It seems this is a final product. So what we have here is a the final, permanent version of the game. Because of this the reviews getting in recently are important.
This game isn't worth the price tag at any level. I got it for seven bucks, on sale, and it feels like I overpaid. Lets go through its aspects by categories.
-Graphics and looks: Ugly, boring, and dreadful are the way to describe them. The game looks, and feels like an indie from 2012. Even for the year it was released this comes up as ugly.
-Control: Extremely bad, even with an upgraded car you will struggle here.
-Gameplay: Oh, gee... where to begin here? The game has an identity crisis in that it doesn't know what it is or what it is trying to be. At some point in feels like a racing game, at some other it feels like a "Demolition Derby" game, and at some point it feels like a "Midnight Club clone." Yet, the game fails to provide ANY of the things that make those type of games cool, and without providing anything special in return.
The career mode is the bread and butter of the game, and in it you get these championships comprised of several types of races.
You will have a circuit race, which would be very annoying because the overall control of these cars is atrocious. The AI is programmed to just crash into you at all costs. You are racing against a bunch of Kamikazes whose objective is not to win, but to just end your run. So it will feel like you are playing a racing game, but they are playing a Derby game with you. All it takes is one small hit and your car loses control and crash. The AI cars, however, are like battle tanks, capable to taking almost anything you can do to them. Very frustrating experience...
You will also have a "Time Trial" race with no competitors other than time. I found this to be most tolerable of the bunch.
Then there will be a "Joy Ride" race, in which you go on crashing into things for points. Sounds fun in theory, but in practice is actually very annoying, especially when you are stuck on a championship after spending hours mastering the racetracks because of this particular event. Even purposely crashing into things is annoying because you are driving cars that are very hard to control.
Then there will be a reach-the-flag type of race, ala Midnight Club style, in which you drive around the place trying to figure out the fastest way to reach those flags. It's essentially a restart orgy till you figure it out.
Bugs: In the time I put into this my game crashed about three times with an error window stating there was an "Unreal Engine" fail. I have never seen this type of errors before. I didn't even know the engine itself could cause a crash. But other than that, the game felt smooth, and I didn't encounter any other bugs.
-Perks: The only thing I could put here is the customization options which are very good. You customize your car fully, from the seats to the rims, to the body, every part of it! However, you do have only a handful of cars, so it's essentially lots of customization for just a few cars... I think most of us would prefer more cars, but it is what it is.
I spent about ten hours into this and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Certainly the worse game I played recently. Even at discount, I'm sure there are better games you can get.
