This game has been getting alot of hype for a racing game not belonging to the Gran Turismo, or Project Gotham Racing series. What i thought was another 3rd party game, turned out to be 1st party worthy.

Design/interface/handle:
The look and feel of the game is very much simple. The concept of racing cars with alot of detail dumped into a multi-threading Physics Engine to display and give the feel of true Chaos during the crashes of the game is hit dead on the nose. The controls are very well constructued but the steering gives me the impression that im driving on a layer of Crisco

Graphics:
The Graphics are decent for the last generation of Xbox games. They are reminist of Burn Out quality. Nothing much more to really say there.

Game Play:
This is the kicker. I've never been a big fan of racing games- even tough i tried my share of them, this has to be one of them on the top of the list. It's incredibly addictive. It drops the philosphy of "Hey lets drive fancy sports car's in circles" To- "Hey lets race these kick ass cars through strange race tracks and blow stuff up while were at it." . I think one of the funnest part of the game is when you actully do crash, rather than putting the focus on the car's destruction the camera follows the beat up rag doll- that is you- in which ever direction you go flying that is a computer assigned code of pure physics. Having programmed physic engines let me say- this one is phnomonal. I cannot stress enough how impressive the physics handle, i think its a very real simulation of actual world physics. But the handling of the car itself isn't too special, like i said- it feels like driving on a layer of crisco. Not only does it give you the normal single player feautres (race a car, win money, upgrade.) but it also gives you a few (but very fun) Mini-games. From shooting you car up a ramp to act as a dart to a huge dart board, or slamming your car into a wall to see how far your projectile rag doll can go- its going to keep you going back at it, over and over again.
The online multiplayer (to me), was'nt much of an experience. Anyone who has played burnout online should know what it plays like.

Sound:
The soundtracks are not too great, but overall awesome sound from the death and destruction of twisting metal.
Flatout Supports Dobly Digital 5.1- recreates the surround sound quite nicely.