Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today i'm celebrating 20th anniversary of one of the most chaotic physical combat racer, Burnout 3 Takedown. This was the first invention in the series with new mechanics that is in the name of title though it had others that hadn't used(granted, some are wack or rather something). The game is still great with awesome rock music that shaped up my taste and it offers most fun due to its aforementioned mechanics and road rage which was the peak until paradise due to physics being visceral again.
Playing it on hardware mode which it's now so much better and i'm being amazed how far it improves compare to many previous versions of the emulator especially when they fixed particle and light trail effects that it makes me think i should be checking how it is on revenge but that will be later in time. And because of that, i'm using some of the mods that make the game look a bit more high quality(esp. fonts), full 60fps on menus(like the classic xbox version which had it for some unknown reason) and crash cam and some more refinement.
Here is the mods that i used from this link: github.com/Nahelam/PS2-Game-Mods
- BEBF8793_60fps_crashes.pnach
- BEBF8793_60fps_menus.pnach
- BEBF8793_fmv.pnach
- BEBF8793_no_interlacing.pnach // To make them ask if you want to play it in 480p every time you boot up the game
- BEBF8793_render_extra_particles_full.pnach // Spawn more particle effects which it got reduced for optimization on console
NOTE: Copy all of these that i used to cheats folder of where the emulator is located(Documents if portable.ini isn't used)
And also the HD Textures: mediafire.com/file/gec85ndkk6b4wm4/SLUS-21050.7z/file
Alternatives: gbatemp.net/threads/burnout-3-takedown-usa-hd-remaster.621068
NOTE 2: Copy these to textures folder of where the emulator is located
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucg7ycil2464f-adkUzp_WBM-_V3CgzY
Played it on: PCSX2 Stable(2.0.2)
Mode: Direct3D 12(Vulkan didn't run well for me)
PCSX2 Settings that i changed:
Optimal Frame Pacing(Emulation): On
VSync(Emulation): On
Enable Cheats(Cheats): On(required for these to activate)
Anti-Blur(Graphics/Display): Off
Resolution Scale(Graphics/Rendering): 3x
Anisotropic Filtering(Graphics/Rendering): 16x
Blending Accuracy(Graphics/Rendering): High
Load Textures and Asynchronous Texture Loading(Graphics/Texture Replacement): On(required for the changes to be affected)
FXAA(Graphics/Post-Processing): On
Fast Boot (BIOS): Off
Specs:
OS: Windows 11 x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
GPU: Powercolor RX 6600
RAM: 2x8GB GeIL Evo Potenza DDR4-2666mhz
Storage Type: Emulator on SSD, Game on HDD
Today i'm celebrating 20th anniversary of one of the most chaotic physical combat racer, Burnout 3 Takedown. This was the first invention in the series with new mechanics that is in the name of title though it had others that hadn't used(granted, some are wack or rather something). The game is still great with awesome rock music that shaped up my taste and it offers most fun due to its aforementioned mechanics and road rage which was the peak until paradise due to physics being visceral again.
Playing it on hardware mode which it's now so much better and i'm being amazed how far it improves compare to many previous versions of the emulator especially when they fixed particle and light trail effects that it makes me think i should be checking how it is on revenge but that will be later in time. And because of that, i'm using some of the mods that make the game look a bit more high quality(esp. fonts), full 60fps on menus(like the classic xbox version which had it for some unknown reason) and crash cam and some more refinement.
Here is the mods that i used from this link: github.com/Nahelam/PS2-Game-Mods
- BEBF8793_60fps_crashes.pnach
- BEBF8793_60fps_menus.pnach
- BEBF8793_fmv.pnach
- BEBF8793_no_interlacing.pnach // To make them ask if you want to play it in 480p every time you boot up the game
- BEBF8793_render_extra_particles_full.pnach // Spawn more particle effects which it got reduced for optimization on console
NOTE: Copy all of these that i used to cheats folder of where the emulator is located(Documents if portable.ini isn't used)
And also the HD Textures: mediafire.com/file/gec85ndkk6b4wm4/SLUS-21050.7z/file
Alternatives: gbatemp.net/threads/burnout-3-takedown-usa-hd-remaster.621068
NOTE 2: Copy these to textures folder of where the emulator is located
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucg7ycil2464f-adkUzp_WBM-_V3CgzY
Played it on: PCSX2 Stable(2.0.2)
Mode: Direct3D 12(Vulkan didn't run well for me)
PCSX2 Settings that i changed:
Optimal Frame Pacing(Emulation): On
VSync(Emulation): On
Enable Cheats(Cheats): On(required for these to activate)
Anti-Blur(Graphics/Display): Off
Resolution Scale(Graphics/Rendering): 3x
Anisotropic Filtering(Graphics/Rendering): 16x
Blending Accuracy(Graphics/Rendering): High
Load Textures and Asynchronous Texture Loading(Graphics/Texture Replacement): On(required for the changes to be affected)
FXAA(Graphics/Post-Processing): On
Fast Boot (BIOS): Off
Specs:
OS: Windows 11 x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
GPU: Powercolor RX 6600
RAM: 2x8GB GeIL Evo Potenza DDR4-2666mhz
Storage Type: Emulator on SSD, Game on HDD
