Flat-out head-on contender on PSP?
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Tried several games now trying to find something as fun as this, have been playing it vs via WLAN on the train home - anyone found anything that comes close to the same level of fun factor as this?
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So there are other games for the PSP besides Monster Hunter?
The only thing that brings it down a little is the stunt modes wasting space that could've been used for more derby or race maps, or more cats. Basically you have a rocket powered car you accelerate to 200mph and then throw your driver through the windscreen to aim at different objects like a giant dartboard, flaming hoops etc.
Favourite combos for 2 player are Mobcar on Desert Scrapyard, Rocket/Flatmobile on canal and RoadKing on the Pinegrove map with the gigantic hill leading down to the tight left turn through the water mill thing.
We've tried several other racing game since, but have since sold those back to the store, as nothing yet has surpassed the awesomeness of Flatout - with other games the cars feel like bricks compared to this.
Wait this thread needs video and images to show the awesomeness (given that it's all done on a PSP )
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Wish this was moddable, I'd love to throw in some custom cars!
No, these are just pictures they look at on their psp. Nothing to worry about.
flatmobile! thar be the one! It looks great without any fins on, very streamlined. Need to get back into it the events were very fun but so damned difficult (basketball and stuff like that)
My work buddy who I play this on the train with daily has taken to emailing them on a weekly basis with messages of encouragement and suggestions for the new game.
Gotta say, a year and half down the line, MANY more racing games bought and returned to the store and it's still fun and playable.
00Zero - think so, it's very similar to the PC/PS2 game, but with fewer cars in a race (8 cars instead of 12) , and less shadergoodness, like the water in the canals etc.
Still looks great for a PSP game, and if anything, since it's been optimised so much, you don't notice so much of the glaring texture density stuff that was so noticable in the PC version.
/NecroPost.
I'm really wondering what Bugbear are up to, probably FlatOut 3.
And I totally hear you on car handling and interaction: FlatOut is the ONLY game that does this properly. And it's awesome how their nitro doesn't work on a car's wheels, but is like a rocket booster at the back of the car in terms of physics
Yeah, PSP has carnage mode.
My train buddy racked up gold on all but the final beat the bomb with the flatmobile, as it seems only completable if you could turn off collision and drive in a straight line.
I don't find the stunt maps that much fun, throwing a rag-doll around haphazardly seems a waste of good disk space which could have been used for more courses, cars or music.
We've taken to seeing how high above the 'gold' score we can go on the racing/beat the bomb - my highest was 130k on Canal 1 with Venom (Gold score 50k) and 105k with the SchoolBus on City Central 2.
We've been trying to find what other peoples highscores is hard work, we could suck, or could be awesome, but we don't know.
Really, REALLY, really hope they make another one, not sure how much life the PSP has in it , but no other game has come close.
Come on Bugbear, you can do it!