
When it comes to the game mechanics, these are super easy to master, as you have to accelerate, brake, turn, and use nitro-boost when it pops up, preferably not in the middle of a corner (because then you'll crash and burn). No matter how we perform, for instance, we're always depending on things that are beyond our control, and our car has a tendency to end up on its side with incredible frequency, as if the doors were made of cast iron. That old balance of skidding, sliding, and the weight of the car from the old games is nowhere to be seen. It felt like our car weighs ten tons when trying to corner, but when we got hit, it might as well have been made of cardboard. This isn't a game that tries to simulate any type of realistic car physics, though - not even a little. It took exactly four seconds of the first race before the sparks hit the side of our car because aggressive opponents rubbed up against us as if we were their good luck charm.

When you start career mode, there are two junkheaps that you can choose from, and we chose a rusty old car that looked like a Beetle, setting off on our career.įlatout 4: Total Insanity is naturally (as the name suggests) packed full of total insanity on four wheels.
#Flatout 4 best cars driver#
The game is structured in the same way as its predecessors - there are different types of regular competitions where it's all about being first to the finish various stunt events where you have to shoot the driver out of the car (right out the front window, as usual) and a fully-fledged arena mode where the winner is the driver who can survive the longest.

Unfortunately, though, this wasn't the case, as Flatout 4: Total Insanity is mediocre at best.

When the gasoline-soaked studio Kylotonn ( WRC 5) took the franchise into the current generation, we thought we'd get the same heart-pumping action all in 1080p, and that it'd be just as fun. There was never really a perfect game in that series, but they were always good looking, fast, crazy, and entertaining above all else. Flatout has always been about madness and high octane destruction from inside an old stock car.
