A good racing game. Not great, good.
However, I decided to give it another chance when my brother invited me to play in a multiplayer tournament game with him. He showed me some of the more easy-to-handle cars and before long I could drive. Now let me say this about the game: it is fun. The wide variety of choice between dozens of cars rare and common alike is amazing, while the gameplay becomes easier as you play. I think the part I enjoyed the most was the split screen racing with extremely exotic beautifully detailed cars, and damaging them to our hearts content.
This game doesn't really have much options besides racing which is one of the things that bummed me out. None of the crazy stunt courses like that available in the Burnout games, just good clean tracks for good clean racing.
A good racing game. Nothing more than that. If you're looking for anything more, you certainly won't find it. Another thing: give it some time if you're having trouble, slow down a little and you might enjoy yourself.