Cars are divided into 3 tiers: Tier 3 is the one with the slowest cars and the one you start with, going up to Tier 1 where all of the supercars are. As you progress the story, you unlock higher tiers and luckily it isn't really hard to do so. Sometimes you even get to pick a free car which you can customize. The list of cars is pretty good, I didn't have any problem finding a car that would fit me.

Customization is pretty basic. Colors, vinyls, spoilers, exhausts, wheels and few bodykits... that's about it. Since I'm mostly into stock cars with slight improvements, I didn't mind, but it's good to keep it in mind.

• However, there's a section where you can adjust a car to your needs. Wanna sacrifice some of the top speed for better acceleration? Or you prefer grip over sliding? Stronger NOS? No problem, they've got you covered. And it works really well.

This is where things get bad. I don't remember when was the last time I played a game with such a strange car handling. It is hard to explain, but even tuning your handling to be more or less precise doesn't help to get it right. On top of this, going into corners slows your car. What I mean is, imagine going 300 km/h in 6th gear and having to shift down to 4th gear, just because the car is unable to maintain its speed even in normal corners where it shouldn't have any problem. For me, this is the biggest downside of the game. Also, if you want to drift in this game, just forget about it.

• I wish the game had changeable difficulty. It is locked in one difficulty and it doesn't seem to increase as you progress the game. It's more random I would say. At the beginning of the game, you are easily able to leave your opponents 10 - 15 seconds behind you, but there are also few races where one of the opponents is able to match you.
  
  
• Now cops are pretty much easy to escape, especially when you have different things that you can smash on their cars around the map. To get busted, you must be either really unlucky or they have to pop your tires with spikes. In races, they target only you, which is not very logical and fair.
  
  
• There's an ability that lets you slow down the time, but also decreases your speed, unlike in GTA V, where Franklin's ability actually gains you speed. It's pretty much useless and you won't need to use it at all.

Story is one of the things that surprised me. And in a good way. Since I don't want to spoil it, I'll just say that you work as an undercover cop to take down criminals, which is fairly obvious after the opening scene of the game.

So I do recommend the game after all, but you have to embrace all the things that were done in a non-logical way.

[h1]Cars & customization[/h1] [b]Cars[/b] are divided into 3 tiers: Tier 3 is the one with the slowest cars and the one you start with, going up to Tier 1 where all of the supercars are. As you progress the story, you unlock higher tiers and luckily it isn't really hard to do so. Sometimes you even get to pick a free car which you can customize. The list of cars is pretty good, I didn't have any problem finding a car that would fit me. [b]Customization[/b] is pretty basic. Colors, vinyls, spoilers, exhausts, wheels and few bodykits... that's about it. Since I'm mostly into stock cars with slight improvements, I didn't mind, but it's good to keep it in mind. [list] [*]However, there's a section where you can adjust a car to your needs. Wanna sacrifice some of the top speed for better acceleration? Or you prefer grip over sliding? Stronger NOS? No problem, they've got you covered. And it works really well. [/list] [h1]Car handling[/h1] This is where things get bad. I don't remember when was the last time I played a game with such a strange car handling. It is hard to explain, but even tuning your handling to be more or less precise doesn't help to get it right. On top of this, going into corners slows your car. What I mean is, imagine going 300 km/h in 6th gear and having to shift down to 4th gear, just because the car is unable to maintain its speed even in normal corners where it shouldn't have any problem. For me, this is the biggest downside of the game. Also, if you want to drift in this game, just forget about it. [h1]General[/h1] [list] [*]I wish the game had changeable difficulty. It is locked in one difficulty and it doesn't seem to increase as you progress the game. It's more random I would say. At the beginning of the game, you are easily able to leave your opponents 10 - 15 seconds behind you, but there are also few races where one of the opponents is able to match you. [*]Now cops are pretty much easy to escape, especially when you have different things that you can smash on their cars around the map. To get busted, you must be either really unlucky or they have to pop your tires with spikes. In races, they target only you, which is not very logical and fair. [*]There's an ability that lets you slow down the time, but also decreases your speed, unlike in GTA V, where Franklin's ability actually gains you speed. It's pretty much useless and you won't need to use it at all. [/list] [h1]Story[/h1] Story is one of the things that surprised me. And in a good way. Since I don't want to spoil it, I'll just say that you work as an undercover cop to take down criminals, which is fairly obvious after the opening scene of the game. [b]So I do recommend the game after all, but you have to embrace all the things that were done in a non-logical way.[/b]