A highly addictive and adrenaline soaked street racer with great visuals and stunning sounds = portable insanity!
In carreer mode you can randomly race against other roaming racers and find special events or tournaments, all opportunities are marked on your map. The last mentioned events can be single races or a series of races, winning brings of course money, you unlock new content at the garage or you win a new vehicle. Each vehicle class (SUV, Tuner Cars, Luxury, Muscle,…) has its own share of racing challenges, some events only allow certain vehicles. The first races you start in San Diego, but Atlanta and Detroit become accessible quite early in your career. One thing I love is that I never had the impression that it’s getting boring, that the maps or opportunities are limiting me. It’s more a question of “what to do first?”. Even in free roam you can do more tha just sightseeing, you can collect Rockstar logos which will again unlock stuff. Unlike the GTA series these icons are harder to find and there’s no location map posted here at GS yet.
I recommend to have your PSP hand strap attached to protect your PSP against overemotional reactions which happen on a regular base when winning or loosing.
First I was afraid that only 3 cities and racing only at night will get me bored soon, but the variety of tracks – even if similar in many cases – offer enough challenging moments, including incredible stunts.
The difference to the US version is, that the loading times have been optimized and I have not experienced frame rate issues. I can’t complain about the performance.