Proto:Burnout 2: Point of Impact

This page details one or more prototype versions of Burnout 2: Point of Impact.

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.

To do: Document the recently released July 27th, 2002 and August 5th, 2002 prototypes.

July 27, 2002 (Pre-Beta/version 0.1)

A "pre-beta" build compiled on July 27, 2002, identifying itself as version 0.1.

General Differences

Menu Screens

• The menu background is an even earlier version than the August builds.

Gameplay

• A "Pre-Beta Version" watermark is present at all times.
• Big Surf Shores is exceptionally hard in Pursuit Mode depending on the vehicle selected, as the checkpoint has been placed too far away from the start.
• How to Play videos do not exist; the GUI elements to show them appear, but they do not play.

Vehicles

• The preview images for the Hot Rod, Gangster and Custom SUV are broken.
• The Muscle car and its Custom variant are referred to as US Muscle and Custom US Muscle respectively.
• The menu order of the Custom series cars is different from the final.
• The Custom Coupe has a different front bumper, featuring no grille.

Early	Final

• The Sport is completely different, bearing a look a lot rounder, angrier and more similar to the Custom Sport. The default colour is also set to yellow instead of black.

Early	Final

• In turn, the Custom Sport carries an earlier version of its livery, lacking the blue stripes going down the sideskirt and rear bumper.

Early	Final

Aug 6th, 2002 demo (PlayStation 2)

A PlayStation 2 demo build of this game exists that's compiled about a month before the final build. It normally only lets the player drive around Big Surf Shores.

General Differences

Menu Screens

The legal screen and the main menu screen both use a different background image than the final release. In fact, the final build doesn't have any kind of background for the legal screen.

Early	Final

Aug 31, 2002 prototype (PlayStation 2)

Disc front.

A "prototype" build of Burnout 2: Point of Impact for the PlayStation 2 from 2002-08-31 (about a week before the release build). Get it here.

Being a review code compiled a week before release build, just about every single file is identical to the retail build, with the exception of the main executable.