Burnout Revenge (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Burnout Revenge
Developer: Criterion Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Platforms: PlayStation 2, Xbox Released in JP: October 20, 2005 Released in US: September 13, 2005 Released in EU: September 23, 2005 Released in AU: September 26, 2005 Released in KR: October 24, 2005 Released in TW: October 28, 2005 This game has unused code. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

Burnout Revenge is... well, most fans say it's a Burnout 3.5, which sort of makes sense since it's very similar to the previous game. Still, the controls are tighter, the graphics have been cranked up a notch, and it features an entirely new collection of cars. Also, it's one of the few games on the PlayStation 2 to have online multiplayer.

It was later re-released on the Xbox 360, like many EA games of 2005.

Sub-Pages

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Burnout 3: Takedown Leftovers

Given that this game is essentially Burnout 3.5, it's no surprise that some content from that game remains leftover in this game.

Early HUD Graphics

File Name: GLOBAL.TXD\HUD

A leftover leftover! These graphics were used in the pre-E3 builds of Burnout 3.

Red Boost Flames

As in Burnout 3, Data/vdb.bin allows any playable vehicle to have their boost flame color set to either blue (default) or red. This behavior was used in Burnout 3 exclusively by the Dominator vehicles. No vehicle in this game uses red boost flames, leaving the behavior unused, though it would shortly be reworked for the 360 version to give certain vehicles, such as the 360 Revenge Racer, green boost flames instead of the default blue color.

Text

hello world ru paranoid?
BURNOUT3
burnout3-ps2-2004

These strings appear in the game's executable.

In addition, globalXX.bin, where XX varies by the game's region (US for the USA, EN for the UK etc.), is a carbon copy of the same file from Burnout 3. All strings that apply to both games e.g. save/load dialog, display configuration dialog etc. are used, with all strings that can only apply to Burnout 3, like the song list and list of Signature Takedowns from that game going unused.

Debug Options

To do: The current quickstart method seems to often cause crashes (especially on Xbox), come up with a better way (editing the function where this is loaded from?)

European Xbox name meanings:

• EUR-M3 – En,Fr,De
• EUR-M6 – Da,Es,Fi,It,Nl,Sv

Quickstart Menu

A debug quickstart menu that lets you load an event with various custom settings for you to choose from. All of the areas use their real life location names, as a leftover from much earlier in development. The 2nd line for the PS2 codes avoids a crash of an address pointer failing to be loaded in time. This may cause unforeseen problems if it's active during normal gameplay!

The PS2 codes replace the Progressive Scan menu, and the Xbox codes replace the in-game Pause menu.

PlayStation 2

SLES-53506	SLES-53507	SLUS-21242
1049FE4C 00002248 21C10E98 0069A000	1049FECC 000022A8 21C10E98 0069A000	1049FD4C 00002248 21C10C18 0069A000
SLAJ-25066	SLKA-25304	SLPM-66108
1049FDCC 00002258 21C10C98 0069A000	1049FECC 000022A8 21C0EC98 0069A000	10432E04 00003A10 21B98178 0069A000

Xbox

EUR-M3	EUR-M6	USA, ASIA
003F90D8 0C70	003F9300 0BD0	003F8F04 0D30

World Time

A debug display that shows how much time has elapsed in the upper right corner starting from when the event began. The text used for this is drawn slightly differently on each platform.

PlayStation 2

SLES-53506	SLES-53507	SLUS-21242, SLAJ-25066
2010DDE8 00000000 2010DEF0 00000000	2010DE30 00000000 2010DF38 00000000	2010DDD0 00000000 2010DED8 00000000

SLKA-25304	SLPM-66108
2010DE90 00000000 2010DF98 00000000	2010DAF0 00000000 2010DBF8 00000000

Xbox

EUR-M3	USA, EUR-M6, ASIA
0001CAD7 9090 0001CB01 9090	0001CAE7 9090 0001CB11 9090

Visual Options

Several visual debugging options that can be toggled. The effect of each individual option can be seen here. The option names in a smaller font written in the same cell only have effect if the code above it is active. The codes under the thicker horizontal line are specific to the Car Viewer gamemode.

