Most of what you expect a NFS game to be. Love the Wii motion controls, hate the canyon runs.
First slight issue is everything happens at night. Fine....it's a game about street racing and most street racing doesn't happen at three in the afternoon. But sometimes the dark screens make it a little difficult to maneuver as you can't see whats ahead of you.
Second issue is the "Boss races". Once you take over all the areas from a certain group you do this boss race. The first part is a street race in there territory, the second and third parts are a race down the canyon (First part your following them, second part there following you). The problem with the canyon race is the normal metal guardrails are replaced by balsa wood and paper. If you slightly graze the guardrail you miraculously get thrown over the edge and lose the race. Kinda frustrating but eventually you learn to either switch to a much better handling car with sticky tires or hit the brakes a whole lot. Think I lost 40 boss races in a row on day....good thing I had my Wiimote strap on my wrist to prevent me from throwing it at the tv....
Last issue I had was the sound track, it seemed to play the same 4 or 5 songs over and over and over. Would be nice to have a expanded catalog of music to listen to.
With those complaints noted I will say the graphics are very good (other then the too dark comment). The game play is really good and I liked the idea of being able to roam about the city without just doing event after event. Also the ability to pick what event you want to do next was nice. The controls, well, there a little difficult on the default setting tilting the Wiimote back and forth for steering. I choose control option 5 which lets you use the nunchuck analog stick as steering and the Wiimote as the acceleration pedal. I found this much easier to use and keep control of your car and the button layout easier to remember.
All in all good game with decent replay ability. Good amount of car and customization options along with different crew members to hire on your team and a good AI will keep you playing for a while.