Marking this finished now I've finished all racing series currently available.

I like it! I don't know man. I watched some analysis videos about how bad it is and I just don't see it. I particularly don't think it was a fraction as broken as Cyberpunk 2077 was at launch... Sure, the penalty system is absolutely broken, but It has only affected my driving in a single online race when I was trying to keep a second ahead and went obscenely wide on a corner. All my fault in the end, but the driving is pretty solid. I don't think the levelling system gets in the way, as I always found the cash based upgrade system in Gran Turismo entirely more difficult to deal with. A lot more grinding for one car to win a single race in GT when you enter a series in FM on the same level as your competition. Most of the high end cars don't even have upgrade paths.

I'm rambling. Look. I took a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 with an Initial D livery all the way through the open class series, making it as fast as a hypercar at Le Mans by the end of it and I wouldn't change it for the world.