Burnout 3: Takedown

Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21050 Release date: September 7, 2004 CRCs: BEBF8793 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Release date: September 10, 2004 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Release date: October 14, 2004 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Criterion Games
Genre: Arcade Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game description: Burnout 3: Takedown is the third game in the Burnout series of video games. Released on September 7, 2004, developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts (the first Burnout game EA published), the game drew critical acclaim and a large fanbase.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	Intel C2D e8400 OC 3.6Ghz nVidia GeForce 260GTX	r1888	GSDX r2693 0.1.16	SPU2-X r2693 1.4.0 LilyPad r2591 0.10.0	30-40. Slow. Used MicroVU. Runs pretty slow, plus a lot of graphic glitches. Too many speed hacks makes the cars turn invisible.	Sev7en77
NTSC-U	?	Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.7 GHz nVidia GeForce GTX 460 @ 900 MHz	r4600	GSDX r4600 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad r4510 0.10.0	Runs perfectly fine (60FPS at most time), but for a lot of graphic glitches.	DelusionalLogic
NTSC-U	?	Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3 GHz nVidia GeForce 9800GTX+	r5179	GSDX r5179 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4945m 1.4.0 LilyPad r4510 0.10.0	Works great, check known issues for a workaround for the sky	Bositman
NTSC-U	Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1)	ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Core i5-4670k @ 3.4 GHz Radeon HD 7850 6GB DDR3-1333	1.3.0-639 (GIT) 1.3.0-648 (GIT)	GSdx 20141004113334 AVX2 GSdx 20141026215358 AVX2	SPU2-X 20141004113334 SPU2-X 20141026215358 LilyPad 0.11.0	BIOS: USA 2.30, Various graphic issues, but other than that it does run fine.	Ryudo

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	1.0.0 r5409	GSDX 0.1.16 (OpenGL Software)	SPU2-X 2.0.0 Pokopom 2.0.0	USA 02.30, 3 frames skipping, EE Clamping None, No Frame Limiting, ZZ OGL only renders menus	GENiEBEN

Known Issues

Shader Issues in Multiplayer

• Status: Active
• Type: Major
• Description: In multiplayer, bars of white obscure much of both split screens.
• Workaround: Enable shade boost in GSdx settings, change 'Brightness' to anything lower than 50 (49 works), enable Texture Filtering. Not sure whether both are necessary but this works.

Black Sky / Car window breaking effect is missing

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Sky is rendered black and car windows don't appear broken after a crash
• Workaround: Boot the game using software mode of GSdx, get in a race, exit back to menu then switch back to hardware renderer by pressing F9. Until you restart PCSX2 again, the sky will be blue, albeit a bit bugged :)

Missing blur effects

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Affected Game Versions: All
• Description: Blur effects when moving fast are missing
• Workaround: Use software mode of GSdx

Purple windows/textures

• Status: Active
• Type: Major
• Affected Game Versions: All
• Description: Bugged textures when booting the game via System->Boot CDVD (full) (most probably due to the game trying to run at 16:9 mode)
• Workaround: Use System->Boot CDVD (fast), although this way you cannot get the game to work in wide screen mode