It acts as any career mode does, but extended to the point of annoyance. The Career is by far the worst part of any game mode. At least it would have if the game would let you take advantage of it. It's a shame because FlatOut 4 has a fair amount going for it. You can be going considerably faster, hit the rear of another car with impressive force and all that tends to happen is that you're slowed down to an incredibly irritating, slow, pace. Ramming into the back of another car has a similar effect to having another car alongside you, only multiplied a thousand fold. However, on corners they seem to think plowing into you, rather than taking the corner and attempting to win the race makes the most sense. Were that the only complaint with the AI, that’d be fine. It wouldn't be too bad if they just crashed into you in an attempt to put you out, but too often they'll just grind alongside you, slowing the both of you down. Where the complaint comes is that the AI doesn't seem interested in actually racing you, more just slowing you down. There's little doubt that one major aspect of the game is crashing into other cars, that's how you build up your boost option. What doesn't help matters is the atrocious AI. One of the largest culprits is any course with railroad tracks, which are the bane of my existence. Driving over even the smallest of bumps will see a truck fly like a paper plane in a storm. However, what has been lost is any sense of weight. How the cars handle have always been fairly decent and this much is kept intact. It's always been a pure arcade game based around wanton destruction, the collision of your car against others and the wrecking of almost everything in sight. The fine details of FlatOut have never been precise.

Flatout 4 or gas guzzlers