this game is complete and total rubbish. My cousin bought this and it looked good, but i was sorely disappointed. The missions are un- playable and the only decent thing about it is that you can drive around without cops and smash things, but even that has a short life span. the controls are terrible and the cars have bad handling. after playing the other driver's i can see how really bad this is. another let down is the aim on the guns, by the time you've got your aim right, you've been shot any way. one of life's biggest mystery's is how did this get to be platinum on ps2, i mean why? this game ruins a good game series. i give this game *** out of a possible 10 stars.