could have been a lot better

first off lemme say if that you don't like sliding around constantly, don't buy or rent this game. i played with the settings till i turned blue and the is no way to keep any car from getting tail happy. graphics are good, 4.5, kinda hard to mess up cel-shaded. sound 3.0. between the upbeat elevator music, the annoying announcer, and the mediocre engine sounds. it's lucky i gave it that. control 3.0. oi, talk about touchy, minor turns make any car start to drift plus rain and dirt tracks make it worse. hit a turn a little too fast and you'll be facing in the wrong direction real quick. but once you get use to it and establish a rythm you'll smoke everything. tip: stick with manual trans, if you use auto, you'll be in the wrong gear coming out of a turn every time. fun factor 3.0 this is one of the oddest physics setups i've ever seen. cars slide in every turn but at the start of the race when you red line it to go, you get a little bit of smoke and the engine bogs with 600hp?!? normally you'd be burning rubber for 3 gears down the front stretch. i gess capcom figured if they had cartoony graphics they might as well have a cartoony physics engine. the best part is that the AI cars don't get sideways too often. this game is more about decorating your garage than actual racing, the career mode is fairly short. i think they spent more time on the garage decoration and the 'email' thing that gives you tips on this that and the other thing that aren't really that useful. all the body mods don't improve anything performance wise, there's no difference between part manufacturers in terms of performance. the career mode is short and easy once you get use to drifting. sure you can customize paint, body style, and make lil stickers to put on your car. whup dee doo. how many other games let you do that.