This is an awesome game for street racing fans and gamers alike. Great graphics, fluid controls, nice cars. It has a nice mix of realism and arcade. And intense police chases. However, I feel the developers (EA blackbox) intended the game to be a cop smashing fest. Cop cars are totaled in very violent ways and their cars show stunningly realistic damage. And whats worse is when it gets into the hands of a kid who enjoys smashing things a lot. cops, civilian cars, and property are pretty much all destructible, and what bothers me is that the game rewards you for it. With no opportunity to be the cop to balance it out (serve justice).. the antagonists are your typical street thugs bent on sending you running by beating you in races,but you'll show them otherwise. If you enjoy a games story and setting, you'll love this game. Cop smashing is the real problem in the game. Its optional to the player, however it can get harder to avoid later on in the game, due to progressing police levels and numbers of vehicles trying to catch you.