FlatOut 4: Total Insanity VR

FlatOut 4: Total Insanity VR is an arcade racing game that puts you behind the wheel in first-person VR. You race at high speed, crash into rivals and compete in demolition derbies, with collisions and mistakes unfolding from the driver’s perspective. The game supports 6DOF, motion-controller steering, steering wheels, pedals and manual shifters.

Driving in VR

You can lean to look through turns, check mirrors, glance at the speedometer and hear cars approach through spatialized audio. Updated vehicle interiors, visible hands on the wheel, mirrors with stereo parallax and a live speedometer help keep you in the driver’s seat. First-person ejections also let you experience being launched through the windshield.

Game modes

The modes include:

• Race: Push through crowded tracks, muscle past rivals and try to finish before your car gives up.
• Time Trial: Race without weapons or other competitors and try to beat the clock.
• Assault: Use weapons, dodge attacks and fight to stay in the race.
• Carnage: Score by smashing rivals, destroying trackside objects and chaining destruction together.
• Stunt Mode: Launch your driver through the windshield and tackle 12 events focused on distance, targets and timing.
• Arena Mode: Compete in six demolition arenas across Death Match, Capture the Flag and Survivor.

Online multiplayer

Online races support up to 8 players. Redesigned lobbies let you join races in progress, spectate while waiting or ride as a passenger in another player’s car. AI racers fill empty grid positions when there are not enough human players, and host migration helps keep sessions running if the host disconnects. Multiplayer voice chat is also available.

FlatOut 2 content

Optional settings let you use the original FlatOut 2 physics and AI code, with its driving characteristics and opponent behavior, or the updated FlatOut 4 experience. The default AI has also been improved, including changes to opponent behavior and unpredictable driving. Two remastered FlatOut 2 tracks feature updated textures, enhanced lighting and baked ray-traced lighting, and the FlatOut 2 GT returns with new liveries.

Vehicles and customization

The garage includes the Roboquest van, with physics-driven dashboard dice, and the Scrapworks Mudslinger 450, an experimental motorcycle with distinct handling and balance. You can customize vehicles with an in-game livery editor or use an open-source desktop editor for layered designs and more detailed controls. Steam Workshop integration lets players publish and subscribe to liveries, while the desktop editor also supports importing custom vehicle models.

Controls and hardware

You can steer with motion controllers or use compatible steering wheels, pedals and manual shifters. The game also supports bHaptics and motion-rig telemetry for compatible hardware. Its VR menus use point-and-click interactions, and visual options include DLSS and CAS sharpening.