FlatOut 2 takes much of the basic content from the first game and tosses in a bunch more of it. All the stuff you liked–like demolition derbies, figure-eight races, and stunt mode–is all there, with more track options and stunts tossed in. There are even new car classes, with race cars and street racers to go along with the typical junk cars. The odd thing about the new cars, however, is that apart from some expected speed differences, they really don’t feel any different than the clunkers in terms of handling or durability.

Size is really the only major difference, and even that is purely cosmetic (big trucks trump small racers in crashes, and so on). Each car in the game has several ratings in categories like speed, acceleration, strength, weight, and the like, and all of these categories can be upgraded via new parts in the career mode. But even these upgrades lack a measure of tangibility. Again, you notice differences in speed, but no matter how much you crank up the handling rating or the weight rating, you’ll still feel like you’re driving the same basic car across the board.

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