In Japan, the game was renamed Racing Game: Chuui!!!! It's not entirely certain why, but in any case the game got a new logo that also replaced most instances of the FlatOut logo in-game (such as one of the signs in the main menu). The name "Blocker" would make itself onto the Fiat 131 coupe-lookalike instead. Intriguingly enough, this Trasher appears to have the name "Blocker" notably applied to its rear fenders. Notably, its engine texture is bright and shiny compared to the one used for player vehicles. The common.dds file under data\tracks\menu\textures reveals the aforementioned supercharger on the lower left of the image. The main menu wreck is based on a Thrasher, a Gold class muscle car with an incredible amount of damage not possible on vehicles during normal gameplay. Early screenshots showcase vehicles with special liveries that never were released to the public. Over time, the player/AI vehicles went through multiple revisions. In data\menu\bg winter3.tga is found, possibly a leftover, definitely unused. The game has two tracks set in a Winter landscape, but present in data\tracks\winter\textures is map_winter3a/b/c.dds, which looks like a placeholder. At the end of the day, you'll find yourself plowing into cardboard boxes and traffic cones on the last lap of a heated race that will comedically catapult your vehicle into outer space.
With a unique roster of stock-car-themed early-70's muscle cars and imports to choose from, players can take their suicidal "ragdoll" on a joyride through multiple under-construction and highly-destructible environments such as racetracks, small towns, and forests, as well as a few demolition derby arenas, and infamously a unique stunt mode where players would watch their driver launch out the windshield to perform large-scale versions of various sports. It proved to be a massive breakthrough for Bugbear, at the time a small European studio, spawning multiple sequels (including some that fans would rather forget for much the same reasons most Carmageddon fans would rather forget TDR2000).įeaturing a typically questionable yet charming low-budget game soundtrack composed of unsigned rock bands, the first FlatOut is considered a noteworthy staple in the racing genre. Released in JP: October 13, 2005 (PlayStation 2)įlatOut is the first entry in the infamous destruction-derby style racing series. Also known as: Racing Game: Chuui!!!! (JP)
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