Could have been, but it's not.

User Rating: 6.8 | Test Drive Unlimited PC
This seems a very good game, and a very entertaining one, too. The graphics look quite good. Plenty of trees, grass, lakes and such. The island is huge, with a ton of roads to travel; it has highways, roads and alleys. Traffic is normal, with cars buzzing all around you. There are some aspects I'm not touching, I'm sure you've read abou them already.
The array of cars from witch to choose from is impressive, all being fully licensed. The modelling team has done especially a great job recreating these cars in great detail, including the interior of the car. Well being a driving/racing game it's not a surprise. The surprise comes when it comes to driving. Although the cars are so beautifully modelled and textured, although you have a cockpit camera - wich is great, by the way - the control of the car is very poor. The game has some tweaking sliders for the control, but they don't do much in helping you. the controls will be hyper-responsive or hipo-responsive; either way it isn't good, This is the BIG minus of this game, witch would have otherwise been super.
Sure, with a steering wheel I think the game should respond adequately, but hey, how many of us have one?