I tried this yesterday, and I think the game absolutely sucks. I honestly
can't find one significant aspect of the game that is better (or even as
good) as the original. I hate the new cars, the physics and AI are
terrible...I hit a Mack truck head on at about 80 mph, sending the truck
backwards flipping around and around down the road, at which point it then
righted it self and continued driving normally down the road. I later rear
ended a Volvo at about 150 and my car went flying but the Volvo didn't
budge. The scenery felt very bitmappy/Road Rash-ish. At least NFS 1 made
me feel like I was on a road with real scenery around, even if I couldn't
drive on it. Now it feels like I'm playing road rash with the actual car
not moving and the road and scenery coming to me. The tracks all feel like
Lost Vegas to me...totally unrealistic and totally boring. I loved NFS...I
bought it 4 times (3DO, PSX, PC, NFSSE/PC), but this is total trash...I
wouldn't install it if it were given to me. The cars themselves don't look
anywhere near as realistic to me as the originals either.
My .02
Will