Everything about its design is masterfully curated and refined, including the clever ways in which it is deeply aggravating and flawed. The gamefeel is so intrinsically enjoyable that I don't care that the entire structure of the game is built on training you to spend real money on fake cars. The UI design is so clever that I knew it couldn't be a new concept that anyone had for this installment. Every time I get one of those "gacha" style lootbox tickets, they show you five possible things you might get, I literally always get the smallest possible reward, and I must assume this is by design. I saved up for the fancy car I wanted only to realize A: the car looks cool but it actually kind of sucks to drive, and B: I'm playing this game in the minimal first person view anyway, I'm never gonna see that shit. Probably the best PlayStation game of the year, but it likely won't be remembered that way when the servers go down.