FlatOut box art
Playing Played Wish List Backlog
Add to Shelf Add to List

See more on IGDB

FlatOut (2004)

Bugbear Entertainment

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 2 · Xbox

3.64 from 232 ratings

1004 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 434 backlogged · 29 wish listed

FlatOut is adrenaline-filled muscle car racing game packed with explosive physics, spectacular effects and graphics, innovative game play mechanics and good old fun!
Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Details

Developers
Bugbear Entertainment
Publishers
Empire Interactive, Konami, Strategy First
Genres
Racing, Simulator
Themes
Action
Series
FlatOut
Steam
View on Steam

Release dates

  • Nov 05, 2004 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Jul 12, 2005 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Oct 13, 2005 (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • Feb 02, 2007 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jul 24, 2014 (Worldwide) Linux

Also available on

Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Featured in lists

PlayStation 2 by KiingShady · 213 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
51
4 stars
70
3 stars
88
2 stars
22
1 star
1
Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Community All Reviews Statuses

Atag

Status Atag Jul 22, 2024

If anyones a fan of the old FlatOut games, the original, 2, and Ultimate Carnage (re-release of FlatOut 2 on the PS3 and 360 generation) have received a surprise major update on steam. Other entries in the franchise might have been updated too. The list of updates include:

  • Steam Deck Verified
  • Added Steam Workshop
  • Added Steam trading cards, backgrounds, emojis, …
Read more

If anyones a fan of the old FlatOut games, the original, 2, and Ultimate Carnage (re-release of FlatOut 2 on the PS3 and 360 generation) have received a surprise major update on steam. Other entries in the franchise might have been updated too. The list of updates include:

  • Steam Deck Verified
  • Added Steam Workshop
  • Added Steam trading cards, backgrounds, emojis, and badges
  • Added Steam Cloud support
  • Added widescreen support. (Up to 21:9)
  • Added Czech, Russian, Hungarian and Polish languages
  • Fixed texture issues with Blocker and Pepper cars
  • Higher quality music tracks
  • Improved model pop-in
  • Minor fixes and improvements
Read less
3 Comment Permalink
Atag

Status Atag Oct 6, 2023

Been thinking about doing a series on PS2 games that still hold up today - FlatOut would probably be top of that list. Full disclosure, I have a lot of nostalgia for this game, particularly the main starting track.

3 cars driving around a corner bunched up together with the middle car on fire. The race track is tarmac but in a rural setting

Everything from the american rock music whilst you're racing, to the incredible physics systems, and the simplicity of the car upgrades. …

Read more

Been thinking about doing a series on PS2 games that still hold up today - FlatOut would probably be top of that list. Full disclosure, I have a lot of nostalgia for this game, particularly the main starting track.

3 cars driving around a corner bunched up together with the middle car on fire. The race track is tarmac but in a rural setting

Everything from the american rock music whilst you're racing, to the incredible physics systems, and the simplicity of the car upgrades. It all just fits into one neat package. Playing the steam version at the moment with a controller plugged in and it's taking me back to 2005.

group of 4 cars racing on a woodland dirt track with the middle driver crashing and flying out of their car

I don't know if it's the nostalgia or the fact that I've just missed a good old fashioned plug and play racing game, but I can't overstate how beautifully simple it is. I love that there's only a handful of cars to choose from, and the upgrades are linear, meaning that your car can only really get better and better although I think there is finer tuning if you want it? Perhaps if this were a £30 game i'd be complaining about its simplicity, but there's something really joyful about jumping straight into a race and just focusing on smashing some cars up and finding those shortcuts!

low angle shot of a single car mid air after driving up a jump ramp. The jump is clearing a part of the racetrack that is under construction. Trees are in the background and there is a construction truck holding up the ramp

Read less
1 Comment Permalink