Alpha 7 (PlayStation 2)

This is a sub-page of Proto:Burnout Revenge (PlayStation 2, Xbox).

Debug OptionsSeveral debugging options that are lurking around in the game. Car DifferencesAll the various car design changes that went through development.

General Differences#

• The game’s challenge sheet requirements for Revenge takedowns are extraordinarily difficult.
• Burning Lap events only exist as Preview events. The icon it uses in the final game is repurposed from the Eliminator event icon in this build. The “target time has passed” sound for the timer is the “Unlucky!” sound from Crash Junctions in the final game.
• Most events are far more difficult than in the final game.
  • AI opponents are far faster with more intense rubberbanding, possibly directly ported from Burnout 3 before being nerfed heavily for the final game.
  • Traffic checking is less forgiving. Checking a car slows the player down more, and there are more traffic vehicles moving sideways that will wreck the player if collided with.
  • Traffic Attacks are overly difficult towards the end of the game. Somewhat noticeable in final Rank 9 Traffic Attack events that were seemingly unnerfed since this build.
  • Road Rage events require more Takedowns. Rank 10 events require 42 Takedowns for Gold, whereas the final game only needs 30.
• A type of singleplayer event referred to as Crash Tour was cut. This mode only remains as a splitscreen multiplayer gamemode in the final game.
• Many cut Crash Junctions are present.
• The UI and its style look different. A janky, animated Earth which uses a rather low resolution texture is present in the World Tour menu similar to Burnout 3 before being scrapped for the final build.
• There are a couple of Signature Takedowns that are not in the final game.
• The ranking system is more unforgiving in this build.

Early	Final

Hidden/Inaccessible Menus#

Debug Menu#

There is a hidden debug menu that can be accessed by replacing a different menu. The provided code below replaces the Progressive Scan menu (_vt$29CB4ProgressiveScanSelectState) with the Debug menu (_vt$22CB4DebugDebugMenuState), but it can essentially be replaced by any menu.

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What’s interesting about this menu, you can play with more than five computer vehicles. Perhaps a test for online compatibility before it got scrapped?

Main Sub-Menus#

Since all but one of the buttons are greyed out on the main menu, with the help of a bit of editing, the other sub-menus can also be accessed.

Multiplayer#

While this menu technically is accessible through the Debug menu mentioned earlier, the other way of accessing this menu is by replacing the regular Main Menu (_vt$16CB4MainMenuState) with the Multiplayer Menu (_vt$19CB4MultiplayerState).

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What's notable here is that Crash mode lists 108 junctions to select, whereas the final game only has 38. However, most of the Crash junctions in this list have no code implemented in and crash the game when selected.

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Driver Details#

Similarly to the Multiplayer menu, the Main Menu here can be replaced with the Driver Details menu (_vt$25CB4DriverDetailsMenuState).

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Aside from the different menu design, the tabs in the Records menu let you select a track, which then lists the records for that specific track, whereas the final game switched it around and give you event tabs. The Extras menu also lists Challenge Sheet videos, which were placed in the actual Challenge Sheet that can be viewed after completing a challenge.

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Car Viewer#

A normally inaccessible game mode called Car Viewer can be accessed through the quick start menu. Its controls are as follows:

Environmental Differences#

Changes that were made to the environment to a track. Sometimes it's just the amount of props that differ, other times everything seems different.

Sunshine Keys#

Aside from the way less visible props, the most notable thing about Sunshine Keys is the time of day. It is also seen in various trailers and training videos that were made earlier in development.

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Early/Unused Sounds#

• _EATRAX1.RWS is only missing one track that was added later into development, that being "Shot Down" by Nine Black Alps.

Early/Unused Graphics#

Burnout News#

A texture that was meant to be used with the cut Burnout News feature. Strings and videos of this same feature can be seen in this page as well. GLOBAL.TXD\aftermath-logo

Unused texture

Challenge Menus#

The background images for the Challenge Sheet and the Takedown Book are noticeably different.

Early texture	Final texture
FEMAIN.BIN\challengesheet\cbBg01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06; 07; 08.tif
FEMAIN.BIN\takedownbook\td_bg01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06; 08; 07.tif

Due to the different color scheme being used, the Challenge Sheet overlay textures in FEMAIN.BIN\challengesheet\* are also different. There's also an additional Dirt texture, which also exists in the final game, but goes unused.

