I just got hold of the new Flat-Out demo. Well, OK, it's not so new now, but it's still reasonably new. The game's not out, put it that way.

I like it. Especially the high-jump game - that's the sort of thing that I just love, and have done 'unofficially' in other games (Read, Colin McRae Rally 1 and 2 - there were some great points where you could see how many times you could tumble/spin/bounce/head-over-heels your car), but here made official.

Best I managed was a total of 312M across 3 events - the first one was a glorious 107M! Then I got an average 95M, and finally an even better 110M... I found that the trick was to wiggle the car down the first straight; the extra length travelled gives you a teeny, tiny bit of extra speed. If you leave the car at anything over 77mph, expect a +100M score. Only twice have I managed to totally clear the bars, and on one occasion I got 112M...

Looks good, but I don't know if I'll buy it - just, well, too frivolous. After all, I am a head-on Richard Burns Rally fan :D