Apart from an easy platinum and a fun multiplayer, this game is miles from the early burnout titles.
The options menus are not as intuituve as they could have been and are confusing for the most part leaving you to feel around in the dark wondering what to do. What else? Well while I'm on the bad I might as well mention that although burnout on the ps2 meant great graphics, unfortunately the same can't be said for the current generation. At least it has a solid framerate dor the speed that it goes but loading times are slightly long if you wish to restart a race among other instances. Another gripe is that there are no more cool aftertouch takedowns and the crash events are gone, replaced by a shallow, unstrategic load of crap that feels like an add on where you literally just drive your upside down vehicle all round the streets crashing into things for points.
The good, yes there is some good, is that when you ARE having fun with the game it really delivers, but only masks the boredom that sets in for a little while. Where this game really shines though is the online multiplayer, which seems that was where the devs really put all the muscle and creativity and where you'll have the most fun, especially if you have a headset and a playstation eye (you'll also need the eye to get the platinum, be warned!) but if you don't have an online connection then I just don't see this game as more than a weekend rent.