The fast-paced, action-oriented gameplay play to the genres strengths - with few to no obvious weaknesses
First and foremost, this is a 'no BS' racing game. Theres no story, as it would've probably been an annoyance anyway, just the pure destruction experience, in either the single player or multiplayer flavour. The singleplayer 'career' mode consists of different categories of races, depending on your 'rank' - initially you'll only be able to play the 'Harmless' races, but as you progress further races will open. At first, the game seems quite easy, but gradually the game gets tougher, and getting all the gold medals for all races is quite challenging.
The races are mainly traffic attack, race, crash and time attack. All of them are fun, but the main races are perhaps the most fun of them (especially those with 'crashbreaker' enabled) - but for variety's sake the crash and traffic attack modes make for a good break. Perhaps the crash mode is a little too dependent on chance, but wrecking 50 cars in one go never gets boring...
The crashbreaker ability gives you the chance to explode after having crashed, with a little skill you'll be able to hit some of the other cars in the explosion and be awarded a quick return to the race. In crash mode, the crashbreaker can be used to hit additional cars, for which you'll receive extra points.
The visuals aren't exactly impressive, considering what we've become used to, but they work, and the game is fast, with only minimal stuttering. The car models could've been more impressive, but the crashes look really great.
All in all Burnout Revenge is one of those games that hold on to a simple gaming idea, and exploits the fun part of it. Few games dare to do that nowadays, and its refreshing to see the concept work.