FlatOut 2

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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.

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

FlatOut
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 if the framerate isn't consistently at 100 or a factor of 100, such as 50 or 25.^{[citation needed]}

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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.

Launch parameter^{[citation needed]}
Use the `-setup` command line argument.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro fix^{[citation needed]}
Download BFS file and place it in the installation folder. Open the `filesystem` file with a text editor. Add this new line at the bottom: `mcz-fo2noint.bfs`

Patches

The latest version is Patch 1.2 (US and EU)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-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
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2990/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Game launcher (access with -setup parameter).

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Field of view (FOV)

Set FOVFactor^{[citation needed]}
Install ThirteenAG's fix. Edit `Flatout2.WidescreenFix.ini`. Set `FOVFactor` to the desired value.

Windowed

Force windowed mode^{[citation needed]}
Download d3d9hook. Extract `d3d9.dll` to <path-to-game>.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	8	Hot seat Rag Doll mini-games (Party Mode). See also FlatOut 2 Splitscreen Mod.
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
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy	GameSpy has been shut down; use the patched FlatOut2.exe.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, 2000 SP4, Vista, 7 (no problems with 64-bit OS)
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz 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)
	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
	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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014

[Mac_App_Store-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mac App Store - FlatOut 2

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[Note 1]

Developers

	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]