93FB6	FE_RIVALTARGET_ZONES	WIN ALL THE ZONES IN THIS EVENT
D2442426	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_RACEPOSITION	RACE POSITION
45EBA393	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_GAMERPOINTS	GAMER POINT
180AA535	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_LAPTIME	LAP TIME
672546EC	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_GOLDMEDALS	GOLD MEDALS
FDE5DDDF	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_SILVERMEDALS	SILVER MEDALS
7385423C	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_BRONZEMEDALS	BRONZE MEDALS
B81E8926	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_HOURSPLAYED	HOURS PLAYED
1E677DB0	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ZONEMODEPOINTS	DOMINATION POINTS
A889142E	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_DRIFTEDSECONDS	DRIFTED
2E160674	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONCOMINGSECONDS	ONCOMING
FFA8F598	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONCOMINGMETRES	ONCOMING
4226FD6D	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_AIRSECONDS	AIR
C9C601CC	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_AIRMETRES	AIR
665136AD	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_BOOSTMETRES	BOOST
873C3B94	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_BOOSTSECONDS	BOOST
C98BA604	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_BOOSTEDWHOLELAP	BOOST WHOLE LAP
D741640C	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_CRASHES	CRASHES
D1FD59B4	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNS	TAKEDOWNS
33C0CC90	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ALLSIGTAKEDOWNS	ALL TAKEDOWNS
5B70982E	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ALLSIGSHORTCUTS	ALL SIGSHORTCUTS
656C3831	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ALLGOLD	ALL GOLD
D1A9880D	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_FINISHEDCHALLENGE	FINISHED CHALLENGE
D47F99C2	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_UNLOCKED_ALL_CARS	UNLOCKED ALL CARS
F2977BA8	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_UNLOCKED_A_DOMINATOR_CAR	UNLOCKED A DOMINATOR CAR
58845B65	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNRAMPAGESS	—
67BAEBB2	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNDOUBLE	—
F98EDA23	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNTRIPLE	—
5EF55E3A	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWN4WAY	—
D2AED0A8	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNTOTAL	—
B3DFD0F6	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNAFTERTOUCH	—
9D716BB8	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNCRASHBREAKER	—
92A36060	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKEDOWNVERTICAL	—
271B83AE	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_CRASHBREAKERSFIRED	—
C84F0916	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_TAKDOWNSONSAMECAR	—
B2EF49DC	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINEGAMESWON	—
488D1B96	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINEPERCENTGAMESWON	—
BE12CEBF	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINETAKEDOWNS	—
4CC4A6F4	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINEREVENGETAKEDOWNS	—
D37DCDA8	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINEOPPONENTSBEATINGINTDS	—
C8046F1A	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINEOPPONENTSBEATINGINSCORE	—
EEDEDC77	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ONLINELEADINGBYTDS	—
2AB843A0	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_GOTREWARD	—
1E8572B4	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_IS_RACE	—
04775F5F	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_IS_NOT_RACE	—

Cut Multiplayer Series?

While there is nothing that explicitly states these strings are meant to be playable in the multiplayer series, these particular names use the string itself as the label to hash as the ID, just with all non-alphanumeric characters removed, the same way that all the existing multiplayer series names already do.

