Thanks for the response. I have to say that personally, I think games like this would benefit greatly from a well-written story narrative. It doesn't have to be intense with plot twists and budding romances, but something in between GRID and R: Racing Evolution would be just right for me.

For strength in numbers, I too wonder why this wasn't a part of the budding J-Rating system?

A question for any NASCAR game veterans, will this air on the side of realism or arcade style racing? I haven't touched a NASCAR game since Racing 2 by Sierra on Windows 98. iRacing's oval racing is hard as hell, so I'd be interested to know how it compares across the different staples of racing games. I want to…

I hate to say it but I was settling in to the Kinja format. Now my attention is all over the place like a child with a baker's dozen of glazed donuts and a terminal case of ADD. I suppose it will take some getting used to, as change often does.

Anyone else get excited at the slammed EuroVan at 1:53?

This article should have been pretensed with the ability to race any of these cars in the LeMons!

I think this is a perfect example as a situation in which this rating system is different from others. The numbers across different types of car segments will never match up properly. Comparing this to the C63 AMG (J-score of 71), and it comes out on top. Somewhat less similarly, it is also better than an Audi RS5…

I had initially read that the exhaust note through the speakers was actually a recording of dyno sessions from the rear of the car, because of how far they've come in sound-deadening technology. I'm glad you didn't let that fact skew your review though, the car's performance should speak for itself.

Makes for even better nose art. This is on one of the Lockheed WP-3Ds.

I'd bust it out of this hypothetical situation and drag it down the boulevard of pipe dreams on the way out.

I was just about to mention the Collectors Edition. Easily the best value for pre-ordering I've ever seen.

2-door Cruze Wagon SS, and call it the Nomad

I might have an interest in those contacts for full time employment post-graduation ;)

The Cruze is so much better looking than that atrocity they want to update the Impala with. I will have one wagon please, with a diesel motor on the side.

I think your analysis of 'drunken college kids' overriding the lights was a bit of nonsense. This doesn't sound like the hackable construction signs, more like those updated traffic lights that have broad sensors to detect when a car is waiting at a red light in a lane not normally high traffic. However their version…

I really like yours too. I will be looking to acquire one for my next car for sure!

"Innovative" is no more a marketing term these days than is "brand-new" or car's being sold as next year's model today.

I don't know what you're smoking, but Scion's entire marketing method is extremely successful. Cheap, mildly exciting cars that appeal to a younger audience. tC's and xB's are extremely common these days. I can't speak for the Soul or Cube, but the Element (especially after it's full-painted-body makeover has also…

Apparently the shredded Chevelle wasn't clear enough it was the one at 'an excess of speed'.

It doesn't matter if you were winning by an inch or a mile, crashing's crashing.