FlatOut

This game is so good it cured me from the cancer i got from playing NFS Unbound, amazing soundtrack btw, happy to be able to play this gem again thank you 9/10

tl;dr get it on sale, it's good but pretty short (3 cups, 9+16+25 races, 3-5 laps, mostly 3). This is a dirt rally game, so the focus is on slippery serpantine hell rather than going fast on straight stretches of the road. It's very punishing, sometimes unfairly so (e.g. mild collision at slow speed + immovable object = comical car crash, shortcuts are more threatening than helpful, insane physics, etc) but it's not particularly hard outside of a few silver cup races. I felt like there was little to no rubberbanding (you lose enough speed at turns to make up for it though) and the game was mostly easy aside from the aforementioned silver cup. Not all cars are viable (don't buy the speedevil lmao) but there's fun to be had, it's not dated at all. Recommended. The music is good too. Also there are bonus games, you can do them any of them whenever, there's 3 tiers (they unlock at the start of each cup). They require too much practice to be good at, but they're optional, and high jump is a very easy way to make tons of money. For comparison: the second game leans more into the more mainstream, Need For Speed type of gameplay, so while it's good, I wouldn't compare it to its predecessor…

Nostalgia at its finest right here. It delivers if you remember it delivering all those years ago. Its also ridiculously refreshing to not have a 3rd party launcher, or have to connected to internet, or have to make it account. Old games over new games any day!

gud

Please read. (4/10) Recommended, no. I came into flat-out with no nostalgia to this game or the series, So this was my first experience with the original game. Unfortunately, It didn't hold up particularly well for me. The biggest issue I had is the handling, The cars often feel heavy and unpredictable, Making races more frustrating than fun. The career can become repetitive, repeated maps and reversed ones too. Some events feel more like battles against the controls than AI. The damage system is impressive for its time, but by modern standards isn't enough to carry the gameplay. the soundtrack is cool and the damage certainly makes for some funny moments, you can certainly see the foundation for the series ahead. I can see why people played it on release and still come back to it but the lack of nostalgia and the sometimes frustrating gameplay didn't do it for me. I played this almost to complete in one night roughly 4 hours and all standard races completed, I did NOT have a great time with the other extra events like driver bowling and high jump they seemed clunky and very annoying to complete. The credit system is fine although the small car list isn't great for a first timer…

10/10 first game i fell in love with, could play this game for days, sound track is amazing, only draw back is no Online Multi!