I played the hell out of the original game back then, so this came with high expectations to me. I decided to wait with buying until all the technical problems were fixed, so I was even more hyped.
Unfiortunately, it's a BIG disappointment.
From technical standpoint, the game runs perfectly fine. Car models are great, deformation and damage are well done. But that's it :(
With the exception of the cars, textures are horrible, and I mean horrible blurry low resolution mess. Definitely not what I'd expect in 2016. Because of that, cars look completely out of place.
The car handling is apparently designed with more realism this time, but unfortunately that makes the game unplayable on keyboard. Either this, or it's just not done very well.
Car damage is completely unbalanced where a slight bump into an opponent wrecks him.
With the exception of the good old Fear Factory in the main menu, the "music" is HORRIBLE to the point of me wanting to punch someone in the face for this crap after as little as one minute of having to put up with it. Neverending short loop of some really bad electronic tune without anything original to it.

I am extremely disappointed that Stainless couldn't make the game right even after such a long time.
You might say "how can you judge it after only 8 minutes of gameplay, are you an idiot?". Unfortunately I can. I clearly remember the original some 20 years ago, and how maniacally I played it. This successor or how to call it just makes me sad.

I played the hell out of the original game back then, so this came with high expectations to me. I decided to wait with buying until all the technical problems were fixed, so I was even more hyped. Unfiortunately, it's a BIG disappointment. From technical standpoint, the game runs perfectly fine. Car models are great, deformation and damage are well done. But that's it :( With the exception of the cars, textures are horrible, and I mean horrible blurry low resolution mess. Definitely not what I'd expect in 2016. Because of that, cars look completely out of place. The car handling is apparently designed with more realism this time, but unfortunately that makes the game unplayable on keyboard. Either this, or it's just not done very well. Car damage is completely unbalanced where a slight bump into an opponent wrecks him. With the exception of the good old Fear Factory in the main menu, the "music" is HORRIBLE to the point of me wanting to punch someone in the face for this crap after as little as one minute of having to put up with it. Neverending short loop of some really bad electronic tune without anything original to it. I am extremely disappointed that Stainless couldn't make the game right even after such a long time. You might say "how can you judge it after only 8 minutes of gameplay, are you an idiot?". Unfortunately I can. I clearly remember the original some 20 years ago, and how maniacally I played it. This successor or how to call it just makes me sad.