Last time I played this must've been like 2004 with my brother. It was his game, and sometimes he wanted a real opponent, so we played hot-seat. I was terrible, I could never really get into racing games, especially simulators.

Thought I've grown since, but nope. It was too hardcore for me then, and it's too hardcore for me now. This is a game for true carheads, I can't understand half the shit it throws at me, and I lose every race.

The physics are amazing though. One of the best collision models I've seen. Different amounts of damage are dealt depending on the speed and the angle. I had some fun crashing into other cars to take them out and get ahead.

LITERALLY the exact same game as the first one.

The only differences are:
1) new tracks (with less visual variety)
2) reskinned menu
3) now motocross and regular racing are split into separate championships.

That is it. Even the soundtrack is the same.

I don't even know how to rate this game because on one hand this means it's as good as the first one (almost, I still prefer the visual variety of the original), on the other hand, if I bought it back in the day, I would've felt robbed. This is like a DLC sold as a full game. If something like this came out today, it would've probably caused an outrage.