I was as invested in this as TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 or METROPOLIS STREET RACER. Haptics, handling and actual gameplay are absolute top tier.

I will doubtless come back to this on a regular basis just to experience it with a new weekly spotify playlist in the background. It seems perfectly suited to that

I'm happy to just have the car from OUTRUN and Burt Reynolds Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, gameplay is everything to me, so the grind will not affect my enjoyment in the slightest. However for car enthusiasts and completionists, altering the economy post launch was a serious red flag.

The stench of microtransations is very real for those with a certain mindset.