Very fun and addictive, however the police chases while fun, at times seem to get in the way of the rest of the game.
The games visuals and sounds are amazing, as well as the responsive gameplay. Very nice customization options and racing modes of many sorts.
The only real problem I have with the game is that it has a few bugs that can get really annoying at times. One that really gets me is that I can crash through light poles, garbage dumpters, and even huge SUV's, but at times I might clip a wall or a tiny pixel of a fence and my car gets slammed to a dead stop, and this is extremely bad when running from pursuit corvettes. The game has also locked up fairly frequently, to the point where I don't feel comfortable just free roaming, I alway feel as though if I'm going ot accomplish anythin gI must immediately save for fear of a game crash.
The police chases are a blast, at least at first, then as you get higher into the game some of the police chases require get really old because of the high requirements for them, and unless you're an elite player you'll end up running the pursuits over again many many times to try and get to the next blacklist racer.
But those few things aside, I higly recommend this game. For avid game racing fans you might want ot rent it first to give it a try since some people fell it's more "arcadish" than "realistic" in terms of racing games.