This is not another Burnout instalment, but Full Auto 2: Battlelines on PS3. It's an experience that can be described as a combination of a destruction derby on Prozac, and the Burnout series which has enjoyed much success.

Whether you're a speed demon or enjoy an all out onslaught, Full Auto 2: Battlelines has enough variety to satisfy anyone's preference. You have a few modes to choose from, starting off with your standard Online, Career and Arcade, followed by Head-to-Head. Excluding career and online mode, each mode has three event types: Race, Gladiator and Team Gladiator.

The Gladiator events can be great, but racing is probably the best place to start. With every mode you start out with the bare essentials, so you'll be quickly disposed of in Gladiator events where you only have toy gun compared with your opponent's arsenal. At the start of each race you're given objectives from knocking off X amount of cars to taking down lead cars. Meeting these objectives sees you win rewards, unlocking additional weapons and cars, which can then be accessed across other event types.

Career mode tries to follow the storyline of "taking back the city from the Ascendants", however it's not evident at first and not much effort seems to have been put into it. The emphases really is on the racing and combat aspect of the game. From the outset you're outnumbered almost 8 to 1 and no matter how many you take down, and how far ahead you get, they seem to pop out from everywhere. This is probably due to the fact that a number of the tracks have short cuts, some easily seen and others not until you blow them up or smash through.

A lot of the races take place in the intercity area, so you have all the obstacles of traffic or roadworks and you can create a few obstacles of your own. The city is destructible, so you can shoot down water tanks or flatten buildings to block chasing cars. You can even crash through corner shops to give you more room to turn. The destructibility also applies to the gladiator events as well, although they take place in arenas based in derelict areas of the city.

The gladiator events are great when you have the right firepower. Like career mode, each car has a primary and secondary weapon to choose from. The gladiator event is a points scoring event so everyone is out to get anyone. At times, though, you can't help but feel ripped when you see opponents only nibble on each other and then go all out on you.

You do have guides to find or try and attack from behind, but it seems every time you think you have the upper hand, another piles in on top. That's not to say winning is not possible, it just take a lot more than speed to get you past this.

If you think going it alone it is not your thing, then you can jump into a team gladiator event. It's basically the same principle as the gladiator event, but this time you compete as a team and again top scoring team wins.

If you want to take it online then you have a choice of Base Assault or Cat & Mouse. Base Assault is a team event and the aim is to collect and deliver a package to enemy base. It's not just any package though; this is a package of the C4 type and is delivered by crashing into the base. Cat and Mouse is another team event. The idea is to get your mouse home past the finish line first while the cats chase you down and stop you at all cost.

Like most games, you can also pick up powerups such as instant repairs or ammo. Some are visible and others found through blowing up structures or shortcuts. If you have decent firepower then collecting instant repairs will get you through most. The firepower, though, depends on the car you choose as some cars can't carry the heavier artillery.

The cars are all unique and look in pristine condition - before the race anyway - and the skin can be modified to meet your specs. Mind you, the whole game looks pretty good from the streets to the arena, and racing through narrow areas gives you a feel for how fast you're going. Watching your opponents crash and explode before you is just as impressive. They just disintegrate into pieces as if they were made of glass.