Still lots of fun to play on the original Xbox -- requires more skill (to build up the Burnout bar) compared to Burnout 3 and 4. This one is much more about near-misses and sliding than the follow-up games in the series, which are more about Teh Insane SPEED...

A big difference with this one (#2) is that if you let go of the A button (Burnout speed) before it runs out, you have to build it back up to Full again before you can use it -- Burnout 3 has speed-boost-on-demand.

Slower paced overall, which makes it a good choice over BO:Revenge(#4 in the series) - for parents who want to race as well ;-)

Burnout 2 - I recommend it for family entertainment. Also got my girlfriend into Xbox racing with this title :-)

Burnout 2 is supreme. It is easy enough for a complete novice to have a laugh at, and cause the most extreme petrolhead to be completely at one.

First off, this game is greater than the plasticy-happy-go- lucky-novice-only-game that succeeded it, burnout 3. And from a day of playing the fourth installment, better than that too. Outrageous?
No, here's why:

This game lets you CHAIN burnouts. Unlike 3 and 4, it rewards people who think it is more skilful to EVADE oncoming traffic, rather than hit it and score points. Burnout 4 lets you smash cars travelling the same way as you, where the hell is the skill in that? Yes, 99% of the population think crashing is the best part of burnout, but I personally think it is far more intoxicating to swerve left and right of the traffic than just to plow into it?

I realise that you do still race in 3 and 4, but the whole experience is trying to get you to crash. You can even use a crashbreaker during a race in burnout 4! Sorry, but getting 200 plus burnouts on bug surf shores is the greatest, you know it's hard, you're satisfied when you get a gargantuan chain, you know it's the best. Crashing is for whimps. If you love speed, style, and consider yourself to be skilful at racing games, then purchase this beauty. It is probably the last burnout of it's type.

(Unless criterion tell EA to shove it and make burnout 5 for the 360 how they made burnout 2 for the xbox).

Could this game be any better? For a game that is derived from arcade games, it's amazing. I normally don't like arcade games much, and this gets extremely close. But this offers ingenious AI, brilliant graphics, and heartstopping crashes (Duh. This is Burnout, you know.)The original Burnout was already great. Plus, Burnout 3 is coming out on September 8 this year. It is garuanteed to be better, which is a tremendous accomplishment.(...)

Burnout 2: Point of Impact, is one wicked racing game. You race through on-coming traffic and try to reach the finish line, in the best time possible. You get rewarded points and increase your booster meter everytime your vehicle comes close to colliding with other cars but misses. When your booster meter fills up, you will be able to run faster with a speed burst (into traffic)which is a lot of fun! You can play Career mode where you race against computer oppenents or "crash" mode. In crash mode your objective is obviously to crash into other cars and cause the most damage possible to the most cars. You will be rewarded for causing lots of liability! Yep, a game that rewards you for crashing and causing pile ups! Car model damage and physics look very realistic. You see cars sliding, flipping over, smashing into one another, chunks from metal, and shattered glass from the windshields. The action during the crashes goes into super slow motion, and switches to many camera angles, making the crashes look very dramatic and devestating. Burnout is a different type of racer indeed!

Pros:
+excellent graphics
+excellent animation
+excellent controls
+excellent tutorial
+realistic damage model
+good music
+good sound effects
+lots of race tracks
+lots of cars
+watch replays in slow motion
+adrenaline inducing

Cons:
-you can't save replay
-limited camara adjustment

How can people not like this game, or say its average. It is the best. Its a great game selling for less, BUY IT!!