Best racing game series
I genuinely think Burnout is not only the best racing game series but also one of the top 5 game franchises in terms of how consistently good the titles are. I haven't played the First 2 but from 2004-2008 every single game is as vlose as you can get to perfection.
B3 introduced Takedowns, Impact Time and Crashbreaker. Has some of the best racing that I've played. Was tight and playing it on emulator felt like my face was coming off so I can only imagine what it was like in 2004.
Revenge tweaked the impact time camera, added traffic checking and crashbreaker to races and has arguably THE BEST crash mode in the series (That I've played). Races and handling are still tight and the tracks are even more aggressive than 3's and actually feel it is another rival that you have to deal with.
Paradise has the best crash physics and damage in any console game (excluding Wreckfest and Beam.ng). An open world that still holds up and rewards players for knowing the nooks and crannies to find a hidden jump, or the ramp to a billboard dangling over the street, just sublty suggesting to the player to look around. Some of the best verticality in a racing game.
Thank you to the devs for making this series what it is. My first game was Dominator and I played that so much that the PSP disc fell apart. Since I was 7, I have loved this series man.