PlayStation 2
Option Name	SLAJ-25066	SLES-53506/-07	SLKA-25304	SLPM-66108	SLUS-21242
DrawBodyHulls DrawVectorText	004F0C57 00000001 004F0C54 00000001	004F0E57 00000001 004F0E54 00000001	004F0DD7 00000001 004F0DD4 00000001	0047A2D7 00000001 0047A2D4 00000001	004F0BD7 00000001 004F0BD4 00000001
DrawPropCOM	004F0C58 00000001	004F0E58 00000001	004F0DD8 00000001	0047A2D8 00000001	004F0BD8 00000001
DrawIntervals	004F0C59 00000001	004F0E59 00000001	004F0DD9 00000001	0047A2D9 00000001	004F0BD9 00000001
DrawCollisionWorld DrawCollisionWorld (alt)	004F0C56 00000001 004F0C5B 00000001	004F0E56 00000001 004F0E5B 00000001	004F0DD6 00000001 004F0DDB 00000001	0047A2D6 00000001 0047A2DB 00000001	004F0BD6 00000001 004F0BDB 00000001
DrawShockwave	004F0C67 00000001	004F0E67 00000001	004F0DE7 00000001	0047A2E7 00000001	004F0BE7 00000001
RenderTrafficLanes	004F1EE5 00000001	004F20E5 00000001	004F2065 00000001	0047B565 00000001	004F1E65 00000001
RenderTrafficVehicleDebug	004F1EE6 00000001	004F20E6 00000001	004F2066 00000001	0047B566 00000001	004F1E66 00000001
RenderNearMissData	004F1EE0 00000001	004F20E0 00000001	004F2060 00000001	0047B560 00000001	004F1E60 00000001
RenderSpatialTriggers	004F1EE1 00000001	004F20E1 00000001	004F2061 00000001	0047B561 00000001	004F1E61 00000001
RenderSignatureData	004F1EE7 00000001	004F20E7 00000001	004F2067 00000001	0047B567 00000001	004F1E67 00000001
DrawBones	004F1EB3 00000001	004F20B3 00000001	004F2033 00000001	0047B533 00000001	004F1E33 00000001
DrawHull DrawVectorText	004F20B4 00000001 004F1EB7 00000001	004F20B4 00000001 004F20B7 00000001	004F2034 00000001 004F2037 00000001	0047B534 00000001 0047B537 00000001	004F1E34 00000001 004F1E37 00000001
DrawAttachPoints	004F1EB2 00000001	004F20B2 00000001	004F2032 00000001	0047B532 00000001	004F1E32 00000001
DrawCollisionPoint	004F1ED9 00000001 004F1E60 00000001	004F20D9 00000001 004F2060 00000001	004F2059 00000001 004F1FE0 00000001	0047B559 00000001 0047B4E0 00000001	004F1E59 00000001 004F1DE0 00000001
DrawRegions	004F1EB5 00000001	004F20B5 00000001	004F2035 00000001	0047B535 00000001	004F1E35 00000001
DrawTagPoints	004F1EB8 00000001 . . . 004F1EC3 00000001	004F20B8 00000001 . . . 004F20C3 00000001	004F2038 00000001 . . . 004F2043 00000001	0047B538 00000001 . . . 0047B543 00000001	004F1E38 00000001 . . . 004F1E43 00000001
DrawCollisionLine	004F1ECE 00000001	004F20CE 00000001	004F204E 00000001	0047B54E 00000001	004F1E4E 00000001

Xbox
Option Name	EUR-M3	EUR-M6	USA, ASIA
DrawBodyHulls DrawVectorText	0042D187 01 0042D184 01	0042D507 01 0042D504 01	0042D107 01 0042D104 01
DrawPropCOM	0042D188 01	0042D508 01	0042D108 01
DrawIntervals	0042D189 01	0042D509 01	0042D109 01
DrawCollisionWorld DrawCollisionWorld (alt)	0042D186 01 0042D18B 01	0042D506 01 0042D50B 01	0042D106 01 0042D10B 01
DrawShockwave	0042D197 01	0042D517 01	0042D117 01
RenderTrafficLanes	0042E415 01	0042E795 01	0042E395 01
RenderTrafficVehicleDebug	0042E416 01	0042E796 01	0042E396 01
RenderNearMissData	0042E410 01	0042E790 01	0042E390 01
RenderSpatialTriggers	0042E411 01	0042E791 01	0042E391 01
RenderSignatureData	0042E417 01	0042E797 01	0042E397 01
DrawBones	0042E3E3 01	0042E763 01	0042E363 01
DrawHull DrawVectorText	0042E3E4 01 0042E3E7 01	0042E764 01 0042E767 01	0042E364 01 0042E367 01
DrawAttachPoints	0042E3E2 01	0042E762 01	0042E362 01
DrawCollisionPoint	0042E409 01 0042E390 01	0042E779 01 0042E710 01	0042E379 01 0042E310 01
DrawRegions	0042E3E5 01	0042E765 01	0042E365 01
DrawTagPoints	0042E3E8 01 . . . 0042E3F3 01	0042E768 01 . . . 0042E773 01	0042E368 01 . . . 0042E373 01
DrawCollisionLine	0042E3FE 01	0042E77E 01	0042E37E 01

(Source: Edness)

Unused Graphics

Checkpoint

File Name: GLOBAL.TXD\check

Graphic for a checkpoint. While checkpoints are present in the game, they are invisible. This would have been used if Time Attack had returned from the previous game. They can be brought back, as seen here.

