Didn't expect this one to be as interesting as it was and I didn't expect to play it for a lot more than FM8, but I'm still a lil disappointed by this one. It's a visual step up from TC2 and Grand Race is a phenomenally fun game mode but I'm waiting for it to break out of this "vanilla" stage. Everything just feels so similar to TC2 structurally and a lot of the features I didn't like return here -- you still can't pause your game without it timing out and you can't sell your cars -- while new gripes make their debut: the avatar models are kinda ass, the lack of houses makes the game less immersive, and some of the inner workings of the career mode make no sense. Tbh tho I know this game is one or two major expansions away from blossoming into something crazy. Still holding out hope for that Japan expansion.