Burnout 3: Takedown vs F-Zero GX; which is the true king of 6th gen arcade racers?

[Discontent]

When in doubt, pick the one that would place higher on your all time favourites!

Both sit firmly at the top of their respective amazing franchises and they're both among my favourite games of all time so I won't be mad whichever way the poll goes. But I am rooting for F-Zero because after being such an F-Zero X fan back in the day, GX blew all my expectations out of the water.

F Zero GX may not be a game that pops into your head when you think of arcade racers and it might be more accurately called an anti-grav/futuristic racer but I don't give a shit lol. I honestly don't think it's that much weirder than comparing F Zero and Wipeout because they're not that similar too.

And yes there's a lot of top tier arcade racers in the 6th gen but these two tower above them imo (Outrun comes close though). But you're welcome to share your wrong opinions on why I'm wrong lol.

 

[Deleted member 87246]

F Zero.

 

[Deleted member 1190]

Burnout.

 

[Assy Grass]

Burnout is the best racing game ever. I'd go as far as to say it's one of the best games ever.

 

[fiendcode]

Out of those GX but I think a good case can be made for RR5 too.

 

[Patitoloco]

Burnout 3 just because of the soundtrack.

 

[reminiscingLemon]

Both are excellent, you cant really go wrong with either imo

 

[Thug Larz]

Both games are incredible. I'd take Burnout 2 over 3 though.

 

[collige]

I'd put Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition and Burnout Revenge over both of them tbh.

I love GX to death, but as a complete package the broken campaign difficulty, crappy custom car editor, and mediocre music.

 

[Transistor]

Burnout 3 was the best Burnout and it was all downhill from the franchise from there.

 

[CheeseConey]

Burnout 3 for me. Love that game.

 

[HandsomeCharles]

GX is the pinnacle of anti-grav racing and is long overdue a sequel, but I think it terms of games that just make you feel *damn good*, Burnout 3 takes the crown.

 

[Assy Grass]

Burnout 3 was the best Burnout and it was all downhill from the franchise from there.

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Ya i agree. Revenge and Paradise are still very good though.

 

[coracina]

I might just give it to Burnout 3, but they'd be very close, and it's been a long time since I've played either. It really sucks both franchises are dead.

 

[CloseTalker]

Ohh, it's rare to see a poll on Era that causes me to really think. Both a brilliant, and top-tier in their genre. I gotta go Burnout 3 though, if only because I played more of it due to it not being so fucking hard lol.

 

[Human Resources]

f-zero does its specific thing better, but burnout 3 is the more comprehensive experience to me, so it edges it out.
both games are brilliant though

 

[Keasar]

I love both.

Recently got GRIP which I honestly wish I had been told about earlier cause it has quite filled my appetite for a new F-Zero now that Nintendo won't make one.

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Still searching for that worthy Burnout 3/Revenge fill.

 

[Acquiescence]

Burnout 3 is borderline arcade racing perfection.

 

[pswii60]

Daytona USA 2001

 

[topplehat]

Both are great! But F-Zero GX was such a crazy experience when it came out (and still is).

 

[--R]

 

[RestEerie]

Burnout revenge

 

[EatChildren]

They're both so fundamentally different in how they play, despite their arcade similarities, that I don't know if I could pick between the two. Burnout 3 captures a magnificent white knuckle racing thrill, while F-Zero GX is bone crushingly difficult but utterly glorious once mastered. Both are really, really fucking good.

And then both were bested a generation later by Excite Truck, the AAA Platinum Standard of Arcade Racing Perfection.

 

[onpoint]

F-Zero GX has an insanely high ceiling for how much you can get out of it.

Burnout 3 is immediately more gratifying to sit down and play.

They're both fantastic, though I don't know if they're comparable.

That said, I prefer F-Zero.

I also wonder how much better F-Zero would do in a poll like this if it was available to a larger base of players. I have to think less people played it than Burnout, so that this poll is so close is genuinely surprising to me.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

And then both were bested a generation later by Excite Truck, the AAA Platinum Standard of Arcade Racing Perfection.

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Platinum made Excite Truck??? :0

 

[Edge]

Burnout 3 is and will always be the King of all racers.

That game was pure magic which today just doesn't exist anymore.

 

[Storminormin]

Burnout 3 is my favourite arcade racer for sure. I really want a remake.

F Zero GX is too hard.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I never played GX, but Burnout 3 was absolutely incredible and I hate racing games.
I know GX was apparently brutally difficult though, so Burnout 3's pick up and play nature is probably in its favour.

 

[Djiman]

Burnout 2 is better than 3 ... but F-Zero GX crushes both of them.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

Burnout 3 is one of the GOAT arcade racers. I piled more hours into it than any other racing game other than Mario Kart.

 

[Madrugador]

F-Zero GX is the GOAT.

 

[mrmickfran]

GX was amazing, Burnout wasn't even the best Burnout.

That title belongs to Paradise

 

[EatChildren]

Platinum made Excite Truck??? :0

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No, no, Platinum as in Platinum > Gold. Although I will take a Platinum x Monster Games Excite Truck successor.

 

[mattynunchucks]

Burnout 3 is not only the best in the franchise, but in my top ten of all time games.

 

[Bard]

GX is the best racing game ever made, so I voted for that.

 

[Deleted member 81119]

Burnout remasters are basically never gonna happen right? :(

Burnout Paradise was incredible though, really scratched the itch. I'm excited for Dangerous Driving 2

 

[CurseVox]

both are amazing, but FZERO GX is my soul.

 

[Kientin]

It's F-Zero, but I get anyone who votes Burnout.

 

[HylianSeven]

F-Zero GX, without a doubt. The fact that with the game's difficulty, you had to be absolutely ruthless with taking out the other machines to win was an amazing mechanic.

The way I beat Chapter 7 was by basically wrecking as many of the other machines as I could.

 

[FTF]

Burnout 3 for me. It could arguably be my fav arcade racing game.

 

[Deleted member 8468]

This is sort of like comparing Goldeneye with Quake.

I'd probably vote for the home release of Burnout 3, and the god-tier arcade F-Zero AX (I know I know, technically a different game).

 

[Transistor]

Ya i agree. Revenge and Paradise are still very good though.

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Oh absolutely, but they just don't reach that same bar.

 

[Chasing]

There will never be an intro more hype than Burnout 3's.

Dammit EA where is that remaster? Don't you want my money?

 

[Deleted member 45130]

Forget best arcade racer, Burnout 3 is one of the best games ever made.

 

[CloseTalker]

Burnout 3 was the best Burnout and it was all downhill from the franchise from there.

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Yeah this is true. Revenge lost something in the process, I still can't put my finger on what. And Paradise has never been for me, I feel like the open world actively detracts from the experience

 

[Falchion]

Burnout 3 was just so much fun and that crash mode was 🔥

 

[Waaghals]

I haven't played F-Zero GX, but Burnout 3 is my favorite racer ever.

I love it so much.

 

[Shion]

F-Zero GX - OutRun2 – Ridge Racer V = the Holy Trinity of 6th gen arcade racers.

 

[Good4Squat]

I've only played Burnout 3, wasn't F-Zero GX like incredibly hard or something?
My soft spot is Still with Burnout 2 though, played that crash mode a ton with my friends back in the day.

 

[VonGreckler]

This is extremely close for me but I think Burnout edges it out just slightly.
Legendary games, both of them though