Burnout Patch Notes

March 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am

It’s not out yet, but Criterion has posted a list of fixes coming to Burnout Paradise on both the 360 and PS3.

I ran into a few of these issues over the 104 hours I played the game, but the only major one was having the game hang when it tried to connect to the game servers to match up with other players. That got frustrating after awhile. This one also looks interesting:

“Enhanced 360 streaming performance stops instances where the game seems to pause for a second or so.”

I’m not sure I ever really ran into that one, but I’ve bumped into a couple of spots where the frame rate would hitch up for a bit. I don’t know if that’s what this is referring to or not.

I’m still around 40 events short from my Elite license, but I haven’t played the game in at least a week, probably more like two weeks. After that patch hits, I’ll probably jump back in and try to finish it out, but I keep getting wrapped up in other games.

While I’m writing, I should mention that we recorded another podcast tonight, Ryan’ll probably edit and post it tomorrow. There’s something else that’s been keeping me pretty busy lately, too, but we can talk more about that later.

37 Responses to “Burnout Patch Notes”

  1. DrTonesNo Gravatar Says:

    I’ve been dying for my APD fix!
    Thanks for the update Jeff:)
    So I take it you went with the 360 version of Paradise becos of the achievements?

  2. JoseppieNo Gravatar Says:

    Jeff, YOU TEASE!

  3. RichNo Gravatar Says:

    That wasn’t cool man. Now you have to explain what you’re up to within 5 1/2 days. That’s the rule, look it up.

  4. MartinNo Gravatar Says:

    Jeff, with all this teasing and plugging of upcoming things, maybe you should get out of the games business and think about booking pro wrestling. I’m sure you could do TNA some good.

  5. chromoNo Gravatar Says:

    anyone here tried the snickers marathon bar? its got a good chance of being in an upcoming podcast dontcha think? on another random note, what happened to the timetrotters? It dosent belong to GS now does it…

  6. FredNo Gravatar Says:

    The trio are gonna go work on Heat the game, do it justice Jeff.

  7. KorubiNo Gravatar Says:

    What have you been playing other than Burnout?

  8. KorubiNo Gravatar Says:

    What have you been playing other than Burnout?

  9. elektrixxxNo Gravatar Says:

    Excellent mate. Thanks for the podcast heads-up.

    I was thinkin’ of not gettin’ Burnout for a while but I reckon I’ll cave.

  10. MikeydCTNo Gravatar Says:

    A few time during the 100+ hours i played the game the screen would flash pink. has this happen to anyone?

  11. dcman007No Gravatar Says:

    Yeah the patch for Burnout sounds like it’ll be a good move. I’m very interested in the DLC they mentioned too.

    Woooooo on the announcement of the new podcast episode. That will be straight on my iPod as soon as possible.

  12. AlexNo Gravatar Says:

    Read between the lines guys.

    Jeff: “There’s something else that’s been keeping me pretty busy lately, too, but we can talk more about that later.”
    Ryan: “I’ve grappled with some interesting professional developments–but I won’t get into too much more detail about that right now.”

  13. Josh (joshel)No Gravatar Says:

    Dude I hope this “business” you are busy with is all this rumoured shit with Vince Broady. Seeing you and him and the other guys form a new gaming site or anything like that would be so fucking awesome. Looking forward to the podcast man, take it easy.

  14. John LewisNo Gravatar Says:

    Do any of your secret upcoming situations and/or events have to do with tacos?

  15. ZmillANo Gravatar Says:

    Your such a tease jeff, RELEASE THE BEAST! (referring to your secret job/project of course)

  16. Gravity_Twist3rNo Gravatar Says:

    So Jeff…..1up.com? Just throwing it out there……Ryan as well, maybe?!

  17. B.ElrodNo Gravatar Says:

    OMG I hope Jeff signed on with 1up.com :D Him on the 1up Yours podcast…… *eyes bleed rainbowmarshamallow*

  18. daveCNo Gravatar Says:

    Here it comes guys, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Someone should start up a blog or facebook group and let’s start guessing what jeff will end up doing. My bet: IGN.

