When comparing Burnout Paradise vs Blur, the Slant community recommends Blur for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Blur is ranked 19th while Burnout Paradise is ranked 98th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro A huge selection of cars
The game has about 75 cars available in 3 different categories that can be unlocked by progressing through the game.
Pro Great speed in a huge open world.
Pro Easy to sink hours into
Every road and intersection is potentially an event to complete.
Pro The most entertaining open world racing game
Paradise City is full of iconic places, and this makes it easier to roam because it's easier to remember them.
Pro Split-Screen multiplayer
Pro Power-up system allows for tactical gameplay
The game includes highly devastating power-ups that can be collected and swapped between to deploy at the most opportune moment. Choosing what power-ups to hold on to, when to use which and in what order requires quickly assessing the situations and making up plans on the fly.
Pro Multiple modes
Simple race (no power-ups), power-up racing (like mario kart), or destruction derby (more confined space, non linear, hit opponents with power-ups for score).
Cons
Con Starting and loading the game takes time
Con No circuit based events
Most races are point to point straight line races which lessens the challenge in an open world.
Con Reseting failed races takes time
There's actually an option in menu to restart current event.
Con Not a proper Burnout successor
The game is entirely based on the city and the open world and revolves everything around these two things plus collecting scores. The events seem less interesting and undertoned as well as slightly repetitive. Appears as a spin-off more than belonging to the main series, even in the title Paradise is written bigger than Burnout.
Con No car tuning, only color changes
Con PC port could have been better
The menu's have no way to navigate via mouse, the controller support is spotty and the keybindings are fixed.