If you stay clear of the main racing mode, Flatout will give you hours of fun!!!!
Unfortunately the off-road racing is simply frustrating and not actually fun. But if you mix it with the other minigames and stunts in the Carnage Mode then you realise that Flatout is a game that will last you hours and hours in single player and then gives you even more when your mates come round to play the Stunt mode.
I hate to compare this game to Burnout Revenge, but it's difficult not to. Although Flatout is great in its own right, so many of the components are the same and unfortunatley it doesn't quite match up to the thrill of BR. As much as I love it, I couldn't help wish that it had the same satisfying drift movement as its on-road counterpart.
And this is where the main criticism lies. So much more could have been made of this game if time had been spent tweaking the handling of the cars and bringing the graphics (mainly in the minigames/stunts) up to date. Even when you really get into the game, you cant help but notice the PS2 style blocks that bleed into each other and just lazy texture wrapping.
Having said all that, i'm not sorry I got this game. I picked it up used from ebay for around £15 ($30) in mint condition. And for that amount of money, I could not be happier. If you own Burnout Revenge then you may not want to have such a similar game in your collection. It works for me though.