This was a complete surprise! I never even heard of this game and when a friend traded it to me i was hesitant. This is a lot of fun. The crashes, physics, the graphics, sound is great. The music is very good too. I like the racing races better the the smash up derbies and its possible not to do the smash up derbies and continue your career progress which is nice. The mix between total "arcade" racer and decent driving is pretty well balanced. Be prepared to restart - because on your last lap some freck of a wreck can put you back from 1st to 5th which is part of the blast!