FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition

Compared to 4 this game is a huge improvement. Most of the races in Flatout mode are pretty fun with a few exceptions where the target is just way too tight. The vehicles towards the top of the racing class make absolutely no sense and two out of three are just too squirly to be useful for anything. These cars specifically suffer from inability to keep the front wheels on the ground. Another thing I have to note and that I've never understood about this game is why the hell are the races so short. There's 3, 2 but even single lap races that completely betray the idea of derby racing and completely remove the idea of climbing positions over the course of the race, while trying to keep the car in one piece. Give me 6+ laps, not 2. The tracks are mostly alright, though I still don't understand why so many obstacles just straight stop the car. It's a racing game, why am I stationary? But at least this game doesn't commit the sin of ruining every corner on every track like 4 did. Carnage mode in my opinion is a total miss. The challenges are way too tight and kill the joy of goofing around. I mean bowling? Really? Alone? By throwing the driver? Why? It's long, tedious and boring at the same time, no adrenalin, no excitement, it's more like a job rather than gaming. Over all the game is alright as a racing game, it slightly lacks as a derby game with those short races, and the Carnage mode just straight sucks. In my book it's right about 7.5 out of 11, judging it by the Flatout mode, ignoring the existence of Carnage mode.