Surprising, engaging, and a wonderful multiplayer game!
Solid game play. This isn’t your standard race around the track to win game. This is a "Hey your in my way so I’m going to smash you off the road to cross the finish line!" kind of game. The driving is not as solid as say, Need for speed, but it is good none the less. Using a keyboard it’s a little difficult to get used to at first - since you have no precision turning or acceleration (Yes that makes a difference). The crashes are wicked, the entire track feels as if it can be destroyed, the massive battles you do with other racers and oh...did I mention everything seems like it can be destroyed?
Graphics
Good graphics, everything seems well polished and fits in the game well. The cars and environments are well done and look really nice. This isn’t the biggest graphical game on the market so even weaker machines will run it at a decent setting and have it look nice.
Sound
One of my favorite things, I loved the sound track! The sound of crashes smashing together, explosions, people screaming, tires screeching around the corners. It really put you into the game, it was fantastic! Games like this often have very poor sound. Not this one!
Value
When it comes down to it, this game is FUN. It looks good, it sounds good, it plays good and playing it is a blast! Especially with other people, oh wow the multiplayer aspect of this game is fantastic. Racing around with friends or family smashing them into trees, off cliffs, into other cars, through malls. Phew.
Tilt
Because this game is so ridiculously fun to play with other people, I give it the max amount.
Final Thoughts
Give it a shot. Its not one of those mega serious games - it was built for people to have some fun racing around smashing into people and other random objects. They did a great job.