So, unless you’ve got a car that severely outclasses the competition, you’re left with a choice: earn lots of money but have to replay events multiple times, or win by driving relatively cleanly and earn a pittance.įlatOut mode’s Carnage events have a similar problem. means doing so usually leaves you facing in the wrong direction or stuck in an object at the side of the road. The main source of this cash is bumping and grinding with the opposition as you race, but the uncompromising car physics and aggressive A.I.
Progress through the career, for example, is powered by you achieving podium finishes, but to do that you’ll need to earn cash to buy and upgrade vehicles. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity really does try to cater for all occasions and tastes, but whilst it makes a commendable attempt, it does often frustrate along the way.įor a start, it’s a bit of a problem that FlatOut 4: Total Insanity’s gameplay systems often feel like they’re at odds with each other. You can do most of that in the online multiplayer mode too, and even local multiplayer fans are appeased thanks to the stunt focussed pass the controller Party Mode. In Quickplay you can jump into any type event you like, whether it’s an assault race in which you get to make use of a small selection of weapons, a violent self-explanatory deathmatch, or even a spot of unorthodox billiards. It makes for a nice diversion from the more po-faced career mode and allows you to show off your skills via online leaderboards.Īnd it doesn’t end there. Starting out with only a handful of its 42 events unlocked, driver-ejecting stunts will need to be performed, checkpoints will need to be driven through, and combos will need to be strung together in order to beat targets and further your progression.
Things are kicked up a gear though when you enter FlatOut mode – essentially a second career that is driven by the acquisition of points rather than cash. But all that’s fairly standard in this day and age, right?
Whether you’re racing, completing a time trial or battling it out in a survivor event, you’ll earn cash for your endeavours, using it to buy, upgrade and customise over 25 cars. Career mode will have you working your way through three car classes, each bestowed with eight multiple race championships and eight special events. If there’s one thing you can say about FlatOut 4: Total Insanity it’s that it’s not short on content. Do they manage it? Not quite, but FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is certainly a step in the right direction.
After demonstrating their ability with the surprisingly good WRC 6 however, development duties have been handed over once again, this time to Kylotonn Games who are hoping to return the FlatOut series to its former glory.
So bad in fact, that you’d have understood if the series was dead. It spawned a successful sequel which went on to be enhanced and expanded upon as a separate release, but then development duties were handed over Team6 Game Studios and things went more than a little bit wrong.įlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction was quite simply abysmal. Yet, the console has even more good split-screen games, so we've now added some extra ones for you to consider.Created by Finnish developer Bugbear Entertainment, FlatOut quickly garnered a bevy of fans upon its release in 2004 thanks to its impressive physics and amusing destruction derby style gameplay. Previously, we managed to come up with many great titles.
This is proven by the fact all modern systems offer a bunch of enjoyable local multiplayer games.įor this list, we focused on the best ones that the PS4 has to offer.
Updated JBy Ben Jessey: While split-screen gaming isn't as big as it once was, there is certainly still a market for these types of games. So, here are the best split-screen titles the PS4 has to offer. However, several of them clearly rise above the others in terms of fun and intrigue. There are plenty of these types of games on the system.
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