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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Where to begin?
2** ''[=FlatOut=] (2004)'' has a great selection of both original and licensed tracks such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlxDelb8rE the titular song]] by Central Supply Chain (as heard in the menu screen), "Living American" by No Connection, "Beat The Boys" by LAB, "Perfect Goodbyes" by Amplifire, "Anger Management 101" by Deponeye, "Fish Biscuit" by Splatterheads, "No Man's Land" by Full Diesel and, for the sense of finality, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ponrh3bX1C8 The Race]]" by [=SiXeR=] (as featured in the ending).
3** ''[=FlatOut 2=]'' has expanded even further by having the best licensed soundtrack in the entire series featuring absolute bangers like "Symphony of Destruction" by Music/{{Megadeth}}, "Demon Speeding" by Music/RobZombie, "Believe It or Not" by Music/{{Nickelback}}, "7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)" by Music/FallOutBoy, "Lobotomy for Dummies" by Zebrahead and "Breathing" by Yellowcard.
4** While being a bit of a step down compared to its predecessor, the UpdatedRerelease ''Ultimate Carnage'' hasn't lost its touch with "The Last Revolution" by No Connection (Returning from the 2004 game), "Waiting" by 32 Leaves, "Wanna Know You" by Manafest, "Union of Nothing" by Point Defiance and "Hang 'Em High" by A Static Lullaby.
5** SoOkayItsAverage or not, ''[=FlatOut=] 4: Total Insanity'' has a decent number of tracks including "No Sleep" by Twin Atlantic, "Mr. Policeman" by Trivoltz, "See You in Hell" by The Creepshow and "Invincible" by Twelve Foot Ninja.
6* BileFascination: ''[=FlatOut 3=]'' has become infamous enough that a lot of gamers get into it just to see what all the fuss is about.
7* FetishRetardant: The third game's female driver models are clearly meant to be titillating, but the game's subpar graphics make them look like creepy imitations of actual people, ruining any potential arousal factor.
8* FriendlyFandoms: with the ''Videogame/{{Burnout}}'' series, helped with the second game, which is considered by many to be the best, featuring the song "Breathing" by Yellowcard, which also featured in Burnout 3: Takedown.
9* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The second installment is very big in Russia. If you check any song from the soundtrack on [=YouTube=], you'll see many Russians in the comment section having nostalgic feels about this game.
10* ObviousBeta: ''[=FlatOut 3=]'' was clearly rushed through development, with graphics that would've looked dated in 2006, braindead AI, bland track design, frustrating physics, and loads of bugs that range from [[GoodBadBugs amusing]] to [[GameBreakingBug aggravating]].
11* SequelDisplacement:
12** ''[=FlatOut 3=]'' is the most well known game in the series, mainly due to it being considered one of the worst games of all time, and the worst rated game on Steam until ''eFootball 2022'' came out.
13** To Europeans, ''[=FlatOut 2=]'' and to a lesser extent the first game, is considered to be the only game in the series.
14* {{Sequelitis}}: ''[=FlatOut 3=]'' is supposed to be a total SerialEscalation, featuring a wealth of new content over the previous games. Thanks to being handled by an incompetent developer, the game handles and controls terribly, not to mention it is unstable and crashes so often.
15* SignatureSong: Music/RobZombie's "Demon Speeding" and Music/{{Megadeth}}'s "Symphony of Destruction" from ''2'' as mentioned above.
16* SoOkayItsAverage: The fourth game, developed by Kylotonn and released in 2017. While it was better received than the bug-ridden disaster that was the third game, it was also criticized for aspects like its repetitiveness and shaky difficulty.
17* SpiritualSuccessor: The series is one to the ''Destruction Derby'' series on the [=PS1=] and N64. It would later gain its own successor in the form of ''VideoGame/{{Wreckfest}}''.

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