All of the Signature Takedown icons are placeholders with a black background and the location and takedown number written in pink. However, in-game the Detroit 2 graphic is displayed for all shortcuts in all locations. Located in FEMAIN.BIN\b4polaroid\*

The tape texture that's placed over the Signature Takedown polaroids are also slightly different.

Filenames	Early textures	Final textures
tape01.tif tape02.tif tape03.tif

Language Flags#

While this is a North American build, meaning it's only playable in English, but there are still flag textures for the European releases. The Dutch flag is incorrect, where the bottom stripe is the same color as the top stripe, resembling the Austrian flag. FEMAIN.BIN\languageselect\DUTCH.tif

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Menu Icons#

Everything here is found under FEMAIN.BIN\b4choiceiconnav\*:

Medal Icons#

The medals that are displayed next to a completed event have an additional check mark in the final game.

Filename	Early	Final
small_b.tif
small_s.tif
small_g.tif

Location Icon#

All but one of the location icons remained unchanged. That being the Lone Peak icon. Nationpark_icons.tif

Early texture	Final texture

Event Icons#

Every single icon was redesigned to be less smooth. Some icons are also unused. This build doesn't have standalone Burning Lap events, the icon that'd later be used for Burning Laps is used for Eliminator events in this build.

Filename	Early texture	Final texture
challenge.tif
takedowns.tif
garage.tif
crash.tif
crashTour.tif
eliminator.tif
race.tif
roadRage.tif
trafficAtack.tif
gp.tif
preview.tif

And just for the sake of comparison, the pre-release Eliminator icon against the final Burning Lap icon.

Filename	Early texture	Final texture
BurningLap.tif

Rank Icons#

The final build has a unique color for each rank, but this build alternates between 3 different but similar rank icons, along with an additional dirt01 texture overlaying those three full icons. Rank_dirt01.tif can also be found in the final game, where it goes unused.

Track Outlines#

Normally Burnout Revenge uses a yellow trailed dot that'd follow the path of a track, however there are two early unused textures that show the entire track at once. Without enabling the texture alpha channels, all the surrounding environment can also be seen around the track as well. Interestingly, the final game still has Detroit01_L1.tif in the files, however Tokyo02_L1.tif didn't make it through.

Unused texture (Full)	Unused texture (With alpha channel)
(Motor City) FEMAIN.BIN\detroit\Detroit01_L1.tif
(Eastern Bay) FEMAIN.BIN\tokyo\Tokyo02_L1.tif

Font#

Early	Final
BIG.BIN\Big
SMALL.BIN\Small

Track & World Maps#

The FE\TEXDIC\* directory has a bunch of additional textures that aren't used, or at the very least differ slightly.

Earlier Track Overviews

The track overviews in DETROIT.TXD, HONGKONG.TXD, and TOKYO.TXD have no color, and are much larger than the textures used in-game. These are 768×768 in total, made up by 6 textures - three 512×256 textures, and three 256×256 textures. They've been joined back together for viewability here.

World Map Texture

WORLDMAP.TXD for the most part matches the texture that's used in this build (a feature that ended up being cut from the final game), with the only real difference being it having somewhat worse transparency dithering (Most noticeable around the islands of Canada). These textures are split in three 512×512 textures, and one 256×512 texture - together they make up one large 1792×512 texture.

Track Overviews#

The textures that show each location from above when selected are all different in this build. Some are still similar, but others are barely recognisable. These textures are normally split into two textures, first one being 128×256 and the other being 512x256, with the 2nd wider texture being usually placed first. They have been joined back together into a full 640×256 here.

Early texture	Final texture
(Motor City) FEMAIN.BIN\detroit\Detroit03_02; 01.tif
(Sunshine Keys) FEMAIN.BIN\florida\Florida03_02; 01.tif
(Central Route) FEMAIN.BIN\hongkong\Hong_Kong03_02; 01.tif
(Angel Valley) FEMAIN.BIN\losangeles\LA_03_02; 01.tif
(Lone Peak) FEMAIN.BIN\montana\NationP03_02; 01.tif
(Eternal City) FEMAIN.BIN\rome\Rome_03_02; 01.tif
(White Mountain) FEMAIN.BIN\switzerland\switzerland03_02; 01.tif
(Eastern Bay) FEMAIN.BIN\tokyo\Tokyo04_02; 01.tif

Early/Unused Text#

The strings that are all stored in MAINUS.BIN have a bunch of unused or changed lines.

