Review from a sim racing esports driver (whatever that may be worth to you, it's not important but I guess some people might want to defend this game by suggesting I'm a bad driver or something):
This game is very cool in concept (I absolutely adored absolute drift) but the controls and, kinda sorta, the physics, let this game down big time.

In another review someone mentioned that the controls don't scale for speed, they get tankslappers, etc. From what I can tell that's not actually what the issue is, the issue is a lack of something called "self aligning torque." If you've ever drifted your mom's Nissan Sentra you'll notice that in the middle of the slide, your steering wheel will automatically countersteer as the tires follow the inertial path of the vehicle, and as the car straightens out, the steering wheel essentially aligns itself. This is a natural force that you use for any car that you're going to be using lots of oversteer, say on dirt or gravel, to turn the car, and in many cases you can kinda just let the car do all the work.

The problem with art of rally is this force doesn't exist in the game, meaning you have to do all the countersteering, and time it perfectly. If you countersteer for a fraction of a second too long, you get in a tankslapper. If you don't countersteer enough, it acts as if you're turning into the slide as opposed to letting the wheel self center.

Uninstalled after about 3 hours of gameplay. If you want a fun laid back arcade experience with elements of weight and realism (and rally cars), I recommend Forza Horizon 4 (or maybe 5 since that's coming out soonish.) In my opinion, the lack of this simple yet crucial physical mechanic in the steering makes the game simply not enjoyable and not worth playing.

Some may tell you it's a skill issue or that it's supposed to be a difficult game, but it's only difficult because you are fighting the poorly made controls, rather than the difficulties of driving a monster rally car or a technical rally course.

Review from a sim racing esports driver (whatever that may be worth to you, it's not important but I guess some people might want to defend this game by suggesting I'm a bad driver or something): This game is very cool in concept (I absolutely adored absolute drift) but the controls and, kinda sorta, the physics, let this game down big time. In another review someone mentioned that the controls don't scale for speed, they get tankslappers, etc. From what I can tell that's not actually what the issue is, the issue is a lack of something called "self aligning torque." If you've ever drifted your mom's Nissan Sentra you'll notice that in the middle of the slide, your steering wheel will automatically countersteer as the tires follow the inertial path of the vehicle, and as the car straightens out, the steering wheel essentially aligns itself. This is a natural force that you use for any car that you're going to be using lots of oversteer, say on dirt or gravel, to turn the car, and in many cases you can kinda just let the car do all the work. The problem with art of rally is this force doesn't exist in the game, meaning you have to do all the countersteering, and time it perfectly. If you countersteer for a fraction of a second too long, you get in a tankslapper. If you don't countersteer enough, it acts as if you're turning into the slide as opposed to letting the wheel self center. Uninstalled after about 3 hours of gameplay. If you want a fun laid back arcade experience with elements of weight and realism (and rally cars), I recommend Forza Horizon 4 (or maybe 5 since that's coming out soonish.) In my opinion, the lack of this simple yet crucial physical mechanic in the steering makes the game simply not enjoyable and not worth playing. Some may tell you it's a skill issue or that it's supposed to be a difficult game, but it's only difficult because you are fighting the poorly made controls, rather than the difficulties of driving a monster rally car or a technical rally course.