This should've been the easy usurp of Hot Pursuit for it's specific niche within this type of racing game, the layup was right there, however the shoddy performance, especially on PC, the weird, dumb dialogue and the strange progression of car unlocks and customisation make this an unfortunately forgettable entry in the series.
All it had to do was be Hot Pursit with an open-world that actually did stuff and good customisation. What they did was just kinda lackluster once you takeaway the visual noise.