String ID	String Label	String
BB3D9042	ALLSTAR	ALL STAR
B9DE2882	BADLATITUDE	BAD LATITUDE
9F713BE1	BLOCPARTY	BLOC PARTY
A184F05A	CARNIVALCARNAGE	CARNIVAL CARNAGE
94420E71	CHALLENGEBOWL	CHALLENGE BOWL
F6BEF08A	CHALLENGECUP	CHALLENGE CUP
E8CE5BA6	CHALLENGEFEVER	CHALLENGE FEVER
27F61D82	DOMINATIONDUELLING	DOMINATION DUELLING
35F64874	EASTERNPROMISE	EASTERN PROMISE
0A505E33	EUROTRASHED	EURO TRASHED
4BD79216	FREQUENTFLYER	FREQUENT FLYER
D09545FE	LAVIDALOCA	LA VIDA LOCA
EDA24550	LATINLOOP	LATIN LOOP
7028EDEE	MASSIVEDAMAGE	MASSIVE DAMAGE
ABCB6690	NOISEPOLLUTION	NOISE POLLUTION
CE818A0E	PICNMIX	PIC N MIX
22EFE409	REDEYERALLY	RED EYE RALLY
80A4F50F	SLAVEDRIVER	SLAVE DRIVER
0D6A7386	SMASHSPECTACULAR	SMASH SPECTACULAR
089BD498	TRIPLEDECKER	TRIPLE DECKER
D090D4C8	VALUEADDED	VALUE ADDED
F0C3D41E	WIDESCREENWARRIORS	WIDESCREEN WARRIORS
B23C4F67	WIRELESSWARRIORS	WIRELESS WARRIORS

On-Screen Popups

To do: A lot of these look like they're placeholders, but are actually used (for example BigMessageBadRevengeSlam2Part1: REVENGE SLAM 2), double checking needed!

Messages that are meant to pop up on screen like any other. A bunch of Burnout Revenge leftovers too.

String ID	String Label	String
9EB5FAD1	HUD_DRIFT_NOW	DRIFT NOW!
D342FFEC	BigMessageLedALapPart1	LED A LAP
C399F565	BigMessageCrashEscapeUnderTramPart1	UNDER TRAM!
04F6A1E3	BigMessageNudge1Part1	NUDGE
509FC33F	BigMessageNudge2Part1	NUDGE 2
2ECB5BC0	BigMessageBadNudge1Part1	NUDGE
7AA2391C	BigMessageBadNudge2Part1	NUDGE 2
42F0D29E	BigMessageTakedown_TramPart1	TRAM TAKEDOWN!
3F550965	BigMessageTakedown_BonusPart1	BONUS TAKEDOWN!
71DA20E2	BigMessageAftertouchTakedown2Part1	AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN 2
4579F347	BigMessageAftertouchTakedown3Part1	AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN 3
8A7ED38D	BigMessageAftertouchTakedown4Part1	AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN 4
BEDD0028	BigMessageAftertouchTakedown5Part1	AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN 5
08AE428B	BigMessageTBoneTakedownPart1	TBONE TAKEDOWN
A69EC8E7	BigMessageRoadRageTripleScorePart1	Triple Score
9E910972	BigMessageRoadRageNewWavePart1	NEW WAVE
73E899D0	BigMessageNewWaveCountdownPart1	New Wave Countdown
1C5917C8	BigMessageSigTakedownPart1	Sig Takedown
3B304A23	BigMessagePlayerFinishPart1	PLAYER FINISH
6C7663E7	BigMessageRatingUpToRating2Part1	Up To Rating 2
58D5B042	BigMessageRatingUpToRating3Part1	Up To Rating 3
97D29088	BigMessageRatingUpToRating4Part1	Up To Rating 4
F0DA27DC	BigMessageRatingDownToRating1Part1	Down To Rating 1
A4B34500	BigMessageRatingDownToRating2Part1	Down To Rating 2
901096A5	BigMessageRatingDownToRating3Part1	Down To Rating 3
6BD24A70	BigMessageRaceYouWinPart1	YOU WIN
97D4E10D	BigMessageUnluckyPart1	UNLUCKY

Ad Hoc

Some Ad hoc related strings meant for the PSP release are present.

