FlatOut demo now on Live

Cue the "when is it coming too psn" posts

Don't mock. It's very important for words like "Carnage" and "Revenge" to be accompanied by flipping and burning cars. Otherwise I might get the game confused with "Custer's Revenge".

Ah, creative freedom.

Flatout,the poor men Burnout.

Walking,The poor men Driving.

The Jungle,The poor men Woods.

Peeing,the poor men e...You know the rest.

this demo is craptacular

suh-weet. I really enjoyed the original FlatOut for xbox....and to whomever said Carmageddon--HELL YEAH!! great fun for playing on PC! GTA is almost the same thing--except you don't get points for not doing missions just to run over pedestrians (among other major differences). anyways, I think that was one of the last PC games I ever bought (aside from FF:VII for the PC).

@ Word of the street.

Wow is Flatout,the poor men Burnout?

people are stupid, how can you use "poor man" on games when they're going to cost the same

example
now for cars, its a whole different story like the infinity G35 coupe and the nissan altima coupe. both look the same but the nissan is the poor man's G35

Did anything hit Live today? Not that it matters im way too busy with Lair, Blue Dragon, Warhawk, and Metroid Prime 3 really. But I still want to know.

This game > Burnout imo.

It doesn't have a rediculous slow motion crash every time it happens. I swear after 30 seconds of playing burnout, only 3 of them have been in real time.

Just download the demo and play the carnage race mode. Its really really great fun.

Not sure if i'd spend money on it, but its great fun.

Played that race at least 15-20 times (had it for ages on EU xbox live).

And the minigames that come with the actual game are pretty fun (If the original 2 are anything to go by). Bowling by crashing your car into a wall and letting your driver fly over the wall and along into the pins.

Fun stuff i tells yah.

Dont bash it till you've tried it. While its obviously drawing some fairly strong roots from burnout, its got a lot of original stuff going for it. The environments are amazingly destructable and the game is generally just a lot of fun.

Give it a shot anyhoo

I wish the Wii had a Demo Channel.

I've had this game for a while (region free) and it's a lot like Burnout. Crashing opponents is tougher, you don't just boost into them and they shatter. It's more about wearing them down till their damage levels either slows them or blows them up.
The career mode is good, but you will see repeating tracks (or alternate route variations of them) since there are a lot of races X 3 car class types. The destruction derbies are quite fun. I found with most races the same 3-5 racers out of 12 will challenge you for the lead. And often they seem to cheat, so you need to get a fast car to keep up. Lastly, running into road debris is used to gain nitro boost, but too often I lost control driving over a pipe or something that seemed to "catch" you and cause a spin.
The mini-games (stunts) are varied, but they take a bit long to load for the 10 seconds it takes to do the stunt. Worth a rental at least.

The driving mechanic is way different from Burnout. Flatout's dev Bugbear has a simulation background with Rally Trophy, which results in Flatout having a nuanced driving model. Sure it's arcade, but it's deep, nothing like Burnout's "cars on railroad tracks" approach.

Another thing I like in Flatout is weight. The cars feel like physical objects, not cardboard scenery you throw aside as in Burnout. I do love my Burnout, too, but Flatout is actually quite the different beast, regardless of the cosmetic sameyness.

Burnout Revenge is so good.

Demo made the game come off as a slow ass burn out.....