Burnout News Leftovers#

Strings likely meant to be used with the Burnout News broadcast, as seen in the WIP Rewards video.

Car Names#

Most of the vehicle names match their final counterparts. The ID for the Logitech World Racer (HIGHUSCAR5A) was changed to HIGHUSCAR1W1, where the strings match in both this build and final.

Crash Junctions#

This build has 108 unique Crash event titles, while the final build has 40 unique titles (50 including duplicates). The few junctions whose names are identical to final are highlighted in green. While there are other matching junction names as well, they're for different events. The 1st table under each region is used in the World Tour and the 2nd table is used for the Crash Battle gamemode.

Motor City#

Sunshine Keys#

Central Route#

Angel Valley#

Lone Peak#

Eternal City#

White Mountain#

Eastern Bay#

Training Tutorial Subtitles#

This build has subtitle strings meant to be shown during the introduction tutorials, despite not even having the tutorial cutscenes in the game's files. None of the voiced subtitles are not found in any of the later builds, including final, but the on-screen text subtitles are. Some subtitles have duplicates with different IDs.

Basic Training Video Subtitles#

These subtitles are almost fully identical to the Basic Tutorial shown in the final game, with the exception of:

• The string 102 (CD793139), where "If you want to get on in this game,..." in the final release was replaced with "If you want to get ahead in this game,..."
• The string 116 (D30FC461) where "...performance to give..." was changed to "...performance and give..."
• The string 137 (693E9675) where "...under the bonnet..." was replaced with "...under the hood..."

Crash Training Video Subtitles#

The string 224 (149548D7) is a cut line from the final game.

Traffic Attack Training Video Subtitles#

• The only changed line in this tutorial is string 309 (A6D03CDF) where the word "for" was dropped.
• The strings 312 (2819D416), 313 (5F1EE480), 314 (C17A7123), 315 (B67D41B5), 316 (2F74100F) were entirely cut

On-Screen Text Subtitles#

These lines were encoded in the actual video in the final release, so these strings go unused. They're also found in the final release. The changed lines are:

• PS41 (6EB8B39A) and PS42 (F7B1E220) added "PRESS THE X BUTTON..."

These strings were likely also meant to be used during the tutorial videos but aren't. These strings were also removed from the final version.

Early/Unused Videos#

E3 Trailer#

This video is found under multiple names, those being ATTR_N.M2V, MULTI.M2V and PREVEVNT.M2V. This footage is used for the “airplane flying around the globe” cinematic for a Preview event, since it was not implemented in yet. In this build, it has no sound.

E3 Traffic Attack#

Early Traffic Attack footage. TRAFFIC.M2V

Demo Leftovers#

Some videos used in the earlier Demo build are still left in this build.

Criterion Logo#

The clip that shows the Criterion logo when you start up the game is way shorter and doesn't have the additional scene mentioning Rabin Ezra yet, though this build is compiled about 2 weeks after his death.
It is named CRRW_*.M2V.

WIP Rewards Video#

The WIPRWRDS.M2V video has five different clips combined into one. These have been split apart with their appropriate timestamps listed from where they were taken.

Credits Background#

This background video lacks the orange filter for the game's clips, and the vertical resolution has been reduced to 352px for some reason.
It is also found under multiple names in this build, those being CREDS_N.M2V, CREDS_P.M2V and MAINMENU.M2V. Only the MAINMENU.M2V file has been removed from the final.

Crash Course Cutscenes#

This build doesn't have any strings referring to these Holes left over, however the earlier Demo builds do!

Rank Up Cutscenes#

Incomplete versions of the Rank Up videos.
The early videos have two variants, one with an _N prefix which are in 30 FPS, and another with _P, being 25 FPS. In the final EU build, the _P videos are identical to the final NA ones, in 29.97 FPS.

Placeholder Videos#

Loads of placeholder videos left in here.

Burnout 3: Takedown Leftovers#

Located in the OVID folder is a video file named TITLES30.M2V. This is the previous game's intro sequence.