String ID	String Label	String
C0D4CC33	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYCONTINUE_TITLE	GAME LOBBY
280877F6	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYJOIN_SUBTITLE	SELECT A SESSION TO JOIN
2D507653	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYJOIN_TITLE	GAME LOBBY
272771D9	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYSYNC_SUBTITLE	EXCHANGE YOUR LATEST SCORES
906046CC	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYSYNC_TITLE	SYNCH SCORES
262FAD86	FE_ADHOC_LOBBYWAIT_TITLE	GAME LOBBY
002143DF	FE_ADHOC_MENU_HOST	HOST GAME
E79877F5	FE_ADHOC_MENU_JOIN	JOIN GAME
5011A2DB	FE_ADHOC_MENU_SUBTITLE	SELECT OPTION
E80AF09A	FE_ADHOC_MENU_TITLE	AD HOC
A27485FA	FE_ADHOC_NEXTRACE_SUBTITLE	SELECT EVENT
9CE5B5FE	FE_ADHOC_NEXTRACE_TITLE	NEXT GAME
A07B9331	FE_ADHOC_TEAMCOLOUR_BLUE	BLUE TEAM
D625716E	FE_ADHOC_TEAMCOLOUR_RED	RED TEAM
B2A6615E	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_ERRORWLANOFF	The WLAN switch is turned off. Please turn it on and try again.
DFC0C344	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_NOGAMESFOUND	NO GAMES FOUND
262274BA	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_SEARCHINGGAMES	SEARCHING FOR GAMES....
AECFB0F4	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_SYNCHSCORES_COUNT	SYNCHRONISING SCORES IN %1
8934B718	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_SYNCHSCORES_ERROR	ERROR SYNCHING SCORES. PLEASE TRY AGAIN
859C0465	FE_LOBBYDIALOG_SYNCHSCORES_MESSAGE	SYNCHRONISING SCORES
763A8B84	FE_LOBBYHEADING_CAR	CAR
AA7BBAF0	FE_LOBBYHEADING_CLASS	CLASS
8361A937	FE_LOBBYHEADING_EVENT	EVENT
41733ECA	FE_LOBBYHEADING_HOSTNAME	HOST NAME
7E3DE938	FE_LOBBYHEADING_PLAYER	PLAYER
DA1E8539	FE_LOBBYHEADING_PLAYERS	PLAYERS
3E61E28B	FE_LOBBYHEADING_POINTS	POINTS
905A26C0	FE_LOBBYHEADING_READY	READY
A235E9A4	FE_LOBBYINFOFORMAT_CLASS	CLASS : %1
E69EDEA7	FE_LOBBYINFOFORMAT_NEXTEVENT	FIRST EVENT : %1
F4D32CA6	FE_LOBBYINFOFORMAT_NEXTTRACK	NEXT : %1
9D57723A	FE_LOBBYINFOFORMAT_ROUNDS	ROUNDS : %1
190DA463	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_CHANGEVENT	CHANGE EVENT
96CA71DA	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_CHOOSECAR	CHOOSE CAR
6E03A538	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_JOINGAME	JOIN GAME
5038EF63	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_LEAVE	EXIT
F1E87BB0	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_SETREADY	SET READY
E75F989B	FE_LOBBYPROMPT_STARTGAME	START GAME
BF3EC047	FE_MAINMENU_ADHOC	AD HOC
4DA75967	PAUSE_CONFIRM_QUITADHOC	THIS WILL END YOUR AD HOC SESSION AND RETURN YOU TO THE GAME LOBBY SCREEN. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO QUIT?
7054C283	???	AD HOC

Burnout HQ

Some online DLC retrieving related strings also meant for the PSP release are present.

