FlatOut 2
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Developers | |
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Bugbear Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Empire Interactive | |
Engines | |
ROMU Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 21, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | October 3, 2008 |
Linux | July 24, 2014[1] |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
FlatOut | |
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FlatOut | 2004 |
FlatOut 2 | 2006 |
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage | 2008 |
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | 2011 |
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity | 2017 |
Key points
- GameSpy online server browser no longer works due to GameSpy services being shut down.
- Can use multiplayer with GameRanger.
- Remade as FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
- Has jittery motion when the frame-rate isn't consistently at 100 or a factor of 100, such as 50.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | de facto DRM free as it doesn't seem to check for anything (may only be valid for cut down German version)[citation needed] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | DRM: Deliver2Mac | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Mac App Store | No online play.[2] | |||
Steam |
Version differences
- The Mac App Store version does not support online play.[2]
- The Linux version found at GOG uses Wine wrapper to run the game.
Essential improvements
Opening the launcher
After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.
Instructions |
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Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Patches
The latest version is Patch 1.2 (US and EU)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2990/pfx/[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2990/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Game launcher (access with
-setup
parameter).Field of view (FOV)
Instructions |
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Windowed
Instructions |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat Rag Doll mini-games (Party Mode). |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | Use the patched FlatOut2.exe. Not available in the Mac App Store version.[2] |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy | GameSpy has been shut down; use the patched FlatOut2.exe. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, 2000 SP4, Vista, 7 (no problems with 64-bit OS) | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.5GHz Pentium 3 or AMD 2000+ | 2 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB (may run with 32 MB) of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | 10.6.8 or higher |
Processor (CPU) | Any Intel CPU | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7300, ATI Radeon X1600 or Intel GMA X3100 128 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint 17 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, AMD Radeon HD 5770 or better (Intel cards are not supported) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2990) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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