This game is great! Gamespot complains about variety and longevity? Modern games have far more of them?I don't think so!
Actually all in this game oozes quality from every pore. On the other hand Polyphony is an insurance about games made with real passion.
The graphics is still awesome even for the current standards and especially it's stylish which doesn't know time passing.
Its soundtrack is also stunning in both European and American versions (Feeder strike again!) .
Gameplay is fast,smooth,enthralling and sometime even surprising.
Also I think that it has the right length and the difficulty curve is well implemented,balanced. Initially the game is friendly easy, then becomes a little hard in the following levels.
I really loved it a bunch!