Burnin' Rubber is the first installment in the Burnin' Rubber series which was released on December 4, 2007.
Gameplay
The player starts with the Lightning GTR or the Vulcan M6. The mission is to finish first in a three lap race across the levels Sunshine City, Snow Peak, and Desert Canyon.
When the player finishes Snow Peak, they will unlock Desert Canyon. If they win against the other driver in said level, they unlock the Devil DB9, the last car.
Alternatively, the player can race in reverse counterparts of the race tracks, although this does not count as progress towards completion of the game.
Trivia
- The name of this game series could be a mix of Burnout and Need for Speed series in terms of gameplay, cars, and tracks.
- The HUD is ripped from Burnout 3: Takedown.
- It is one of two main-series Burnin' Rubber games without weapons, the other being Burnin' Rubber 2.
- Burnin' Rubber has the least amount of tracks and cars in a Xform game or Burnin' Rubber game.
- It is the only game in the series to have only one opponent in the main races. Burnin' Rubber 3 includes Rival Battles and Boss Battles, but they are not the main races.
- It is the only game in which the cars do not receive damage.
- It is the only Burnin' Rubber game to have a nitro bar that charges, as opposed to a pickup. However, the Nitro Boost secondary weapon in Burnin' Rubber 4 has a similar effect.
- It is one of the two games that has laps, the other being Burnin' Rubber 5.
- It is also one of two main-series games that does not use tiling track pieces at all, instead opting to use complete original models like Burnin' Rubber 5.
- Burnin' Rubber has a large amount of pre-release information publicly available, unlike most Burnin' Rubber games.