FlatOut
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Developers | |
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Bugbear Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail (Europe) | Empire Interactive |
Retail (North America) | Vivendi Universal Games |
Digital | Strategy First |
Engines | |
ROMU Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 5, 2004 |
Linux (Wine) | July 24, 2014[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Racing, Tricks |
Vehicles | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | FlatOut |
FlatOut | |
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FlatOut | 2004 |
FlatOut 2 | 2006 |
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage | 2008 |
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | 2011 |
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity | 2017 |
FlatOut is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, racing and tricks game in the FlatOut series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Use the official Russian executable to bypass (See Flatout (Un)official Russian 1.1 patch). | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | v1.1; Missing car texture fix; Fix for the broken "ragdoll" option | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | v1.0 (v1.1 Patch for Steam) | |||
ZOOM Platform |
Essential improvements
Opening the launcher
After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again rendering the player unable to reconfigure the settings.
Windows version[4] |
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Use the |
Linux version[citation needed] |
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On GOG.com's Linux version the start.sh located in the install directory has to be modified to access the launcher. In the script there's an option to edit how the game is launched. Look for |
Skip intro videos
Use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix[4] |
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Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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ZolikaPatch
- Removes forced VSync and the 100FPS cap
Applying ZolikaPatch[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame\[Note 2] |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6220/pfx/[Note 3] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame\[Note 2] |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6220/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretched 4:3. To correct the ratio use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Stretched 4:3. To correct the ratio use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Stretched 4:3. To correct the ratio use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use ZolikaPatch to disable it. | ||
60 FPS | Frame rate is cut in half when slow motion is used. | ||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS. Use ZolikaPatch to remove the cap outside menus. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOVFactor[4] |
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Windowed
Force windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No mouse support. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Button bound to Handbrake works as Select, Nitro works as Back. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | In menus, Controller and KB/M can be used at the same time. Controller used for races has to be set in the settings. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Menu music, In-game music, Effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 5.1. Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[5] Select Hardware 3D in launcher. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | See Polish. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian |
Polish
A high quality Polish translation was made by PL Projekt group. It can be downloaded from Graj Po Polsku.
Installing Polish translation with Steam version of the game[citation needed] |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Hot seat Bonus Rag-Doll Sports Mode, but missing split screen. |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
"Access Denied - Please login with administrator privileges and try again" error on launch
- The
SecDrv.Sys
driver required by SafeDisc is not running.SecDrv.sys
has been disabled by a hotfix. Refer to kb3086255 for workaround details (this does not work for Windows 10).
Install the (Un)official Russian 1.1 patch[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1500+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6220) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Verified by User:Nessy on 2022-03-19
- ↑ FlatOut with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)