Tips for playing Flatout 4: Total Insanity on PS4, Xbox One and PC

Flatout 4: Total Insanity is a racing game developed by Kylotonn and available for PC (Steam), Xbox One and PS4. With gameplay focused on arcade-style fights, the title features action and big duels between cars. Check out our complete tutorial with tips to get it right in the game.

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Be aggressive

Flatout 4 is not an ordinary racing game, much less a realistic simulator. Like Burnout, your idea is to promote beats and crashes while accelerating at full speed through clues filled with alternate objects and routes.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity is not a common race: prioritize the chaos, maneuvers and destruction

Whether in online or offline modes, forget fair play and defensive driving. Try to be as aggressive as possible, squeezing your rivals on the walls, using ramps to jump and cut path, and even destroying all objects without mercy. When your car is in the air, enjoy it enough to turn it, which yields points.

Take the shortcuts

Forget the default arrows and directions pointed by the map in the lower left corner of the screen. Instead, pay more attention to the lane and scenario, as alternative paths will often be found.

Before investing in career mode, dispute friendly races and stroll slowly, with no commitment to victory. Study the terrain and pay special attention to the sides, which usually hide very useful shortcuts to cut valuable seconds of your lap time. Then just use those paths in the real races.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity: Breaking Wooden Doors Uncovers Shortcuts

Using Gravity

Flatout 4 has a physics system very different from other racing games on the market, and it takes time to get accustomed to the gravity and weight of cars. One of the best ways to become familiar is by playing Flatout mode before starting your career.

The idea is not to be the fastest, but to pilot your car skillfully in order to perform insane maneuvers. Get acquainted and learn the best angles to tune the curves so you get to the straight lines at maximum speed. This makes all the difference to determine the winner in the higher difficulties.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity: Train a little in Quick Play and Flatout mode

Buy and upgrade new cars

The cars of Flatout 4 are divided into three different classes: Derby, Classic and Allstar. Start your journey with Derby vehicles, the cheapest and slowest, perfect to get used to the controls of the game. Visit the Garage and keep an eye on the options and prices to increase your collection.

Each new class is progressively more expensive than the previous one so it's a good idea to make the leap to the Classic and Allstar cars only when you have enough money to upgrade them and make them competitive. So you do not leave behind rivals with regard to engine power.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity: Use the garage to buy new cars

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Use nitro wisely

As in the classic Top Gear, it is possible to use a turbo for a limited time in order to leave rivals eating dust. Your nitro meter is exposed by a blue bar in the lower right corner of the screen, lasting only a few seconds on the cheaper and non- tuning cars.

To replenish the nitro bar, simply cause as much destruction as possible through the map. If you do not have rivals nearby, try to destroy fences, barrels and any scenery objects while accelerating down the lane.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity: Keep an eye on the nitro meter

Earning more money

It is essential to accumulate money to acquire the most tuned vehicles in Flatout 4, and the best way to do this is to do well in racing and set individual goals, as there are several prizes at the end of the race.

In addition to the money automatically obtained by taking a place on the podium, making the fastest lap of the race, for example, guarantees a virtual cash prize. Not only the winners are awarded: the rider who deals more damage to the scenario and enemies also gains bonuses, so promote chaos, since beats are awarded.

Flatout 4 Total Insanity: Destruction Rewards Rewards at the End of Races

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