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Burnout Paradise

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Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise cover
Developers
Criterion Games
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows February 5, 2009
Burnout Paradise on Wikipedia
Burnout
Burnout Paradise 2009
Burnout Paradise Remastered 2018

This page is for the original release. For the remaster, see Burnout Paradise Remastered.

Key points

The game will use any connected webcam for various online features. There is an option in-game to turn off webcam use.
Neither the 'Cops and Robbers' game mode and cars nor the 'Big Surf Island' DLC packs were released for PC until the remaster.[1] See Vanity Pack.

General information

Burnout Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Can only be used x times
SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. Limited to five activations. A De-Authorization Tool is available.
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Windows
Amazon.com
Origin
Requires online activation
Windows
Origin
Origin
Requires online activation
No longer uses SecuROM[2]
Windows
Steam
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Includes an Origin Key to activate the game on Origin.
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Windows
Steam and Origin users can play together in multiplayer.[3]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Burnout Paradise Bonus Vehicle Pack Contains multiple DLC packs: Legendary Cars, Toy Cars, Boost Specials Cars, and Time Saver Pack (unlock all the cars automatically).[4]
Not included with The Ultimate Box, not available to buy through Steam.
Windows
Party Pack Included in-game by default on The Ultimate Box release (the only version released on PC).
Windows
Big Surf Island Never officially released on PC; recreated by modders (see Vanity Pack).
Windows
Cops and Robbers game mode never released on PC; cop cars recreated in mod (see Vanity Pack).
DLC works on both Origin and Steam versions of the game (provided that an Origin account is used in-game).
The Ultimate Box doesn't include all the DLC, Burnout Paradise Bonus Vehicle Pack DLC has to be purchased separately.

Essential improvements

External options menu.
External options menu.

Patches

Patch 1.1 is the latest version (for non-Steam versions of the game).

Skip intro videos

Use no intro fix[citation needed]
  1. Download Burnout Paradise NoIntro.
  2. Run the fix from anywhere and click apply.
Use launch option[citation needed]

Enter -skipvideos into the launch options to disable the intro videos.

Disable menu music

Disable song[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\SOUND\STREAMS\
  2. Open GUNS_AND_ROSES.SNS with a text editor.
  3. Delete all contents and save the file.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Criterion Games\Burnout Paradise\*.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24740/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Criterion Games\Burnout Paradise\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24740/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings (1/2).
In-game advanced video settings (1/2).
In-game advanced video settings (2/2).
In-game advanced video settings (2/2).

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Windowed

Force windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and executable path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click on Input tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide.
  7. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game advanced gamepad settings.
In-game advanced gamepad settings.
In-game force feedback settings.
In-game force feedback settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Introductory cutscene voiceover in Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Partial audio
Spanish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
Party mode
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus, Co-op
Includes co-op Freeburn Challenges.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 21840
UDP 1000, 9000-9999, 21840-21850
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Burnout Paradise.

Issues unresolved

No audio

Temporary fix[citation needed]

Alt+Tab out of the game and then back to it. This is necessary every time the game is run.

Issues fixed

Game crashes on startup

Issues with recording software[citation needed]
Burnout Paradise may crash on start-up if you have screen recording software running, such as Xsplit. This occurs because the game sees the software as a webcam.
  • The easiest way to rectify this issue is: close the screen recording software, load Burnout Paradise, Alt+Tab out, then run the screen recording software. If this is not effective, you may need to uninstall the screen recording software entirely.
Issues with CL Eye Driver[citation needed]
Users with the CL Eye Driver installed (to enable support for the PlayStation Eye Camera as a webcam) will encounter crashes when loading Burnout Paradise.
  • Currently, the only solution is to uninstall the CL Eye Driver entirely. You may encounter further problems even after doing so, so you may have to experiment with trial and error by closing some Windows Services in the Task Manager, then running Burnout Paradise.
Nvidia graphics issues[citation needed]
Users with Nvidia graphics may have Nvidia's Streamer Service installed (used for streaming to Shield).
  • You may have to end nvstreamsvc.exe via the Task Manager for the game to load.
Windows 7 solution[citation needed]
Windows 7 users have reported crashing when attempting to run the game.
  • To rectify this, set the game to run in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode, or Windows Vista SP2 mode. It may also help to reduce or disable Anti-Aliasing in the game's launcher.
  • As a last resort, the game may be fixable by entering -multithread into the launch options.

Online

Getting online[citation needed]
  1. Try connecting online normally. If it connects, ignore the rest of the guide. Otherwise, go to Step 2.
  2. After the connection fails, go to the login page again but click "Create new account" instead.
  3. Enter the same credentials (ex. email and username) used for the current account into the new one.
  4. Once all information is entered in, try creating a new account.
  5. If entered correctly, an error message should pop up that says along the lines of "account already exists".
  6. Reboot the game and try logging in again with the same account info used in the create account page.

Invalid product key

Upon attempting to log into an EA/Origin account in order to play the game online, some users encounter the error "The product key you are using is invalid". This occurs if you are using a retail version of the game which you have registered online via Origin/EA Download Manager. The game recognizes that your CD key is already in use (on Origin), and thinks it is invalid.
  • The only solution is to download and reinstall the game via Origin.

Controller not recognized at launch

  • Delete controls.ini in folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Criterion Games\Burnout Paradise, and restart game.[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Burnout Paradise Advanced Config Tool

This tool can disable intro videos and music, in addition to make available all game video settings outside of it.
Information Steam version requires to run the following command in an elevated command prompt
FOR /F "skip=2 tokens=2,*" %A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 24740" /v InstallLocation /reg:32') DO REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Burnout(TM) Paradise The Ultimate Box" /v "Install Dir" /t REG_SZ /d "%B"^\ /reg:32

Vanity Pack

Extensive mod to bring Big Surf Island to the original PC version. It also comes with many additional features.
Recreated Big Surf Island missing some features including single-player events, programming for areas and roads, etc.
May result in a performance decrease in-game to run required background program and render the area.
Vanity Pack 2.0[citation needed]
  1. Download the Vanity Pack.
  2. Decompress it using 7-Zip or similar.
  3. Follow onscreen instructions and use passwords provided when downloading to install.
  4. Launch the game through the Vanity Pack.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (XP)
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz (Vista)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600
ATI Radeon X1300
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24740/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24740) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References