FlatOut 2
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Developers | |
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Bugbear Entertainment | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Empire Interactive | |
Russia/CIS | Buka Entertainment |
Digital | Strategy First |
Engines | |
ROMU Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 30, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | October 3, 2008 |
Linux (Wine) | July 24, 2014[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
IGDB | 83 |
Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
FlatOut | |
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FlatOut | 2004 |
FlatOut 2 | 2006 |
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage | 2008 |
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | 2011 |
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity | 2017 |
Key points
- Can use multiplayer with OpenSpy.
- Remade as FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage in 2008.
General information
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | US: SecuROM 7 DRM Europe: StarForce 3.0 DRM[Note 1] Poland: DRM-free |
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Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | DRM: Deliver2Mac | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Mac App Store | No online play [6] | |||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on some versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Version differences[edit]
- The Mac App Store version does not support online play.[6]
- The Linux version found at GOG uses Wine wrapper to run the game.
Essential improvements[edit]
Opening the launcher[edit]
After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.
Launch parameter[citation needed] |
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Use the |
Skip intro videos[edit]
Skip intro fix[citation needed] |
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Music from other FlatOut's (and Wreckfest) in FlatOut 2[edit]
Download mod[citation needed] |
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ZolikaPatch[edit]
- Removes forced VSync and the 100FPS cap, enables Multiplayer via OpenSpy
Applying ZolikaPatch |
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Patches[edit]
The latest version is Patch 1.2 (US and EU)
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2990/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[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2990/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings[edit]
Game launcher (access with
-setup
parameter).
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Native support for Steam version Use ThirteenAG's fix for retail. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Forced on by default, use ZolikaPatch to disable it. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS. Use ZolikaPatch to remove the cap. |
Field of view (FOV)[edit]
Set FOVFactor[citation needed] |
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Windowed[edit]
Force windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No mouse support in-game. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Must be enabled in options and plugged in before launching; default controls are unintuitive but can be rebound in options. | |
Full controller support | Requires user to press ↵ Enter on the keyboard to begin a race. No controller support in menus. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Not functioning on more recent controllers; prompts do not match required input. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games. | |
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[7] Select Hardware 3D in launcher. |
- Missing two songs only present in the Xbox release, Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan, and AFI - Rabbits Are Roadkill On Rt. 37.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Russian/CIS retail release only, patch for digital releases can be found here | |||
Polish | 2 versions - Polish retail and fan translation. Download this file to use the fan translation. |
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat Rag Doll mini-games (Party Mode). See also FlatOut 2 Splitscreen Mod. |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | Use the patched FlatOut2.exe or ZolikaPatch. Not available in the Mac App Store version.[6] |
Issues fixed[edit]
Juddery motion despite having a consistent frame rate[edit]
Use either 50Hz or 100Hz if your monitor is capable. If using G-Sync/FreeSync, use a third-party tool to cap the frame rate at 50 fps or leave it uncapped for 100 fps. Only leave it uncapped if your PC is capable of delivering 100 fps consistently. |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy | GameSpy has been shut down; use the patched FlatOut2.exe or ZolikaPatch. |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | 2000 SP4, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.5 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5xxx ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 256 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel GMA X3100 128 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 5770 |
- Intel GPUs are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[2][3][4][5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2990/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mac App Store - FlatOut 2
- ↑ FlatOut 2 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)