Review originally written 2007-04-10

Now when Schumacher is out of the picture and the Formula 1 season is more open than in many years Sony gives us the opportunity to recreate last year’s battle between Renault and Ferrari. Every fan of Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix series have cried for years about the fact that Sony owns the rights to the F1 games, but things could be much worse. Sony is far from behaving as badly with the F1 licence as the PC gamers often make it sound like and gives all F1 addicts a big challenge when all the driving aids are switched off.

Regardless of whether you want to do a quick arcade race or setup the car carefully for that ultimate flying lap around Silverstone F1 Championship Edition is a game for everyone with at least a small percentage of racing in the blood.

EA’s demo of Burnout Paradise is now available for download at the Playstation Store and on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Discover jumps, billboards and smashable targets all over Motor City, Big Surf Beach and Ocean View in search of the fastest Burnout Route in the Hunter Cavalry car. Also, attempt your shot at a race and check out the all-new Stunt Run mode. If you’re online, invite up to three friends into your game and connect with them instantly using the EasyDrive online system. Once online, players can work cooperatively to complete three FreeBurn challenges or simply smash each other up and grab their Burnout Mugshots with the PLAYSTATION®Eye and Xbox LIVE™ Vision cameras.

The development team at Criterion pushes the boundaries to make each Burnout game stands on its own – reinventing the franchise with every iteration. The Paradise experience is all about freedom and exploration. The game has been designed to embrace speed, freedom, social online play and spectacular crashing, but now with all new modes, a completely open world and events at every intersection.

So make action your middle name and take to the streets of Paradise City.