Ok, played a bit more. Level 9, I guess this double xp boosts your levels up waaay too quick. I would have liked the pace of leveling slowed down a bit. After each win I get like 1-2 new events unlocked and cash...I didnt like leveling of GT5, but here so far it's too quick. Maybe because of double xp. Now, the game is fantastic! Beats GT5 any day, handling is pretty good, although seems like there is a bit of understeer but I've not messed with any settings or tuning, only improved brakes and tire on my BMW i135. AI is great, tries to avoid you at all possible costs, even trying to go off track sometimes not to hit you. Im playing on medium AI and here's how it works, if the AI is in the lead after the first corner (2-3 opponents), then you're going to have a great race, and really have to work for that win. If you are in P1 after the first corner, then unless you make a big mistake, you'll win it. At least that's on medium, I'll switch to hard later on. But it's good, way better than GT5, not sure about Shift 1, since I was using an overhaul mod, so probably AI was better with that.
Tracks and cars look gorgeous on my PC. It's great. I was skeptical about graphics before playing the game, but now I have an it's WOW! TONS better than Shift 1 graphically! Night racing is superb. Real treat.
Now, my (so far) only negative is the performance. I have i5-760 3.6 ghz, 4gb of ram, ATI HD5870 1GB. I'm playing at full hd (1080p), everything completely maxed out except for blur and AA, have vsync on. I'm playing using the hood cam (or windshield cam), and when im using that I can notice that my fps is capped at 30fps mostly. I was expecting 60. It does get to 60 sometimes, but mostly capped at 30. The thing is, any other cam I use it stays in the 60s!! Especially with helmet cam I'm getting constant 60 fps. I think that's due to the hood's reflections as those look great, but probably eat a lot of GPU cycles. We'll see if it ever gets improved with a patch.
