Though the graphics are spectacular, when it comes to being reali- stic, this game just doesn't cut it. Other than becoming really ugly, your car never takes any real damage. You can't modify your cars in any way, and you don't buy them, you earn them.
...with Kudos.
You earn Kudos through a variety of gameplay modes, but the heart of the game is in the Kudos challenge. You can also earn medals in var- ious competitions, and earn new cars and new paint jobs for your cars.
However, the best feature of this game lies in the music; there are a wide array of custom tracks already built into the game, which you can put on your driver's CD, or you can hear on the pre-programmed radio stations. They're mach recordings from real radio stations in some of the biggest cities in the world: London, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo.
Or...
You can burn your own CD's onto your Xbox's hard drive, and put them onto your driver's CD. Very cool.
It's a fun game, but it gets old fast, and has a thoroughly disap- pointing amount of cars.
Rent, don't buy.
-- jerry.HUGHART