While Burnout Paradise's remastered edition launched earlier this March for consoles, a PC version was announced with no given release frame. Now, Criterion Games has let fans know that they'll be able to get their hands on the Windows version of the game in less than a week, on August 21st. If you're part of EA's Origin Access or Premier tiers, you can play the game early. For those that already own the decade-old game, you'll be able to get it for a 75% off discount. This remastered version of the game offers much higher resolution textures than the original, as well as 4K support.

If you already own it on Steam, and not Origin, you can right click the game in your Steam Library to view your CD key, and redeem it through Origin, where you'll be able to buy Burnout Paradise Remastered for only $5.

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• OS: Windows 7-10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel i3 2120 @3.3GHz or Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.40GHz
• GPU: Nvidia GT 450 or ATI Radeon HD 5750
• RAM: 4GB
• DirectX 11
• HDD: 8GB

 

[kuwanger]

Stability is hardly the issue, the EA brand isn't something I trust.

I trust the EA brand...to be pretty horrible in a lot of ways. Under WINE, Origin is horribly unstable to the point of I can no longer launch it. Yea constant forced updates!

 

[Kioku]

Origin has become very stable, well I've never had issues with it in the last 3-4 years.

Just reinstalled it 2 days ago to uninstall it last night. It's a plague.

 

[Durelle]

Oh well guess I'm lucky for not having issues? All the games I have work fine. Sim city, Inquisition, battlefield , mass effect

 

[trogoldito]

Please have unlocked FPS. This would be amazing at 1440p 165fps!

 

[the_randomizer]

Just reinstalled it 2 days ago to uninstall it last night. It's a plague.

I'd rather use uPlay than Origin.

 

[AutumnWolf]

I'd rather use uPlay than Origin.

both suck tbh

 

[Taleweaver]

Burnout paradise remastered?

... Origin only

Meh... I'll pass The game was great but I don't do origin. Just 'all dlc and improved visuals' isn't enough to make me reconsider

Honnestly, I've never been a car/moto games fan

If racing games aren't your thing this is an obvious pass for you, but as somewhat mentioned by @vitaltype, this game is on an opposite side of what you could call "car porn". You know the kind : where they go for ultra realism, want to make their cars feel as realistic as possible and add about ten layers of polish on each car
Burnout paradise is all but that. Cars are basically wrecks waiting to happen. They're sturdy, menacing and belong more in a mad max movie than on an asphalt road. Driving others off the road isn't just easier than in other racers: its part of the game. Catching back up isn't that hard and crashes are shown in a spectacular way. So races are more sort of duels than an attempt to finish first. So in the end, this is like an incarnation of how you'd play cars as a kid ("bam, I hit you! Your car somersaults two times and smashes into that tree!" "oh yeah? Well I get back and hit you from behind making your car spin out of control, going wheeeeeemBLAM!").

 

[blahblah]

I trust the EA brand...to be pretty horrible in a lot of ways. Under WINE, Origin is horribly unstable to the point of I can no longer launch it. Yea constant forced updates!

Don't use Wine.

 

[AutumnWolf]

Don't use Wine.

I'm really waiting for someone to say

"don't use it, drink it"

 

[Taleweaver]

Don't use Wine.

Any better ideas to get origin working on linux?

Sorry if it sounds pedantic, but really: people don't use wine to use wine. They use it to get windows-only software running on their platform. If they have to jump through hoops to get it done, they're more inclined to not use it in the first place.

 

[Deleted User]

After Burnout Paradise I went to Forza Horizon, EA killing it like usual /s

 

[blahblah]

Any better ideas to get origin working on linux?

Sorry if it sounds pedantic, but really: people don't use wine to use wine. They use it to get windows-only software running on their platform. If they have to jump through hoops to get it done, they're more inclined to not use it in the first place.

If you want to use Windows software, use Windows.

 

[kuwanger]

If you want to use Windows software, use Windows.

If you want to play an NES game, use a NES. All you people using NES Classics are the devil!

 

[blahblah]

If you want to play an NES game, use a NES. All you people using NES Classics are the devil!

My eyes are rolling out of my head.