Here's my assessment:
+ Good graphics
+ Good handling of vehicles
+ Good sense of speed
+ Good exhaust note
- NO SPLIT SCREEN! For a racing game !! necessarily needs a Spitscreenmodus Without does not go !!!
- If you veering off the track, you get warnings because Mn has abbreviated, unfortunately happens that even if one is forced or noisy for other reasons into the gravel and definitely not shorten - very annoying! Since a patch over it must.
- It would have a few more cars may be more ...
All in all, a good part of the NFS series is much better than its predecessor (but that was not too hard ...)
This review refers to the PS3 version.