Crown

File Name: GLOBAL.TXD\crown

It's a crown. Probably intended for multiplayer.

Crash Tour

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\b4choiceiconnav\crashTour.tif

A Crash Tour event button. While Crash Tour was also a singleplayer event earlier in development, it was made multiplayer-only at some point, thus making this icon go unused.

Garage

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\b4choiceiconnav\garage.tif

A button that would've taken you to the garage. Quite useless, since selecting an event would automatically take you to the garage anyway.

Rank Icon Dirt

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\b4choiceiconnav\Rank_dirt01.tif

This icon was used as an overlay for the rank icons to give them more of a dirty look, and is used in earlier Development builds.

Map Marker

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\b4maplight\roadLight.tif; lensFlare.tif

These textures were used on the world map to pinpoint where the player would be driving in. The world map got cut from the game, leaving this unused. As above, this can be seen used in earlier builds.

Track Outline

File Name: FEMAIN.BIN\detroit\Detroit01_L1.tif

Normally the game uses a yellow trailed dot to show the outline of a track, but there's one texture left in that shows the whole outline, along with an early design of Motor City's view from above.

This more closely resembles to how Burnout 3: Takedown would display tracks.

Placeholders

Input Text

File Name: CAFE.BIN\stdctrl\inputText.tif

Placeholder box that says "Input Text" what more is there to say. There are more placeholders of this style found in the Demo builds.

Unused Sounds

"Crashbreaker Unlock Video"

File Name: Movies.xwb & MOVIES.RWS\33

This is a placeholder audio file for a "Crashbreaker unlock video", which is just a text-to-speech voice saying exactly that. This video would likely have played when Crashbreaker events became available. However, such a video does not exist.

Unused Videos

One of the game's trailers can be found on the disc in two identical files named MULTI and PREVEVNT.

Something particularly noteworthy is the appearance of a few elements from Burnout 3, including Crash pickups of which all the Cash pickups and the Heartbreaker can be seen. Burnout 3's red and white ramps can also be seen. Some parts of these pickups still exist in the game, as seen here.

Placeholder Movies

There are placeholder movies for completing all challenges for a track. However, in the movies the names of the tracks are of their real life locations and there are no "final build" movies of this kind.

Filename	Track name	Unused video	Filename	Track name	Unused video
ALL_DT_N	Motor City		ALL_FL_N	Sunshine Keys
ALL_HK_N	Central Route		ALL_LA_N	Angel Valley
ALL_NP_N	Lone Peak		ALL_RM_N	Eternal City
ALL_SW_N	White Mountain		ALL_TK_N	Eastern Bay

Early/Unused Text

Buying Cars

According to these strings, it would appear that you were originally meant to unlock cars by purchasing them instead of completing events and challenges. This can be seen from early mock-up videos when the game was called “Rush Hour”. This was also advertised in a flyer for the game in Burnout 3, mentioning that having a Burnout 3 save when starting Revenge would give you a bonus on in-game cash. This method of unlock was instead used for getting the Dominator Assassin in the PS2/Xbox versions of the game.

String ID	String
4C318102	%1 PURCHASED!
90DD1AFD	BUY
BE952B8F	BUY NOW
D9F3052A	BUY THIS CAR FOR $%1
F2E73BB1	CAR PURCHASED!
6F2B500F	YOU NEED TO BUY A %1 CAR TO ENTER THIS EVENT.
FCCFB1E2	YOU NEED TO BUY A CAR FROM %1 TO ENTER THIS EVENT.
8BC88174	YOU NEED TO BUY THE %1 TO ENTER THIS EVENT.

T-Bone Takedown

These strings refer to the T-Bone Takedown, which is performed by slamming head-on into the side of an opponent to take them down. While it it's possible to do a T-Bone takedown ingame, it's only referred simply as "Takedown!".

String ID	String
08AE428B	T-BONE
A066F69F	T-BONE TAKEDOWNS
B1E0403D	T-BONE TAKEDOWNS
CECDC015	T-BONED

Production

There's an unused blank string in the press start screen with the name $Production (DE8A05EF). It's a leftover from earlier builds, and can be seen being used in the Demo build.

Demo	Unused	Restored

Rank Names

The executable contains the original names for all 11 ranks in the game. It can be seen in-game only when using nulled strings. They are all prefixed with FE and have no spaces, but just for readability, they've been fixed for this table below.
Some rank names such as RECKLESS and DANGEROUS still remain in the final game, but were repurposed for a different rank.

