Money can be used to upgrade your vehicle or to buy new vehicles, either for use in the current class of races or for a harder class that you fancy having a crack at. Finish third or above in a Cup and you’ll open up further events and earn money, while the voluntary events are useful for earning extra cash if you’re short a few hundred for that new car you’re after. The core to the game is the Career mode, in which you have three classes to work through, each containing numerous Cups and voluntary events.

Although you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a brand-new title, it is largely the same as the multi-format release FlatOut 2 – albeit with numerous enhancements. There’s not a whole lot to say about Ultimate Carnage other than it’s damn good fun, but it deserves to have more said about it than that.

BugBear’s latest arcade racer is simply a thrilling joyride of a game, complete with stunning visuals and plenty of game modes to get stuck into. It doesn’t try to wow you with layers of meaning and plot it doesn’t feature visuals and sound that will have everyone declaring that video games should be treated as art and it doesn’t feature motion capture work from A-list celebrities.

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage isn’t a clever game.

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