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I just want to say that Flatout is an amazing amount of fun. It could be my new favorite racing game.
The graphics are quite good, even by today's standards. It has a realistic graphics style with a slightly overbright color palette. The shadows are well done, and hitting things sends pieces flying. Your driver also goes flying, ragdoll style, if you hit a solid object. On a Radeon 3870 I can set it to full detail with 4x AA and full Anisotropy, and the frame rate is perfectly smooth. The game has great physics. A little bit arcadey, but with a very natural feel that makes immersion really easy.
The controls are fully configurable. The menus are structured like a console so the whole game can be operated with a gamepad. Playing with a gamepad seems to have zero lag and is responsive.
The music is upbeat guitar rock. It won't win any grammys, but it suits the game well and gets your energy up. In the long term I'll probably turn on just the sound FX and play other music. The sound FX are quite good.
Overall an excellent, visceral, extremely fun racing game. I tend to giggle while playing it, which is an endorsement all its own. A steal for the price.
It seems you gave FlatOut a 0/5 by mistake... you should edit your review (good one btw) to modify the rating (if possible) :)
I concur! This game is a blast. Well worth the low price here on GOG
I meant to give this 5 stars. For some reason, if you select the score first, and then post a review, it doesn't keep the score. So oops.
If an admin happens to read this, could you change the score for me, or let me know how to delete my review and repost it?
Thanks.
Hey I have never tried Flatout, but I have Flatout2 and Flatout Ultimate Carnage. I'm not big in racing games, but FO is fun. If I have the later games, is the first one worth getting?
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SYNK: Hey I have never tried Flatout, but I have Flatout2 and Flatout Ultimate Carnage. I'm not big in racing games, but FO is fun. If I have the later games, is the first one worth getting?

Try a demo.
FO1 is a very different game. There's much less emphasis on destruction. It's much easier to throw yourself through the windshield (slightly brushing a guardrail will do it), and doing so even once pretty much means you lose. As a result, you have to race very carefully, like you're trying to pass your driver's test. Very frustrating at times.
Even so, it's one of the few racing games I've actually managed to finish. Others have met with less success, however.
Post edited August 10, 2009 by ZamFear
Thanks ZamFear, I'll check it out.