Burnout Revenge (Alpha 7 build)

Burnout Revenge (Alpha 7)
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Build Info
Platform: PlayStation 2 Compilation date: July 14th, 2005 Also known as: "0714", "Preview 2" Released publically: Yes

This is a relatively late pre-release build of Burnout Revenge's PlayStation 2 version, named Alpha 7. It was built on July 14th, 2005 and contains a large amount of differences to Revenge's final version despite being relatively close to retail, such as WIP cutscenes and scrapped events and Crash Junctions.

The build also contains full debug symbols in the .mdebug section of its ELF executable.

Notable Differences

UI

The region select menu is more reminiscent of Burnout 3's Crash Nav, being an overhead view of the world. Selecting a track highlights the state or provenance containing it, but the rest is identical to the final menus. It's likely these menus date back to an earlier phase of Revenge's development, when the game was known as Rush Hour .

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  The old World Tour menu, likely being present since early 2005.

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  The individual state or provenance is highlighted upon selection.

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  The loading screen is seen as early as May 2005, but in this build there's no controller setup seen on it.

The player can only select a color for a vehicle after choosing it in the car select menu, instead of simply choosing a color while cycling through them like Burnout 3. This was later reverted.

HUD

The race HUD in this build differs a bit. The rating meter is set up differently than the final game, and the end-race rating up animation is much different, featuring a sign with an arrow pointing up in place of the final animation.

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  The arrow slides in and disappears into the text, increasing the event rating.

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  One of the early versions of the rating meter, as well a beta medal icon.

Minor Vehicle Differences

Some vehicles in this build sport some minor differences to their final counterparts, including different paint colors, liveries, minor kit changes, engine differences, and different wheels, with only very few vehicles sporting any major design differences. Most GT level cars in this build feature hood cuts for blowers or superchargers. A few vehicles use placeholders due to their models not being present.

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  A placeholder is seen here for the Saloon C170 Mid, which is supposed to look tattered and worn.

World Tour Differences

The world tour features event differences to the retail game; not all of it can be seen due to rank 8 always being locked, and none of the events being able to be unlocked besides what is already given.

Difficulty

The AI featured in Burnout prototypes is typically very fast and highly aggressive, with this build being no exception. However, unlike most other builds or Burnout games, they lack most of their customary behaviors. They rarely stop to let the player catch up and will throw them under the bus at any given opportunity, sometimes physically.

The rating meter drains very fast and requires the player to consistently battle rivals to keep it at the highest rating. Due to this, it is likely impossible to obtain the highest rating in Burning Lap events.

Game Mode Differences

While mostly the same as retail, crash mode does have some minor differences. Most notably, upon using the crashbreaker, the camera will freeze to give the player a better view of the damage done, before locking back onto your vehicle seconds later.

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  The camera gives you a good look at the destruction from your crashbreaker.

Traffic Attack is also nearly identical to retail, however once the countdown begins, the player is immediately given control of the car.

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  Waste no time; The clock is already ticking.

Road Rage similar to the other modes is identical to retail, except upon reaching the takedown target, the event promptly ends, instead of letting you go until your car expires or the timer clocks out. It's unknown if this was an actual feature or only exclusive to this build.

Cut Crash Junctions

This build features multiple junctions across different maps that were unfortunately gutted for reasons unknown.

Full list to be compiled soon.

Known Issues

• Despite the game notifying you that a vehicle was unlocked, you cannot use it. You are only locked to a set of vehicles the game forces you to use.