Who needs realism?
however it has its own brilliance. it has very good graphics for the ds and is very playable.
the funniest thing in the game is probably the fact that speed cameras actually pay you. your chance to play the british goverment without a boring political mess!
The modes are exciting and varying, and there are many cars to choose from.
This vs. the ds version of carbon, the definate winner is urban! one deffinatly worth buying.
However sound is its weakest area, though the menu music by 'moby' sounds amazing coming out of the ds, the same song is played every time on the menus and in the races, plus they are boring songs. still, that should not deter you from urban 2.