String ID	String Label	String
0A1E46C1	FE_BURNOUTHQ_BONUSCONTENT	DOWNLOAD TRACKS
E43E7031	FE_BURNOUTHQ_CHECKINGNEWCONTENT	CHECKING FOR NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
002F299A	FE_BURNOUTHQ_DOWNLOADCOMPLETE	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
C82E4E7A	FE_BURNOUTHQ_DOWNLOADINGCONTENT	DOWNLOADING CONTENT
B0646D2F	FE_BURNOUTHQ_DOWNLOAD_BONUSCONTENT	DOWNLOAD TRACKS
8F6A58C4	FE_BURNOUTHQ_DOWNLOAD_CONTENT	DOWNLOAD CONTENT
683C2710	FE_BURNOUTHQ_MENU_SUBTITLE	SELECT OPTION
A804572C	FE_BURNOUTHQ_MENU_TITLE	BURNOUT HQ
FE81FE86	FE_BURNOUTHQ_NEWCONTENT	CHECK FOR NEW CONTENT
C0CEBF4B	FE_BURNOUTHQ_NEWCONTENTAVAILABLE	CONTENT AVAILABLE
05C63D08	FE_BURNOUTHQ_NONEWCONTENT	NO NEW CONTENT AVAILABLE
D2D39646	FE_BURNOUTHQ_SCOREBOARDS	UPLOAD SCORES
A4DF1A65	FE_BURNOUTHQ_SYNCHCOMPLETE_TITLE	BURNOUT HQ
37DCB30D	FE_MAINMENU_BURNOUTHQ	BURNOUT HQ

Unused Models

To do: There are several more props that are loaded but never spawned, some of them being LOD variants of existing models. Confirm if those are actually never used (they are stored as separate models, not as LODs of an existing model).

Signature Shortcut Barriers

Normally the game uses 3 barrier models, two of which look identical, where they have lights on top and one of them has an extra smaller barrier on top. Many tracks also have early variants of the shortcut barrier props that are never spawned.

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  Loaded: Tuscany, Steeltown
  Texture: RED_SIG_PROP

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  Loaded: Spiritual City
  Texture: SPT_YBWHITEBOX

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  Loaded: Bushido Mountain, Spiritual City, Black Gold Highway
  Texture: SIGNATURE_PROP_00

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  Loaded: Steeltown Works
  Texture: SIGNATURE_PROP_00

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  Loaded: Glacier Falls
  Texture: SIGNATURE_PROP_00

Unused Graphics

To do: The screen damage effect has a bunch of dirt/paint splatter-like textures that don't seem to be used.

Early Logo

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\su_mainmenu\Dominator_Logo, Logo_02.tif & Dominator_Logo_White.tif

This logo is technically only used for the XMB icon in the PSP version, however it is likely an oversight, as the PSP save icon uses the same logo as in the final release.

Pop-up Icons

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\Drift, NearMiss

Award Icons

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\c_screen\Icon_award_new.tif

Likely intended to be shown when a new award is unlocked and allowed to be achieved. In the final game every award is open for achieving.

Series Select Icons

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\wt_seriesselect\secret_seriesImage_01.tif

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\wt_seriesselect\icon_new.tif, Medal_Bronze, Silver, Gold.tif

These four icons indicate that each newly unlocked series would display a star on it, as well as each series having a medal award of their own.

Track Select Icons

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\wt_eventselect\trackImage_RK_09, 13.tif

Placeholder icons for the Red Gate and Carnival Point tracks.

Signature Shortcut Icons

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\dd_rewards_shortcuts\Image_RK_09_SC1, 13_SC1, 13_SC2.tif

Placeholder icons for the Red Gate and Carnival Point signature shortcuts.

Record Breaker Background

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\rb_records\image_bg01, 02, 03, 04.tif

Normally only the EA Trax and the progressive scan menu has a background of its own. This, according to its filename, was intended to be used when viewing the records for the Record Breaker gamemode.

Checkpoint

File Name: GLOBALE.TXD\check

Just like in Burnout Revenge, this game also has its own checkpoint texture that goes unused.

Unused Audio

Early Menu Music

MOVIES.RWS/PFEBG is a placeholder music track that was initially used before being replaced by Burnout 2002 Reprise. The track would have played on a loop whenever it was used, but the way it was looped is not known.

Unused EA Logo Audio

PEALogo	?EL

MOVIES.RWS/PEALogo is a higher quality version of MOVIES.RWS/?EL (where ? is the letter for the language e.g. E for English, even though all those tracks are identical.)

