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Professional Showboat Richard Rawlings Crashes Hellcat Into Wall
Richard Rawlings, the television show host, energy drink impresario, and restaurateur, has tried his hand at drag racing and failed in gloriously impressive fashion. While racing against NHRA Top Fuel ace Leah Pritchett, Mr. Rawlings skidded into the left side k-rail of the makeshift track on Woodward Avenue in…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Watch A Nine-Year-Old Kid Learn How To Do Sick Ass Donuts
There comes a time in every young car person’s life that they have to learn a few important life skills in order to be fulfilled, happy, and healthy. In this case I’m talking about the ability to clutch dump, rip a hydraulic handbrake, and properly steer through a donut. Or rather a series of donuts […]
Racing Games Are Coming Back In A Big Way
Within the last month, some amazing racing games have released. It’s been something of a micro-renaissance. These games—Wreckfest, Danger Zone 2, and Onrush—succeed because they avoid more serious minded gear-grinding in favor of going fast and crashing loud. While there’s joy to be had in examining a 1958 Aston…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Burnout Paradise Didn’t Need A Remaster, But It’s Nice
I’ve played hours of the remastered version of Burnout Paradise prior to today’s release of the game on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. So how are the higher resolution textures and enhanced lighting effects? I don’t know, man. I’m just playing Burnout Paradise again, and it’s as wonderful as it ever was. Read more… Continue […]
Now That I Own A Car, Burnout Isn’t The Same
I have an early copy of Burnout Paradise Remastered, and I cannot enjoy it. Yes, I have, as EA suggests, sent my car “launching, spinning, and scraping through the city.” I have followed instructions to “smash” through traffic and leave a “very expensive trail of wreckage” in my rearview. And I am playing it on […]
Watch A 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis Smoke Out The Whole County
“Have you ever blown up 3 tires in one day?” asks Eric Ruysch on YouTube. I can tell by his video of a 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis that he is the wise voice of experience on such matters, and we should watch his car destroy two more. Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
Burnout Paradise is getting a remaster for PS4 and Xbox One, publisher EA said today.
Burnout Paradise is getting a remaster for PS4 and Xbox One, publisher EA said today. This new version of Criterion’s beloved 2008 open-world racing game will be out on March 16. Vroom vroom, etc.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
This Four-Wheel 707 HP Trackhawk Burnout Brings Rubber Scented Tears To My Eyes
You can do a burnout with a 707-horsepower Hellcat-engined Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. You can! Believe! Also, hold the truck back with a meaty tow rope. But search for the one true spirit of four-wheel burnouts deep within your soul—you know it to be true! You can truly smoke all of those thick meats!Read more… […]
Battlefront II’s Starfighter Assault Mode Should Be Its Own Game
I have no need for the petty foot-based battles of filthy rebels and shiny Stormtroopers, adorable prequel droids and Order 66-awaiting clones. My star wars take place in the heavens of Battlefront II’s Starfighter Assault mode, so good it should be its own game. Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
How Frequently Should You Take a Vacation?
I know, you’re busy and you have work to do, but you also need to take some time off to recharge those batteries. So, should you plan one big vacation for the year? Or should you sparse out your days for multiple vacations throughout? Quantity can sometimes beat quality.Read more… Continue Reading at http://lifehacker.com
How Playing Hooky From Work Can Boost Your Productivity
Feeling stressed? Tired? Skipping out on work might seem wrong, but according to one neuroscientist, it could end up making you more productive in the long run.Read more… Continue Reading at http://lifehacker.com
The Indestructible Toyota Hilux Is Pretty Good At Destroying Its Own Tires
The Toyota Hilux solidified its reputation as one of the world’s toughest trucks when Top Gear put one through absolute hell, and took another up a volcano. However, there’s one part of the Hilux that’s pretty easy to destroy, and that’s its tires—via burnout, of course. Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
Danger Zone Is A Great Revival Of Burnout’s Crash Mode
At age 16, many teens learn how to drive. When I was 16, I learned the opposite of how to drive, by which I mean I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3's Crash Mode. For years, I waited for some kind of successor to that gleeful demolition derby, but it never came. Until now.Read […]
Danger Zone Is A Great Revival Of Burnout’s Crash Mode
At age 16, many teens learn how to drive. When I was 16, I learned the opposite of how to drive, by which I mean I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3's Crash Mode. For years, I waited for some kind of successor to that gleeful demolition derby, but it never came. Until now.Read […]
Danger Zone Is A Great Revival Of Burnout’s Crash Mode
At age 16, many teens learn how to drive. When I was 16, I learned the opposite of how to drive, by which I mean I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3's Crash Mode. For years, I waited for some kind of successor to that gleeful demolition derby, but it never came. Until now.Read […]