Some of the more commonly seen data types in Burnout Paradise. This list is WIP.

Set/Array

A Set or Array, sometimes called CgsSet and CgsArray, is a contiguous series of elements of a specified data type, followed by the number of elements in use. If the elements are 64 bits long, the element count will usually (but not always) be succeeded by 4 bytes of padding; otherwise, it will have no padding.

Though technically separate, Set and Array have the same structure.

As an example, the below is the structure of Set<uint16_t, 8>.

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x10	uint16_t[8]	maElements	The elements in the array
0x10	0x4	uint32_t	muLength	The number of elements in use
0x14	0x4			padding

BitArray

As the name would suggest, a BitArray, sometimes called CgsBitArray, is an array of bits. Unlike an Array, the element count is not part of the structure, making it hardcoded.

Note that a BitArray is stored as a series of uint64_t. This can be confusing if the data is in little endian byte order. Due to this, every BitArray, even when below 64 bits in length, is padded to 64 bits.

The below is the structure of BitArray<200>. Notice how even though the bits only take up 0x19 bytes, 0x20 bytes are allocated.

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x20	uint64_t[4]	maxBits	The elements in the array

CgsID

A CgsID is a typedef of uint64_t which is heavily used across the game. Its original intent appears to be as a new moniker for GtID, Criterion's in-house compressed string type, and it sees extensive use in this role. However, at times, it is also used to store the IDs colloquially referred to as GameDB IDs. Conversely, GameDB IDs are not always stored as a CgsID, commonly being a normal uint64_t or uint32_t instead.

Name	Type	Size
CgsID	uint64_t	0x8

Vector

Vectors in Burnout Paradise are structures made up of floats. They are primarily used for positional values but have been used in other cases, such as colors and gear ratios. Though a number of types besides floats are technically supported, they are seemingly never used.

The below structures represent the data held, but many vectors use the VectorIntrinsic type, causing them to be 0x10 long regardless of their structure.

VectorIntrinsic

Name	Type	Size
VectorIntrinsic	float[4]	0x10

Vector2

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x4	float	x	X value
0x4	0x4	float	y	Y value

Vector3

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x4	float	x	X value
0x4	0x4	float	y	Y value
0x8	0x4	float	z	Z value

Vector3Plus/Vector4

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x4	float	x	X value
0x4	0x4	float	y	Y value
0x8	0x4	float	z	Z value
0xC	0x4	float	w	W value

Matrix

Matrices are structures made up of vectors. They see similar use to vectors but are three-dimensional rather than planar.

Matrix33

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x10	Vector3	xAxis	X axis
0x10	0x10	Vector3	yAxis	Y axis
0x20	0x10	Vector3	zAxis	Z axis

Matrix44

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x10	Vector4	xAxis	X axis
0x10	0x10	Vector4	yAxis	Y axis
0x20	0x10	Vector4	zAxis	Z axis
0x30	0x10	Vector4	wAxis	W axis

Matrix44Affine

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x10	Vector3	xAxis	X axis
0x10	0x10	Vector3	yAxis	Y axis
0x20	0x10	Vector3	zAxis	Z axis
0x30	0x10	Vector3	wAxis	W axis

Matrix44AffinePacked

Offset	Size	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x10	Vector4	xAxis	X axis
0x10	0x10	Vector4	yAxis	Y axis
0x20	0x10	Vector4	zAxis	Z axis

Hashes

Criterion used several hash formats, including HashInt/TypeID (AttribSys), ID (Bundle), and CgsSound::PlayBack::Hash (Registry). Todo.