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"WELL WHAT'S THE POINT THEN?!!!!!"

Following the ongoing 'does Burnout have a Dolby Digital soundtrack or not' fiasco, it appears I now have an answer.

"Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your e-mail regarding Burnout.

We have referred this question to our head office who have replied as
follows:

The game does have Dolby Digital aspects in it, however you cannot use them
during the actual gameplay due to the limited processing power of the PS2.
Unfortunately, nothing can be done about this.

Thank you for contacting Acclaim Technical Support. Please be sure to
delete all previous correspondence when replying. This will help us to
process your response in a more timely and efficient manner.

Kind Regards,
Acclaim Technical Support"

So SSX Tricky has a DTS soundtrack but Burnout, even though it has Dolby Digital plastered on the game and a HUGE logo on the website, doesn't.

Well, I'm not going to start throwing around the old 'false advertising' lark but is it just me that thinks this stinks?

how stupid is that?
MM

No problem with the game, great at times but totally different to GT3 etc.

My only argument was that it's got Dolby Digital on the box and yet the actual game has no Dolby Digital elements.

SSX Tricky's DTS soundtrack doesn't appear to cause any problems so I honestly can't accept any argument in terms of processing power.

It does look good

MarkieMark wrote:
> i just dont like the game, some1 said in a mag that it leaves gt3 standing! ne 1
> agree with this?

they're different..
burnout is more an arcade blast type thing...
it's pretty wicked..

"you cannot use them
during the actual gameplay due to the limited processing power of the PS2"

so they wasted time putting in something that wouldnt work?

i just dont like the game, some1 said in a mag that it leaves gt3 standing! ne 1 agree with this?

Unlike X-Box, the PS2 sound chip doesn't support Dolby sound, so the task would have to be handed over to the main CPU or one of the two vector units. However, these are needed for most other aspects of the game and so sticking to sound methods that the sound chip can handle is probably a much better idea.

The PS2 hasn't got anough processoring power? yeah right ok then

If SSX Tricky can have a DTS soundtrack then Burnout could have had Dolby Dig.

I mean, who the hell thought to include a Dolby Digital option that lets you play the in-game music?
I'd understand if it were a GT3 kind of soundtrack but it's all just complete pap that some poor sod had to make up!

I'm sure the creators would love to hear their music in glorious 5.1 surround but I would be a bit more impressed if the game featured the DD soundtrack rather than some stupid music player feature.

What's the world coming to....

"you cannot use them
during the actual gameplay due to the limited processing power of the PS2"

:D

What a load of crap.