	Early		Final
1	MOSTLY HARMLESS	1	HARMLESS
2	LEARNER	2	UNSAFE
3	AMATEUR	3	RECKLESS
4	TROUBLEMAKER	4	OFFENSIVE
5	RECKLESS	5	FEARLESS
6	ANGRY	6	DANGEROUS
7	DANGEROUS	7	INSANE
8	DEADLY	8	MANIAC
9	BRUTAL	9	ASSASSIN
10	REVENGE	10	DOMINATOR
11	ULTIMATE REVENGE	11	ELITE

"Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas"

FEMAIN.BIN\news contains the first three paragraphs of Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas, an essay written by Scott Berkun.

We all know someone that’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve catalogued many of the ways this happens, and I have advice on what to do about it. I feel qualified to write this essay as I’m a recovering smart person myself and I’ve defended several very bad ideas. So if nothing else this essay serves as a kind of personal therapy session. However, I fully suspect you’ll get more than just entertainment value (“Look, Scott is stupider than we thought!”) out of what I have to say on this topic.Success at defending bad ideasThe monty python argument sketchI’m not proud to admit that I have a degree in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. Majoring in logic is not the kind of thing that makes people want to talk to you at parties, or read your essays. But one thing I did learn after years of studying advanced logic theory is that proficiency in argument can easily be used to overpower others, even when you are dead wrong. If you learn a few tricks of logic and debate, you can refute the obvious, and defend the ridiculous. If the people you’re arguing with aren’t as comfortable in the tactics of argument, or aren’t as arrogant as you are, they may even give in and agree with you. The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong. This is bad. Worse, if they got away with it when they were young (say, because they were smarter than their parents, their friends, and their parent’s friends) they’ve probably built an ego around being right, and will therefore defend their perfect record of invented righteousness to the death. Smart people often fall into the trap of preferring to be right even if it’s based in delusion, or results in them, or their loved ones, becoming miserable. (Somewhere in your town there is a row of graves at the cemetery, called smartypants lane, filled with people who were buried at poorly attended funerals, whose headstones say “Well, at least I was right.”)

Unused Features

To do: Add codes for these.

Checkpoints

The function to draw these checkpoints still exist, albeit somewhat broken. And they're normally drawn without any texture, making them appear as white squares by default, however this is an easy fix. They only appear right before starting the first lap.

Crash Pickups

These also have a function to be drawn, and as with the checkpoints above, these normally have no texture assigned to them. They can be given any texture stored in GLOBAL.TXD, however it doesn't have any actual crash pickup textures leftover. There's also another function to draw yellow sparks that would normally be shown when picked up, however these seem to only be visible when the game is paused.

Oddities

Blank EA Trax Album

Normally blank strings would have a single space in them to avoid them displaying "NO STRING" or "NO CHARS" in-game. The String with the ID A23F2339 which is used for the 1st EA Trax album was accidentally left fully blank in the PlayStation 2's German localisation. This is not present in any other localisation, nor on the Xbox version.

PlayStation 2	Xbox

Regional Differences

Online Mode

The Online option was removed from the Japanese release of Burnout Revenge. This also means 8 of the loading screen strings that start with Burnout Revenge Online don't even show up in-game, as well as one other loading screen text mentioning the use of Madden NFL 06 (String ID F1975D46) for a bonus car, were replaced to simply say バーンアウト リベンジ, which is Burnout Revenge written in Katakana. Oddly, only the replaced Madden one will actually display in-game, and none of the replaced Online strings will show up.

English	Japanese

Different Text

Car Select Menu

The line that shows the strength of a car's Crashbreaker is different between the North American and European releases. The word "Colour" has also been re-spelled as "Color" for the American release.

European	American

Crash Courses

Crash Junctions are named Crash Intersections in the North American release.

European	American

Platform Differences

Despite being pretty much the same game all around, there are a few very minor differences still spotted between the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions.

Loading Screen

The initial loading bar is white in the PlayStation 2 release and pink in the Xbox release. The people at Criterion must've had a field day with the loading bar color, because in the pre-release Demo builds they had at least three other colors used for the loading bar.

PlayStation 2	Xbox

Car Select Menu

The Xbox version only lists one car at a time in the Car Select menu, unlike PlayStation 2, where you can see the name of one car in each direction of the list. Another thing to note is that the Xbox version doesn't have button text in all capital letters.

PlayStation 2	Xbox

White Mountain Clouds

The clouds that are located in White Mountain have a way higher level of intensity on Xbox. This was likely an oversight, since in the later Xbox 360 release, the cloud intensity was reduced back to the amount that's used on PlayStation 2.

PlayStation 2	Xbox