Burnout-Like Racer 'TRAIL OUT' Crash Lands On Xbox, To Mixed Reviews So Far

I still remember the original Burnout, was incredible. Got a bit bored with the series as it went on, but that fist game was a blast!

I'll wait for gamepass, but deffo looks like a fun racer!

There is something weird with this on XBox - the games is a 17.8gb download but it also adds another 17.6gb in Reserved Space to take up around 35gb in total
For reference most games use very little reserved space, the worst that I had noticed were GTA V & RDR 2 with 16gb each
From what I played it is not worth the download - a very poor Flatout clone and I would say the OG XBox games played better....

@Dimey I’ve only had one girlfriend that agreed to that. The rest wanted to stick with Burnout.

It “looks” like the game Wreckfest should have been and a true successor to FlatOut. But I saw the Steam reviews (because Xbox reviews are usually horrible) and was quickly disappointed to see it’s janky af.

But still I maintain the thought that Wreckfest is overrated, which is sad to me considering who made it. But that game has zero personality and cars that are made of candle wax. The damage at face value in this game seems more in line with FlatOut 2 but I could be wrong, but at least the drivers aren’t part of the cars and don’t get mangled into something unrecognisable.

I bought it. Great hommage to classic Burnout, Flatout etc. It has the vibes of those early arcade racers. I really like it but it still needs some polishing with the framerates.

Am really enjoying this. Very much like flatout back when it was good. Split screen is always a plus. Old school fun.

I have it on PC and it is loads of fun, both in terms of game play and funny characters/dialogue. For the price it is very much a good deal and devoid of political correctness.

I'd say it's a lot more like the first two Flatout games than Wreckfest, if you played them and note the differences. I really enjoyed it on PC for what it is, and Xbox seems like a better place to play it.

I’ll buy it just for the four player split screen.

Will anyone ever attempt to recreate the online multiplayer perfection that was Burnout 3. I played that constantly for most of my early 20's and was a crash junction god. Revenge wasn't as good and paradise just plain sucked... Such a let down

The copies that have been attempted since then have missed the mark

To me they are fine games this or Dangerous Driving or others. Heck if we can't even have baby steps why bother players/customers are too harsh.

I don't put nostalgia into what makes a game great. Janky or other details ok yeah that is disappointing. If it's parts of the design then well like modern design is ever good anyway. Thing is Wreckfest while good is very light compared to Flatout's offerings and even then you could NFS Shift beat the whole game without buying a single car/upgrade to me that kind of sucked but my save file is staying that way right now on purpose (I'll play it again properly to use all of what the game has to offer but even still) if you wanted a challenge run to do so. You just race what you can. The fact NFS Shift had half the game of easiness to access the end game and I barely had to play it just made me just shocked. Let alone it still being a thing in a way with some games. I get some difficulty with events/AI in some modern games but even still. It devalues the systems/events excitement.

Then again a Blur/Split Second type mechanics or appeal would be nice but they didn't sell will they these days who knows. Then again Lucid didn't learn with Destruction Allstars no one cares about vehicles and a trend like they attached it too and part of those were Bizzare Creations staff let alone those at Playground doing better but making eh Forza Horizon design look a bit off.

I think customers have too high expectations. I get how it was with Burnout 1, 3 and Paradise as my entry points these past few years now, no nostalgia for them but even still even if multiplayer online (I mean not all can do that they aren't all AAA) nah, if split screen then sure that's something if done well, if singleplayer than sure. People just have too high expectations.

Sure modern games aren't the best but even then I've played many niche games of the past better than many modern due to just movesets being so weak and oh the boring heavy feel of characters or oh the worlds are so formulaic or eh stories that make me no care at all because the gameplay sucks the characters are basic.

But even some games in some genres too miss the mark and go oh visuals/story/eh characters over gameplay. That's why I think they suck.

Some Indies in racing either make decent games, nostalgic games or just don't try hard enough with their ideas.

They either need to learn lessons on what worked/didn't or try harder with their ideas/execution. Yes that is a bit much with my be reasonable portion prior but I mean if you look at games in the past not pathetic modern competitors you get more going on and not just 1 successful arcade racer of the past. ALL OF THEM. For better lessons or better ideas to brew.

If I can do it through research or collecting it isn't that hard to do the same.

We haven't had any good arcade racers in years because of sometimes customers pushing any baby step possibility aside (if visuals/worlds in a racing game then seriously I'd rather care the game feels right then where it's located or licensed vehicles or not I'd gladly take a Wreckfest no car licenses approach any day and again like Burnout) or because the games are just bad or barely heard about compared to trashy sims we have these days then good game design in those sims because they want their simulation and their rigs to be a shine. Who cares. I don't like most sims because their game design sucks 8th gen+.