@edwardecl Been playing it for a good amount of time idd much more than 8 races had no graphical problems yet. Maybe an incompatability issue with your video card? or your card is over heating? Or maybe they already fixed the problem your talking about. Anyway just wanted to say I haven't had any problems with that. I haven't had any mapped button saving problems either everything there seems fine for me as well. However yea it is annoying that the controller doesn't work in options but not the worst thing ever.

hmm good point perhaps the game titles themselves need to also mention on the back of the case their difficulty so we know what their target audience is; Games for people like me who don't mind re-doing a level over and over for the challenge of finally beating it should have like a warning hardcore gamer sticker or something lol. And a different label for people who want to feel more relaxed and be able to keep progressing. I can seee how it frustrates some to do the same track over and over Both ways of playing is acceptable of course because I can also see how it is fun to just go through a game more relaxed for example I played Heavy Rain and enjoyed it a lot even though there is no way of losing in it. Perhaps games should just come with more options for difficulty settings to set the games to our preferences. @Gelugon_baat

Oh that was a mistake. I guess it gets like a 7.5 I hate giving games an overall rating to be honest since there are so many different ways of breaking them down. It gets extra points for the game files not being encypted :D j/k still same score but I was thinking about it ;) because this game could be get sooo much better in the future if given proper attention and people start making mods and tracks ect. for it. But this is definetly one of the better titles that have come out lately anyway. Things have been getting so watered down and this is a small step in the right direction. It's also hard to rate a game for me out of 10? I don't see how a game could be perfect 10 that would mean there is no possible way of improving it, but take any game and I'm sure there are things you would like such as level editors ways to add textures. and just plain MORE cause we always want more of what we like :D anyway wow I type too much and probably sound rediculous cause I have no idea what I'm typing anymore my fingers are just kinda hitting keys without much thought at this point :D @SpeedexGamer

@Gelugon_baat Perhaps he is good at reviewing other games. I think this game was not suited for his style of gaming and may have gave it a low score just because he didn't enjoy this style and the skill level of the game not because it's a bad game which is not the correct thing to do. That would be like me rating a Barbie game bad just because It's too easy and I'm not into barbie and not because the game is actually bad for people who like that type of game. I'm curious to see what else he reviewed so I can see what games he considers good to get a better sense of his style but can't seem to click Gamespot reviewers names to see what else they wrote? ( I could be wrong just not seeing how) anyway, In my opinion it would be nice to see gamespot add a vote mechnism to the official reviews like they have for user reviews.

Anyway this game is fun not perfect, but still fun. Have you tried it?

Also on a more random note: I don't think "Punishing difficulty" should be a negative game icon since that is typically the icon I look for since I like a challenge.

On a more random note: so far I like the hood cam the best in all racing games. Makes the game feel faster for me like I'm more a part of it and a bit more intense; I feel less disconnected to the games in that cam. So far I haven't found a game with a good inside seat cam always something weird about it. Where some reason you always see too much interior of the car and can barely see out the window; last time I checked when driving it's easy to see out the window O.O (This game doesn't even have a seat cam option but yea)

This reviewer who gave the game a 4 seems to be a casual gamer. From my experience from playing the game it is not that hard to unlock the weapons. All you need to do is get a qualifying position in the first race 1st -3rd and then you get your first gun unlocked. I played on hard and was not very difficult to do. For those of you that have played the Beta please don't be turned off by it because the physics and handling were terrible in it but it was all fixed. However, if the physics are still not to your liking (but I think they are great) they give you easy access to the files in the game nothing is encrypted and it easy easy to see how to tweak the physics to your liking. I tried out Dirt Showdown recently before trying that and reccomend that to the reviewer because that game was pretty casual and made to be easy to understand - too dumbed down to me but great for casual gamers. This game is seriously great and with easy access to the files it shouldn't be too hard to make tracks for it haven't checked into that part yet but just a thought for the future. Main problem I see with this game is the name "Gas Guzzlers Combat Carnage" WTF? who thought up that one? haha. Also Mr. Reviewer... the reason the tracks don't have tons of multiple pathways and shortcuts is to encourage the combat to exist so your not just racing by yourself. Also I guess you never got a qualifying position? because that is where the majority of the money comes from.

Anyway still playing the game but so far seems like it should be harder for my liking might need to tweak the ai in the files but still a great game. People like this reviewer are going to ruin games for people that actually enjoy a challenge and why games keep getting dumbed down for casual gamers. Go play Mario Cart if you want a more casual combat game.