Its a shame. This game could be so much fun was it not for horrific performance issues. And thats on a E8500/GTX280!
There is a lot to be liked here. Character models are generally very good, music is alright, gang customization is a neat idea, lot of freedom, missions are crazy but fun and just plain silliness.
Problem is..
1: it comes across as GTA clone. And isnt polished enough to shake off that image. Neither does it try to be as creative as GTA-SA.
2: Performance. This might be a fun game on PS3/XBX360 but on PC it is nearly unplayable with high quality lighting enabled. And thats on a GTX280 with 3.4ghz E8500. Thats just broken, no other excuse for it.
Which means you will have to play this game on either lower resolution (i want my games at 1920x1200) or reduce image quality. You cant play on lower resolution! This game is stupid enough to lack MOST COMMON wide screen resolutions. Where are my 1440x900 and 1680x1050?
And with medium image quality, this game looks about same as GTA-SA. Which was horrible even when it came out on pc.
In short: You might enjoy this game after about 3 patches (IF it ever gets patched) or in 2 years. After mainstream hardware is twice the speed of current top-end.