WOW WOW WOW - WHAT... NOO...
The phsyics of the game rule, its like you are actually behind the wheels of a beast, and you can drive to your heart content, safely... or stupidly... cars react to damage well (if some of the crashes would write of a car) and they look fab when the smash up to lil bits upon contact with a lampost.
However the game lets its self down bad. The walking around sucks (yes i know its called DRIV3R) but if you encorperate that into a game, its gotta be reasonable, and the missions are often frustrating as hell, any one who asys they have completed the game first go LIES... it took me 3 attempts to get past the first level, that was drving to a police station... (damn pedestrians ;-) )
Yet i feel the reviews so far are harsh, the game is very enjoyable and is very easy to pick up and scream around the cities. Worth it for the real/fun factor.