The graphics are wonderful, far beyond games in the past. BUT... that's not what got 3 stars obviously, that reasoning is the fact of the in game experience itself needs alot of work. Work that could have been completed far before the release, since this this game has had 3 years of being completed it is far from that point. The AI technology is junk, the gameplay itself is horrific... flags take an ungodly amount of time to come out, either you get up to speed before the rest of the pack or they do. If your in front with a decent gap in between the other cars somewhat appear to just jump right on you and sometimes past you. If you go to the pits you have an 85% chance that the Ai driving your car on pit road misses the pit box and then spins around in circles on pit lane attempting to get back to it. Flat tires... they are realistic as anything but I never knew a single flat could handicap your whole car from moving altogether. In the end the game is good as far as graphics, but everything else... big work needs done