Even the simple inclusion of names/portraits for the other racers was a great addition. And as wumpus notes, the demolition derbies are excellent. Even so, that’s a big improvement over the original, where I played the high jump and pretty much nothing else. I haven’t been able to wreck every opponent in a race yet, but that’s my current goal.Īs for the special events, these are hit and miss. I’m playing it again with a focus on pure offense, and I’m finding it much more satisfying. I’ve played through the game once, choosing cars that combined speed with strength. 'Ive been.hooked' My favorite of the 3 videos that I managed to hold on to. To me, FO2 strikes the perfect balance between straight-up racing, and the “destroy all cars” mentality in a game like Carmageddon 2, which I also loved. Ramming Sofia Martinez never felt so good. Getting big hits and destroying your opponents will easily net you a few thousand bucks in one race, whereas a lights-to-flag win and fastest lap will get you, oh, a hundred. The most welcome change is how wrecking other racers is encouraged with the very generous cash bonuses. I’m enjoying FO2 a lot, having really liked the original (and Rally Trophy, too). You have to wreck REALLY hard to get ejected now. And there’s much less of that annoying random ejection from vehicles during a wreck. The demolition derbies are actually playable now. Here’s my Cliff’s Notes version: Flatout 2 has lots more of everything that was fun about Flatout 1 (tracks/cars/events/upgrades/bonuses) without changing the racing too much. He showed me how he could win a school bus race on Pro, and explained how chain races work.Īnyway, Flatout 2 is more of the same, which is great, because I loved Flatout. It turned out he was playing TD:EOD, loving it, and was halfway through the campaign. The other day as I walked by the game room, I noticed that the CEO’s son (he’s ~8) was hanging out in there, so I stopped in to say hi. As far as I knew TD:EoD was sitting in the game room unplayed and unloved beyond my initial attempts to get people into it. Some guys play Halo 2 deathmatch obsessively every day, but I’ve long, long since lost interest in Halo 2 and console controllers for FPS games in general. I bought a copy of Test Drive: Eve of Destruction for our company Xbox.