They used to be fun!!!
I believe a lot of people still love the undergrounds series, well why not because it's a fantasy racing game that happen on the street with lots of beautiful color of light, cars, storyline and so on plus it's addictive. In a short simple word is FUN.
Well technically EA total misdirect their true objective in developed this new released and try to be more serious. Well EA to bad for you guys because if I want to play that kind of game I rather play Forza 2.
Well it's not fair for me to condemn everything about this game. It's still have value in a way or two, like the graphic and the atmosphere of a race day are very nice and inviting. The new damage system tend to show the livelihood of a racer and look great (which I found to be frustrating because everyone will eventually accident and if we did, we don't want to look back & repair the car ourselves. Just deduct some reward money like any other games and don't give us options). For the good, I think the presentations and game play are solid.
Well for all racing game maniac out there, if you want to play a street race game that really enjoy and fun I rather recommend Juice 2 (even though the race atmosphere not as exciting as pro street but it's pure fun). Sorry EA better luck next time.