RAGE's story isn't the best and by the second half of the game with the rebels the story really drops the ball into what became one of the most infamous worst final levels and endings to gaming in modern times.

That said, the gameplay is nothing short of amazing.
Shooting enemies with all their highly detailed animations and the way they react to your shots feels nothing short of masterful and makes this game a pleasure to play and replay all these years later.
Although even on Ultra Nightmare difficulty the game is way too easy in a similar way to Crysis.
Just accept how easy it is and take it as a fun power fantasy game.

It's always so satisfying when the last enemy shouts "HE WIPED OUT THE WHOLE SQUAD"
at the end of the combat *chef's kiss*

The racing isn't as good but apart from the "rally" races it's pretty inoffensive and can sometimes be fun even if the AI doesn't know how to drive.

Overall for the low price this game often goes for it is well worth it for the short and cinematic experience of the fun combat. Made even better with the combat scenario's extra mode to just skip to the combat and nothing else!

It's flawed, but it's also underrated as f**k. Had it come from a different developer, this would have been all the... Rage.

...I'll show myself out.

It kind of gets better with age and the dual racing/fps aspects actually kind of works. It's like Fallout 3 on a rail with cars and no Nuka Cola.