The Burnout Game Data format contains configuration data and settings for a given track, such as traffic density levels, whether the track is forward or reverse, spawn coordinates for player and traffic vehicles, the start/end location of a lap, signature takedown data, and much more. It uses the extension .BGD.

This page documents the BGD version used by the Takedown-era Burnout games; see the Burnout 2 Game Data page for documentation of the rather different and much older version of the format used by Burnout 2: Point of Impact.

Versions

BGD uses a single number at the very start of the file to indicate its version.

	Version
	0x07	0x08	0x09	0x10	0x11	0x13	0x0B
Date	Apr 2004	Jun 2004	Jul 2004	May 2005	Jul 2005	Jan 2007	Feb 2007
Games	Takedown (Early Demo)	Takedown (Preview Build)	Takedown Legends	Revenge (2005, Early Demo)	Revenge (2005)	Dominator^(PS2)	Dominator^(PSP)

Layout (Version 0x11)

Game Data

Offset	Name	Type	Value
0x00	Version number	uint	0x11
0x08	Stage data IDs	GtID[]
0x648	Stage data offsets	Stage Data*[]
0x968	Stage count	int
0x96C	Single race data offset	Single Race Data*
0x970	Track data offset	Track Data*
0x974	Traffic data offset	Traffic Data*
0x978	Traffic lanes data offset	Traffic Lanes Data*
0x97C	AI lanes data offset	AI Lanes Data*
0x980	Camera data offset	Camera Data*
0x984	Detour data offset	Detour Data*

Stage Data

Offset	Name	Type	Value	Notes
0x00	Drivers	AI Driver[6]		Array of 6 driver data blocks; each block is 0x98 in length.
0x390	Track ID	GtID
0x398	Stage ID	GtID
0x3A0	Gold medal threshold	float
0x3A4	Silver medal threshold	float
0x3A8	Bronze medal threshold	float
0x3AC	Time limit	float
0x3B0	Driver count	int	0x06
0x3B4	Lap count	int
0x3B8	Track data size	int32
0x3BC	Track data offset	Track Data*
0x3C0	Traffic data size	int32
0x3C4	Traffic data offset	Traffic Data*
0x3C8	Traffic lanes size	int32
0x3CC	Traffic lanes offset	Traffic Lanes Data*
0x3D0	AI lanes size	int32
0x3D4	AI lanes offset	AI Lanes Data*
0x3D8	Camera data size	int32
0x3DC	Camera data offset	Camera Data*
0x3E0	Hard start	uint8
0x3E1	Crash golf par	int8
0x3E4	Pad	uint8[]
0x3E8	Crash golf target	int

AI Driver

Offset	Name	Type
0x00	Vehicle class ID	GtID
0x08	Vehicle ID	GtID
0x10	Minimum split values	float[16]
0x50	Maximum split values	float[16]
0x90	Aggression	uint8
0x91	Maximum aggression	uint8
0x92	Delta aggression	uint8
0x93	Catchup tailoff	uint8
0x94	Vehicle color	int8
0x95	Takedown difficulty	int8
0x96	Flags	int8
0x97	Difficulty	uint8

Single Race Data

Offset	Name	Type	Value	Notes
0x00	Driver arrays	AI Driver[9][6]
0x2010	Driver count	int[9]

Track Data

Offset	Name	Type	Value
0x00	Start positions	Start Position[6]
0x1E0	Start lines	Start Line
0x2E0	Finish lines	Finish Line
0x470	Signature takedowns offset	Signature Takedown*[]
0x474	Crash Mode pickups offset	Crash Pickup*[]
0x478	Crash Mode ramps offset	Crash Ramp*[]
0x47C	Version number	uint	0x08
0x480	Intro sequences	int[]
0x488	Start line count	int
0x48C	Finish line count	int
0x490	Split time checkpoint count	int
0x494	Signature takedown count	int
0x498	Crash Mode pickup count	int
0x49C	Crash Mode ramp count	int

Start Position

Offset	Name	Type
0x00	Matrix	Matrix3x4
0x40	Stream unit index	int
0x44	AI lane index	int
0x48	AI lane segment index	int
0x4C	Pad	int

Signature Takedown

Offset	Name	Type	Value	Notes
0x00	Box	Matrix3x4		Start and end coordinates of the zone into which a rival must be taken down.
0x40	Type	ESignatureTakedownType

AI Lanes Data

Offset	Name	Type	Value	Notes
0x00	Lane data version number	int	0x07
0x04	Lane count	int
0x08	Slice count	int
0x0C	Environment slice count	int
0x10	Corner count	int
0x14	Checkpoint count	int
0x18	Crossover slice count	int
0x1C	Lanes offset	AI Lane*[]		Pointer to an array of AI Lanes
0x20	Slices offset	Slice*[]		Pointer to an array of Slices
0x24	Environment slices offset	Environment Slice*[]		Pointer to an array of Environment Slices
0x28	Corners offset	Corner*[]		Pointer to an array of Corners
0x2C	Crossover slices offset	Crossover Slice*[]		Pointer to an array of Crossover Slices
0x30	Nodes offset	Node*[]		Pointer to an array of Nodes
0x34	Checkpoints	AI Checkpoint[]
0xB4	Color occluded	int
0xB4	Color visible	int

AI Checkpoint

Offset	Name	Type
0x00	Distance	float
0x04	Minimum time	float
0x08	Maximum time	float
0x0C	Slice	uint16
0x0E	Pad	uint16

AI Lane

Offset	Name	Type	Value	Notes
0x00	Data	word*
0x04	Index	int

Slice

Offset	Name	Type
0x00	Cumulative length	float
0x04	Indicator	uint8
0x05	Weather intensity	uint8
0x06	Pad 1	int8
0x07	Pad 2	int8

Environment Slice

Not to be confused with Environment Track Data.

Offset	Name	Type
0x00	Slice index	int
0x04	Sky bloom color RGB	uint8[3]
0x07	Sky color intensity	uint8
0x08	Specular color RGB	uint8[3]
0x0B	Specular intensity	uint8
0x0C	Cloud color RGB	uint8[3]
0x0F	World brightness intensity	uint8
0x10	Bloom threshold	uint8
0x11	World bloom intensity	uint8
0x12	Environment map intensity	uint8
0x13	Cloud intensity	uint8
0x14	Flags	int