From the very first minutes, I couldn't decide if I like this game or not. If it was possible to give a neutral review, I would do it.

TLDR is that this game need a No Man's Sky, tireless support to perhaps someday become the game it aspired to be.

Game is rough and have many problems.
I personally stumbled upon server problems maybe twice, however that's still two times more than I should have. Especially that game aims to be "social/always online game" with no offline mod, which would be fine I suppose if everything would run smoothly on server's end. It doesn't.
Absolutely horrendous is bot's AI. Why they sometimes drive like a madman, ramming into player and leaving them in dust like they are preprogrammed to be 1st on the finish line, and sometimes they are 30 seconds behind me and not seen through the whole race. Why Novice bots drive the same Experienced bots? What those titles even mean, because it can't be difficulty, as you can't change bots difficulty. And if they can ram your car like an average online Forza player, then why can't I ram them back? Instead, their body is buttered, and I slide off them every time and falling behind.
Optimization is awful. It was while open tests as well, and I'm sorry to inform that it still is bad. 3060, i5 11400 and 16gb RAM is barely enough for console experience of 30fps and custom settings, being around medium. On low, I could get 60-70fps, but then the game looks worse than TDU1 and when I come to play a racing game I would like to see nice cars and nice landscape, not a 2000s game.

So what is even good about the game? Why, I couldn't decide if I like the game or not? Well, that would be the structure of the game. It is build for that grind MMO feel, and I personally enjoy it. I like the big map, hidden secrets and nice views, even if in wacky 30fps. Freeroam feels pretty good, I don't know but driving in it feels so much better than in races. Not sure if they are actually different in core, but it feels better. Music and sound design overall is fine, I can't speak much of the car sounds themselves, no expert here.

The game needs updates. Plenty of them. Bots AI must change, Optimizations must be improved, Servers must be fixed once and for all. If that happens, I will come back and change the review for positive. Until then, I cannot recommend this game, even though I would like to do it.

From the very first minutes, I couldn't decide if I like this game or not. If it was possible to give a neutral review, I would do it. TLDR is that this game need a No Man's Sky, tireless support to perhaps someday become the game it aspired to be. Game is rough and have many problems. I personally stumbled upon server problems maybe twice, however that's still two times more than I should have. Especially that game aims to be "social/always online game" with no offline mod, which would be fine I suppose if everything would run smoothly on server's end. It doesn't. Absolutely horrendous is bot's AI. Why they sometimes drive like a madman, ramming into player and leaving them in dust like they are preprogrammed to be 1st on the finish line, and sometimes they are 30 seconds behind me and not seen through the whole race. Why Novice bots drive the same Experienced bots? What those titles even mean, because it can't be difficulty, as you can't change bots difficulty. And if they can ram your car like an average online Forza player, then why can't I ram them back? Instead, their body is buttered, and I slide off them every time and falling behind. Optimization is awful. It was while open tests as well, and I'm sorry to inform that it still is bad. 3060, i5 11400 and 16gb RAM is barely enough for console experience of 30fps and custom settings, being around medium. On low, I could get 60-70fps, but then the game looks worse than TDU1 and when I come to play a racing game I would like to see nice cars and nice landscape, not a 2000s game. So what is even good about the game? Why, I couldn't decide if I like the game or not? Well, that would be the structure of the game. It is build for that grind MMO feel, and I personally enjoy it. I like the big map, hidden secrets and nice views, even if in wacky 30fps. Freeroam feels pretty good, I don't know but driving in it feels so much better than in races. Not sure if they are actually different in core, but it feels better. Music and sound design overall is fine, I can't speak much of the car sounds themselves, no expert here. The game needs updates. Plenty of them. Bots AI must change, Optimizations must be improved, Servers must be fixed once and for all. If that happens, I will come back and change the review for positive. Until then, I cannot recommend this game, even though I would like to do it.