  19. ZenworkNo Gravatar Says:

    News News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News NewsNews News

    Finally ?

    ;-0))

  20. Verge IrelandNo Gravatar Says:

    While I really like the idea of you getting a new job working at basically any of the major sites (my vote would be for 1up though), I also like what you got going on right now with the blog and the podcast, its very personal and I feel somewhat more connected to you and your adventures (well as much as you can be “connected” to a person over a blog that you’ve never met). Anyway, best of luck with what ever it is you end up doing.

    I Just figured it out!! Midnight Brown . . . . world tour! . . . . No? . . . ok then.

  21. SpiredCrescent7No Gravatar Says:

    Hey Jeff let us know how Army of Two is!

  22. Pixie NinjaNo Gravatar Says:

    Busy with something else, huh? Looking forward to hearing all about it. I see Bully in your 360 profile - how’s it looking? Arrives here tomorrow, really keen to play it.

    Any plans on changing that Gamertag for yours yet Jeff?

  23. Max McCormickNo Gravatar Says:

    Question for you next video ok Jeff Thanks:

    What guilty pleasures do you have. Or games that you keep playing and dont know why. Like for me its Perfect DArk Zero, I dont know why I keep play it know that there are so many better shooters out since then. Yet, I still do from time to time.

  24. DariusNo Gravatar Says:

    JEFF YOU BASTARD STOP TEASING US!!!!

    Joking though,

    no seriously tell us, or just me yeah just me.

  25. KyleNo Gravatar Says:

    Console games suck.

    Why insult yourself by playing them.

  26. JohnNo Gravatar Says:

    Hey Jeff, Im doing a research on video games for school and I would like to know your opinion on how video games affect the world. Thx

  27. BasementGamerNo Gravatar Says:

    Didn’t your parents teach you not to tease people! Hope your plans are announced soon. Cheers.

  28. PlatitudeNo Gravatar Says:

    Hahaha you should totally make now later.

  29. ocdog45No Gravatar Says:

    oooohhhhh snap jeff! let us in on project: aftermath. thats what im calling it.

  30. Jackel2072No Gravatar Says:

    Woo! new Arrow Pointing down!

  31. Kyle CNo Gravatar Says:

    Wow this is great. The only bug I ever ran into was the hanging “connecting to server” thing, but I’m more excited about the gameplay improvements, specifically, giving more control for drifting while boosting. There’s a real lack of control problem in the game as it is now.

    The constant road rule timers is good too. What’s this?? You can exploit the marked man AI by driving in reverse? Thank you, Criterion. Heh heh, nah, I probably won’t try it. Exploiting is lame.

  32. red5112No Gravatar Says:

    When is Rich Gallup going to be on the podcast? On a side note, army of two… yes or no

  33. DrTonesNo Gravatar Says:

    Hey!
    I’m available if you guys are hiring!

  34. Nick in South CityNo Gravatar Says:

    Speaking of games that need patches, is anybody else experiencing problems with Bully Scholarship Ed. on 360? Its locked up on me twice now, both times during combat. There is also audio stutter when certain segments of the game load and it usually only lasts for about 4-5 seconds. Still gonna hang in there but if I have to backtrack and go back to the dorm constantly to save for fear of losing progress due to lockups then thats gonna kind of suck. Jeff, I see you are playing it (presumably on an elite) and see you too only have the Keener achievment so far. How has it been for you?

  35. JoeNo Gravatar Says:

    “There’s something else that’s been keeping me pretty busy lately, too, but we can talk more about that later.”

    Why must you tease us, Jeff? Why?

  36. TeaRunnerNo Gravatar Says:

    You’ve said it before: “We got some really cool plans for the future” or something like that… Now Ryan is talking about “Profesional development” and you’re just tease?!??! What the hell is up with u guys?! I need some answers,,, like NOW!

  37. plz read me you dooshNo Gravatar Says:

    I think the pausing might actually be more prevalent on the ps3 because I had that happen about 5 or 6 times a few times in a row while I was downloading some demo in the background

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