I really, really want to love this game. I really do. It's a massive improvement over the first in many ways, but one where it sadly does not is the shared "end-game plateau", as I like to call it. After about 3/4 of the way into the game, new tracks stop being introduced, and the rubberbanding AI becomes absolutely ludicrous. At many times, they are faster than you, and it's impossible to catch up. There is nothing to be gained here and everything lost, I have become actively drained playing both of these games and trying to finish them. It's such a shame too, as the first 3/4 of the game is actually wonderful and if the game was just that, it'd be in my top 10 racing games ever.