While Burnout Paradise was visually amazing, incredibly fun to play, and had a bunch of free downloads which added the ability to use bikes as well as giving us gamers more game modes to enjoy, there was something fairly flawed about having to drive back to the start of a race for the simple option of restarting. Hitting start and selecting restart was an artform all of its own in previous Burnout titles, and was a necessity for anyone determined to 100% the title. Not having this option in Burnout Paradise stopped me and many other gamers from fully enjoying the game, and even caused many to never putting it back in their machines.

Well Criterion have news for us. On February 6th yet another free update releases with a whole slew of changes to the racing title, but for me and many others, the big change comes in the form of being able to restart mid-race.

Check their press release for information on this addition, and the MANY free others (including the in-game store, tweaked visuals, vehicle overhauls and time speed changes) coming on February 6th.

Press release