Racing · December 21, 2006

FlatOut 2 (2006)

trophy37 achievementslocal_offer-80% current discountgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend17.9k recommendations
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tire walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. And if anyone, including you, gets caught up in a big smash sit back and watch as the driver gets catapulted through the windscreen in spectacular effect. With over 5,000 destructible objects on each track and 40 deformable pieces on every car sparks are guaranteed to fly increasing the mayhem with every lap! Featuring an enhanced version of the original's lauded physics engine and even faster driving track designs, FlatOut 2 also boasts a plethora of improvements, enhancements and additions to make this the definitive FlatOut experience. Twice as many vehicles, a more sophisticated career mode, additional race environments, double the number of tracks; twice as many mini-games along with many multiplayer modes (via LAN only) are just some of the exhaustive features that are included in FlatOut 2. 45 vehicles to wreck, 12 rag-doll mini games, 57 track combinations, and thousands and thousands of destructible objects. Enjoy the mayhem while listening to a slamming soundtrack from artists including Rob Zombie, Papa Roach, Fall Out Boy, Nickelback, Wolfmother and more! Race hard and collide with up to 7 of your friends online in the souped up car of your dreams.

Position in Racing

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume18.7k Steam reviewsTop 17% in Racing
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 81% — this title sits in top 5%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 74 — top 59% of Racing titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 81% for session depth among Racing

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Racing · 463
  • Combat Racing · 445
  • Multiplayer · 314
  • Destruction · 310
  • Automobile Sim · 302
  • Vehicular Combat · 299
  • Action · 293
  • Driving · 291
  • Arcade · 289
  • Singleplayer · 289
  • Physics · 278
  • Local Multiplayer · 278
  • Funny · 269
  • Casual · 258
  • 3D · 252

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 18.7k reviews

17.9k positive · 746 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.7/10

Curator recommendations

17.9k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • LAN PvP

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“One hell of a fun racing game. Sure, many of its elements feel a tad generic, like the track and character design, but what it really comes down to is the racing itself and Bugbear has done a great job at drawing a line between control and complete chaos.” 8.3/10 – IGN

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

10h

Current engagement

Achievements

37

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 21, 2006
DeveloperBugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group
PublisherStrategy First
Base price$1.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · Support · [email protected]

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Editions & Packages

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