Time Extension Sound

RECKLESS.AWD/timeextend is the sound that plays in the PSP version on receiving a time extension in Maniac Mode. For whatever reason, no sound plays in the PS2 version when receiving a time extension.

Unused Loading Screen

To do: Replace with gif (or a png, whichever works better). Does this even exist? Seemingly couldn't find anything like it.

C_Loading is a basic, placeholder loading screen with no hints or images.

Cut Gamemodes

Oncoming Challenge

Normally throughout the World Tour you can get a Burnout Challenge, Drift Challenge, Near Miss Challenge, or a Dominator Challenge (Maniac) event, but there's also an Oncoming Challenge event type which uses the World Tour event stage logic ID 11 that goes unused. Points are awarded when you drive on the opposite lane.

String ID	String Label	String
C00915A2	GAMEMODE_OncomingChallenge	ONCOMING CHALLENGE
D2840067	FE_CHALLENGE_ONCOMING	ONCOMING
844EB70E	FE_EVENTINTRO_TABLETITLE_OncomingChallenge	RECORD HOLDERS
AE2CD1B1	FE_PLAYER_SCORE_OncomingChallenge	%1 GOT %2 ONCOMING
5BEFC624	FE_PREEVENT_INFO_OncomingChallenge	Beat the targets to earn a medal.
2D731945	FE_WT_RESULTS_STATUS_OncomingChallenge	ONCOMING SCORE: %1

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This gamemode can be loaded by using this code, which should work on all known retail releases. It replaces the 2nd event (Drift Challenge) in the Classic Series that takes place in Bushido Peak with Oncoming Challenge.

00654E54 0000000B

Zone Mode (Domination)

References to a cut game mode, Zone mode, can be found within the game's executable, as well as having its own ZONEMODE.AWD sound container. The .AWD has been repurposed for the very 1st tutorial event (Glacier Falls Burnout Challenge), as it is the only container to have the tutstart, tutflash, tutbstrfl and tutend sound effects heard in that event.

It also has a zonestart sound file which sounds like a slightly slowed down version of the positive message sound (posmsg). zonestart, just like the four tut* sounds, isn't present in any of the other event .AWDs except ZONEMODE.AWD.

However, leftover strings indicate it the event was meant to be something like the Maniac gamemode, but having to specifically score points in a specific zone.

String ID	String Label	String
D3F9529E	GAMEMODE_ZoneMode	DOMINATION
819719DD	FE_EVENTINTRO_TABLETITLE_ZoneMode	TARGETS
B29B8A13	FE_PLAYER_SCORE_ZoneMode	%1 DOMINATED %2 ZONES
3A6D3A57	FE_PREEVENT_INFO_ZoneMode	BEAT THE TARGET TO WIN THE ZONE DOMINATE THE ZONES TO EARN A MEDAL
1E677DB0	FE_REWARD_CRITERIA_ZONEMODEPOINTS	DOMINATION POINTS
EBA93FB6	FE_RIVALTARGET_ZONES	WIN ALL THE ZONES IN THIS EVENT
474CC81B	FE_WT_RESULTS_STATUS_ZoneMode	DOMINATION
A04E6FDA	HUD_DOMINATION_SCORE	SCORE
13730571	TO_WIN_ZONE	TO WIN ZONE
9681D2B3	ZONE	ZONE
59268732	ZONE_WON	WON
DCFCA168	ZONE_LOST	LOST
118D58A2	???	ZONE LOST
42C0EEBE	???	SCORE POINTS FOR PERFORMING DRIFTS AND NEAR MISSES IN THE MARKED ZONES CHAIN BURNOUTS TO TRIGGER SCORE MULTIPLIERS!
74F146C6	???	ZONE START
7AA09524	???	DOMINATION
8B0228E1	???	ZONE END
9C93C5C6	???	ZONE RESULT : %1%%
C1DE05E0	???	ZONE WON
E6691B7E	???	ZONE %1
E7699F8B	???	DOMINATION!
EE6163AE	???	DOMINATION
FDE5177A	???	DOMINATION POINTS %1

Signature Takedowns

ALLSIGTAKEDOWNS
ALLSIGSHORTCUTS

In the final game, there are Signature Shortcuts. At one point, there were both Signature Takedowns and Shortcuts, and the former was most likely axed for difficulty reasons. This is supported by the fact that these strings are not leftovers from any previous game.

