Trash go play GT
The announcer in is by far the worst in any game. Listen to his fifteen year old intellect spew from the loud speaker made we want to cry. The closed, on course format does not serve this game well. Don't come to pro street if you crave the old NFS format you will be deeply disappointed.
A change of pace is good for a lot of games, but that change needs to something that holds true to made the franchise a hit to begin with.
Take Burnout Paradise for example. It change from a closed world arcade racer to open world arcade racer, plus they changed the crash mode to a more real time crash mechanic. This worked well for Burnout. So what I'm trying to say? GO PLAY BURNOUT!!!