Oh this looks like Forza Horizon all over again. They’re gonna have to do something actually different to sway people from Microsoft’s offering. Not saying it’s gonna be a bad game just for that, but its popularity will heavily depend on how much it’s gonna be its own game, rather than a clone, I believe.
For half off definitely give it a try. It’s long been patched and when i played it early this year my only problems were two times the game randomly closed.
Gun play is extremely satisfying, sound design included.
Driving is… better than in watch_dogs, worse than in GTA. But traveling through the world is a bit disappointing. Rich map with little life.
Side missions are fun and fill up the time nicely. The missions are creative and not necessarily “go from point A to point B while killing waves of enemies”, but those are there as well.
Honestly, that’s kind of where need for speed is at. For all its faults (and there are many), if you don’t want to go towwrds the sim racing type, that could be your option.