Everything but good
The troubles in this game begins with compatibility: USB and operating systems. Without a good hunt on google, this game will be rendered useless on any xp/vista machine. You'll need a patch and a crack (yes a crack) to get this to function... along with a glide wrapper. This part ends with a huge headache (just with the fine tuning and what not).
Moving onto getting into the game. Setting up your "generic" controllers can tend to be very frustrating. If you can not get the game to acknowledge any inputs from your controller, stick to the keyboard controls.
Gameplay: This is what instantaneously killed any sorts of possibilities for fun. It feels like you are driving a tank! Getting up to speed isn't exactly the issue, but when you approach a turn, it takes forever to move the car through the turns, the cars want to push like crazy. it doesn't matter if you increase the steering sensitivity, no matter what you do, you have to almost crawl to steer. If you have played carma 1, imagine turning at a rate of 50% from that game.
If you manage to jump your car, or get rear ended to the point that the rear tires are lifted off the ground, it takes forever for the car to land... if you break traction, it takes absolutely forever to regain control.
If you can get past these HUGE road blocks, the graphics and music are great. But, without a good gameplay (driving ability) in the game, it really renders this game best into the garbage. How they consider this game complete is beyond me. Carmageddon TDR isn't any better, in fact it is worse than this game! There is a reason why CARMA 4 has never been consistant! The series is on a downhill slope and its not getting better! They should have stopped with carma 1.