Flatout: Ultimate Carnage | 
| From: Empire Games
List Price: $9.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 2745
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: Arcade Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: PCSWAR118798
Model: 118798
UPC: 085391187981
EAN: 0085391187981
ASIN: B000VM9DMI
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Deathmatch Demolition Derby provides Xbox Live gamers online racing, stunts and competitions in the destructive racing style that only FlatOut can deliver. | | • | Unparalleled destruction with metal crunching, bone breaking, spectacular crashes | | • | Hilarious Ragdoll characters catapulted in-race and return of the suicidal 12 mini games | | • | Two distinct game styles - FlatOut Mode and Carnage Mode | | • | Supports offline as well as Live! multiplayer game modes |
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A Little Bit of Everything October 18, 2009
Pyanfar Chanur (USA)
I just got this, and I have to say the price is worth it. I'd expected Flatout Ultimate Carnage might be a pretty tired rehash, given that it's up against the likes of Gran Turismo, Grid, Need for Speed, Sega Rally Revo and especially Burnout.
Thankfully, Flatout seems to have pulled the best features of its competitors together in a game that's not very sophisticated, but is a lot of fun. Here you have the environmental physics of Sega Rally Revo and Dirt: standing water, mud, dust, and pavement all have an effect on your vehicle. You have the damage gradient of Need for Speed: Pro Street in that your car can lose bits and pieces of itself and get a bit shaky, but it'll still run all the way through the race. And finally, you have the crazy antics of Burnout: crash your car (or other players), smash into things, and you charge your boost meter. Wreck spectacularly to get achievements. Tap the "Reset" button and you plunk back down in the middle of the road, in the middle of the action.
As if that isn't enough, like its cousins in the genre, Flatout lets you keep a garage of many cars, customizing each to your liking with specific upgrades. Since the physics is an integral part of the enviroment, you feel the difference with each vehicle and each change you make to it. You go through a career mode with multiple race types and varying tracks. Some tracks will repeat themselves across tiers, but the fact that you have a different goal (e.g., race versus derby mode) makes it never a dull moment.
The only real drawback to Flatout Ultimate Carnage is that it is easy. I'm no pro, but I quickly climbed the ladder. Many places in the road are designed to hand you stuff to smash into so you charge your boost meter, most AI drivers aren't too smart, and I often found myself with a nice healthy addition to my boost meter if I had to reset the vehicle: use it immediately and you're back up to speed within seconds.
One other drawback for PC users is that this game really doesn't play well with a keyboard. It's awkward, and without bothering to map the keys to some custom configuration, I found it much easier to just go ahead and use the XBox 360 Controller like the manual tells you to. You'll find the biggest advantage in the gas pedal: on the keyboard it's either full throttle or coasting when you tap the accelerator, but on the XBox 360 Controller, the trigger understands the difference when you just give it a squeeze: it picks up on the nuances you need to handle your car through the curves.
 Super fun game. January 29, 2009
C. Engel (Iowa)
This game is super fun to play, it can be pretty challenging as well. I am running a P4 3.6ghz 6800 Geforce with 4 gigs of RAM and all settings are on high. Runs smooth and the graphics are outstanding. I was very pleased with this purchase and it is providing me with hours of fun. The action is insane.
 Check your computer specs December 26, 2008
J. Huber (CT, USA)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
My son got this for Christmas. Was all psyched to play it on his 6 month old laptop. Installed it and tried to play. Got an error about shading. Read the manual but nothing listed as a possible cause. Then, I checked the specs on the back of the box. There in type so small I needed to get a magnifying glass to read it states "on-board/integrated graphics cards and laptops not supported" I know to check this stuff if in store, but online there was nothing listed about these limitations.
Flatout dun! December 21, 2008
S. Miller (San Jose, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Too much fun. No issues at all. One of the most re-playable games ever! You will play it over and over...very deep and lot's to do.
Loads of Fun December 1, 2008
X - MAN (Tucson, Arizona United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Really enjoy this game!! If you like driving mind blowing fast and then crashing into objects and other cars, and of course watching them blow-up, you won't do much better than this game.
Make sure you've got a beefy machine to run this, especially a good video card. It's the only way to do this game justice.
Had to knock off one star due to the music. A little too hard core RAP Crap for my liking. Could have thrown in something for the 40+ driving fans who know a good driving game and what good music is. Have fun!!
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