Truth is, Tanner... this game really pumps the gas.
Good:
-The best motion and collision physics of it's time. Vehicle damage is handled very well.
-Some pretty good graphics, eventhough they aren't as good as games like Gran Turismo 2.
-4 huge cities with realistic layouts.
-Apartments in each city with answering machine messages that never fail to entertain.
-Good mission volume and variety, it takes about 40 hours to beat and you really have to get good at predicting and avoiding things.
-Additional modes such as survival are tons of fun. You can launch yourself off the slopes of SF with some propulsion from the cops that are ceaselessly rear-ending you and then create awesome movies out of all the chaos.
-Voice acting is pretty good, theres a good mix of gruff and goofy characters.
-A little bit of car variety with their own physics spread across various missions.
Bad:
-You can never leave your car during missions. Make no mistake, this is not GTA.
-There are no curved roads and there's a limit to the variety of obstacles you'll encounter.
-Missions that take 20 minutes to beat can easily end with a sudden and violent crash 19 minutes into them, resulting in a frustrating mission restart. There are no checkpoints.
-Some of the groovy music gets a little repetitive by the end of the game.
-No multiplayer.