As POSM said, with the time they've had to develop this game you can't help but be somewhat disappointed at the result, mainly the stuff that was shit in the previous versions is still shit in this version. That said they have improved the physics massively and as someone who has played a lot of online sims in the past this is great. Sure it's no iracing but still it's a hell of a lot better than Prologue or what it could have been.
My main gripe has to be the AI, I haven't completed much of the game yet so I can't really come to a solid conclusion but if the Lotus Top Gear test track challenge is anything to go, holy shit...they failed. I'm not sure if anyone has tried to complete this with no aids...but it's difficult. Firstly you have to deal with a Lotus that seems to tuned towards D1 drift spec, then it's just a matter of figuring which way to weave throughout the single line, retarded AI. There seems to be no intelligence to them, take their line, they'll just ram you off the track, touch them slightly and you're DSQ'd. The rage that this created was intense...if my G25 wasn't bolted to a solid steel structure it would have gone through the TV haha.
Anyway overall I reckon it's not too bad, worth the $77 for sure.
Had a quick crack at this S13 challenge
Track: Tsukuba
Mode: GT life
Car: SILVIA S13.
Mods: None
Driver Aids: only ABS 1
Tyres: stock
Track: Set to real grip offline
Bias 10F:8R
Time: 1:10.912
Will have another crack this weekend.