Posted on: June 19, 2012

ElizabethSterlin

Spiele: 33 Rezensionen: 6

A riot

You'll have a whole load of fun with this game. This is Flat-Out's destructible environments and well thought-out upgrade system before the handling and environments became boring and toned-down for the sequels. Those who are used to Flat Out 2 and beyond might have a hard time hanging on to the car but you'll get in to it, the real challenge is in driving here. It's not particularly hard for a sim veteran like myself but it's nuanced enough, at least, that driving a fast lap or getting a good side-swipe or pit on an opponent feels rewarding. Flat Out 2 has its qualities, of course, and the mayhem was turned up to 11 but it lost that rallying feel and sense of actual vulnerability that made avoiding that stump/rock/barrier/opponent so much more rewarding.

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Posted on: March 28, 2020

sMull

Spiele: 384 Rezensionen: 12

A little barebones but fun

Flatout is a rally game on closed circuits but instead of racing a BMW you’re competing against a bunch of no-name junkyard scrap with one of your own. Races are frantic and chaotic thanks to a great combination of narrow roads, physics and fast opponents. And the physics engine is not just for show. Passing through barriers or build boards will slow you down--a lot or a little--depending on your angle and speed. However impressive crashes give you a lot of nitro boost, knocking down a traffic cone a bored audience and little boost. Every bit of it counts though when you’re trying to catch up to your opponents, who don’t make as many mistakes as you’d like. Speed is an important factor when passing through the environment because hitting a wall fast enough will catapult your driver out of the windshield with a nice display of ragdoll physics. The head-through-glass technique is used in the ragdoll arena where you accelerate and dump your driver forward trying to reach height, hit bowling pins, or play darts, as well as various other mini games. Even though you’re given over thirty races in five different environments, the tracks are quite similar. It was all just left and right turns, none truly being unique or having features to remember them by. However, pacing and layout are perfect, with enough variation in structure to provide lap after lap of excitement. Each race has plenty of shortcuts, bumps and jumps to provide a constant challenge. As a tribute to Destruction Derby we’re given the very fun Demolition Arena, enclosed circular tracks of destruction. To complete the tribute BugBear has decided to give us the same depth of customization that Destruction Derby offered – none. Track parameters such as laps or time of day cannot be changed. You can’t personalize your driver. Worst of all, though, Flatout has horrible instant-replay controls: Flatout features fun to watch car crashes and yet they cannot be saved or rewound and the camera cannot be moved.

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Posted on: February 2, 2021

wasdfspc79

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Spiele: 120 Rezensionen: 6

I don't really like it

I grew up with Flatout 2 and it still is a lot of fun to this date. Flatout 1 is just meh in comparison. Cons: handling is underwhelming its not possible to skip upgrade tiers crash derbys are frustrating and not fun at all Pros: many upgrade options Bottom line: just buy Flatout 2 instead, the execution in this game is just plain inferior

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Posted on: February 19, 2024

retrogamer10101

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Spiele: 19 Rezensionen: 17

The roots of Wreakfest

Solid racer with good physics (still better than a lot of current racers) which paved the way for Wreakfest, which feels closer to Wreakfest than Flatout 2, but only overall bettered by Wreakfest and in someways Faltout 2. It's still somewhat decent looking and plays very smoothly, it features a rock and funk soundtrack from around the time (although I cannot confirm it still has the original soundtrack as I am only playing it now) the game came out. The only issue I have is they did not add proper widescreen support so it will be streached if you use a widescreen resolution, there are widescreen fixes out there if you can find non malware version, I couldn't so I just went with a 4:3 resolution. Got for free but it's worth the asking price, only bettered by Flatout 2 and Wreakfest and in someways the races are better than Flatout 2.

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Posted on: June 4, 2024

Friend1A

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 38

Pretty janky

It is alright for a dollar.

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