Burnout Paradise is an open world racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. Players have the opportunity to progress at their own pace and level; the game, unlike others, is not actually set to a rigid game-play framework. According to Alex Ward, creative director of the game at developer Criterion Games, this game is a “complete reinvention” of the Burnout series. He also said “To create truly next-generation game-play, we needed to create a truly next-generation game from the ground up.” Initially day and night cycles were not included in the game but a software update entitled “Davis” added this element to the game. For the first time in the series, records are now kept on a player’s drivers license, including statistics such as fastest time and biggest crash for every street in the game.
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