FlatOut

This game is heavily in the "arcade" end of the arcade-simulator spectrum, so you're in for some mindless fun and occasional demolition derby. You can select realistic handling, however, if you want some challenge. On realistic, loose gravel is very loose and you'll have trouble even going straight. One nice gimmick of the game is that every object has its own individual physics. This means that, for example, every time you hit a tire wall, the tires will scatter around and bounce randomly. There's a fair bit of rubber-band AI, but considering that smashing into stuff (and your fellow competitors) is part of the game, that's not entirely a bad thing. When you crank the graphics settings to maximum, which you can easily do on a modern PC, the game doesn't look half-bad, either. The soundtrack is awesome, but starts repeating itself after a few races. In short: If you're into arcade racing, pick this up.

Nevermind the crazy ragdoll physics, odd sluggishness when using analog steering, or the pseudorealistic gameplay, this is a decent game. My only real complaint is that it gets old fairly quickly if you're not a die-hard fan, as there is little variety in car choices (as opposed to the sequels). For six bucks, you could do a lot worse, however I personally would recommend an old NFS game (like Hot Pursuit 2).

I really enjoy playing this game- especially with a xbox 360 controller. The racing is fun arcade style, there is an career mode where you race, win money and invest it to tune your car or buy new cars and last car standing demolition. The crashes... lots of them with a damage system. Anyway, one thing that bothers me is that some parts of this game really remind me of early 90s racers and that is... the fact that all that damage doesnt seem to affect the cars physics? Also its next to impossible to bump other cars out of your way- it seems they are glued together if you try to give them a bump. Then again, the other drivers make their own faults, too. Even leading cars- which is really funny. I love and hate this game xD

Generally a fine game, however if you have made any mistake on the race you will have restart it in order to win. Imagine going 1st for the whole race, that just barely crossing race border, the game tells you to press r - just getting back to track is not enough. You press it and get spawned 300 m back before the hard turn, and now you are 4th. And of course, there is no option to overtake back, your opponents are goddamn Stigs. Also, even though the logo kinda tells you it is a derby game where you will have a lot fun crashing to other cars - it is not. You get no reward for hitting other cars, and, moreover, the game is extremely hard, as I mentioned - you will have to drive as careful as possible. In general - worth to buy only if played it as a child or have PC where other racing are not an option, but I highly recommend its sequel. P.S. play it on Ubuntu 20.04 and it does not run fullscreen.

In the world of Flatout are no rules. Just you, your vehicle, some other cars and the track. Your ally is physics. You can destroy almost everyone object you see. But not only you. Physics is an ally of uncertain temper. If it wants to make you cry, it will. What are you hesitate? Just do it - buy Flatout and show the world that there is no one who is better than you are!