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Fastest Vehicle in Paradise?
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:38 GMT

The Carson Extreme Hot Rod has been hailed as the fastest vehicle in Paradise! We decided to test its credentials
against the other contenders; the Nakamura Rai-Jin Turbo, the Nakamura Firehawk GP Competition, the
Krieger PCPD Special, and the GT Nighthawk.

First up an acceleration test along Webster Avenue. All traffic was stopped and state of the art timing equipment setup
to measure 0 to 60mph and 0 to 120mph times.

1st	GT Nighthawk	1.52s	3.56s
2nd	Extreme Hot Rod	1.56s	3.90s
3rd	Firehawk	2.05s	4.72s
4th	Rai-Jin Turbo	2.13s	5.45s
5th	PCPD Special	2.94s	5.65s

So the GT Nighthawk retains its crown as fastest accelerating vehicle in Paradise, but only just. Acceleration is great if
you haven't got far to go, but if you are travelling any sort of distance then top speed is what you really need.

Next up was a sustained top speed test along Section 4 of the I-88. This section was chosen for its gradual bends
and inclines; only vehicles with good traction and a high power to weight ratio would be able to maintain their top
speed along this stretch. All vehicles were travelling at top speed on passing through the first toll booth.

1st	Extreme Hot Rod	42.57s
2nd	Firehawk	43.05s
3rd	Rai-Jin Turbo	44.58s
4th	PCPD Special	44.82s
5th	GT Nighthawk	45.45s

With a time over 2 seconds faster than the closest car and only the Nakamura Firehawk GP Competition getting
close, the Carson Extreme Hot Rod is proven to be the Fastest Vehicle in Paradise!

The Carson Extreme Hot Rod and the GT Nighthawk are available on the in-game Burnout Store now.

[MontyPS3]

Excellent Research

The Hot Rod is pretty difficult to control tho! It's one beast of a car!!!

[teggs]

it's obviously a ploy to get you buy the extra cars.
seems a shame that you have to pay extra to be able to get the fastest cars, basically you have to buy your success.

i'm getting a bit cynical of criterion these days. for a year they were the best game developer ever giving free updates and support etc, now they want to charge you for everything. it's really sad.

[Nelviticus]

Er, that's how they put food on their tables - they sell stuff! That's why they try as hard as they can to make their games as good as possible - in the hope that it will make them rich.

I'm surprised you can get cynical about someone because they gave stuff away in the past - is someone who gave out free add-ons but now sells them worse than someone who has always charged for it? It's the other way around in my opinion.

[MontyPS3]

I'm not so annoyed about them chargin for stuff! I actually really admire how smart and dynamic they are as a business and they have/are really profiting from it. Now if all this was planned i.e game release > easy trophies > free stuff > more easy trophies > paid for stuff > more trophies!!! Then whoever came up with this model is simply genius. But I think it was more of a coincidence and Criterion spotting it and taking full advantage.

Coding all this additional content aint easy you know!! It takes a team of really good coders/artists/designers and ofcourse the whole promotion

It has definitely kept me playing BP even though I finished it about a month ago!!

[redwinnie]

Originally Posted by MontyPS3

I'm not so annoyed about them chargin for stuff! I actually really admire how smart and dynamic they are as a business and they have/are really profiting from it. Now if all this was planned i.e game release > easy trophies > free stuff > more easy trophies > paid for stuff > more trophies!!! Then whoever came up with this model is simply genius. But I think it was more of a coincidence and Criterion spotting it and taking full advantage.

Coding all this additional content aint easy you know!! It takes a team of really good coders/artists/designers and ofcourse the whole promotion

It has definitely kept me playing BP even though I finished it about a month ago!!

It's not the charging that is the problem, it's the price. I'm not buying two cars for 6.29(ish) when I completed the game ages ago and they don't really add anything.

If I brought all the packs it would cost most than the original game.

As another note I did spend £8 on the party pack. Which was well worth it, for everytime my mates are over. It has become the most played post pub game (except when girls are over to then it's still singstar).