I love racing games and I wanted to love this game, but I just cant. First up, the graphics are stunning even when not in 4K, particularly when racing in the rain: just gorgeous. Theres some problems though. First up, every car you race seems to have tyres made from teflon because you are CONSTANTLY skidding everywhere. It feels like you have to creep round every corner to avoid sliding off the track. Its not “challenging” or “technical”: its just tedious as hell. Next up, there are over 700 cars (!!) which sounds good but most of them are shite. I mean, do you really want to race a 1992 Honda Civic- There are 30 tracks but they are (almost) all race circuits and so every race is pretty much the same. So all up, waaay too many cars, not enough tracks and NOWHERE NEAR enough different race modes. I mean, you can buy rally cars, but there are no rally tracks. You can buy Ken Block-style gymkhana cars, but there are no rallycross events. There's a bunch of off-road vehicles but no offroad racing. Finally, there is no story or campaign or narrative of any kind and so the whole thing just feels soulless and empty. Even the football game FIFA has a campaign mode with a story that ties it all together, but in this its just “Heres 700 cars: go race them 5,000 times on the same 30 tracks. Good luck”. The whole thing is just completely lacking in imagination and you might as well just go buy a second hand copy of Forza 5 as this is pretty much the same game <sad face>
