I wont bother doing a fully structured review but will share some things.
The game seems cartered to a very niche group of people being very dfferent from any racing game I have played.
The good is that the game has some options to reduce the authentacy.
For instance Instead of having to do four 12 lap races at the start of the championship you can reduce to 25 % at options (did not know this at first...) and the maximum amount of laps will be 2-4 depending on the map.
Serously who plays this with full settings, roughly 30 min per race and there is four per weekend.

The Handling you get used too but is very off-putting at first.
And sometimes you start to spin for no reason and you always end up faced the wrong way whatever you do when this happens.
Unlike what others say the ai isnt too easy but rather stupid.
If you manage to get first during the race you easily win as long as you dont make any mistakes.
If you dont overtake them quickly within the first lap or 2 depending on the map you have lost.
The bots accelerate faster than you and have a greater maxspeed even after getting full season contract and upgrading all parts to max.

Then there is the penalty system...
It only affects you and not the bots which means they can cut corners, hit border markers and ram you without penalty.
Imagine starting behind an opponent and they just brake and you instantly get a 5 sec penalty.
Or you get shoved at the corner by the ai so you get forced to cut the corner for 10 sec penalty and then hit two markers.
Hit three markers and get a whopping 30 sec penalty or penalty lap. Each new hit on makrer will add another 30 sec.
Some races its tight at the start and the ai can get stuck meaning that when you start behind you get locked and 1-4th place will get a 20 something lead forcing you to basically end up as 5th place.
Luckily you can restart in the middle of the race as many times as you like otherwise it would be much more difficult.
The normal structure of a weekend race at the career is Practis, qualify, qualify for super pole and then 2 races. This is repeated twice meaning that if you skip qualifying "by selecting retire" you get an automatic 12th place start and only have to do 4 races which roughly 35 minutes.
in the ETR or what it is called consists of a totalt of 32 races on 8 maps.
I played on easy with beginner diff ai, but it seems the professional ai is pretty much as stupid and broken.

Luckily with the 25 % reduction and the ability to skip races aswell by retiring you can reduce the amount of races you need to play to win and greatly reduce the time required to win the championship.

I have not tried other modes and after getting pretty good at the game dont really enjoy it but have 100% it.
Luckily it has been much worse in the past before patches so it isnt broken atleast.

I wont bother doing a fully structured review but will share some things. The game seems cartered to a very niche group of people being very dfferent from any racing game I have played. The good is that the game has some options to reduce the authentacy. For instance Instead of having to do four 12 lap races at the start of the championship you can reduce to 25 % at options (did not know this at first...) and the maximum amount of laps will be 2-4 depending on the map. Serously who plays this with full settings, roughly 30 min per race and there is four per weekend. The Handling you get used too but is very off-putting at first. And sometimes you start to spin for no reason and you always end up faced the wrong way whatever you do when this happens. Unlike what others say the ai isnt too easy but rather stupid. If you manage to get first during the race you easily win as long as you dont make any mistakes. If you dont overtake them quickly within the first lap or 2 depending on the map you have lost. The bots accelerate faster than you and have a greater maxspeed even after getting full season contract and upgrading all parts to max. Then there is the penalty system... It only affects you and not the bots which means they can cut corners, hit border markers and ram you without penalty. Imagine starting behind an opponent and they just brake and you instantly get a 5 sec penalty. Or you get shoved at the corner by the ai so you get forced to cut the corner for 10 sec penalty and then hit two markers. Hit three markers and get a whopping 30 sec penalty or penalty lap. Each new hit on makrer will add another 30 sec. Some races its tight at the start and the ai can get stuck meaning that when you start behind you get locked and 1-4th place will get a 20 something lead forcing you to basically end up as 5th place. Luckily you can restart in the middle of the race as many times as you like otherwise it would be much more difficult. The normal structure of a weekend race at the career is Practis, qualify, qualify for super pole and then 2 races. This is repeated twice meaning that if you skip qualifying "by selecting retire" you get an automatic 12th place start and only have to do 4 races which roughly 35 minutes. in the ETR or what it is called consists of a totalt of 32 races on 8 maps. I played on easy with beginner diff ai, but it seems the professional ai is pretty much as stupid and broken. Luckily with the 25 % reduction and the ability to skip races aswell by retiring you can reduce the amount of races you need to play to win and greatly reduce the time required to win the championship. I have not tried other modes and after getting pretty good at the game dont really enjoy it but have 100% it. Luckily it has been much worse in the past before patches so it isnt broken atleast.