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Burnout: Championship Drag Racing

Burnout is a racing simulation devoted to the world of drag racing. You fine-tune your car in the hopes of then being able to send it at insanely high speeds in short, linear tracks. And this is what makes the…

20 March 1998

Burnout: Championship Drag Racing is a racing developed by Bethesda Softworks, released 20 March 1998 on DOS.

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What Burnout: Championship Drag Racing is

Burnout: Championship Drag Racing is a racing game developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1998. It is available on DOS only. It runs on XnGine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Burnout is a racing simulation devoted to the world of drag racing. You fine-tune your car in the hopes of then being able to send it at insanely high speeds in short, linear tracks. And this is what makes the bulk of the game, a dizzying array of customization options are available for you to construct the perfect hot-rod, essentially making it a "grease monkey" simulation. Additional features include bracket racing (where you select an estimated time based on your practice runs, and try to meet it against other cars), quick race and a complete season against 64 computer controlled cars. Also available is multiplayer racing through modem, LAN or internet. The graphics engine is a suped-up…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Burnout: Championship Drag Racing launched on 20 March 1998, within three weeks of Parasite Eve, 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone.

Released around the same time: Parasite Eve, 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.

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When did Burnout: Championship Drag Racing come out?
Burnout: Championship Drag Racing was released on 20 March 1998 for DOS.

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