Flatout was my childhood, I used to race my dad and my younger brother. My dad would win every time though 😂😂😂. It’s just one of those games that I’ll never forget, it’s fun, competitive and absolutely insane
I was born in 2004, so I was 4 at time this game came out. My story with this series started when I was about 6-7 and my younger bro gave me CD from my mom’s friend’s son FlatOut 1(in Czech language, cuz I am Slovak). He thought I would like it so he took it. And I played at least 2k hours on that throughout 5 years I have been playing the non-steam version of it. Then maybe in 2011-2012 my mom bought me FlatOut UC cuz she mistook it for FlatOut 2 😂. But I have been playing UC since that day a lot also. So now I can proudly say I am a veteran in this game by the age of 18. 😂😂
I absolutely love FO2 and FO:UC, actually the only thing that I don't like about UC is multiplayer via Windows live, but other than that, they are flawless in my opinion.
I downloaded this game again on Steam and had a blast from the past. Something about the graphics and the cars looking reworked in some aspects (both visual and performance) makes the game feel like a 2022 launch. Carnage Mode is cool as hell.
Man this is an absolute gem of the old days of racing games. Really brings me back to when I oblitirate my cousin on multiplayer lmao. Just a suggestion but you really should try eve of destruction/driven to destruction. That's literally wreckfest and a bit of flatout wrapped into one single enjoyable piece of entertainment with a touch of older graphics AND a bit more sense of progression. Really really recommended
Man, seeing someone else play my literal childhood feels amazing. It's a complete nostalgia bomb. I never actually played FlatOut 2 or Ultimate Carnage, instead I played the PSP version which is a weird mashup of the FlatOut 2 graphics with the Career and Challenges of Ultimate Carnage
It was my understanding that the Characters had different A.I. behaviour when they were driving. When driving near or around Curtis from my experience, he can be quite aggressive and throw his car around at you if you get too close. Lei Bing is super defensive/aggressive when she is in first place. Trying to overtake her sometimes was a challenge - once she had that first place spot the A.I fought hard to defend it. Majority of the other characters such as Jill Richards or Sofia they race traditionally with the occasional aggressive (from experience last night from when I was playing this lol).
Nice to see you trying out some other games and of course also starting out with an absolute classic. I would love to see you try out some other mid 2000's Racing Games cause there are a lot of lesser known gems out there. Keep it up man.
Hahaha, same experience here! I loved this game on my PSP and now i'm replaying it on my Steam Deck with the PC version. You said it perfectly, there's just something missing about those modern games. When someone told me Forza was an arcade racer i was like "Oooh so like Burnout or Flatout?!" and they agreed and i tried it out only to see that...god seriously, how can Forza be called an arcade racer, it even has that guiding line that makes sure you know the best way to approach each and every segment of a track. I don't want that. I wanna race fast, crash other cars and use nitro, haha. Either Burnout with their supernatural-speed cars or Flatout with its heavy beasts that bulldoze one another, both approaches are fine. Btw - Trailout felt quite similar to Flatout! It's a modern reimagining of the formula by different developers and while i only played it for a short amount of time so far, it is also a little more challenging than Flatout: UC. You might like that one! (in case you haven't already played it, i'm on my way to check your channel out after finding you through this video, haha. Was a pleasure to watch, your voice is wonderful to listen to!)
I love the flatout games, spent a lot of time as a little kid playing the stunt modes with my brother and dad and I’m 22 now, my dad is almost 50 so we don’t spend much time together so when we play Xbox I really cherish it bc of the memories I have, and I just bought a 360 to be able to play this and other games again
THIS, I REMEMBER THIS. I remember when I was little I used to play this racing game with sport related game modes and now I finally found it. I’ve been wondering about it for so so long
1:27 actually, each driver DOES drive differently, jack benton is really good and drives well, sofia martinez drives cleanly along with jack, frank malicov is brain damaged and old, so he's the worst driver ai, and so on.
dont forget the bonus cars, Flatmobiile was hell of fun (also they changed the class from Racer to Street in Ultimate Carnage when you pick Flatmobile in stuff)
sadly what creators doesn't have rights to this franchise _wold be cool if tracks from flatout 2 were added to wreckfest (like tracks from carmageddon)_
Had Bugbear not sold the IP of FlatOut, Ultimate Carnage was planned to have DLC as well as allow custom cars to be introduced to the game along with new game mods and allow modding of tracks and cars but sadly was scrapped. Wreckfest instead shows off what FlatOut could have eventually be as it has a ton of cars and tracks. Thankfully there is another developer on the works of Trail-Out which is a direct sequel of FlatOut which is planned to come out later this year and plans to add content that Ultimate Carnage didn't get
I think the newer racing sim games, and even hybrids like Forza, are all really impressive and cool. However, I sort of just want to stare at the cars and the pretty lighting. Those newer realistic sims simply don't give me the same kind of fun factor I remember from my youth. To me, it's the Burnout, Flatout, Twisted Metal, Outrun, Crazy Taxi, and Mario Kart series that produced the most fun for me, my friends, and family. I just downloaded Forza 5 as it's a free play weekend on steam. It's definitely fun and has impressive depth, but it's hard to master and I know it wouldn't keep my interest long. It's 50% off and I was tempted, glad I got to try it free. I came out of playing it purchasing Flatout: UC and wish-listing Wreckfest lol.
@@automotiveflux Definitely gonna get it. It seems to go on sale ever 1-2 months so I'm gonna wait until it drops from $30 to $12 again. I'm already so stoked for it that it's taking a lot of willpower to not just purchase at full price lol. Got Flatout: UC for $3.99 though. That's already been worth it. I had 1 and 2 for PS2 and UC already seems like the best version.
This game is really difficult in the beginning you can't screw up if you want to win and if you crash forget about it you will never see the rubber band AI drivers they don't make mistakes. Weird game suggests to crash but it messes things up.
Honestly I think the first flatout is the only good one in the series imo. Wreck fest is 2nd for me. I hated this game. Forgot which one this was until I watched the video. Poop
I love the driving physics in Dirt 2, all time favorite racing game. Wait... Maybe. Might be tied with NFS Most Wanted. Had the most badass evo in that game. So much fun.
I got this game with one of my Graphics cards, i had two GeForce 8800GT 512MB in SLI back then 2007, and i LOVED this game, the racing game which i played almost the most, after Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005). Both great racing games games, back then i has a racing set, paddels and steer, i do not have that anymore for a long time, but yeah FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage was/is a great game.
