Dangerous Driving (video game)

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Dangerous Driving
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Developer Three Fields Entertainment
Publisher Three Fields Entertainment
Platforms Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release9 April 2019
Genre Racing
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Dangerous Driving is a racing video game developed by Three Fields Entertainment, [1] released on 9 April 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. [2]

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Gameplay

Dangerous Driving is a racing game and is considered as a spiritual sequel to the Burnout series. [3] [4] Players, after selecting a car and track, attempt to beat the other racers (computer-controlled, or online players). Dangerous Driving includes the same crash elements from Burnout; players can ram opponents into the sides of the track or oncoming traffic to make them crash (known as Takedowns), temporarily stopping them from racing. By performing Takedowns or driving stunts like drifting, players can build up a Nitro meter. Once past a certain threshold, players can activate Nitro which gives them a speed boost. [1]

Development

Three Fields Entertainment was formed by Alex Ward, Fiona Sperry, and Paul Ross, prior members of Criterion Games. They were the original developers of the Burnout franchise, which was published by Electronic Arts (EA). Around 2011, EA assigned the Need for Speed series to Criterion, de-emphasizing the Burnout series, and then later in 2013 moved about 80% of Criterion's staff to Ghost Games to continue Need for Speed. This move left Ward and Sperry concerned about Criterion's state within EA, and decided to leave, along with Ross, to form Three Fields. [5]

One of Three Fields' founding goals was to recreate a Burnout game on their own terms. Since they were a small team (up to seven during the development of Dangerous Driving compared to the 90 they had when Burnout 3: Takedown was shipping), lacking any assets they had from Criterion, they had to take a slower approach towards this goal. They instead planned on developing less ambitious games that were all aimed towards providing the internal support they needed to get to a Burnout game. [5] These games included Dangerous Golf , which helped establish the destruction system essential to Burnout, Danger Zone , which added in driving elements within a closed environment, and its sequel Danger Zone 2 , which added larger areas for driving around. These intermediate games were done on limited budgets and within a short time scale, meaning it lacked some elements that they knew they needed to address before Dangerous Driving was to be released. [6] While these games were not blockbuster sellers, the revenues from each helped fund the development of the next game. The small size and limited resources also enhanced their efficiency in producing assets. Ward noted that back when they developed Burnout 2 , it had taken 40 staff over two months to put together a single level, while with Dangerous Driving, their small team was able to complete a whole build within the same time. [6]

Due to its development budget, Dangerous Driving does not include any in-game music, but instead integrates with Spotify to allow players to create their own playlists. [7]

Dangerous Driving was released on 9 April 2019. [8] The game shipped without online multiplayer, [9] but this was added on 24 May. [10]

Reception

Accolades

Dangerous Driving won the award for "Game, Original Racing" at the NAVGTR Awards. [19]

Sequel

Three Fields announced Dangerous Driving 2 for a then-planned release of late 2021 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. It is expected to be an open world format, similar in nature to Burnout Paradise . [3] At Gamescom 2022, it was reannounced as Wreckreation, and was scheduled to be released in January 2024 for the same platforms as well as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, although it remains in development as of January 2025.

References

  1. 1 2 Donlan, Christian (1 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving represents the road not taken by Burnout 4". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Harradence, Mike (13 February 2019). "Dangerous Driving release date set". VideoGamer. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Phillips, Tom (19 February 2020). "Burnout spiritual successor Dangerous Driving getting open world sequel". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Corrigan, Hope (20 February 2020). "Burnout Spiritual Successor Dangerous Driving Getting a Sequel in 2020". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 Crecente, Brian (26 January 2016). "Dangerous Golf Is The Surprising, Explosive New Game From The Creators of Black, Burnout". Polygon . Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 Glagowski, Peter (2 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving may finally resurrect Burnout". Destructoid . Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Lopez, Ule (2 April 2019). "Burnout Spiritual Successor Dangerous Driving Will Have Spotify Integration". VGR . Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Tarason, Dominic (9 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving from ex-Burnout developers is out now". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Bishop, Sam (8 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving". Gamereactor . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Allen, Joseph (6 May 2019). "Dangerous Driving update roadmap revealed by Three Fields Entertainment". TechRaptor.net. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Dangerous Driving (PC)". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Dangerous Driving (PS4)". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Dangerous Driving (XONE)". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Glagowski, Peter (13 April 2019). "Review: Dangerous Driving". Destructoid. Enthusiast Gaming. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Santa Maria, Alex (8 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving Review | Bargain bin Burnout 3, but that isn't a Takedown". GameRevolution. Mandatory. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  16. ↑ Wakeling, Richard (11 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving Review - Stuck In Neutral". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  17. ↑ McCaffrey, Ryan (8 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving Review". IGN. Ziff Davis . Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Tailby, Stephen (8 April 2019). "Dangerous Driving (2019)". Push Square. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "2019 Winners". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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