Get enough Kudos and you get tokens with which you can unlock new cars. It's a pretty cool way to track racing ability and dish out the game bonuses. Once all of the vehicles are unlocked you will have more than 100 from which to choose. The vehicles are lumped into 14 categories and run the gambit from the Mini-Cooper to the monster Mercedes ML55 AMG, to the sleek mostly street illegal Enzo Ferrari.

The game is also loaded with tracks, featuring 100 different streets courses to race on in 11 cities. The game also mixes the races up a bit by including day, night, clear weather and foul weather races. The game features a robust single player mode that constantly checks in with the online world to show how your racing skills compare.

All of this is great but it’s the online play that truly makes this game a keeper, with a sleek interface that makes setting up an eight way race a breeze and tracks a whole different set of Kudo points. I don’t usually go on about the music in a game, but this game features three radio stations per a city, each with their own local DJ, and more than 240 songs to choose from. You can also import your own music. The visuals are just as impressive with the type of detailed and textured graphics that will have you calling friends over to look.