Review of FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is a game that Spong approach with equal measures of hope and caution.

Hope that it might fulfil the promise of its very basic and hugely appealing concept – the Dukes of Hazard dream of racing big ol' bangers around dusty American wastelands, scoring equal points for reckless speed and causing mayhem and massive damage to other good ol' boys' beefed-up muscle cars and pick ups on the way.

Caution that the first couple of games in Empire Interactive's smash-em-up series (on the original Xbox, PC and PS2) failed to live up to previous high expectations.

Rating: 82 out of 100