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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Developer(s)	Bugbear Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Empire Interactive
Distributor(s)	Vivendi Universal Games Valve Corporation (Steam)
Series	FlatOut
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Release date(s)	Xbox 360 EU July 22, 2007 AUS August 1, 2007 NA October 2, 2007 JP April 4, 2008 Microsoft Windows EU August 1, 2008 NA August 26, 2008
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer ESRB: T OFLC: M PEGI: 12+ USK: 12
Rating(s)	ESRB: T PEGI: 12+ OFLCA:M
Media	CD, DVD
System requirements	Microsoft Windows Windows XP or Windows Vista 2.2GHz Intel or 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 2000 2 GB RAM DVD drive 256MB video cardsupporting DirectX shader model 3 (nVidia GeForce 7600, ATI Radeon X1800+ or higher) DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card 4.75GB free hard disk drive space 512kbit/s connection minimum for Internet play
Input methods	Keyboard and mouse, Gamepad with 8 buttons minimum (to support all configurable game commands) (optional), Steering wheel (unsupported)

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is the third game in the FlatOut demolition racing series, known earlier as FlatOut: Total Carnage. FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage was officially announced February 1, 2007, and was released on July 22, 2007 in Europe, on August 1, 2007 in Australia and on October 2, 2007 in North America for Xbox 360.^[1] The game is an enhanced remake of FlatOut 2 featuring new gameplay modes and graphics as well as at least 2 new cars.

A demo for the Xbox 360 version was released on Xbox Live Marketplace on July 19, 2007. The Microsoft Windows version was released through the Steam network on August 26, 2008. There is also a handheld version of the game for the PlayStation Portable called FlatOut: Head On.

Gameplay

Ultimate Carnage introduces a brand new series of tracks which are based anywhere from busy streets to storm water drains.

The cars are more detailed than previous games in the series, employing the latest in dynamic lighting and shadow technology, and a greatly enhanced damage and physics engine where each car is made of up to 40 separate destructible parts. The single player game supports up to 11 other AI-controlled cars in each race.

A new multiplayer format is also included, this runs on the Games for Windows - Live system however and therefore requires registration. Also, the LAN function is not available in this game, unlike the previous two Flatout games for Windows.

Soundtrack

1. 32 Leaves - Waiting

2. A Static Lullaby - Hang 'Em High

3. Art of Dying - You Don't Know Me

4. Dead Poetic - Narcotic

5. Everything at Once - Boys on the Hill

6. Hypnogaja - They Don't Care

7. Kazzer - Fueled by Adrenaline

8. Luna Halo - I'm Alright

9. Manafest - Wanna Know You

10. No Connection - Feed the Machine

11. No Connection - The Last Revolution

12. Opshop - Nothing Can Wait

13. Point Defiance - Union of Nothing

14. The Riverboat Gamblers - True Crime

15. Sasquatch - Believe It

16. Supermercado - Ditch Kitty

17. The Classic Crime - Blisters & Coffee

18. The Sleeping - Listen Close

19. The White Heat - This is My Life

20. This is Menace - Cover Girl Monument

Reception

Hyper's Maurice Branscombe commends the game for "looking and playing better than ever before". However, he criticizes the game for its "soundtracks and its load times are too long".^[2]

References

External links

• Official FlatOut Japanese website