Burnout Paradise for the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and now the PC picked up a free update last week that ironed out some of the game's quirks and added a few new twists to improve the action.  I've been playing the game again over the past few days to check out just what has changed and finally earned my Burnout-class license, the penultimate level of achievement that supposedly earns me some serious street cred on the streets of Paradise City.  What do I attribute for my success?  Is is superior takedown skills?  An atlas-like knowledge of the streets and back alleys?  No way; it's all thanks to my awesome custom music soundtrack.  If you want to guarantee your own Burnout success, then you'll load up your soundtrack with these songs (linked mostly to YouTube for your sampling convenience):

• Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen - Theme from Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Art of Noise - Theme from Dragnet (1987)
  
• Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
• Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
• Elton John - Sixteenth Century Man
• A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
• Billy Joel - Highway 61 Revisited
• Sonic Heroes - Bullet Station
• Daryl Hall - Dreamtime
• Duran Duran - Notorious
• ZZ Top - Doubleback
• "Weird" Al Yankovic - UHF
• The New Cars - Not Tonight
• Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - I Can Take Anything
• Pseudo Echo - Funkytown
• Genesis - Land of Confusion
• Peter Gabriel - Big Time
• The Lone Gunmen - Theme

That should get you to the finish line in style. After all, it worked for me.

Improve your Burnout Paradise Skills With Awesome Music

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