If you intend to play any of the console based Burnout games, start with the second one. IMO the best version of Burnout 2 was on Gamecube (a rarity that the Gamecube version is the best!)...awesome tracks and awesome music. Great driving model, graphically beautiful, etc etc...everything you'd want in a balls out awesome arcade racer.

I've yet to play Burnout 3 or 4, but Burnout 1 wasn't all that hot.

Burnout 2 was one of the best impulse buys I made on the Gamecube.