Personally, I thinks it's a really refreshing change from Split/Seconds' short but great gameplay and Blurs' frustrating single player. Actually, it's nice to have new, good racing game after a while of waiting for one. First of all, the graphics are fantastic. I believe it uses one of DICEs' engines, and with great succes: Seacrest County is a very colourful and beautiful place. It really captures the US's west-coast area as they intended. The game runs smoothly too.