Burnout 2: Point of Impact

Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Developer(s)	Criterion Games
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment
Series	Burnout
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA April 9, 2003 EU May 9, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GB4E51, GB4P51
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Burnout 2: Point of Impact is the first sequel to the racing game Burnout and builds upon this strong speed-driven franchise with improved gameplay, new game options and bigger, better and more insane crashes. Players can test their nerves and skills by taking to the air, sliding through corners, and swerving to avoid head-on collisions, while filling their meter to unleash a burst of speed previously exclusive to airplanes. In addition to an offensive driving 101, Burnout 2 features a four-player crash mode, six different locations with 30 stages, realistic weather effects, and 14 cars (plus hidden ones).

Emulation Information

16:9

Burnout 2: Point of Impact has a native 16:9 display option, but it requires enabling it in its internal options and setting Dolphin's Aspect Ratio graphics setting to "Force 16:9". Using the widescreen hack with this title is not recommended.

Problems

Broken Aspect Ratio Detection

Since 5.0-5874, the aspect ratio for this title will flicker wildly between 4:3 and 16:9 when in the Select Car screen. This can be worked around by setting aspect ratio to "Force 4:3" or "Force 16:9". See issue 10800.

Low-Resolution Vehicle Textures

Certain vehicles in-game can render with low resolution textures. This is a bug in the GameCube version of the game. But, Dolphin seems to also have a bug with rendering those affected textures. See issue 7708. Fixed in 5.0-1487.

Low-res Wood Delivery

Low-res Truck

Enhancements

Pixel Aspect Gecko code

Stretches the image horizontally by 10% to compensate for the game's incorrect pixel aspect ratio.

NA

$Pixel aspect by pneumatic
061e42be 00000002
02c00000 00000000
061e42ba 00000002
00080000 00000000
061e42fa 00000002
02c00000 00000000
061e42f6 00000002
00080000 00000000
e0000000 80008000

Notes:
* The 02c0 on lines 2&6 control the width (02c0 = 704px wide)
* The 08 on lines 4&8 control the horizontal position (08 = 8px from left edge)
* Only for NA game version & Dolphin newer than July 2015 supporting viWidth emulation

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Aspect Ratio	Force 4:3 or Force 16:9	Work around glitched aspect ratio detection

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Burnout 2: Point of Impact since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r1.03

3.5-1070

4.0-3514

5.0-1487

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5.0-21455 (current)

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Δ

Δ

Δ

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r3940	Windows XP	Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	Buggy sound Dolphin SVN R 3940 - Burnout 2 - GameCube Emulator	dTerenciano
r6145	Windows 7	AMD Phenom 9550	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	Perfect
r6519	Windows XP	AMD 64 X2 4000+	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	Full playable but no motor car sound
r7480	Ubuntu 10.04	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400	ATI Radeon HD 4850	No engine sound. Small and rare graphic corruption. Grinding sparks invisible and making the game run horribly slow if AA is enabled. Game frequently freezing and crashing.	Dark Fread
r7624	Ubuntu 10.04	AMD Phenom II X3 720	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	Running 2x Native Resolution, 2x AA, 4x AF @ 80-100%. Looks and sounds great will full performance settings and LLE on Thread. Some slowdowns, but pretty minor.	keller999
3.5	Fedora 20	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti	60+ FPS. works great.	fast_rizwaan
4.0-3514	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	Runs nearly perfectly, with full audio support using HLE audio. Does momentary hiccups when the game must load a really busy area but it's so rare and brief that it does not cause problems.	MasterV
4.0-4250	Windows 8.1	AMD Athlon X4 750K @ 4.1 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7770	60+ FPS, with only minor occasional dips. This dive-bombs to around 45FPS on tracks with rain effects and all the way to 30FPS on tracks with snow effects.
4.0-4424	Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	100% in menus and almost all stages; can have slowdown to 85% in rain, and one snow stage in particular has major freezing/slowdown issues (though only in one direction, and only for one part of the track, near the ski resort). Audio perfect. Replays can slow down to 90% while displaying many wrecked cars at once. Able to beat half the game including bonus stages with no major issue. Only one noticeable flashing texture but that was outside of the actual track, during a wreck. Missing exhaust flames while boosting.	Xerxes
4.0-4969	Ubuntu 14.10	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	A lot of effects that were missing in 4.0-4424 are now fixed under OpenGL, such as rain, grind sparks, and flame exhaust/tail lights, making the experience while playing much better. There's also less slowdown in general throughout the game, however Crystal Summit Lake (snow conditions) still has major slowdown/stuttering like before which makes the stage almost unplayable.	Xerxes
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	Perfect. Game runs at 100% / 60 FPS through all tracks and weather conditions.
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Atom x7-z8700	Intel HD Graphics	Perfect (50Hz).	tabletgaming.wiki

Gameplay Videos

Burnout 2: Point of Impact - GCN 1080p upscaled in Dolphin with Iris Xe Graphics

Burnout 2: Point of Impact [PAL] [Gamecube] [Español] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]

(1440p60) Burnout 2: Point of Impact Gameplay Gamecube

• Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Burnout 2: Point of Impact (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube
• Dolphin - Burnout 2: Point of Impact Gameplay
• Dolphin SVN R 3940 - Burnout 2 - GameCube Emulator
• Dolphin Emulator 5.0-1850 - Burnout 2: Point of Impact (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube