This game is quite cool for a while, how you can create a graffiti for your profile and everything, but that's about it.

The races are a little hard to win with the cars you start with. I mean, how could you win with a max speed of less than a hundred? It gets frustrating when you lose.

The unlockables? They're really hard to unlock! Like in the first chapter, you can race the boss after getting 500 respect points, but you still have to win the other races in order to unlock good cars. PLUS, you still have to buy them.

The only cool thing about this game, is that it is NEED FOR SPEED. It doesn't matter how stupid you think the game is. Unless you're a street racer, you can't experience racing illegally everyday. It's just the feel of actually being inside that car and being chased by the cops while trying to outrun the other guys.

The audio is good. It actually sounds like the real thing. You know, when using manual transmission(which I prefer), you can tell when to shift gears just by listening to the sound. I don't have to look at the bottom right corner of my top screen to know I have to shift up. I simply have to listen to the engine having a hard time.

Graphics are OK. I kind of like it, even.

So my verdict is to try to rent first. If you don't "feel" the game, don't buy it. As for me, it's a fifty-fifty situation.