This game simply isn't what a racing game is all about.
Was unable to wait till I got into my house before opening the box. Needless to say, opening, installing and starting the game had held quite a ton of excitement for me.
First starting the game, not much of a problem... Everything was smooth. Creating a player... Choosing clothes... Hair... Fine. I'm alright with that crap.
Gameplay: Eww.
The physics suck. Even with a xbox 360 controller the car was acting like it had been gripped by a hand and was being thrown all around the track. Fine if you don't have an xbox 360 controller. THE KEYBOARD WAS WORSE! Imagine if you twiddled your steering wheel and your car is being sent flying off the road. Horrible? Not quite yet.
The racing in this game sends people going "omgwtfbbq???!!!" Spooking someone (drafting) is dumb. Who would be spooked, I ask you, if you drove your car behind his/her ass? And the dumbest thing is that it sends them crashing into the walls.
Oh. And the drifting. Your car feels light. Far too light to be called realistic. I know: this is an arcade game. But even the NFS series have much better drifting physics than this. This game's drifting system makes it seem like your tyres don't even have a single thread on it at all. Your car slides across the road and does not even attempt to stop when you countersteer.
I didn't really check out the multiplayer in this game since the gameplay is bad enough.
For those thinking of buying this game:
1) think twice, trice, as many times as it takes.
2) get ready to waste your money.
3) get ready to waste space on your computer.
This game is NOT WORTH IT.
Forget about buying/touching the box at all.