Trail Out: Complete Edition

The game feels alot like the good ol' "FlatOut 2 " and has many similarities,it's obviously inspired by it. I'm not a hardcore race game fan i just like to have fun in some race games and this game is definitely fun. Same as in FlatOut 2 your opponents have names and personalities,which makes it extra fun to race against them or to destroy their car in a race and see them flying out of the front window in a crash. I wish the game had the same ranking system flatout 2 has but im still having fun in this game. If you like FlatOut 2 you are gonna like this game too.

I wanted a racing game with supports split screen, so decided to try TrailOut. It is an arcade style racing game which I play with 2 Xbox controllers connected to my PC. The UI has some issues with Xbox-controller, so I need to use my mouse quite regularly to control the UI. Because it only effects the UI for selection (so not while driving) I considered this an annoying but minor bug. Overall I really enjoy playing this game offering lots of different racing variants, from demolition derby to cart races (knocking each other over the head with a bat), from off-road racing to city racing.

I watched a few reviews & gameplay videos of this game, before deciding whether to dive-in, and the one thing I noticed... Some players were trying to push their system beyond what it was capable of, seemingly not realising that was causing most of their problems. Trail Out is VERY resource-hungry, so whatever you think your system is capable of achieving, knock it down a notch. Adjust individual graphics settings, until you get the right balance of quality & performance. I'm not certain if it's just the way the game is, or the way it's been programmed is the cause, but if you try to crank it up without taking-account of just how hungry this game is, you WILL have problems. Seeing the FPS fall off a cliff in some of the videos I watched, I wish I could've shouted at the screen to tell them how to fix it, but I suspect they gave-up on the game, blaming everything but themselves *shrugs*. Anyway, I dived-in and I'm glad I did, it's a LOT of fun :-D.

Trail Out I purchased lately, with 'Flatout 2' in mind, that I still enjoy actually in it's later 'carnage' version. I agree with those who compare it to this, and Wreckfest which I also bought here awhile ago. It shows some progress that GOG does includes it here; it's another racer that fits right in with the spirit of that excellent series, it's mostly excellent as well. I have two minor complaints, that for others may not matter much, as the gameplay itself again is very good -- There is too much story, more than usual or than flatout; and I like racing more than career biographies or characters, or I would play an RPG (as I also like to do sometimes). Also, there are no replays in Trail Out. Especially after losses or crashes, I like to know what happened afterward. It is also something to watch if one has lost the race, at least for entertainment and to see that one good move you made in the second lap before you got plowed off the track into a desert wasteland in your third lap. Lol. Trail Out in it's other features (and frankly the story also reminds me of a twisted EA story) reminds me of the glory days of PC auto racing games of the past, and plenty good for the present. If it offered replays I would consider it perfect in every way. I can only give 3.5 stars, 4 here, because this especially was disappointing in an otherwise fun game. I also don't regret my purchase, as the racing is fun; and I hope the developers do well enough to consider creating another that does include replays. I will also point out it is nothing to do with nationality that I do not like the story; THAT is the ONLY thing I DO like about the story! Lol: Lets hear it for 'The Eastern Block'! YEAH! :-)