Best game EVER........if you avoid the racing!
If your going to get this game DO NOT get it for the racing end. Apart from its fun crashing physics and cool mini games the game is HARD and when you yell you make even a sailor blush.
The gameplay has three types really. Racing which is divided into various types like racing to win, racing for points...etc. This is very hard since you always fly off the track and die constantly and lose thanks to rubber band AI and physics like a Ice Skating rink. Demolition Derby which some people handle easily and others fail miserably at. And finally the minigames. The best part of the series.
You drive down various themed games like bowling and just as you hit the end launch your "ragdoll" guy (or girl) out the windshield and towards giant bowling pins! You can flop once in midair for some more height! The mini games are so much fun because every thing makes you yell "OWWWW that had to hurt!".
The controls are pretty easy so no complaints here.
The music and sound are nothing amazing. The breaking bone sound is fun though. It never gets old.
The graphics are good, but a little outdated. The games draw is obviously its physics. You can literally destroy everything you smash into! Blow things up, run them over, drive through them! Its a blast!
Overall the games only fun if you want to screw around with once again... the physics and the mini games. Other then that don't get it. Not to mention you have to unlock everything which is a major pain. So cheats come in handy.