14 DAY TRIAL // Virtual Programming has been confirmed to be adding the final touch to the Mac version of FlatOut 2, a very popular arcade game. The title, originally developed by Bugbear Entertainment, offers a carnage-driven experience and is expected to arrive on Mac sometime in September, this year.
"FlatOut 2 takes racing to the limit with numerous enhancements and additions including brand-new much requested online multi-player modes," says the publisher of the game, Empire Interactive. "With twice as many vehicles, additional race environments and twice the number of tracks. The mayhem continues off the track with 12 all-new Ragdoll mini-games including basketball, baseball and royal flush cards, a Ragdoll Championship and full online support."
Basically, you get rewarded for being destructive, but you can also participate in mini-games and online battles with your friends. Some of the mini-games emphasize this ragdoll physics capability of the game, according to Macworld.
Some highlights of FlatOut 2, "the sequel to the best selling destruction racer," include a bigger variety of race environments (Big City, L.A. Storm Drains, Rocky Mountain Forest, Corn Fields and Desert), twice as many tracks with alternate track routes included for the first time, an enhanced Championship Mode with multiple cups across increasing difficultly levels, and twice as many vehicles, plus additional car types (Muscle cars, Sports cars, Pickup Trucks and Compacts). A new Garage feature allows players to own multiple vehicles, while unlockable bonuses (including additional cars, Championship Cups and Destruction Arenas) have been thrown in as well. Best of all, the game features multiplayer support for Destruction Derby Arenas and Ragdoll Mini Games.
Somehow, the makers forgot to throw in the featured soundtrack - by Megadeth, Papa Roach, Audioslave, Rob Zombie, Wolfmother and others, as another plus of FlatOut 2.
Although Mac system requirements are yet to be disclosed, Windows PC users can run the game on a Pentium 1.2 Ghz, 256MB RAM, 64MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card - just so you can get an idea of what you'll have to pack.
Remember, FlatOut 2 for Mac is due out in September. The game will retail for $39.95.