FlatOut 4: Total Insanity

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. New Game Network
    Apr 17, 2017
    63
    FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is a valiant effort and a modestly satisfactory sequel. Its track design and relative speeds help make it a much better destructive racer than the last effort. However, it still requires tuning when it comes to stunts, visuals, physics, and vehicle damage.
  2. Riot Pixels
    May 1, 2017
    60
    A pale imitation of a once awesome game.
  3. PC Games
    Apr 8, 2017
    54
    Flatout 4 is a successor to an already lousy game and continues a loveless heritage. Long loading times and a number of bugs cumulate in an unenjoyable experience.
  5. Games.cz
    Apr 27, 2017
    50
    FlatOut 4 is an average racing game that lacks the passion for on-the-edge driving. Once the famous demolition series denied itself when you're now afraid to smash into anything.
  6. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 15, 2017
    40
    FlatOut 4 is an average racing game that lacks the passion for sharp ride beyond the risk. Once the famous demolition series denies itself when you're afraid to crash your car here. [Issue#274]
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 35
  3. Negative: 12 out of 35
  1. SuperkenGaming
    May 5, 2017
    6
    FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
    Fun Racer with no balance
    Flatout 4 is an arcade racer that’s fun to play, with great track design, but broken    FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
    Fun Racer with no balance
    Flatout 4 is an arcade racer that’s fun to play, with great track design, but broken rules and broken multiplayer…
    There’s a career mode here where you take place in racing cups, speed trials, and arena battles…
    Winning races and destroying opponents will earn you cash to buy better cars or upgrade your current car…
    The only problem is the payout is far too low…
    A low payout mixed with unbalanced rules makes getting through this career mode a drag…
    There is way too much emphasis on the total insanity aspect of this game…
    There’s a derby cup, classic, and all-star, but the rules remain the same unbalanced mess…
    You aren’t rewarded for being a flawless driver like let’s be honest.. I am of course…
    jokes... a little... I do have my moments…
    But there is a nitro boost to help you in races…
    The thing is that sure you get a little from jumps and sharp turns… but you only really get nitro for ramming into other cars..
    because of this enemy ai is extremely aggressive, constantly spinning you out…
    doesn’t sound like a big deal until you realize that being out in front means there’s no one for you to hit.. There’s no way to fill up your nitro...
    you aren’t rewarded for maintaining certain speeds or dodging obstacles…
    because of this you have everything to lose by holding the top spot…
    it’s way too easy at the last moment for an opponent that’s been ramming into cars all race to use it nitro to catch up to you and then spin you out… forcing you to reset your car and be placed in the middle or near the end of the pack when you were in first place…
    this unbalance makes the racing segments of the game feel unfair..
    Sure coming out on top against all odds is thrilling...
    but being first the whole time and then losing because there is no nitro reward for you makes the game feel cheap, and ultimately makes winning feel like you got lucky…
    this of course could be balanced out by high payouts for wins and damage.. But you don’t get that… the payouts are low so you can’t just go buy a better car... you’re stuck with playing the same tracks over and over until you can afford one…
    The tracks are well designed and fun to play through though.. easily the best part of the game…
    Outside of the grindy career there’s flatout mode which features stunt tracks where you try to nock items down for example for the most possible points, beat the bomb which is a race the clock checkpoint style challenge, carnage where you destroy as many items and cars as possible, and finally death match which like the arena modes in the career is a demolition derby style game, expect here you have infinite lives trying to get the most kills, while in the career its more last man standing…
    and finally there’s multiplayer..
    Which is completely broken...
    I’d tell you how it plays but for 1 it’s a ghost town, no one’s playing it, and for 2 the game would crash every single time the match start counter got to 0, so don’t plan on buying this game for its online…
    The negatives of this game could be overlooked if the payout killed the grind…
    But unfortunately that isn’t the case… this game is an imbalanced grind that you’ll lose patience for…
    I give Flat-out 4: Total Insanity
    a 6.5/10    … Full Review »
  2. Gorbunov2004
    Mar 25, 2021
    7
    Графика стала лучше по сравнению с прошлой частью. Машина при ударах по противнику в бампер чувствуется как картонная, а тем временемГрафика стала лучше по сравнению с прошлой частью. Машина при ударах по противнику в бампер чувствуется как картонная, а тем временем противники ударом в бампер по моей машине выкидывают меня с трассы. И машина на высокой скорости подпрыгивает в небо от любого мелкого препятствия. Эта часть игры лучше 3 части.… Full Review »
  3. Erased
    May 16, 2019
    3
    It had all the potential in the world, in fact if it didn't have all this issues I would give it like 8 or even 9/10 but...
    First and    It had all the potential in the world, in fact if it didn't have all this issues I would give it like 8 or even 9/10 but...
    First and foremost you will never, ever, EVER beat AI in the duel when you crash into each other during the race, they will simply push you away, not to mention that if they hit you from behind they will easily spin you like 2 or 3 circles. Game is sending you flying all the time for no freaking reason. For example if you hit solid fence, say goodbye to the ground, same goes if you hit into even the smallest obstacle in your way. If someone hit you from behind or you go under someone angle of the camera changes which can be annoying. They have just few race tracks in whole fking game which they repeat over and over again or they just change direction of the race. The game say that you need to change the car to adapt new conditions of the race but you can't do that unless you grind for money.
    Good part is that graphics are nice (not in style of crysis or witcher 3 of course), stunts are cool although nothing I haven't see from previous flatouts. And that's about it.
    It really pisses me off how they messed up potentially a great game, so much that I wrote this review which I rarely do.    … Full Review »
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