Debug Options

Quickstart Menu

A debug quickstart menu that lets you enter any map and gamemode. Toggled by pressing Start while in an event.

// SLES-54627, SLES-54681
// SLPM-66739, SLUS-21596
003BCFF0 00000080

// SLAJ-25094, SLKA-25260
003BCFF8 00000090

Garage Debug Display

A debug display that shows information about the camera while in the garage.

// All known retail releases
004C1B69 00000001

(Source: Edness)

Hidden Details & Trivia

Award Achievement Names

Most of the awards (internally referred to as Achievements) have generic names such as 25_​GOLDS and 500_​NEARMISS, but 6 of the awards have unique names, as if they were meant to be actual achievement names.

String ID	String Label	String
C0484E9E	COMEBACK_KID	WIN RACE AFTER 3 CRASHES
C79AD126	TOUGH_GUY	3 TAKEDOWNS ON THE SAME RIVAL IN A RACE
6F5B45E4	UNTOUCHABLE	WIN A RACE WITHOUT CRASHING
E73724B4	GAS_GUZZLER	BOOST FOR A WHOLE LAP
73F219CD	GOOD_SPORT	GET 5,000,000 TOTAL MANIAC POINTS
8DEB3780	ENVIRO_MENTA	15X BURNOUT BOOST CHAIN

And several other awards' internal names don't match their actual use case. Some such as 100_​GOLD_​MED aren't even possible to achieve in the final game, since there are only 88 events.

String ID	String Label	String
12A5917D	20_TAKEDOWNS	GET 10 TOTAL TAKEDOWNS
669B438F	DOUBLE_TD	PERFORM YOUR 1ST AFTERTOUCH TAKEDOWN
D193CFE7	100_NEAR_MIS	GET 1000 TOTAL NEAR MISSES
19A274D8	3X_BURNOUT	5X BURNOUT BOOST CHAIN
7DA39DD1	TRIPLE_TD	PERFORM YOUR 1ST DOUBLE TAKEDOWN
BE3D865A	75_GOLD_MEDA	WIN 70 GOLD MEDALS
DA15786F	50_TAKEDOWNS	GET 500 TOTAL TAKEDOWNS
547B49BF	100000_RECKL	2,500,000 TOTAL MANIAC POINTS
53D6BCB6	150_NEARMISS	GET 2500 TOTAL NEAR MISSES
2D9E0C82	5X_BURNOUT	10X BURNOUT BOOST CHAIN
C4F620C7	100_GOLD_MED	WIN ALL GOLD MEDALS
91AE2357	150_TD	GET 1000 TOTAL TAKEDOWNS
988A58B4	250_NEAR_MIS	GET 5000 TOTAL NEAR MISSES

Revisional Differences

Text

The Asian and Korean releases have a slightly updated MAINUS.BIN string hash ID array, where one string was changed.

String ID	String Label	Europe, America	Asia, Korea
034CEFB5	FE_LOADING_TIP_GP1	Race Grand Prix's are tournaments of three or more races.	Race Grand Prix are tournaments of three or more races.

Regional Differences

Font

The International version uses the "ITC Eras Std Medium Bold 17" font while the Japanese version uses the "Impact 16" font for the latin alphabet text.

To do: Compare the differences in English texts.

International	Japanese

dirtyEra.bin\dirtyEra 0	japan.bin\Japan 0

EA Trax

By default in all other regions, the Japanese and Mandarin version of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" is disabled, but in the Japanese version it's the opposite with the English and Spanish version being disabled.

International	Japanese