Every time I purchase a decent arcade-ish racing game I end up binging it for a few days until I burn out (no pun intended). That's exactly what happened with this one as well. Actually got it on sale before it gets removed from the store.

The game is very enjoyable, I would say it's Microsoft’s spin on the Gran Turismo genre. It's both arcade enough to be enjoyable with a controller while at the same time offering a realistic driving style, different for every car, and rewarding clean lines and races.

There are hundreds of cars to collect and upgrade, and many races to beat.

The game is online, but it works offline too, UNLIKE SOME OTHER OPEN WORLD RACING GAME BY ANOTHER COMPANY *COUGH* UBISOFT *COUGH* and that's good.

Graphics are really good, and the game is very well optimized. I played both on my high end PC and on Steam Deck and got great performance either way (though Deck needed a bit of tinkering to get the optimal settings for 60 fps).

I got the Ultimate Edition, thus I was very disappointed to find out that it includes all the DLC except for the Hot Wheels one, which isn't available anymore for purchase. That was actually quite a bummer even though in the end I can live without it.

Overall then a very enjoyable game, I recommend getting it before it gets delisted, if it goes on sale again.

Every time I purchase a decent arcade-ish racing game I end up binging it for a few days until I burn out (no pun intended). That's exactly what happened with this one as well. Actually got it on sale before it gets removed from the store. The game is very enjoyable, I would say it's Microsoft’s spin on the Gran Turismo genre. It's both arcade enough to be enjoyable with a controller while at the same time offering a realistic driving style, different for every car, and rewarding clean lines and races. There are hundreds of cars to collect and upgrade, and many races to beat. The game is online, but it works offline too, UNLIKE SOME OTHER OPEN WORLD RACING GAME BY ANOTHER COMPANY *COUGH* UBISOFT *COUGH* and that's good. Graphics are really good, and the game is very well optimized. I played both on my high end PC and on Steam Deck and got great performance either way (though Deck needed a bit of tinkering to get the optimal settings for 60 fps). I got the Ultimate Edition, thus I was very disappointed to find out that it includes all the DLC except for the Hot Wheels one, which isn't available anymore for purchase. That was actually quite a bummer even though in the end I can live without it. Overall then a very enjoyable game, I recommend getting it before it gets delisted, if it goes on sale again.