Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The soundtrack alone is worth it. I can't believe how well this game holds up as well”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
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Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Criterion Games2009Racing · Driving · Arcade
The verdict
A classic open-world arcade crash racer with great destruction and soundtrack, but the Steam version is delisted, with dead servers, missing DLC and EA login/crash issues. Skip it if you want online play.
Great for
Offline arcade racing fans who love vehicle destruction, speed and a great licensed soundtrack
Main risk
Dead online servers, missing DLC and crashes or EA login problems
What players love
Pure arcade fun with sense of speed
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“No story, No Cutscenes, No tutorials - Just pure driving, unlocking cars and smashing stuff.”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
Satisfying crashes and destruction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The way the vehicles crumple, windshields shatter, and pieces of debris go flying in every direction is second to none, making you appreciate each and every impact.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
Holds up well and runs on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“this version is more optimized than Remastered version, meaning you can run this on a toaster but not Remaster.”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗
Fun open world with lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“you can spend hours completing races and discovering all the jumps/billboards/secret places”
Steam review · 51.9 h played ↗
Works better than the Remastered version
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“[u]JUST WORKS[/u] to this day, even on Windows 11. Supports 4K 60 FPS out of the box. Works offline. No EA launcher.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Not really the Ultimate Box: DLC missing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The only included DLC in the Ultimate Box is two motorcycles, everything else is not included or available. False advertising on EAs part.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Online servers shut down
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Thumbing down because the servers are officially dead since 2019. The remaster has the new servers.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
EA account login and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Need to login to an EA account, but you can't even copy/paste the email and password. Good luck with that.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Crashes to desktop, always. This is a great game on console but whomever made this port never tested it on PC.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Repetitive, unskippable cutscenes and slow-mo
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“It forces you to log-in via EA's log-in system, which is frustrating to no end before you even begin the game. Then it forces you to sit through an unskippable cutscene”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Confusing navigation in open-world races
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“I find it quite difficult to follow the correct path in this game due to the open world nature of races. I have to constantly look at the map”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported4 GB
Minimum
Processor2.8 GHz Pentium 4 XP / 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Vista
Memory1 GB RAM XP / 1.5 GB Vista (2 GB recommended)
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible with Shader Model 3.0, requires 128 MB or more and contain one of these chipsets: Nvidia 6600 or greater, Radeon X1300 or greater
Storage4 GB of free space or more
Processor2.8 GHz Pentium 4 XP / 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Vista
Memory1 GB RAM XP / 1.5 GB Vista (2 GB recommended)
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible with Shader Model 3.0, requires 128 MB or more and contain one of these chipsets: Nvidia 6600 or greater, Radeon X1300 or greater
Storage4 GB of free space or more
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