By Roger Gude.

You might think that after you play one racing game, you've played them all. But, every once and awhile, a company comes around and makes a truly unique and innovative racing game that pushes the genre in the right direction. Flatout 2, the sequel to the hugely successful Flatout, has now sold over 500,000 copies and clearly showed it's dominant position in the video game industry.

Not only has Flatout 2 sold over 500,000 copies worldwide, but highly acclaimed gaming media such as IGN.com and G4TV's X-play show have given Flatout 2 awards for Best PS2 Racing Game of 2006 and Best Racing Game of 2006.

What does this mean for developer Bugbear Enteraintment? “It felt like a real victory', says Jussi Laakkonen, Business Director at Bugbear Entertainment.

The next installment to the Flatout series, titled Flatout: Ultimate Carnage, is scheduled for release in 2007 for the X-Box 360. All of this can only mean one thing; with all of the positive press coverage about Flaout: Ultimate Carnage will, without a doubt, live up to it's predecessors name