As I've unashamedly proclaimed before, I think Race Driver: GRID is still one of the best racers, and that it managed to excel at being in the gray area between sim and arcade by doing it's own thing. The menus, sounds, music, and backdrops all added to the experience. DiRT 2 was very similar, even if it was very polarizing. Every Codemasters game since has been lacking, some a little, most a lot, but the joy I got from those two hasn't quite been matched, and it's at the worst it's been.
This...I'll put it this way, the trailer gives me zero hope. The lists don't inspire, the pictures tell me nothing substantial, even the pre-rendered video looks like the GRID 2 engine with licensed race cars. I hope I'm wrong, but if not I'll likely give up.