i feel mixed about this game. while it does sort of bring back the driver personalities of 2, it just feels like some GTA cutscenes rather than midnight club. the gameplay is fine and there's many variety in races. the customization is fine, I believe there was more to it than the third game. but goddamn, i felt like this game dragged on for forever.
While let down by a poorly done end game that mostly revolves around grinding for money and being rewarded with radiant quests (more or less) and a handling model that is akin to a soap bar slip-sliding on a sheet of ice, the game makes up for it in spades with one of the best soundtracks in racing, and a Los Angeles that feels truly living and breathing, ironically, only beaten in virtual form by Rockstar creating a fake version of it in GTA V.
This is still the game I compare every open-world racer to. And they all lack that tight frantic city racing that this game got so right.
Honestly, I wasn't able to re-play that game since my PS3 died a few years before the PS4 was released, so there is probably a heavy dose of nostalgia mixed in. Still, I really miss this game and there are these days when I almost buy a PS3 just to play that one again...
PS: Actually bought a PS3 again mostly to play this game again 😅
Honestly, I wasn't able to re-play that game since my PS3 died a few years before the PS4 was released, so there is probably a heavy dose of nostalgia mixed in. Still, I really miss this game and there are these days when I almost buy a PS3 just to play that one again...
PS: Actually bought a PS3 again mostly to play this game again 😅