Burnout: Championship Drag Racing
Burnout: Championship Drag Racing, also known as simply Burnout, is a video game developed by MediaTech West and published by Bethesda Softworks for MS-DOS, released on March 20, 1998. A "Player's Choice Edition" was released in September 1998 for both DOS and Microsoft Windows. "Burnout" was licensed by the "Hot Rod" magazine. Although the name suggests otherwise, the game is not a part of the "Burnout" series, which would begin 3 years later in 2001. Development. The game was developed by Washington based MediaTech West, the same team that did "". The game utilizes Bethesda 's XnGine Reception. The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. "GameSpot" said, "Burnout has such a refreshing feel and intense bursts of white-knuckled action that it's really worth sticking it out for a while." "Next Generation" said, "The single race is nice for a quick, visceral moment, but the real game is competing in a season or going head-to-head with someone over a network – by far the most adrenaline-pumping way to play."