This is the first time I've submitted a review about a game, I felt the need to after reading some of the other negative and misinformed comments on here.
I have never bought rally driving games before as tended to go for the driving sim style like Forza and Grand Turismo.
The best way to sum the game up is FUN FUN FUN, there are loads of varied beautiful looking tracks and cars, plenty of game options and excellent online multiplayer options
You can mess about with the car settings if you want but TBH get a life and just play the damn thing, the cars barrel along the tracks a break neck speed and when you inevitably bin it in to the crowd/rock face/barrier, just rewind the time and try again.
The cars handling are somewhere between arcade and simulation style, once you get used to hand breaking round hairpins you'll soon be picking up those first places.
When rally driving the co driver is clear and concise and I found that it really helped me get round the track faster.
You cannot apply the same logic you use to play sim racing games to this game, It's different, looks fantastic with no frame rate issues, plays beautifully and is just so much fun to pick up, jump in and tear up some dirt..... Yee haaaa!
If you want a sim go buy Forza 3, If you want laugh out loud driving fun? BUY THIS GAME NOW!!!